Using a single test has some risks. How clean were the respective filters? Running a clean filter against a partially clogged filter will give significantly different results than comparing two clean or two clogged filters. I use the Sweetwater because of its simplicity. A number of years ago I borrowed an MSR filter from Campus Recreation. I had used the filter before and found it worked well. In the rush I failed to test it before departing on a week long trip into BWCAW. First time I went to use it no water. As I sat in the canoe I took apart the check valve to see if that was where the problem was, another canoe in the group came over to see what I was doing, bumped my boat and the little check ball goes bloop overboard. When we finally got back from the trip I found that an internal check valve had been omitted when the filter had been reassembled. The Sweetwater breaks down into two large pieces. It is almost idiot proof. Whatever filter you use try the Sweetwater prefilter. It goes in the suction line and grabs the big stuff. It really extends the time between filter cleaning. When it starts to plug up reverse hoses and backwash. When it finally plugs replace it. Really cuts the hassle factor. >I recently used the MSR filter (I forget the specific model, but it was >their "better" one) and was trying to fill a 3 gallon water bag using it, >while someone else was doing the same thing, but using the PUR Explorer >filter. If anything, I was pumping faster, yet the PUR finished in *half* >the time. >Evan Dallas >Woodinville, WA > > *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Fri Sep 17 1999 - 00:42:14 PDT
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