Originally Posted by
kaos joe
Semi-zombie thread, but I just got around to downloading pictures. Here's a Sawyer Squeeze in gravity-fed "stand around with your hands in your pockets" mode. Takes a couple of minutes for a liter, several times faster if you make the effort to squeeze the raw water bag. The Sawyer bags have a rep for springing leaks, which is also my experience, and are best replaced. The Platypus bags have been to hell and back and are good after 20+ years.
Now, I've never tried it, but the system should be equal to the rigors of hotel room use.
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I leave in a couple days for a backpacking trip (yes, backpacking, not bikepacking), bringing my Sawyer for the first time. Tested it a couple days ago in the sink, did not want to flow so I did a robust backflush and it now provides good flow. I tested it in the sink when I bought it almost two years ago, so it had some water in it in storage over almost two years.
The issue the OP had was flavor, not filterable microbes or particulates. Thus a filter would not work on that.
I will be using Evernew brand bladders.