Rigging sawyer mini for inline bladder filtration

[Will_m]

Anybody done this? I have the mini. It has a screw end on the diry side but nothing comparable on the clean end, so I'm thinking of just cutting the hose and hose clamping it directly to the nozzles.

Worried that this might pull apart in my pack or that it may be too much trying to suck water up the hose and through the filter.

 

[ShortMountain91]

I've done it. I just cut my hose and pushed each end over the nipple on each side of the filter. It works but I think I'm going to switch to the squeeze to get easier flow because you do have to fight the mini a little bit to get the water through

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[ShortMountain91]

FWIW I'm also toying with the idea to just run my nalgene with a steri pen and get a cap for my 3L bladder and just use it more as a storage bag for places where water isn't readily available

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[Apollo117]

Admittedly, this doesn't answer your question. However, I know several people who have used inline Sawyer Squeezes as well as directly threading the Sawyer Squeeze to a water bottle. Most of them switched to using the Squeeze with a bladder and filtering into water bottles or a clean water bladder. They got frustrated with inline or direct thread, because the flow was never strong enough.

 

[jhim]

I started out running the Mini in-line by cutting the hose and jamming the nipples into the hose. I had concerns about freezing at night and this method precluded me from taking the Mini out at night as the bladder would then leak. I switched to the squeeze as it has screw off nipples. Now I just unscrew the filter from the hoses and screw the hoses back together and it doesn't leak. Then I purge the filter and call it a night.

 

[jmez]

That's how I've run the minifor several years. Works good for me. I just cut the main tube and push it over the ends on the mini.

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[Remps17]

I am going to piggy back off this thread. I just bought a Sawyer mini and haven't used it yet. Do you guys need to back flush it every day or can you go on a 5 day trip with having to do so? Its a mountain hunt so water should be pretty clean but no guarantees.

Thanks

 

[Apollo117]

I am going to piggy back off this thread. I just bought a Sawyer mini and haven't used it yet. Do you guys need to back flush it every day or can you go on a 5 day trip with having to do so? Its a mountain hunt so water should be pretty clean but no guarantees.

Thanks

I've gone for two weeks, several times, without back flushing my Squeeze. There was some noticable decrease in flow rate, but it went back to normal after the back flush.

 

[beauhunter]

this has been my experience as well. I would not worry about back flushing it in the field

 

[gumbl3]

https://www.amazon.com/Sawyer-Products-Adapters-Hydration-Packs/dp/B00EURFBKI

https://www.walmart.com/ip/Sawyer-P...MI1Y27t6mj5AIVhf_jBx3f5gAoEAQYAyABEgI5FPD_BwE

Plenty of parts and pieces put out by Sawyer to make this happen. All you have to get is some tubing. I prefer the squeeze for gravity flow setup

 

[Upchurch_k]

FWIW I thought about doing the in-line with the Mini but decided to go a different route. I'm going to get the Sawyer Fast Fill adapter, you install it in your tubing then use the normal Squeeze to fill straight into your bladder. For me this has a lot more advantages to the in-line:

• Don't have to remove the bladder from pack
• Still have the Squeeze to fill Nalgenes, Water Bottles, etc
• Only need 1 filter

 

[rgroves79]

I run mine towards the bottom of the hose of my dirty bladder. Below that I have a valve and then a quick connect that snaps in to the end of the hose of my clean bladder.

 

[jmez]

I never backflush mine. I've used it for 10 days at a time with no problems, both ponds and streams. I do replace it every year. First year I used the system I backflushed when I got home and it didn't work when I tested it the following year. $19 at Wal Mart, I consider it disposable.

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