Hoover filters

[Fredcompanybushcraft]

Would the filter from a vacuum cleaner be any good as a water filter?
Obviously you'd have to boil the water afterwards, or add some other filtration technique.

What do you think?

Fred

 

[MrEd]

prob not, arent most of them paper based?

Get a millbank bag

 

[Fredcompanybushcraft]

Didn't know they were paper-based
Mine seemed more "fibrey" than paper

EDIT: HEPA filters are fiberglass based, but only filter to 0.5 microns at best.
They're made to get 0.3 micron fibres, but I suspect that they wouldn't in water.

 

[bikething]

Hoovers rely on airflow so it'll be a much coarser filter in comparison to a water filter

Millbank bag is a much better bet

 

[Fredcompanybushcraft]

I thought so
Ah well
Millbank bag for me then

 

[maddave]

Or a leg from a pair of jeans cut at a 30 degree angle and sewn up at the bottom... DIY millbank bag

 

[Barn Owl]

Millbank,
Don't cost much and easily got.

 

[galopede]

Personally, I wouldn't be keen on all the dust and cat hairs in my water from the Hoover filters.

 

[Fredcompanybushcraft]

Personally, I wouldn't be keen on all the dust and cat hairs in my water from the Hoover filters.

I meant unused ones!

Thanks for the tip Dave - I'm too much of a cheapskate to buy a millbank bag if that works almost as well.

I take it I should still boil it or add chlorine tabs to it afterwards?

PS: And would some felt sewn into the bottom of the "Jeansbank bag" make it filter any better?

 

[MrEd]

millbank bag is only around a tenner or so i believe,

thing to do is filter it with the millbank then either boil it or add steriliser type tabs.

the only thing about my millbank bag is it takes a while to produce water, wat with filtering then boiling etc

 

[MrEd]

here is some

http://collectables.shop.ebay.co.uk...llbank&_catref=1&_fln=1&_trksid=p3286.c0.m282

 

[galopede]

I meant unused ones.

Yeah, I know, but someone had to say it!

Gareth

 

[bashabuddy]

+1 for millbank bag .. mines from 1946 and still going strong! fiver inc postage from fea bay!

 

[redandshane]

Another lightweight and cheap alternativ is a replacement jelly straining bag from Lakeland £3.99


http://www.lakeland.co.uk/jelly-strainer-set/F/keyword/straining/product/3809_3810

I have one of these and a Millbank bag The jelly strainer is fine for a small amount of water when just walking and making a brew if camping I take the Millbank bag
I have also used a ladies finely woven head scarf as a filter in the past
Hope thats useful

 

[Kerne]

Before I bought a Pre-mac I used to nick a few of SWMBO's coffee filters to get the gunge of of water before boiling it. Those plastic doofers with filter coffee in may prove useful after the coffee has drained out (Rombouts?)

 

[featherstick]

I meant unused ones!

Thanks for the tip Dave - I'm too much of a cheapskate to buy a millbank bag if that works almost as well.

I take it I should still boil it or add chlorine tabs to it afterwards?

PS: And would some felt sewn into the bottom of the "Jeansbank bag" make it filter any better?

The filter stage is only to remove lumps of matter that would make your boiling or chemical sterilisation less effective. If you know that you have to sterilise the water, then you need to filter first, then boil or add chlorine afterwards. Don't bother with felt.

I love the jeans tip, by the way.

 

[Corso]

I dont think vacuum cleaner filters are designed to get wet, go with either coffee filters or as suggested get a propper millbank bag, for the price theres no point trying to cut corners

 

[Fredcompanybushcraft]

for the price theres no point trying to cut corners

Yeah there is - I'm 14 with no pocket money!

Thanks Featherstick - it was just that I happen to have some felt left lying around...

Any Ideas what I can use it for?

 

[maddave]

The millbank bag will only remove particulate matter. A jeans leg double stitched at the bottom does exactly that as well Just make it the same shape. you'll still have to sterilise the water after filtration of course but it's a cheap option

 

[Fredcompanybushcraft]

Just got to find some jeans at the charity shop now!