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Re: To filter or not to filter

I have used a Katadyn filter in the past but I am leaving it at home.
Trying to lighten my kit.
The delios filter sounds ok but who stocks it?
I never used to bother about purity of water but in some of the more agricultural areas it can be problematic.

Re: To filter or not to filter

Unfortunately the Delios filter is no longer available in the UK. As a Japanese firm, it was affected by the tsunami and the UK distributor is no longer answering emails, presumably returned to Japan. It's the best filter I've used. Hopefully, they will return at some stage.

Re: To filter or not to filter

I can echo what Humphrey says about personal hygene.

On the two organised trekking holidays I've been on most of the participants got Peruvian foxtrot or Kathmandhu belly.

I was paranoid about personal hygene. The food was good and did not cause me any problems.

Nor did the folk who cross contaminated each other's food and drink!!

I only drank boiled water.

Re: To filter or not to filter

Robin Evans
Unfortunately the Delios filter is no longer available in the UK. As a Japanese firm, it was affected by the tsunami and the UK distributor is no longer answering emails, presumably returned to Japan. It's the best filter I've used. Hopefully, they will return at some stage.


I happen to have a spare new delios filer, if any shiel bridge starter wants to use one , i can exchange it for a 100g gas canister, it will save me running from Glasgow airport to Glasgow Buchanan bus station and back just to buy one :p

Re: To filter or not to filter

Leave it.
I have never used one.
If you want something, take. Delios.
55g and fits on a platypus.
No good if you cannot get one.
In that case treatment tablets.

Re: To filter or not to filter

In the making of the film 'The African Queen', filmed in tropical Africa, everyone apparently got serious tummy problems, except for Humphrey Bogart.

His secret? He never drank water...

Re: To filter or not to filter

Frederic, I'd take you up on that, only I'm starting at Dornie! If nobody alse wants yours, I'll check the geography and timing tomorrow and see if it's possible......55g, you say?

Re: To filter or not to filter

Frederic

I happen to have a spare new delios filer, if any shiel bridge starter wants to use one , i can exchange it for a 100g gas canister,


The filter is accounted for, i just answered your PM Gary.
Jean sorry i only have one spare.

Thanks for this thread i have one less thing to bother about the 10th

Re: To filter or not to filter

I have always treated water. I'm sure I have treated LOADS of water that would have been perfectly OK to drink without, but I reckon this have to be the lesser of two evils as compared with drinking without treatment water that needs it.

Yet more allergies come into play here, though. I have to steer clear of the chlorine tablets ... so I always used the Iodine ones. But they've banned them now and you can't get them any more!

So my new toy for this Challenge is a UV sterilisation system called a SteriPen. Complete with batteries, it tips the scales at 195 grammes.

I think I can live with that

Re: To filter or not to filter

195g

That is very nearly a packet of



I couldn't live without that.

Re: To filter or not to filter

Good on you and good luck, Frederic.

Re: To filter or not to filter

Drink tea, you have to boil the water which kills most bacteria. In over 40 years of camping in the UK we have never felt the need to use a filter for ourselves. The one time we tried filtering water for our son to drink the filter blocked with fine peat particles after filtering just a few liters!
The code for this post is M GUT!

Re: To filter or not to filter

It does depend to some extent on how used to wild water your digestive system is, I think. If you've only ever drunk tapwater or filtered water, I would have thought it would be best to filter or boil or otherwise chuck tablets in. Streams in spate after heavy rain carry a lot more bugs than they would otherwise do and I would always boil water or use sterilising tabs for those times, but otherwise I'm happy to drink most peaty gunge, whether or not the fabled dead sheep in languishing upstream.