Spent $80 on a water filter and it already paid off after one storm last Tuesday

I bought one of those Sawyer squeeze filters after the last big outage left us boiling ditch water for coffee. Power went out again on Tuesday from a fallen tree, and instead of fighting with the camp stove I just filled a bucket from the rain barrel and filtered it direct into my jug. Filtered 5 gallons easy before the pressure dropped. Anyone else got a cheap filter setup that surprised you?

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the_charles17d ago

The Sawyer is solid... I grabbed a cheap Brita pitcher at a yard sale for two bucks and it's honestly handled everything I've thrown at it so far.

lisa517d ago

That Brita pitcher isn't going to do squat against actual storm runoff or pond water dude. I had a friend who tried that after a flood and ended up with a nasty case of giardia because the charcoal filter can't handle bacteria or sediment. The Sawyer at least has a 0.1 micron hollow fiber membrane that physically blocks pathogens. Five gallons before dropoff is pretty good too - I've heard people get way more if they backflush it after each use. But hey if you're just filtering tap water for taste then a yard sale Brita works fine lol.