I purchased a SteriPen UV filter a few years back. It was, in all honesty, a bit of a snap-purchase after the element on my MSR filter cracked. I always carried iodine tablets as a backup, but UV filtration was all-the-rage so I thought I’d answer a lingering question: does Steripen work? There are still, …
Water is arguably your most critical resource on any backpacking or remote camping trip. For long-distance hiking, specifically, the ability to get clean water quickly and keep moving is vital, which is where the MSR TrailShot Water Filter comes in. I’ve recently written about finding clean water in the wild, a gravity filtration system from …
My affinity for Sawyer Products stems from the simple fact that they share a first name with my younger brother. So I was ecstatic when they agreed to send me the Sawyer Gravity Water Filtration System to use and review. The Sawyer Gravity Water Filtration System Overview The ‘SP160’ One-Gallon Sawyer Gravity Water Filtration System …