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