| When you go hiking, one of the most
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| | dangerous bacteria and pathogens such as
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| important things that you will bring is
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| | typhoid, dysentery, cholera,
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| fresh drinking water. Next time you go
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| | colibacillosis, amoebic dysentery
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| hiking, consider brining a portable water
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| | protozoa, cryptospordium, cysts, fungi,
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| filter instead. You could be saving
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| | parasites, spores and giardia. Chances
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| backpack weight and enjoying the cleanest
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| | are that you have never heard of most of
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| water available.
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| | those pathogens. Normally your city's
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| Make Your BackPack Lighter
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| | water treatment plant takes care of these
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| To truly enjoy hiking you need to pack as
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| | dangers for you. Lightweight, portable
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| light as possible. You don't want a
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| | water filters are able to effectively
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| heavy backpack weighing you down and
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| | remove these pathogens. Plus they remove
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| forcing you to take extra breaks. With a
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| | other pollutants, as well as unpleasant
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| light backpack, you can cover more
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| | tastes and odors. Dissolved chemicals
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| distance with less strain on your
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| | such as iodine and chlorine are also
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| muscles.
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| | removed by using a water filter.
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| Most hikers know that the heaviest thing
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| | Bring Unlimited Water in One Bottle
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| that they will pack is usually their
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| | One of the best advantages to using a
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| drinking water supply. As water weighs a
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| | portable water filter is that you almost
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| gram per milliliter, a one liter water
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| | always have enough water. As long as you
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| bottle can add a whole kilogram to the
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| | are near a stream, river or lake, you
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| weight of your backpack. Depending on
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| | have access to clean drinking water.
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| the length of your hike, one liter might
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| | Usually it only takes a couple of minutes
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| not even be enough drinking water.
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| | to properly filter this water to become
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| A portable water filter can weigh a mere
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| | clean drinking water.
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| 250 grams. That's just one quarter the
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| | If you were to pack your own water
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| weight of a one liter water bottle.
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| | instead, you could be out of luck once
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| Imagine losing that extra weight from
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| | your water runs out. You would have
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| your pack. It will feel like you are ten
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| | little choice but to risk drinking water
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| years younger with your additional
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| | from a stream of lake. Bacteria in this
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| stamina.
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| | water could end up making you sick,
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| Enjoy Clean Drinking Water
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| | ruining your hiking trip.
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| If you have ever tasted fresh mountain
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| | Conclusion
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| stream water, you know it's some of the
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| | While hiking, your drinking water is
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| cleanest water you can get. Then pour
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| | extremely important. As long as you will
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| that pure water into a portable water
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| | be near a good water source, save some
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| filter and it really is the cleanest
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| | pack weight with a portable water filter.
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| water. There is minimal pollution and no
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| | Using a backpacking water filter will
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| extra additives - just clean, fresh
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| | make your hike easier and your water
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| drinking water.
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| | cleaner. Don't let the hassle of
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| Even pure mountain water can contain
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| | carrying water ruin your hike.
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