Primary Water treatment

[seasparrow]

Polls show info that helps.
1. none
2. Aqua Mira
3. Bleach
4. Filter system
5. bandana
6. other

[YohonPetro]

UV light, after pre-filtering for particulates.

[Lyle]

Generally if it's a good looking spring, no treatment. If a stream or pond, AquaMira.

[Megapixel]

sawyer gravity filter.

[Kerosene]

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]

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]

Steri-pen.....

[sheepdog]

UV light, after pre-filtering for particulates.

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

[Lone Wolf]

faith.....

[sheepdog]

faith.....

heal dat water

[Hikes in Rain]

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]

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]

...kidneys.

geek

[Mismatch]

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]

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]

UV light, after pre-filtering for particulates.

DITTO for me

[Don H]

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.