Re: Sawyer Water Filter

> I just spoke with our Sawyer Rep yesterday.  They have a new kit coming 
> out
> that has the current filter and includes just one 1 liter bag that is much
> more durable.  Their line on the bag fails is that folks are not back
> flushing the filters enough and therefore are having to squeeze the backs
> too hard.

That's the real problem. The bags were initially designed to be hung, but 
people started squeezing them. They took a bit of squeeze without failure, 
so people started squeezing them a bit harder, ... and harder. Eventually, 
when you kneel on them in the dirt for too long, they fail.

There's the squeeze line of bags, but they too can be overloaded. Anything 
can be overloaded.

The filter works fine when used as directed. Which includes regular back 
flushing and gravity feed.
But anything fails when misused.

Cheers