[Closed] sawyer mini

I have been researching it for the past few days as I intend to buy at least 5 for presents when traveling abroad.

Would also add a carbon filter to it to improve the filtering.

Like this ...

Hope to look at one next week in jockland 🙂

Did you get the whole kit ? straw/bag/backwash syringe.

Became aware of it from the Cotswold outdoor catalogue i grabbed in Fortwilliam a month back.

If that was available a year ago in that format and price i would have just bought that.

Over a year ago i got the Aquamira Frontier pro at £22 with a limited lifespan of about 180gallons depending on how dirty the water is, and for really iffy water, treat with tablets first then draw through the filter.
With a normal length camel back hose and hanging the bag, and removing the bite valve (easy job) the gravity flow filtering is quite good.

The sawyer is a better filter with an insane lifespan (if looked after)i want to compare it next to my Aquamira.....will most likely have one when i see it 🙂

(awaits debate on water in Scotland is safe if you use common sense/drink from mountain tops etc etc 🙂 Mrs Ace can nick it if she goes wild in India again, might save several weeks of stomach upsets)

The Sawyer mini retail at £30 at Cotswold which include all the kit like straw, 1 litre bag and backwash syringe.

I will add carbon filter and tablets to my list ... getting expensive as gifts now.

🙂

Aye contemplating a carbon filter for sorting the taste sometimes. Maybe not use it all the time but adding a small one for occasional use is something I'm considering.

Aye got the filter, half litre bag, syringe and a wee bit of tube in the box.

I tried the gravity filtering with a could of coke bottles, one with holes in it, doesn't work as good as the collapsible bag(I'm guessing the vacumm collapsing the bags actually helps the flow). So just going to get a couple of 2l collapsible bags and I'll be sorted.

I ordered from a place called trekkit had never heard of them before but delivered fairly quickly for a few pence under 30.

The vid's nice for scale, looks to be shorter but a bit fatter than the Aquamira.

Edit.
Try a longer length hose between bag and filter, the higher the bag the better the flow.
Or 1meter of hose will have better flow than a 25cm length of hose.

🙂

Its very small and light 2 black end bits are about the same diameter as a handle bar grip and the blue bit thinner. Length is about 3/4 of a grip.

seosamh77 - Member

I ordered from a place called trekkit had never heard of them before but delivered fairly quickly for a few pence under 30.

I will ask for price match when I buying more than 5 (probably need 7) from Cotswold and if they don't want to price match or discount I shall simply order online. 🙂

Oh ya ... good call on [b][url= http://www.trekitt.co.uk/advancedsearch.aspx?Term=sawyer#&&Jw4ddDftnqnZq8WiOeFhDN7dusyqKazwVbe2NiDFEs9jgffF2VGHl8uil3ari7ZmrxFM/FF3Um/MVvBCQV/MdczI7vbguSCl0LWF7ogaGGGINEab0/G9pXDhMMCBWvJaxQgOzXWzGIC48wNUMGnn7Q== ]Trekkit[/url][/b] and I may buy the larger one for myself. The Sawyer mini as present.

Following on from my earlier thread,

Is there a need for this sort of thing if you're only in the UK?

water in Scotland is safe if you use [b]common sense[/b]

Cougar - Moderator

Following on from my earlier thread,

Is there a need for this sort of thing if you're only in the UK?

Yeap. Imagine you are collecting water from the down stream as drinking water thinking it is safe but what you don't know is up stream there might be animals partying away dropping their shite and urine with various nasties in them. I rather be safe than sorry.

Boiling water is fine but chemical might still be found in it.

Oh ya it's almost impossible to spot the nasty in water.

Cougar. Personally I just don't trust my ability to be able to spot a dodgy water source. I obviously have some clue about obvious dangers but others.... I'd rather have peace of mind and boiling water is a pain in the bugger.

So maybe not but this adds some peace of mind.

Cougar.
Yes, No, Maybe, perhaps.

Everyone is different, some people can eat phall curry with no ill effects, many can't, those used to drinking "wild water" will be more tolerant than those that don't, perhaps...

Drinking lowland water near industrial or farming or urban areas can be risky, that's a No, filter or boil it.

Drinking water higher up in the hills, with little to no farming or crops or industry or urban areas is safer, that's a maybe, you might be allright, you might not be.

Drinking water from source, natural spring or high up on a mountain is generally considered to be safe, i do it, loads of others do it.

I boil at low level and top off with a filter at higher level, if i think it's good i chance it.
There is no real hard answer to the question as we are all different and in different locations.
If in doubt, boil it or treat it or filter it.

These mini filters are fairly new and getting cheaper, mine was £22 and has limits, next one up was the large Sawyer at £45 which in theory i could slash into an industrail outlet to the river thames, collect the water, filter it and be fine 🙂

Common sense and water, still stagnent and smelly water don't touch it. Flowing but brown dirty muddy water is better but not by much, dirty water will clog up a filter and reduce it's lifespan.
Clear flowing water as close to source as you get is most likely safe if you don't have a weak stomach.

Saying all that, on top of a Knoydart hill, water hole, deer had fallen in, all water flowing from that hole was considered bad to drink, got water higher up. Got water from the small flowing stream next to Sourlies bothy, it had small things swimming in it, most likely crayfish larvae, i boiled that 🙂

2 weeks later i was in hospital with pnemonia, only different thing i had done leading up to this was drink water in Knoydart. Hospital couldn't rule it out but reckoned unlikely as cause.
I am a bit twitchy about wild water, so for the peace of mind going to to inline filters. Have always drank wild water with many others with no issues.

Oh and don't drink out of animal troughs, thats asking for jip 🙂

I lived for 14 years in Scotland before I moved somewhere with mains water, i'd be off the mains now given the chance. Use a bit of common and you're ok. Wouldn't be so sure further South tho, My early days canoeing were around Wales and if you capsized you made damn sure your mouth was shut.