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seasparrow
02-10-2012, 13:46
Polls show info that helps.
1. none
2. Aqua Mira
3. Bleach
4. Filter system
5. bandana
6. other

YohonPetro
02-10-2012, 14:29
UV light, after pre-filtering for particulates.

Lyle
02-10-2012, 14:31
Generally if it's a good looking spring, no treatment. If a stream or pond, AquaMira.

Megapixel
02-10-2012, 14:37
sawyer gravity filter.

Kerosene
02-10-2012, 14:49
I've taken to filling my water bottle directly from a spring drip (not the pool below the drip, where animals and other contaminants can reside) and consuming without treatment. Otherwise I go with Aqua Mira.

johnnybgood
02-10-2012, 18:33
I've taken to filling my water bottle directly from a spring drip (not the pool below the drip, where animals and other contaminants can reside) and consuming without treatment. Otherwise I go with Aqua Mira.

+1 & Aqua Mira.

sheepdog
02-10-2012, 20:43
Steri-pen.....

sheepdog
02-10-2012, 20:44
UV light, after pre-filtering for particulates.

me to but I'm not to particular about particulates.

Lone Wolf
02-10-2012, 20:44
faith.....

sheepdog
02-10-2012, 21:25
faith.....

heal dat water

Hikes in Rain
02-12-2012, 10:17
MIOX. Pricy (mine was a Christmas gift), needs special batteries, but can generate all the chlorine you need. And when you click the button and the water in it starts fizzing and foaming, it's got a major cool factor!

garlic08
02-12-2012, 10:30
It would be interesting to see these votes as a function of miles walked. I think a lot of hikers start the AT with a mechanical or electrical device, and finish with something else.

Jim Adams
02-13-2012, 08:17
...kidneys.

geek

Mismatch
02-13-2012, 10:43
It would be interesting to see these votes as a function of miles walked. I think a lot of hikers start the AT with a mechanical or electrical device, and finish with something else.

Or finish with nothing. I started with Aqua Mira, but by the halfway point I wasn't using anything.

takethisbread
02-13-2012, 12:27
Frankly most of the time I'm too tired to bother on a long distance or thru hike. Either that or mooch off the guy with the pump, but I didn't see that as an option?

Don H
02-13-2012, 17:44
UV light, after pre-filtering for particulates.

DITTO for me

Don H
02-13-2012, 17:47
It would be interesting to see these votes as a function of miles walked. I think a lot of hikers start the AT with a mechanical or electrical device, and finish with something else.
I started with Aqua Mira and ended with a Streipen.