RE: Re: New water filter

Guys, yeah, this is expensive. Your are correct, I got the info from a second site (Adirondack Explorer Magazine) and it appears the green ones come with two filters. I checked the site directly, and it said 11 gallons per filter, what the hell, 11+11 always adds up to 25 (?????.) Sorry, all.

But, capacity was NOT the point. The point was the removal of CHEMICAL contaminants.  The Sawyer, MSR, AquaMira and Steripen do not do that. Even boiling does not do that (in some cases it can raise the concentration.) Just the filter alone does not weigh much and would make an excellent addition for those areas where contaminants are found. I do not know about arsenic, I dropped them a note asking for the info.
	My thoughts only . . .
		jdm   

-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of JonB
Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2013 12:22 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [BackpackingLight] Re: New water filter

James, thanks for the link and info on the PurifiCup.

Bryce, your correct, the PurifiCup filter would be VERY expensive and make note that it filters 12 gallons not 25 gallons.

Quoting the web page for the $60 PurifiCup filter:
"each filter provides up to 12 gallons (100-150 cups) of pure water"
[hmmmm - which is accurate 12 gal or 100 cups ???]

At that rate is would cost roughly $1200 (or $600) to filter my water for the PCT (20 weeks x one filter per week using about 7 liters per day).
My Sawyer squeeze is expected to last the full 2600+ miles and filter out everything I expect to find in any of the water I filter from even the mud puddles, stagnate ponds, and glacier streams.

I have a "cup" filter that I used back in the 80s which appears to be the same design and filtering capabilities as the PurifiCup. It worked very well, could be quickly to pulled out and used, and best of all my daughters (at 5 yrs old) could easily use it without errors. [BTW - those 4 daughters are now in their 30s]


Jon (Gandalf - PCT class of 2013)
Marysville WA

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>Re: [BackpackingLight] New water filter	 
>Posted By: Bster13
>Tue Jun 4, 2013 5:04 am

>New tech is always good but 60 bucks for 25 gallons is tough to 
>>swallow. I think
my sawyer inline filter I removed from their water >bottle and put inline with a platypus hose was ~30 bucks and does a >million gallons they say?

>Bryce

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>1f. New water filter
>    Posted by: "Jim Marco" [email protected] jamesdmarco
>    Date: Tue Jun 4, 2013 4:29 am ((PDT))

>	There is a new company producing filters for back country use. 
>Here is the appropriate link for the filter:
>http://purificup.com/index.php/natural-water-purifier-green.html

> This will last for about 25 gallons and costs ~$60US.
>	My thoughts only . . .
>		Jdm
 



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