Water bottle or filter??

[hungNtree]

I'd like to find a good quality water bottle to carry fishing. Something to keep water cool all day. Or even if they make a filter where you can fill it up on the stream and drink safely. Although I suspect a filter would be expensive. Any thoughts or experience??

As always, thanks in advance,
hNt

[CharlaineC]

they make water bottles with internal filiters that you fill up with stream water and it cleans them. or a cpl of aluminum water bottles dropped in the stream, teatherd to you will stay crip all day. another option in a camel-back with insulate covering.

[DaleW]

99% of the time I'll use the bottled water because it is without a doubt cheaper. However, that being said, when doing some remote fishing, while away from the campsite or easy access to the bottled water, I'll carry in the back of the fishing vest a filter "straw" (maybe like the one I've posted below), that's for when it comes down to matter of I've got to. Right now it's in the little camper and I can't get to get to make sure of the name but I think it is the posted one.


http://www.amazon.com/Vestergaard-Fr.../dp/B006QF3TW4

[Uncle Jesse]

Jason, Rumor has it that you are a big ole boy. Big ole boys need lots of water, take about 3 bottles of water, they are about 10 - 12 cents for the Walmart brand; I picked up a case at CVS on sale <$3. Freeze a couple and put them where they will thaw and stay cool; keep one where you can drive out of it. When float tubing on the Hooch, I have a piece of cord and a snap on it so the bottom of the bottle drags in the river; when warm water fishing I use a red neck thermos, two Koozies over a bottle of water, insulates the bottle and keeps it cool. I will check with my hiking friend and see what he does, I suspect a filter, he is very weight conscious when he is trying to complete the AT hike.

[seafoam]

Beer.
Peter

[Byron Zuehlsdorff]

I am looking at a filter in a bottle from a place in Evanston, WY. It runs about $35 which may sound like a lot but it will filter from 50 to 75 gallons I think. It takes out all the bad stuff including geardea (sp?) A lot of the places I fish and hunt have some great springs nearby. This would mean less weight for me to pack around.

[Allan]

I know this probably won't be well received. The problem with bottled water is that the bottles are often discarded after they are used. Yes, they are easy to carry and safe. But they're also easy to toss and that hurts all of us. A canteen or other aluminum container is still good enough and if you like to drink a lot of fluid, or fear you may need more then 1 container, I guess you should get some type of purifier.

Allan

[Ed_D]

I am looking at a filter in a bottle from a place in Evanston, WY. It runs about $35 which may sound like a lot but it will filter from 50 to 75 gallons I think. It takes out all the bad stuff including geardea (sp?) A lot of the places I fish and hunt have some great springs nearby. This would mean less weight for me to pack around.

Byron, they might have filters good enough to protect against giardia ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giardia ) but I am skeptical that they are 100% effective. No, I cannot provide solid evidence to justify my lack of trust. Microbes and small parasites are not the only health threats. Water can also contain various poisons that appear in some streams, ranging from naturally occurring alkalis to mine effluent and agricultural contaminants. Make sure that all of these are also filtered out. That's why I just go with bottled water. Although I have the luxury of seldom fishing more than a couple of miles from my truck and that is a huge luxury. Also remember that contaminants on the outside of containers, or you, can undo all of your best efforts at cleaning the water within. That may well be the cause of anecdotes about giardia from filter bottles.

Take care,
Ed