Sawyer mini water filter - how good?

[Charliecres]

I haven't found anything that matches this (on paper) for performance, size and weight at a similar price.

I know various people on here have bought one recently, so does anyone have a real world review?

[composite]

It's small, light weight and filters fairly quickly. Not sure what else to say really.

[Charliecres]

So no problems in use then?

Sounds good

[Zippy]

I haven't actually tried mine yet, I got it in November too

[Dan_K]

Used mine in Scotland and it works as described and is a lot better than the travel tap I had.
Easy to squeeze the water through and the flow rate is ok. Only issue I had was that the plastic pouch/bottle is very stiff and a bit tricky to fill. I'll probably switch it out for something easier to fill, maybe a plastic bottle.

[composite]

Was about to post the same about the plastic pouch being stiff. Give it a blow to inflate it and it pops into shape. Make sure the gusset at the bottom is expanded and then it stands up.

[Yorlin]

Do you mean the Sawyer Mini filter?
http://www.trekitt.co.uk/3050/products/ ... tAoddToAgQ


I was looking at a small hand pump for £40 but if the sawyer mini works well that looks better and cheaper..
http://www.tiso.com/shop/eap/accessorie ... er_system/

[Bearbonesnorm]

Review coming shortly ... but there's possibly not much else to say

[Matt]

Well you better not say it's better than the Gravityworks one that I've just bought at twice the price :?

[Bearbonesnorm]

Well you better not say it's better than the Gravityworks one that I've just bought at twice the price

I stand by everything I ever said about the Gravity Works filter ... if there's more than one of you it's superb and it's not bad for non schizophrenics either

[ianfitz]

I've got a waterstraw which is a bit lighter but doesn't have an inline function. It's good for slurping out of puddles though!