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
An excuse to show the Rancher hat off a bit more before I begin making my minor alterations to it.
Ep 188: The Every-Man’s Guide to Fine Outdoor Hats (for Backcountry, BBQs, and Church!)