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Worth the pennies
Posted by: willi_h2o on Dec-29-12 3:53 PM (EST)

-- Last Updated: Dec-29-12 3:55 PM EST --

When I'm solo in the backcountry far from society;
I go with Katadyn and boil the water afterwards.
Simply not worth the risk to me.....
I also hate the taste of "purifier" chemical additives.

http://www.rei.com/product/830746/katadyn-hiker-water-filter

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Giardia and Crypto - rikjohnson - Dec-28-12 12:53 PM
- few things - radiomix - Dec-28-12 3:42 PM
- Giardia cysts fare worse - kayamedic - Dec-28-12 5:47 PM
  - Varying degrees? - michaelcrouse - Dec-29-12 2:10 PM
- Why risk it? - TomM - Dec-28-12 7:59 PM
  - I know a guy who got a Giardia infection - string - Dec-28-12 8:06 PM
- Filter, filter, filter and then boil - willi_h2o - Dec-28-12 8:51 PM
  - Incubation 1-45 days - kayamedic - Dec-28-12 9:22 PM
- They aren't evenly dispersed - paddlemore - Dec-28-12 8:55 PM
- Present here on the Upper Delaware - suntan - Dec-29-12 10:42 AM
- Giardia.... - FatElmo - Dec-29-12 12:33 PM
- Worth the pennies - willi_h2o - Dec-29-12 3:53 PM
  - Easy cure - pgeorg - Dec-29-12 4:40 PM
  - I've had dysentary - rikjohnson - Dec-31-12 11:34 AM
- If you're bringing the filter... - pikabike - Dec-29-12 7:36 PM
  - Seems to me no one has an answer - kayamedic - Dec-29-12 8:14 PM
    - Patterns in nature - willi_h2o - Dec-30-12 1:13 AM
      - I have personal - rpg51 - Dec-30-12 8:20 AM
        
        where you get water - radiomix - Dec-30-12 10:19 AM
        What about the animals? - magooch - Dec-30-12 10:29 AM
        
        Animals - drjay9051 - Dec-30-12 7:09 PM
        I seem to recall - rikjohnson - Dec-31-12 11:43 AM
        
        Russian Roulette - pikabike - Dec-31-12 1:32 PM
- Here are some answers to the OP - Glenn_MacGrady - Dec-30-12 12:51 PM