Ack…I TRIED! I have a in-water-bottle filter. And no…..I haven’t ever used it. {roll eyes} So I dug it out of it’s designated bag. Read directions which include flushing it first time with city tap water….[for me, I added a touch of bleach to well water]. Then tried to squeeze that water thru the filter. Good Grief! Filter adds such strong resistance! I kept having to rest my hands! In between, I straightened out the Goin’ Into Town bag that filter “lives” in. Change for season, update emergency bars, etc. Had to run the bleachy water thru X2 and then rinsing it out. By the time I did all that…yikes! I’ll do that actual pond water test tomorrow. Awfully glad I’m not trying to get home from “town” and rely on that filter today… Sawyer Mini is looking very good right now. [Its been on my list for a while now.]
My second filter was in the real BOB which also badly needed to be reorganized and slimmed down. I found some things inside had gotten WET. AAACK! HOW did that happen???? Threw out a moldy leather knife sheath 🙁 and worked for a while to clean up the good folder knife with steel wool and oil. It was ok….maybe less pretty. And the folding saw….worked quite a while to get the rust off that! It wasn’t pretty to begin with….purchased used at a garage sale. But RUST? Cleaned up the whole bag and set out in the WIND/sun today. Perfect day to dry that, thankfully. In between I’m squeezing that other bottle. Uff Ta! Small house with things spread all over….and the big dog wanting to lay down in the middle of my ‘exploded’ project. So I didn’t even BEGIN with my Katadyn filter yet. It’s there on the floor….waiting for tomorrow….
OldMtWoman….TIRED but know this project is so important!