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Sport Berkey Portable Water Purifier

Around Christmas I bought a Sport Berkey portable water purifier on ebay for about . I had planned to use it this summer and do a revue on it. From what I have read about the Sport Berkey I really thought it would make a very nice, light-weight, inexpensive (in other words, cheap) water filter that would be relatively safe. According to the Sport Berkey people their filter will remove up to 99.9% of many health-threatening contaminants, including harmful pathogens, pesticides, detergents, Aluminum, Mercury, Radon 222, and such using something called the Ionic Adsorption Micro Filtration System. It has a shelf life of 50 years. Then we had a situation here where the Township informed us that the water supply is contaminated with Ecoli bacteria and that we should boil any water that we wanted to drink. With that I figured now would be a good time to put the Sport Berkey to test. In this video I am trying a test that I’ve seen where blue food dye is filtered through the Sport Berkey. It indeed does filter out the blue food dye completely. In the video I mentioned that the bottle could be refilled 160 times from sources like streams and 640 times from Municipal water supplies. What I failed to mention is the capacity of the bottle. With the filter in place the bottle holds 22 fl oz, but I doubt that more than 16 fl oz could be gotten out of the bottle at one time. To find out more about the Sport Berkey portable water purifier, visit berkeycleanwater.com

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Sport Berkey Water Bottle Purifier and filter

The Berkey sport water bottle filter purification system is the most economical and eco friendly way to have safe clean drinking water at home or in the outdoors. The Sport Berkey water purifier is inexpensive, and refills over 600 times to give everyone in your family safe water on the go! Use it for your kids sports teams, traveling, or workouts. Hikers and pack packers, fishermen, hunter and kayakers find it invaluable for outdoor activities.

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Where Can I Find Katadyn Pro Hiker Water Filter Reviews?

I’m been checking out some different Katadyn water purifiers and my friend told me that the Katadyn pro hiker water filter was a great product for the price. I would like to see what others have to say about the Katadyan pro hiker though and was looking for some reviews or references.

Whatever model I decide on, I will mostly need it for backpacking and camping trips that we take throughout the summer.

Also, are their any other models besides the Katadyn pro hiker water filter that people also recommend?

What about other brands? Is Katadyn the way to go or are their some other manufacturers that can compete?

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Looking For Katadyn Water Filter Reviews?

Does anyone have any Katadyn water filter reviews they could provide me with? I’ve been looking to get an all around portable water filter for my backpacking and camping adventures and Katadyn looks like they make the best stuff.

I’m having trouble on deciding what model is the best and haven’t found a bunch of Katadyn water filter reviews online.

Here are a couple of questions I have:

What is the best Katadyn water filter model and how much does it cost?
Does anyone have any negative katadyn water filter reviews? If so… Why?
How long will a Katadyn water filter last?
What is the smallest Katadyn water filter?

Looking forward to your responses and thanks for your help.

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Is any pack significantly better than a Kelty Frame Pack from the Early 1970's?

I inherited a lot of camping gear from my father. I don’t know if you are familiar with the Kelty Pack company. In the 1960′s and 1970′s backpacking was BIG in California. Everyone went backpacking in the Sierras. And the most popular pack was the Kelty pack. Their first store was not far from my house, on Victory Blvd in Glendale. This was all before I was born. My Dad was old enough to be my grandfather (I was an Ooops! baby) and my brother is old enough to be my Dad.

Anyway, my Dad, my Mom, and my Brother all went backpacking with Kelty Frame Packs. They last forever. Well, my Dad and Mom are Dead, and brother has lupus so bad, he will never backpack again. I am a small man, five footfour and 118 pounds. I use my brother’s pack from when he was a boy.

When I hunt, I am afraid of getting lost and dying of hypothermia. (It’s about 5,000 foot elevation in winter) so I carry lightweight tent, down bag, food, katadyn water filter, about 40 pounds of stuff).

I think that probably nothing I buy will be better for carrying stuff than what I have. Am I wrong? Are modern packs significantly better than frame packs from the 1970′s?

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What is the best high quality water filter that you can buy.?

Ok I am a boy scout and I would like a good backpacking water filter that I can use to filter lake and river water. I live in wyoming and I would like it to be quality over weight and something that could last a lifetime.

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My MSR backpacking water filter produces foamy water, is that normal??

I am going backpacking for a week and I borrowed a MSR water filter, I tried it out at home with a bowl of water and an empty bowl. As I pumped the water into the empty bowl it had a lot of white bubbly foam. I am just wondering if that is normal??

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Water Filter Review / Comparison: MSR, Platypus

93 % of surface water in the US is polluted. It is essential that you reat you water by filtering it or using chemical methods here we do a review of the MSR Hyperflow, MSR Miniworks Ex, Platypus Cleanstrean

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Berkey Water Purifier Sport Bottle filter

The portable Sport Berkey water bottle filter is the perfect solution for clean drinking water anytime anywhere. It is inexpensive, and refills over 600 times! Great for kids sports teams, travel, hiking and pack packing and all outdoor sports where safe water is a lifesaver.The Berkey water purification system is the most economical and eco friendly way to have filtered drinking water whether you play, travel or work.

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What, exactly, is the bleach used to clean a water filter?

I have a Katadyn Vario water filter for backpacking and camping. It worked great last year, but I stored it and haven’t used it since.

I never properly stored it, so now it’s kind of gross. I want to clean it before using it again.

The instruction manual says to run two tbspns bleach (mixed with so much water) through it… is this to kill of other germs? What exactly is bleach? Am I using laundry bleach? That’s kind of gross. Where can I buy bleach in such a small quantity (I never use the stuff) that I can take care of my water filter and any left over I can just use to disinfect the sink or something?