Squeeze Water Filtration System

Bought this for a family backpacking trip and love it. I didn't keep track, but likely filtered 30-40 liters for our 3 day trip, and it showed no signs of slowing down. I only have one 3 day trip with this filter, but so far it's easily the best filter I've had. I've used hand pump filters, chemical treatment, boiling water, other gravity filters, and this is by far the best. It filters fast even with just gravity. If needed the extra squeeze speeds things up (something my last gravity filter would not allow). Most of the time we just hung up my filter bag walked away and came back when it was done.When I got home I back flushed (also something my last gravity filter did not allow) and bleached per the instructions. It was easy and clearly had some affect as the backwash water was quite dirty.With respect to the filter I really have nothing bad to say about it. For $40 it's a great deal even without the accessories.If I had to be not picky, the only thing I could see making some improvement is some of the accessories.I didn't have any issues with the bags, but others have reported issues, and I've had issues with similar style flasks in the past. I ended up using a 3 liter flask from my previous Katadyne befree and let gravity filter water straight into my 3 liter MSR hydration bladder. This worked great!The fittings that came with it worked just ok. I like to have more hose, so again I stole some from one of my previous filters. I would have gotten by just fine with what was provided, but to get hands off filtering from one pouch to the next, I modified the setup a bit.Last, is a problem I have thats not unique to this filter. Trying to fill a pouch from questionable stagnant water is challenging, the water usually needs some kind of prefiltering (bandana), and needs to be scooped out. The is one of the few scenarios where a hand pump filter with a prefilter on the inlet hose wins out.Overall this is my favorite filter and expect it will be my primary filter from now on. If anything change my opinion I'll come back and update my review.

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OUTSTANDING VALUE AND PERFORMANCEI got the Cleaning Coupler (SP150) and the Inline Adapters (SP110) and with some clear plastic hoses, I connected the filter to a Reliance 2.5 gallon collapseable plastic jug (wt 7.5 oz) !! AND could clean / back-flush the filter SO easily (read below)Now with just one trip to the stream I have 2 1/2 gallons of drinking water available (after filtering) and the wide mouth of the "dirty" jug fills quickly.3 or 4 ft of hose also allows a higher elevation for the "dirty" source and increases the flow considerably.As a bonus, the drinking valve that comes with the filter fit perfectly into the mouth of a second 2 1/2 gallon jug so I could get a full load of clean water with no work and no need to hang around and watch it. Water flow automatically stops when the "clean" jug is full since it fit so good.Same with screw-top collapseable bottles - screw one on to the filter, turn on the valve on the 2 1/2 gal jug and walk away - it stops automatically when full. I can fill my 4 x 1 Liter bags with less than 1 minute taken away from my outdoor fun !!CLEANING - BEST FOR ME . . . . I got rid of the syringe on this product and carry a much smaller, more effective Sawyer SP150 Cleaning Coupler.I mostly use it for filling 1 quart, collapseable, screw-top, plastic bottles. When they get full the flow automatically stops since it is sealed tight (air is removed before filling). Cleaning, then, is as easy as squeezing the clean bag after removing the dirty bag. It's SO easy, my filter gets back-flushed every use and it performs great, seemingly, forever.Hard plastic bottles with the same screw top have their advantage in camping and can also be used BUT MUST be coupled loosly to allow air to escape. After filling, tighten the clean bottle, remove the dirty source, squeeze the clean bottle to back-flush. Top off the clean bottle if desired.