Re: [Philmont]: Water Filters/Purifiers

 
 
Several years ago, the First Need pump was the only FDA approved "purifier".
 I have been using mine since 2000, and love it. Just pump the water and
drink it, no worries. Ice water at Cyphers and Fish Camp tasted great, while
others waited for their tablets to work. While elk hunting in Colorado, I
only pumped as much water as I needed. I bought mine at REI, and paid WAY TOO
much for it. Rusell Ballard from this list found that there were several
places to purchase them online, for a much more reasonable cost.
_http://www.waltonfeed.com_ (http://www.waltonfeed.com) had the best price last year. I
purchased two replacement cartridges for my unit from them. I have no
affilitation with them, I just found them to have reasonable prices. I swap my
purifier cartridge about once a year.
 
And like Dan said, use what works for your unit or group. Test it BEFORE
you get to Philmont. Don't try something new during your trek.
 
In a message dated 3/20/2006 5:22:38 PM Central Standard Time,
prestonar@bellsouth.net writes:

We have used the MSR filters without any
other treatment in a large variety of conditions and have never
experienced any problems. We will probably take the filters again this
year and forego the treatment tablets simply because it is a system
that has unfailingly worked for us. Best advice is to follow your
ranger's instructions.

Chas. Clifton
Assoc. Advisor - Crew 177
Port Neches, Texas
Advisor 708G2001
Philmont Training Center faculty in 2005
I used to a Bobwhite...SR-357, and then a Staffer...SR-439, SR-613, SR-683

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Received on Tue Mar 21 14:24:36 2006