Quote Originally Posted by CaraRose
Anyone use these? I'm just curious if it would be a good idea to have one for hiking, as a back up in case I underestimated the amount of water to bring.
I dd use one well-rated filtration bottle, unfortunately the product line was killed when the company was taken over.

Key point: go to an outdoor shop for filtration needs. Try places such as REI, Gart, EMS, etc. Basically, any place that caters to backpackers. Often, retail-style "filtration bottles" and other filtration devices are ineffective against the nasties (e.g., crypto) in the water that you definately do not want.

You might also consider a water filtration pump: there are several excellent small ones out there. Again, stick with the places that support backpackers to avoid the silly stuff.

If you don't do this very often, chemical processing can be very good (chlorine or iodine tablets). They give a taste to the water but, if the instructions are followed (and you dump in some Kool-Aid style flavoring!), work extremely well.