By James Reader
Outdoor protection company Sawyer promises that their new water filter is both lightweight and long-lasting. The product is designed to make water safe and drinkable by utilising technology from kidney dialysis and using hollow fibre membranes, engineered to produce micropores in ‘absolute’ microns, which prevent viruses and bacteria from passing through.
The 85g water treatment system, the SP131, includes a water filter, three different sized sturdy folding bags and a cleaning device. Sawyer also claims that their system is designed to screw onto most water bottles.
Philip Dean, director of Sawyer’s UK operations, says: “This system really does make a good investment, cutting the need to carry around heavy water during a trip and making it safe to drink from rivers, streams and groundwater which can often be contaminated with microorganisms.”
Sawyer’s water filter is available for £60.
Merlin
Where in europe/uk can we buy the sawyer water filter? The europe websites do not seem to work?
sawyereurope
the www.sawyereurope.com website is up and running merlin. email us on sales@sawyereurope.com and we will get our technical team to look at any problems that you have encountered
Peter
Merlin, Last month I bought the 181 kit from Highwater filters in the US. Great prices, currently on sale and they provide excellent service. Including the highway robbery from the RoyalMail who charged me (I have a running tally) 8quid service for 4quid duty, the total price was 50quid
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Adrian Partridge
I used to use a filter device called a "Gatekeeper" which screwed onto Platypus bottles to filter my water, but was unable to get a replacement when mine froze. This is the first thing I've seen that comes close so I'm looking forward to hearing more about them in the coming months before my next expedition in July.