$15 2-stage Water Filter

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Headed up to the BWCAW with the family tomorrow and couldn't bring myself to pop for a hand-pump camping filter so I started looking around for another option... (Cue mad scientist music)

I discovered that PUR makes a 2-stage water pitcher filter that will remove 99.9% of microbial cysts as well as heavy metals and ag/industrial pollutants. They didn't have the actual micron rating of the filter on the box. So, for $9.95 I figured I'd give it a shot.

When I got it home, I discovered, pleasantly that the filter fit very snugly inside a piece of 2" PVC so a pair of caps and a coupling later, here's what I did:

All the parts laid out ready to go. I bought 5/8" tubing because that was the diameter of the nozzles on my water jugs.

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The only fly in the serum was two little locking buttons on the side of the filter, but a few careful strokes from a flush-cut saw and all was well.

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Here it is all ready to go: 5/8" plastic tubing 2" PVC cap, 2" length of 2" PVC, 2" PVC coupling, 6" length of 2" PVC, 2" PVC Cap, 5/8" plastic tubing

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I jammed the short length of PVC into one of the caps and then assembled everything else for a snug fit to make disassembly more simple. NOTE the "FLOW" arrow!

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Hang the water-filled bag from a tree branch, deflate the other and set it on the ground and you're off and running. My #3 assistant is there to show scale...

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It took about ten minutes for it to filter five gallons, this will make life much nicer as a base-camp filter for keeping 12 campers hydrated!

J-
 
How long are you staying out in the BWCAW? Went there last year, with Outward Bound. Nice place, discovered I didn't like portaging too much.
What kind of canoe are you using? And, being Bladeforums, what will accompany you in the edge department?
Nice filter system. We just used iodine, but I think it made the water taste chemically.
Hope you have a good time, and here's my two cents: Don't have a plan you have to stick too, a place you have to be. Take it easy and slow. Take plenty of pictures of the place, and try and see as much wildlife as possible. Do some bushcraft. Relax, and have fun.
 
very cool idea-very good job of improvising.

this is the sort of thing that America and the world needs more of today...its not always just about bigger and better...

have fun on your trip...
 
Wow! Thanks for the info...that'll save some bucks.:thumbup:
Any ideas for gasoline substitutes?;)
 
Here's the edged selection that I'll be bringing. Clockwise from top: Gerber pack hatchet, Vic Hunter, GL Drew pattern camp knife (I finished and assembled it in his shop), Cheapie falcon fillet knife. Inside Pick-its belt pouch with 2xAA LED mini-mag, Original Leatherman, and Gerber 450.

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My "baby brother" and I are taking our families up for five days (four adults, five kids). We're borrowing a pair of aluminum canoes and one Old Town. I have a little fiberglass that won't carry all our gear :P

We're going in off of the Gunflint Trail to an area that my brother and I grew up visiting and we have no set plans but for getting there, fishing, playing, napping, exploring, swimming, and eating!

Thanks for the feedback, guys!
 
Great idea!

It would be nice if you could find out the micron rating from the manufacturer though...
 
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