One of the biggest tasks for us on some of these backpack and base camp hunts is filtering water for hunters and the production crew. Since I get a lot of questions about how we do it, what we use, and why we use what we do, I thought we would do a quick video.
This video shows what works best for us. Our needs might be different, given we usually have three people, sometimes four, and TV production puts a lot of constraints on our time once the sun goes down. You will see I am big on gravity-based systems. The good ones are about the same size/weight as pump systems, and they can do a lot more volume with less attention.
We do not cover the chemical treatments in this video. I do carry Aquamira Drops as my emergency backup.
Interested in what some of you do when you have a larger group of people where volume of water can be a challenge. Seems I always learn some good ideas when the Hunt Talk crowd chimes in on these sort of videos.
[video=youtube_share;hGiB-Wzj--U]https://youtu.be/hGiB-Wzj--U[/video]
If you want links to the systems we focus on most, here you go:
Katadyn 10L Base Camp Gravity System - https://www.amazon.com/Katadyn-Base...e197a591b0d37b8034b6a&creativeASIN=B00NKPOC3I
Katadyn Hiker Pro pump system - https://www.amazon.com/Katadyn-8018...9657a5e84e2b81b7fb77a&creativeASIN=B002CN82V2
Platypus 4.0L Gravity Works System - https://www.amazon.com/Platypus-Gra...6665ebaf7df76472b7d4f&creativeASIN=B00G4V4IVQ
This video shows what works best for us. Our needs might be different, given we usually have three people, sometimes four, and TV production puts a lot of constraints on our time once the sun goes down. You will see I am big on gravity-based systems. The good ones are about the same size/weight as pump systems, and they can do a lot more volume with less attention.
We do not cover the chemical treatments in this video. I do carry Aquamira Drops as my emergency backup.
Interested in what some of you do when you have a larger group of people where volume of water can be a challenge. Seems I always learn some good ideas when the Hunt Talk crowd chimes in on these sort of videos.
[video=youtube_share;hGiB-Wzj--U]https://youtu.be/hGiB-Wzj--U[/video]
If you want links to the systems we focus on most, here you go:
Katadyn 10L Base Camp Gravity System - https://www.amazon.com/Katadyn-Base...e197a591b0d37b8034b6a&creativeASIN=B00NKPOC3I
Katadyn Hiker Pro pump system - https://www.amazon.com/Katadyn-8018...9657a5e84e2b81b7fb77a&creativeASIN=B002CN82V2
Platypus 4.0L Gravity Works System - https://www.amazon.com/Platypus-Gra...6665ebaf7df76472b7d4f&creativeASIN=B00G4V4IVQ