I’ve had my MSR Guardian since 2016. Multiple 3-7 day backpacking trips here in Colorado. Use it for hunting, fly fishing, Wildfire deployments, international travel, etc. Never had any problems or gotten sick from drinking the water it has filtered. Had the common O-ring leak from over tightening. Loosed it slightly and boom works perfect. Best water filter I’ve ever had and trust it 100%!! Yes the price is expensive, but if I’m putting my guts and body on the line with water, I’ll pay the premium. Not risking getting the shitties or pukies on the trail or traveling! Worth the price to me and I stand by the filter
It really depends on how dirty the water is, and if you can remove any suspended solids/ sediment prior to filtering through the Guardian. It's advertised to last 10,000+ liters
I've used the Grayl water purifier in dirty water, and it got plugged up quickly. It still worked, but it got hard to squeeze, and it took much longer. Instead of lasting a month of hard use, it lasted less than a week of hard use.
If the water is high in turbidity or sediment, this will cause the Grayl to clog FAST. If you can pre-filter some of the suspended solids out first, it will go a long to to extending the filter lifespan
Appreciate the MSR Guardian video. Per your request, please add these two filters to your list to test and make a video about: 1) Wayfarer Water Purifier 2) Survivor Filter Pro
Thank you for your informative videos. I had the MSR traveling through Mexico and central America and never had any complaints. I’d like to see a video about the Katadyn Pocket
Great review thanks. Price for the purifier is over the top though. The lifesaver wayfarer at 1/3 the cost and an even smaller pore size purifier as another level above
I’d say anything Berkey related. They’ve been in some hot water lately with that lawsuit, so I’m curious if there is a difference between the filters you can get from Amazon seller vs their own distributors (per the lawsuit). Also curious how they stack up against the over gravity filters. ✌🏼
@@K9River You can create a little container that is filled with crushed/powdered Norit. Norit is a product that filters chemicals extremely good. I used a 5 cm hose to connect that container to the MSR. And also a little tube on the other side. After that the water taste is perfect. Without it a lot of the time the filtered water tastes like shit. Every 20 liter of filtered water i exhange the powdered Norit with fresh ones. Just to be sure. Also i always prefilter the water before it goes into the MSR. I have atleast done 5000 liter with it and it is still going strong. At home i have another one and also three replacement filters. You never know when something bad will happen. If i have to use it for filtering 30000 liter and then still more i will put a bullit through my brain because it means that we are permanently f*cked. And i also do not want to use it without an external charchoil filter against chemicals. People pee a lot of medicines out of themselfs. And also most water is conteminated with pesticides. And a lot of other polutants. Even rain is not clean. If you need to store a lot of water then make sure to put some silver in it. Just throw some polished coins in the water. The silver ions kill everything before it can start to grow. By this method your water never goes bad. For many many years. If it is stored in the dark.
i'd love to see a sawyer mini get tested, those things are everywhere and it seems like every hiker had one at one time or another
Got it on the list! Thanks for the additional request 🙏
Me too. I’ve got two sawyers. Very popular
I've used the Sawyer Mini for years
I have one too, I'd like to see this test.
@@waterfilterguru Any update on this Test? :)
I’ve had my MSR Guardian since 2016. Multiple 3-7 day backpacking trips here in Colorado. Use it for hunting, fly fishing, Wildfire deployments, international travel, etc.
Never had any problems or gotten sick from drinking the water it has filtered.
Had the common O-ring leak from over tightening. Loosed it slightly and boom works perfect.
Best water filter I’ve ever had and trust it 100%!!
Yes the price is expensive, but if I’m putting my guts and body on the line with water, I’ll pay the premium. Not risking getting the shitties or pukies on the trail or traveling!
Worth the price to me and I stand by the filter
Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for the review ! I would like to see a test of the Lifesaver Jerrycan, please !
Great, I'll add it to our list! Thanks for your request
THanks. How long does the MSR Guardian Purifier last with constant filtering dirty water?
It really depends on how dirty the water is, and if you can remove any suspended solids/ sediment prior to filtering through the Guardian. It's advertised to last 10,000+ liters
I've used the Grayl water purifier in dirty water, and it got plugged up quickly. It still worked, but it got hard to squeeze, and it took much longer. Instead of lasting a month of hard use, it lasted less than a week of hard use.
If the water is high in turbidity or sediment, this will cause the Grayl to clog FAST. If you can pre-filter some of the suspended solids out first, it will go a long to to extending the filter lifespan
Appreciate the MSR Guardian video. Per your request, please add these two filters to your list to test and make a video about:
1) Wayfarer Water Purifier
2) Survivor Filter Pro
Thanks for the request!
Thank you for your informative videos. I had the MSR traveling through Mexico and central America and never had any complaints. I’d like to see a video about the Katadyn Pocket
Thanks for sharing and for the feedback and request! I've added the Katadyn pocket to the list to look into
Great review thanks. Price for the purifier is over the top though. The lifesaver wayfarer at 1/3 the cost and an even smaller pore size purifier as another level above
Thanks for sharing! Glad you liked the video
Thanks for the review! I have a request: please review the Melissani m1. It seems very similar to the rkin u1
Thanks for the request! We've got it on the list for next time we test countertop ROs.
Would you be able to do testing on Puribag water filtration please or the outdoor sawyer products. Thanks
Thanks for your requests. We've got Sawyer on the list and I'll look into the Puribag. Great suggestions!
How about testing the sawyer range please.
Got it on the list! Thanks for the request
They said it is NSF Certified. I cannot find it on the NSF site. Is it certified and what standard?
Where do you see the claim of certification?
@@waterfilterguruon their website. There is SO much misinformation out there.
@@waterfilterguru
My bad... just wasnt clear at first
I'm still waiting to see the test of the Sagan Life Water Purifier. Any of their products will work just fine. Maybe the XStream Straw they sell. 😊
We've got Sagan life on our long list of requested products 🙂 thanks for the additional request
I would like to see BKLES electric water filter and Surviver Filter PRO water filters
Thanks for the requests, added them to the list!
I’d say anything Berkey related. They’ve been in some hot water lately with that lawsuit, so I’m curious if there is a difference between the filters you can get from Amazon seller vs their own distributors (per the lawsuit). Also curious how they stack up against the over gravity filters. ✌🏼
Have you seen our Berkey testing videos?
Test 1 th-cam.com/video/AVZmZwTxnMc/w-d-xo.html
Test 2 th-cam.com/video/1QL3McV20YM/w-d-xo.html
I wish you could have tested for chemicals like herbicide and pesticide runoff.
The MSR Guardian is not capable of reducing organic contaminants (chemicals like herbicides and pesticides) - this is why we didn't test for these
@@waterfilterguru Ah. I could have looked that up. Still, thank you for the reply.
@@K9River You can create a little container that is filled with crushed/powdered Norit. Norit is a product that filters chemicals extremely good.
I used a 5 cm hose to connect that container to the MSR. And also a little tube on the other side. After that the water taste is perfect. Without it a lot of the time the filtered water tastes like shit. Every 20 liter of filtered water i exhange the powdered Norit with fresh ones. Just to be sure. Also i always prefilter the water before it goes into the MSR. I have atleast done 5000 liter with it and it is still going strong. At home i have another one and also three replacement filters. You never know when something bad will happen. If i have to use it for filtering 30000 liter and then still more i will put a bullit through my brain because it means that we are permanently f*cked.
And i also do not want to use it without an external charchoil filter against chemicals. People pee a lot of medicines out of themselfs. And also most water is conteminated with pesticides. And a lot of other polutants. Even rain is not clean.
If you need to store a lot of water then make sure to put some silver in it. Just throw some polished coins in the water. The silver ions kill everything before it can start to grow. By this method your water never goes bad. For many many years. If it is stored in the dark.
@@K9River happy to help
New sub here. Thank you. Hope to see some videos of how to get clean water in disaster.
Thanks for the suggestion, great idea I really appreciate it. I've added this topic to my list
Yeah but viruses tho??! That’s where the marketing is at for the price you pay
Yes the MSR Guardian can reduce viruses
Grayl geopress
Did you see this video? th-cam.com/video/He_C-QzZQEI/w-d-xo.html