Water pump

[4eyedbuzzard]

Or get a steripen. I use a platypus big zip and just fill it and stick the steripen in for a minute and good to go.

[Transient Being]

I've been thinking about how to get the water in through my bladder tube and I've got the idea, but haven't found the piece I need yet. If I had a lid for a water bottle that had a nipple on it, I could simply attach the bottle to the hose and squeeze the water in through the hose without tearing into my overstuffed pack...

[Bucho]

Or get a steripen. I use a platypus big zip and just fill it and stick the steripen in for a minute and good to go.

Steripen! We hates it, we hates it, we hates it forever!!

[Bucho]

Water filters would allow you to get it out of a puddle if you really had to. You say it's not worth the weight, but it's probably good to have one as a backup. Sell the one you have and buy a Katadyn Hiker Pro - it's the lightest filter available. Here's a review of the Hiker Pro I found. Think about it.

Huh I wonder if the right answer for him is to take an old pump filter and leave out the filter element.

[Papa D]

I don't think I'm qualified regarding this bladder thing because I've tried bladders and platys and just really don't like them - water sloshes around, I think it's going to get poked and break and of course all the hassle you seem to be going through with this. I carry 2 empty gatorade bottles - I use them for water collection (I sometimes use a little tube, and a cloth "water bucket - kind of like a doggy bowl when the source is meager), I use them for drinking deeply out of when I want to and I set them for use when preparing meals. Sometimes, I use aqua-mira, sometimes I just don't treat based on the source, the season, etc. The only change that I make to this system is when it's going to be very cold - I then take insulated nalgene bottles - it's easier to keep the water from freezing and I can fill them with boiling water and sleep VERY warmly with them.