Backpacking water filters are primarily a gimmick. A marketer’s dream. Take something in nature that is perfectly safe to drink 99.999% of the time and instead have people adopt, en masse, the common belief that they are going to get sick if they drink it without first running it through the contraption you want to sell.
Those of us who grew up drinking water straight from the source, and unfiltered, know better.
A woodsman’s water filter is not necessary nor useful most of the time. The only time they are necessary is when there is contamination close to where you are pulling the water from (if the contamination is not relatively close to where you’re pulling the water from, things in nature are already filtering the water for you).
This simple water filter here is perfection for the one time out of twenty that the water will be iffy and might need filtered. Simple, effective.
They’re selling them on Amazon here:
Delta Emergency Water Filter.... https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BQWNPL75?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share
Out here, a little light goes a long way. You don't need to push back the whole night, just enough of it to see your next step.
— The Practical Woodsman
This is something I can say I never experienced on the ol’ Shawnee Appalachy River.
Braving the Ol' Shawnee Appalachy - Pt 2: Ornery Gal
Damp insulation won't keep you warm. Dry your layers whenever the sun gives you the chance, because the woods won't remind you before nightfall.
— The Practical Woodsman
