Sawyer mini

[The Survivor]

This looks like a great filter, for a great price, although it does not filter out viruses. Is this a big problem?
http://sawyer.com/products/sawyer-mini-filter/

 

[copper_head]

There's a fair bit of discussion on here already, personally I'm very impressed with mine. As waterborne viruses aren't an issue in the UK I've not worried about it.

 

[sxmolloy]

Have a look here: http://www.bushcraftuk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=122259

 

[The Survivor]

Thanks guys.

 

[reddave]

If I'm wrong please correct me, but I heard that you should leave your filtered water in a CLEAR bottle out in sunlight for a few hours as the UV kills the bacteria and viruses

 

[PDA1]

If I'm wrong please correct me, but I heard that you should leave your filtered water in a CLEAR bottle out in sunlight for a few hours as the UV kills the bacteria and viruses

The Sawyer filter removes bacteria. It does not remove viruses. Leaving for a short period in sunlight will not provide enough UV to destroy the viruses.

Sawyer also produce a filter named "zero point zero two" (0.02),which does filter out viruses. I don;t believe it is available in the "mini" size.