Hollow fiber filters for backpacking and thruhiking
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- Hollow fiber filters are our favorite type of water filter for making streams and lakes safe for drinking while backpacking. They are lightweight and durable, and they can be maintained in the field.
Check out our blog post on water filters for more information: reneeandtimhik...
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3 tips.
• The use of a cloth when collecting water, will significantly extend the life of your filter.
• If it clogs up after a long storage and little use, soften up the filter for a couple of hours in water.
• Blow air out of the filter til it's empty of water and store it in your freezer. Frost will prevent build up of nasty fungi, and blowing out the water will prevent the filter from damage.
You throw a water purifier in a freezer it'll bust the inside. Clean a water filter are you do is pour bleach through it and through the line
They said it breaks if it freezes
@@milflover6969 It's up to you. I let it dry before freezing an not had issues.
@@milflover6969 the water itself is what would break it when it's dry and there's no water to expand upon freezing nothing actually happens to it but these folks in the video don't seem to want to completely dry theirs out on cold days
If you have a ceramic filter don’t freeze it even if it is dry because it will break the ceramic.
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Just a heads up, the affiliate links on your blog for the filters are broken. I would like to buy one and give you credit for it!!
Thanks!
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Life straws!!! When I was 15 I hiked 14 miles to the top of mist falls in Sequoia Kings Canyon national forest, drank right out of the top of the waterfall. Great memory
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@@samuelshepherd5323 Don’t be jealous
Some cool shit. I’d never be able to do this in the uk lol.
@@samuelshepherd5323 300lb and living in your moms basement
Ngl i feel like we’re probably close in age but you guys are like my vicarious aunt and uncle that teach me about hiking stuff 😂
Same tho 😂
These things are so cool. Growing up we had bleach and Nalgene bottles lol. Don't ever, ever assume water looks clean so it is clean, you'll regret it. I watched someone be sick with beaver fever before. That's giardiasis.
You get beaver fever drinking water downstream from a dam or lodge. Oh man. Projectile. Out both ends. Poor guy was wishing for death he was so sick and stuff just kept coming out of him even though he was getting weak and struggled to get up. You only need to see that once to never, ever drink straight from a water source.
If you don't have a life straw or something just put roughly 1 drop of bleach per 500 ml of water. Give it a really good shake and then let it sit before drinking it. If you have a canoe or go for a swim, get out into the deepest part of the water and scoop water an arm's length from the surface. It'll have the least amount of particulate.
Do the same for cooking water. I once ate a few bites of tuna helper someone made but they got the water from the shore. Full of sand. Disgusting lol. I went to bed hungry that night. If you can only access the shoreline then strain the water through a t-shirt or something first!
thank you cor this
The 1st video i watched of them, they had so much hate on that video from trolls. But I liked their video alot. Their travel videos seem like really helpful for other travellers.
I like their videos.
Really? What were people even mad about?
@@Jesse__H They were trolling about them drying food and showing how they rehydrated and ate that food.
Trolls were apparently very offended by it.
People now a days get offended by anything.
I'm not from US but there are many foods in our culture that used to be sundried for preservation and later use. And people enjoy those foods still to this day. Although that seems like a hard task and people usually now eat them as delicacies.
And it annoyed me some how when people threw hate at them for preserving food by drying it.
What's wrong with it?
They dont get alot of hate from trolls you fragile pussy. People just cant help but smell the video.
@@jya5467 people just love to start problems for no reason.
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You guys are such a wholesome couple. Love your vids
I have the sawyer ones in my emergency go bag! Glad to hear I got a good one
Me too, I have the Sawyer mini
You guys amaze me in every way. Your dehydration way of preparing foods are also important. As I've said in ALL my comments, my brother hiked the Appalachian from Georgia to Maine, and even tho he was somewhat prepared, he was no where near as prepared as you guys, BUT, he learned so much along the way. You guys need to do the Appalachian trail, he said it was such a life changing experience. Took about 4to5months,and this was in 2006.
Her smile is amazing! Such a cool woman and he’s one lucky guy! A perfect couple!
Talked to my bestfriend about doing this yearly, your show is what teaches me some stuff I desperately needed to know
Ima fan of y’all . I’m 280 pounds but y’all make me wanna camp and hike . Y’all stay happy and active
You can do it! Just start small with something your body is comfortable with and work your way up from there. You can check out Unlikely Hikers for some more inspiration. I was 230 pounds when I started walking every day and dropped to 190 probably within a year or two. Maybe I'll see you on the trails. 😊💚
You may want to carry some flocculant to make really dirty water into just dirty water and then filter that water. It will be less work and wear & tear on your filters. Just an idea im passing along that I used when on the AT.
Yep! We use life-straws in Boy Scouts, but usually one scout brings a gravity fed filtration system for us all to use it’s really cool, here’s how it works.
You have a large sack, maybe a gallon, and some tubing that leads to a filter at the bottom of the sack. You fill up the sack with water, then hang it up on a tree, then the scouts cycle their bottles through the end of the tubing until we all get fresh water!
My first system was one of those. Very slow we switched to a small pump forced water one. They didn't have life straws when we hiked. But im old lol.
We had lots of water purification tablets
You guys are living the dream. You guys are awesome!
I have a lifestraw gravity bag and theyre so useful. Can be a bit slow to get water out of but makes the backpack so much lighter when you only need to carry one bottle
Love y’all’s update shorts ! 👍🤠
It’s crazy watching an at home video right after a indoors video. You can really see the change
These devices are absolutely mind-blowing to me!
Y’all are awesome. Keep up the vids!!
both are cooperative not only husband and wife they're inspirations to many
Love y'all's videos, but really wish they had closed captioning! 💜
Definitely a good thing to have. Getting sick from ecoli is not fun. I started to go septic from it. I also have gotten listeria from a local restaurant because they didn't wash my vegetables properly that was horrible. Idk if you can get that in water but I wouldn't wish that on any good person especially y'all! Stay safe on this upcoming trip!
It's just a guess, but you do get satisfied when you have a full glass not too cold and definitely not hot but just the perfect temperature water after a hike when you reach some restaurants and like drinking from the glass makes its more satisfying 😌 just heaven
Sawyer squeeze all the way! Life straws are so hard to suck water through!
This reminds me of the time I drank out of this river.. the river was the clearest that I’ve ever seen.. the water tasted like clean filtered water, but my friend told me “I just wiped off a parasite.. did you really drink the water?” And I’m like “ummm yes…”
Her voice is so satisfying
As an aside, I did always have a backup, small bottle of iodine water treatment tablets. Never had to use any, though. Small pump filter always worked great.
You guys can also drink from waterfalls because it also kills bacteria but still does not mean you can drink it right away so I'm happy for you guys I keep hiking stay healthy stay alive and have fun
You should try grayl bottles and filters, is what I use, and a P&G water purifier packets for when a water is too muddy and would be needlessly tough to squeeze through. Honestly the grayl bottles are incredible.
Grayl are too heavy. And their pieces can be replaced easily if damaged.
NICE TO HAVE WHEN ON A LOOOOOONG TRIP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FOREST
Yoooo I didn’t know they break if they freeze you may have just saved me a life or death experience
Let's hope those never break when y'all r out walking and hiking like that 😬😬😬😬 so many fears and paranoia but it's fun watching y'all do it
For real yall give ppl like me a reason. I havent done shit but I want to. I dream of what yall doin
Watching this channel and considering taking a risk going out glamping.
Do you also use water treatment tablets, even really small micron filters can’t always filter out tapeworm eggs etc. in some places? I’m going on a trip to Isle Royale this summer and that was one of the things we were required to bring as well as filters.
Yea the tablets definitely work a lot better
@@loganmueller2766 but they make the water taste nasty 😅
@@86aidan31 oh I didn’t know that
@@loganmueller2766 maybe there are some that don’t but all the ones I have used make it taste like chlorine or whatever. It’s safe to drink of course and better than giardia.
Isle royal lakes and streams can be an issue but good ole Lake Superior you hardly even need a filter at all.
The filters don't remove viruses. I'm paranoid so I use iodine to get rid of the viruses but iodine doesn't get rid of parasites so I use the filters as well. Or boil.
Doest boiling get rid of parasites AND viruses?
Sawyer minis are my favorite
Keep in mind that these filters don't filter out viruses. For that, you'll have to go to active carbon filters like the Grayl bottles. Most of the time, these Sawyers filters are enough but if there is a high chance if human/animal waste in the water, you need the active carbon.
Modern tech offers many really good filters. Some fresh water tastes so good when backpacking in wilderness and alpine areas.
Idk if this is being done already but they would be so good for communities in the world that don’t have access to clean water!
I think that there's some groups doing that, but it's not a great solution, because the filters will only process so much water, so in the long run it's a lot more efficient to get a clean source of water. (They also don't work for chemical contamination, and a lot of places where there's absolutely no clean water is due to chemical contamination.)
There it is I’ve been asking for this video 🥳
Guys, please, even if you have a filter, please please please boil your water before you drink it. That’ll get rid of any bacteria or germs in it that the filters can’t get out.
I call them LIFE STRAWS and my friend used one in the toilet and it worked!
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You guys should dehydrate pancakes and maple syrup. That would be an awesome video.
Y’all make super good vids
Honestly, I think my lifestraw is my best ever purchase
😂Thank you for the sleeping bag trick. ❤😊😊😊
Great information a Videos love them all … you both are so inspiring.. and happy keep smiling!!!! looking to buy a water filter myself what brand do you guys like using?????
I’d love to know if you guys ever come across wild animals and how you deal with that?
Most wild animals run, including predators. The danger is if you startle a predator, or are close to one when you realize that it is there, and loud noise will usually make the animal flee. Grizzlies and mountain lions usually hold their ground, though, so it’s best to know how to escape them or carry some form of repellent/protection.
@@coolHawk_ she didnt ask you… 🤦♂️
@@parkinsonparkinson7583 They're right though.
@@shannonrickard8605 How would ‘cool Hawk’ know what they do about animals? He simply gave his personal, suggested response.
@@parkinsonparkinson7583 but they were right. Facts aren’t opinions lol
I work at a facility that uses those as an early filter stage to make deionized water. Ours are about 10 ft tall and make 300 gpm though so just a little different.😂
been drinking from natural wells for 15 years, got no issues
I’m sure I’m not the first one to say but, get a Grayl! They are life changing and life saving
My friend Megan actually invented the life straw(from our school)
My mom gave me one of these for the holidays
You both are amazing
You guys are amazing!!!!
Always use two stage water cleaning. First stage a collection bag and use gravity to let sediment fall to the bottom. Then use the straws. You can burst the filter with debris.
I knew it was possible but didn’t think it could be that cool
Do a video that shows where you start on your trip to where you finish. Because I want to be like you
How do you post when travelling? By the way love your vids, such an inspiration! ❤
For addition sanitation when cleaning the filter you can disovle 1 of those baby bottle sterilizer tablets 1st
The water is so clear
I have been wanting to get one of those!!!😅
Oh my so much to learn
So for those of you who don’t understand how this works like the guy up above who said he blows his out dry, and then put them in his freezer at home to store it for safety. These water filters have tiny tiny tiny pores, which do not allow the germs etc. through-as we all know water expands when it freezes if your water filter freezes and has even a tiny bit of water left in it the pores will expand, and it will allow germs through, but you won’t be able to tell until you can’t leave your toilet. Up to you. 🤔🤔😑
What do you do if you would get sick on a hike
Btw love your videos 🥰💪
Have you heard of these bottles called Water To Go Bottles. They have really good filters In them and me and my dad use then all the time. They are £22 in the UK I think.
Natural spring water is sooo good
My personal preference has always been Sawyer. Avoid the mini if possible. It's really slow vs the regular size (and that can be slow enough!) They did make a new version of the mini so it may be better.
YES! Those are a must!
You guys are so cool
Love the waterfall
Im always using aquatabs because i hike with clear streams, one day maybe ill use a filter
I would still have a hard time trusting that it works.
I own one of those and have yet to try it.
I fckn love this channel ❤️
The “almost” anywhere, got me laughing
We put them in our sleeping bags so we can pop them in the bags and we will sleep soaking wet : D
Sawyer water filters are the best!
I love the music
Do you guys live in the wilderness? If so, THATS AWESOME
Pay attention. I got the beaver fever back in the 90s. It sucks. I spent 2 days hovering over a hole in the ground.
Thank you two!!! Thank you
I use those sawyer squeezes and i hate them they aren’t bad but i hate squeezing the water slowly out
Very interesting!! Good to know
Out of all of them, which do u prefer? We have a lifestyle, but I think we need to clean it... We love that, and just purchased the one in the middle, but haven't used yet!
Hi im new subscribers ! I love your videos! Sometimes im hardly understand what ur saying! Would love to read Subtitles or something can help people who watching ur video understand. ❤️❤️
Have you guys been to clouds rest? It’s a really cool view and a nice hike🤙🏼
Still makes me worried but I will have to do it one day probably.
Wait a second... Who was filming in the beginning??
How do you guys keep your phoned charged for videos and have a connection ?(I'm really sorry if this has already been answered)
They use a portable charger
That’s pretty damn cool
That's awesome!! Have you guys ever got sick after drinking the filtered water ?
You guys should try a sterilizer pen from stari pen
My uncle has this filter so if he sees a puddle he can drink from it he goes on alot of hikes so he needs this and he goes camping alot