Originally Posted by
cyccommute
Since I’m usually the culprit that starts the heated debates, I’ll chime in.
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You’ve got the story all wrong. ...
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I still wouldn’t use one, no matter how light or improved they are. I’ll stick with my MSR Sweetwater. It may be heavy but it works without too much maintenance. Something that doesn’t work is far heavier.
Noted.
Originally Posted by
IPassGas
Interesting/useful/helpful comments on the Sawyer. On backpack trips many years back we used iodine, but then eventually switched to First Need and then to Katadyn, which I guess is MSR now. ....
If Katadyn and MSR are the same company now, that is news to me. Katadyn website does not list MSR as one of their brands.