Re: Touring water system filters

I've mentioned it before, but I love the carbon filter straws that go for
$10. A $100 pump is really overkill (in size, weight, and price) for a
single person. I only take my pump when there's a group, since it's much
larger and heavier than the 1 oz straw which effectively does the same
thing.

Filters can clean most junk out of water, but ideally you want water from
the best sources first, when possible. Fast moving, non-murky, as high
elevation as possible, not downstream for any agriculture or industrial,
etc. I would never take water from roadside ditches.

Does AquaMira tablets kill viruses? I haven't used them, but I hear that's
the standard these days for thru-hikers.

On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 5:02 AM, MH <hoagy-OlwQ/[email protected]> wrote:

> Whats a good bicycle camping water cleaning system folks use?
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> How do folks remove viruses from filtered water?
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