[pct-l] Fwd: Camlbak All Clear

[Dan C. aka Thumper]

Hi Scott,

The Mini and Squeeze filters are the same thread as a standard soda/smartwater bottle.  If you designate a 1/1.5/2 liter bottle as dirty, then fill and squeeze into your clean receptacle.  You can even use a Sawyer adapter on the output side to go directly into your Platy/Camelbak bladder/reservoir hose.  As I said, there are several options, and without the Sawyer squeeze bags.

Thumper aka dofdear  

---- Scott Williams <baidarker at gmail.com> wrote: 
> Used the Sawyer on both the CDT and AT after struggling with steri pens on
> the PCT that broke down or simply used batteries faster than I could keep
> them coming in my resupply.  The only drawback of the Sawyer is the
> weakness of their bags.  Used as a squeeze filter, I went through 5 of them
> on the CDT.  They simply broke.  I was obviously too rough on them.  The
> threads are not exactly the same as a Platypus bag, which is much tougher,
> although some folks can finesse the two so as not to leak by using a hose
> washer in the Sawyer, I could never get them leak free.
> 
> Then I hiked with Yoshihiro Murakami in the Winds and Glacier in 2013 and
> he had rigged his Sawyer as a gravity feed.  It's simply done by cutting
> the hose of a Platypus hydration system bag (
> http://www.amazon.com/Platypus-Hoser-Hands-Free-Hydration-System/dp/B001KZGYMW/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1420488514&sr=8-2&keywords=platypus+water+bags
> ) leaving about 4 inches of tube coming out of the bag.  Connect the Sawyer
> mini filter onto the stub of tubing and then connect the longer section of
> tubing onto the outflow of the Sawyer, cut off the mouth bit and voila! a
> gravity feed that is cheaper and lighter than the one that Platypus sells
> and easier to use than the Sawyer squeeze.  A hybrid that works.  Also,
> because it is also softer on the filter than I when I used to squeeze down
> on the bag by hand, that any particulates in the water aren't forced too
> deeply into the filter and are easier to back flush out of the system
> during cleaning.  I used this system on the AT this past summer and love
> it.  Simply fill and hang the bag and step back.  The rest of the work is
> done by gravity.
> 
> Shroomer
> 
> On Mon, Jan 5, 2015 at 10:52 AM, Dan C. aka Thumper <dofdear at cox.net> wrote:
> 
> > Tim,
> >
> > As an alternative to UV consider the Sawyer Mini filter.  Costs and weighs
> > less.  No wait time. No batteries.  Probably more reliable.  Easily
> > adaptable to many hydration configurations and strategies.  Check out:
> >
> > http://sawyer.com/products/sawyer-mini-filter/
> >
> > and the alternative Sawyer Squeeze:
> >
> > http://sawyer.com/products/sawyer-squeeze-filter-system-sp131/
> >
> > Thumper aka dofdear
> >
> >
> > Tim Umstead wrote:
> >
> > Has anyone had experience with the Camlbak All Clear?  I have had multiple
> > SteriPen and all of them have failed, before I left the house.  I'm looking
> > for something else.
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