Product Recommendation: Katadyn Hiker PRO Water Filter

Product Recommendation: Katadyn Hiker PRO Water Filter

With my tenure in the back-country, I've had many experiences looking for water. Water is essential to surviving in the wilderness and should be taken very seriously when looking for proper equipment. I've used both water purification tablets and filters. Between the two, I would recommend backpackers use filters over the tablets. This is for two reasons. One, being that you can run out of tablets quickly. And two, filtered water from a flowing river is the best tasting water you will ever gulp down.

That's I'll be recommending the Katadyn Hiker PRO Water Filter for anyone looking for water purification equipment.

Pros

• Guaranteed to remove any viscous disease you can pick up in the water. You can even use this product in extremely dirty, non-running water, and it will still work.
• It is very easy to use. The pump has no learning curve. You simply put one end in the water source, one end in the bottle, and start pumping. You'll have a full canteen in about ten to twelve pumps depending on the size of the canteen.
• This product comes with a field maintenance kit to help you fix the water filter if anything were to happen to it. Fixing it is also rather easy and you will thank the heavens if you ever need to fix it while out in the back-country.

Cons

• The filter can be heavy, but it is worth carrying around. Some backpackers like to pack as lightly as they can. This depends on what you want to do.
• The filter is bulky. While the water filter is incredible at what it does, it is big for its intended purpose and can take up a lot of space in you backpack. This is the biggest trade off when choosing use this product because space is valuable.