water filter

[sasquatch]

anyone know of a good battery or 110v powered water pump/filter to use to purify water at a base camp vs hand pumping it?

 

[Backyard]

If you're at camp, why not gravity? I know my Sawyer Squeeze is pretty quick as a gravity feed as well as sqeezing.

 

[sasquatch]

It’s an option, just didn’t know how good it’d work

I have thought about it and figured I could hoist the water source way up in the air to Increase the head pressure to the filter for more flow
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[Backyard]

It flows a lot faster than you're thinking. Only takes a few mins to do a 2 liter bag. But hey, if you're at basecamp and not worried about any added weight, why not?

 

[zloomis]

If you do go the gravity filter route, check out the Katadyn Basecamp 10L in my opinion it's a simpler and easier solution if you have a large water source to pull from.

 

[Macchina]

Gravity filter is where it's at. I built a system with a large (2 gallon) dry bag and a Sawyer Mini and we went from pumping about a gallon of water a day on our group hunts which took about half an hour (and was barely enough water) to about 4 gallons a day and all you have to do is pour water in a bag. Our system empties fresh water into MSR Dromedary bags which we then hang and have a spigot of fresh water at all times. We use all 4 gallons a day and I can't imagine going back to pumping.

All this to say: the system is incredibly robust. If I had access to 110v, I would not want to introduce the complication and noise into a system that is so bomb-proof. We bring an extra prefilter and an extra Sawyer and have never had to use either. A quick backflush every few gallons gets things flowing like new.

 

[matross]

You might want to check a portable water filter, the Go Berkey kit. You don't need any effort 'coz it does all the works.

 

[Rockymtn-Marc]

platypus gravityworks

 

[Btaylor]

This is what we used last year on a backpack hunt where we were not camped right next to water. We would fill a couple 2L bags when we were by water and drop in the 10L hanging in camp. Worked awesome.

https://www.katadyn.com/us/ca/368-8019201-katadyn-base-camp-pro-10l_usa

 

[PA Hunter]

This is what we used last year on a backpack hunt where we were not camped right next to water. We would fill a couple 2L bags when we were by water and drop in the 10L hanging in camp. Worked awesome.

https://www.katadyn.com/us/ca/368-8019201-katadyn-base-camp-pro-10l_usa

I am gonna buy that base amp 10 liter for my upcoming moose hunt in Alaska. Glad to hear it worked great.