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Katadyn Mini Filter
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Katadyn Mini Filter

Item # 407265

$99.95

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Its small size fits in a coat pocket or waist pack, making the Mini ideal for travel, business trips and day hiking and solo backpacking.

  • Ceramic microstrainer removes bacteria and protozoans, including giardia and cryptosporidia
  • Silver impregnation inhibits bacterial growth inside filter pores
  • Comes with 30" intake hose, cleaning brush and case
  • Use iodine or chlorine where viruses are suspected

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Katadyn Mini Filter Specs

Specification

Description

Weight8 ounces
Dimensions7 x 2.75 x 1.75 inches
Filter mediumCeramic micro-strainer
Housing materialPOM plastic
RemovesCryptosporidia, giardia, bacteria
Output0.36 liters/minute
Pump force5.3 pounds
Pump strokes per liter167
Field cleanableYes

Katadyn Mini Filter Customer Reviews

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Katadyn Mini Filter
 
2.8

(based on 12 reviews)

50%

of respondents would recommend this to a friend.

Pros

  • Lightweight (12)
  • Good filtration (8)
  • Easy to clean (6)
  • Maintenance (3)

Cons

  • Hard to pump (9)

Best Uses

  • Backpacking (9)
  • Hiking (6)
  • Day trip (3)
  • Reviewer Profile:
  • Avid adventurer (8), Casual adventurer (4)

Reviewed by 12 customers

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Sep

9

2007

(4 of 4 customers found this review helpful)

 
4.0

Good solo filter

By Glenn

from Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana area

About Me Casual/ Recreational

Site Member

Pros

  • Easy to clean
  • Good filtration
  • Lightweight
  • Low maintenance

Cons

  • Hard to pump

Best Uses

  • Backpacking

Comments about Katadyn Mini Filter:

A good, field-cleanable, lightweight filter. A little harder to pump, with a slower flow rate, than most filters. However, it's also half a pound lighter - and so what if it takes 8 minutes instead of 5 to fill your water bottle; what else have you got to do? Add a couple of Platypus bottles and a Platypus filter link so you don't need 3 hands (like other filters), and you've got a near-perfect solo filter.

Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

(4 of 4 customers found this review helpful)

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Aug

28

2009

(2 of 3 customers found this review helpful)

 
5.0

Excellent Filter

By TeetsUp

from Monterey, CA

About Me Avid Adventurer

Pros

  • Decent Price
  • Durable
  • Good Filtration
  • Lightweight

Cons

  • None

Best Uses

  • Backpacking
  • Hiking

Comments about Katadyn Mini Filter:

I love this item. No more nasty tasting chemically treated water. This item is quite light and the filter lasts for an extremely long time. In any event, none of these people seemed to understand what they were buying. This is a small and light filter that obviously has a short stroke and small output. Everyone here seems to be in some sort of hurry when needing to filter their water. For me it's all about getting away from the fast paced life and taking it easy when on the trails. Just realize it may take a few minutes to fill a bladder. Don't be skeptical about this product. Buy it, try it, and remember that you can always return it if you don't like it.

Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

(2 of 3 customers found this review helpful)

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Apr

6

2008

(2 of 5 customers found this review helpful)

 
1.0

Terrible Product

By Tim from Spokane

from Spokane WA

About Me Avid Adventurer

Site Member

Pros

  • Lightweight

Cons

  • Hard to pump

Best Uses

  • Running over with truck

Comments about Katadyn Mini Filter:

I could have gotten water faster by hiking back to the trailhead, driving to the store then hiking 10 miles back to camp. This is a hideous product and it amazes me that it could make it to the store shelves. I'd rather suffer giardia than endure the torture it takes to pump a liter of water with this again.

Bottom Line No, I would not recommend this to a friend

(2 of 5 customers found this review helpful)

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Feb

9

2008

(2 of 3 customers found this review helpful)

 
1.0

I'm Unhappy

By BruceHud

from North Carolina

About Me Casual/ Recreational

Site Member

Pros

  • Good filtration
  • Lightweight

Cons

  • Fails to pump
  • Hard to pump

Best Uses

  • Backpacking
  • Left at Home

Comments about Katadyn Mini Filter:

I've had the unit for a little over a year. It accompanied my on 200 miles of the AT last summer and numerous weekend and extended weekend trips in the mountains of NC. I always test the unit with tap water before leaving and it always works. In the field, 80% of the time it takes multiple assembly and dissamble trying to get the vacuum to hold before it will pump. I have to apply silicon lubricant literlly every time I use it in the field to get it it work, and even then it takes several attempts before it starts pumping.

I intend to thow mine away-- just wish I could get a refund on the two filters I purchased in advance.

Bottom Line No, I would not recommend this to a friend

(2 of 3 customers found this review helpful)

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Dec

7

2007

(2 of 2 customers found this review helpful)

 
3.0

It is what it is

By Grizzz

from East Coast, USA

About Me Avid Adventurer

Site Member

Pros

  • Lightweight

Cons

  • Hard to pump

Best Uses

  • Backpacking

Comments about Katadyn Mini Filter:

I've had this as my only filter since 1993. It is what it is. It's a small filter that is a pain to pump because it takes so long. I find myself boiling more often to save the exercise. But it's with me, doesn't weigh much, and when I am thru-hiking, dead low on water and find a little trickle, it is there to save me. My usual way for pumping with this is to put the bottom of the filter on my inner thigh, help the hand that pumps with my head, and also keep the target bottle steadied between my legs.

Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

(2 of 2 customers found this review helpful)

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Oct

7

2007

(2 of 2 customers found this review helpful)

 
4.0

lightweight

By jam

from michigan

About Me Casual/ Recreational

Pros

  • Easy to clean
  • Good filtration
  • Lightweight

Cons

  • Slow

Best Uses

  • Backpacking
  • Day trip
  • Hiking

Comments about Katadyn Mini Filter:

Very lightweight. This is a small filter and pumps much slower than most. If you are getting water for a large group or dont like to take your time this isn't the filter for you. I didn't find it hard to pump if you just pump slow, going faster doesn't seem to make the water come out faster. For 1-2 people traveling light this filter is great, so light and small you hardly know it is in your bag. Easy to use and easy to clean. The only problem I have had is that when the filter was completely dry at the beginning of a trip it takes a while to get the water flowing, but after that it works great.

Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

(2 of 2 customers found this review helpful)

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Dec

6

2008

(1 of 1 customers found this review helpful)

 
3.0

Light, long lasting, hard to pump

By chuggerguy

from Ohio

About Me Casual Adventurer

Site Member

Pros

  • Easy to clean
  • Good filtration
  • Lightweight
  • Low maintenance

Cons

  • Hard to pump

Best Uses

  • Hiking

Comments about Katadyn Mini Filter:

Good as an emergency filter when you don't plan to use one except when absolutely necessary.

Nice and light, filters well, lasts longer than the skin on palm will if you use it regularly.

I would use it only if I plan to filter rarely.

Just too hard to pump.

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Bottom Line No, I would not recommend this to a friend

(1 of 1 customers found this review helpful)

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Jan

1

2008

(1 of 2 customers found this review helpful)

 
2.0

Not worth the weight savings...

By AT Andrew

from Greensboro, NC

About Me Avid Adventurer

Site Member

Pros

  • Easy to clean
  • Good filtration
  • Lightweight

Cons

  • Hard to pump

Best Uses

  • Backpacking
  • Car Camping
  • Day trip
  • Hiking

Comments about Katadyn Mini Filter:

This pump does what it is supposed to do, but it does it very slowly. It takes a while (about 4-5 minutes) to pump 1 liter, plus it is difficult to pump. After one trip with this pump I listed it on ebay. For 3 more ounces you can get a better filter, or go even lighter with the SteriPen. I would not recommend this pump.

Bottom Line No, I would not recommend this to a friend

(1 of 2 customers found this review helpful)

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Jul

27

2008

(0 of 1 customers found this review helpful)

 
1.0

Bloody awful!

By Satin Jack

from Indiana

About Me Avid Adventurer

Pros

  • Lightweight

Cons

  • Hard to pump

Best Uses

    Comments about Katadyn Mini Filter:

    As others have said the Mini if awful. If it will even pump, it is so slow you might as well dig a well. Mine pumps 10 oz per minute, when it works.

    Bottom Line No, I would not recommend this to a friend

    (0 of 1 customers found this review helpful)

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    May

    26

    2008

    (0 of 1 customers found this review helpful)

     
    1.0

    Buy a filter which works

    By The Familiar Guy

    from Rocklin, CA

    About Me Avid Adventurer

    Site Member

    Pros

    • Lightweight

    Cons

    • Hard to pump

    Best Uses

    • Backpacking

    Comments about Katadyn Mini Filter:

    This pump failed me the 1st day of a 1300 mile trip on the PCT and I had to send away for my Sweetwater pump. Not worth the 3oz weight savings. Buy a pump which works or start to enjoy the taste of bleach/iodine.

    Bottom Line No, I would not recommend this to a friend

    (0 of 1 customers found this review helpful)

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