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Sawyer 3-Way Inline Water Filter

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Use the lightweight Sawyer 3-Way Inline water filter to effectively treat water straight from a lake, hydration reservoir or household faucet.

Insert the filter inline into your hydration pack drink tube (sold separately) and you can simply fill your reservoir with dirty water and drink away
Or, create one of the lightest filter systems available by attaching a drink tube (sold separately) to the filter then submerge the filter into dirty water and start sipping
When traveling overseas, use the included faucet adapter to filter water as it comes out of the tap
Hollow fiber membrane filter physically removes particles, protozoa, and bacteria down to 0.1 micron in size, including giardia, salmonella and cryptosporidium
All Sawyer water filters exceed Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recommendations for removal rates
Filter is fully field maintainable to ensure a fast flow of water; use the faucet adapter for thorough back washing from a household faucet
Includes hollow fiber filter, faucet adapter, hydration pack assembly kit, and cleaning and maintenance instructions

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Sawyer 3-Way Inline Water Filter Customer Reviews

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Sawyer 3-Way Inline Water Filter

4.8

(based on 8 reviews)

100%

of respondents would recommend this to a friend.

Pros

Easy to use (8)
Compact (6)
Good quality (6)
Lightweight (6)
Improves function (3)

Cons

Best Uses

Hydration packs (8)
Hiking (7)
Travel (4)

- Reviewer Profile:
- Avid adventurer (5), Casual/ recreational (3)
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Reviewed by 8 customers

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Feb

2011

(7 of 8 customers found this review helpful)

5.0

Simply AMAZING

By NW hiker girl

from Puyallup, WA

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Pros

Compact
Easy to Use
Good Quality
Lightweight

Cons

Best Uses

Hiking/Camping
Hydration Packs
Travel
Water Bottles

Comments about Sawyer 3-Way Inline Water Filter:

This is, quite possibly, the BEST investment you could ever make for your pack. Or, for that matter, anything travel related really! It's so lightweight, I don't even feel it in my pack, and it slips right down into my reservior pocket along with my Platypus Big Zip SL 2.0L. Forget messy chlorine tablets and iodine...and those spendy sterilization pens that don't work? Spend your money ONCE on a Sawyer 3-way Inline Filter and you too will see its many benefits. First and foremost, it's lightweight, like I said. Second of all, you just fill up your bladder with water straight from the stream, and sip away -- no worries. The taste is out of this world. Pure, filtered, mountain stream water is the best tasting stuff on earth, let me tell you. You can back-flush your filter once you get home so you NEVER (yes I said never) have to replace it. I use the system with my reservior once in camp as a gravity filter as well. Just hang your bladder higher than the container (in my case a Nalgene water bottle) you intend to use, and voila! Clean water to cook with, or whatever else you need filtered water for. The faucet attachment is also great for traveling abroad where water isn't so great, and it's a life saver in an emergency kit. Just be careful with glacier water or water that has heavy sediments in it. Pre-filter your water by letting it settle, or strain it through a cloth (like a buff or bandana) before you let the Sawyer do it's magic. Otherwise you'll ruin the filter and have to buy a whole new system. And you don't wanna do that, do you? ;)

Jul

2010

(6 of 6 customers found this review helpful)

5.0

Even better than expected

By Finnmark

from Colorado

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Pros

Easy to Use
Good Quality
Improves Function

Cons

Bulky

Best Uses

Hydration Packs
Travel

Comments about Sawyer 3-Way Inline Water Filter:

This filter appears to be well made and is a great replacement for my well used Sweetwater inline filter which appears to no longer be made.

One benefit I hadn't anticipated is the quick disconnect fittings included with this filter. When I am only going out for a day and can use water from home, I simply remove the filter using these connections.

Nov

2010

(4 of 4 customers found this review helpful)

5.0

Forget Pump Filters

By d.jones

from Fresno, CA

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Pros

Adjustable
Compact
Easy to Use
Improves Function

Cons

Bulky

Best Uses

Hiking/Camping
Hydration Packs
Travel
Water Bottles
Water Filtration

Comments about Sawyer 3-Way Inline Water Filter:

The Sawyer filter works well with my 100oz. Camelbak omega reservoir. Quick disconnects make it easy to remove or attach. Came with some extra small parts and instructions. Not hard to figure out at all! Waaaaay better than using leaky heavy pump filters when out in the woods!

Dec

2011

(2 of 2 customers found this review helpful)

5.0

Great Product with One Set Back

By SouthEasternHiker

from Alabama

About Me Casual/ Recreational

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Pros

Compact
Easy to Use
Lightweight

Cons

Best Uses

Hiking/Camping
Hydration Packs

Comments about Sawyer 3-Way Inline Water Filter:

Overall, this is a great product. It is lightweight and is not even noticeable while attached to my bladder, and it back washes very easily.

However, there is one set back but it has nothing do with this product but rather its functionality. This first time I went to fill up my bladder, I had trouble. Most filters pump water from the creek to the bladder, but with the sawyer, you have to submerge your bladder into the water. This can be difficult because as the bladder is submerged, water compresses the bladder by pushing all the air out. I was initially upset. I hadn't thought of this when bought it. However, I did end up fixing the problem. I filled up my nalgene and poured it into the bladder. Obviously, since my nalgene has hard sides, the water didn't compress it. After that, I had to remembered not to drink from that bottle the rest of the trip.

Sep

2011

(2 of 2 customers found this review helpful)

5.0

Great for any Minimalist!

By JaceB

from Montgomery, AL

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Pros

Compact
Convenient
Easy to Use
Good Quality
Improves Function
Lightweight
No pumping

Cons

Best Uses

Hiking/Camping
Hydration Packs
Mountain biking
Tour Cycling

Comments about Sawyer 3-Way Inline Water Filter:

This filter is a dream come true for any minimalist, whether your a hiker or cyclist.I bought this filter almost a year ago to replace my katadyn hiker-pro. The hiker-pro had to be replaced after 1 month because of a blown valve (yes, I was using a coffee filter). I was getting annoyed at how long it took to filter water, and all the pumping. Visited my nearest REI store just browsing[...]. I was skeptical at first, but decided to buy one anyway[...]. So glad I bought it! Gave away my Katadyn and I am now buying another Sawyer for cycling.I love hiking in National forests everywhere I go. It's free, quiet, and private. I've used this filter over a hundred times since I bought it all over the eastern U.S. Pros: NO PUMPING! Put the water in your res and start drinking. Never have to buy an expensive filter, ever... Light and compact. Easy to clean, comes with sink attachments to flush it out. Also the sink attachment can be used in hotels to make the water taste better.Cons: Very dirty water can plug it up. This is easily solved by using a reusable coffee filter to strain out the larger particles.Get rid of that pump that takes forever, get this filter, you won't regret it!

Oct

2011

(1 of 1 customers found this review helpful)

4.0

Mountain Hiker

By Mtn Hiker

from Great Falls, VA

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Pros

Compact
Easy to Use
Good Quality
Lightweight

Cons

Best Uses

Hiking/Camping
Hydration Packs

Comments about Sawyer 3-Way Inline Water Filter:

I got this as a lighter weight alternative to an MSR sweetwater filter (1lb vs 4oz), and this was just great. It does take some getting used to if you're familiar with a pump filter. I used for a 6 day, 110mile hike along the AT. I did not pre-filter at all, but just tried to find good water sources. I started my hike using this as an inline drinking filter w/a 3L resevoir. But, b/c my drinking line was just a touch short to drink and walk simultaneously, I switched to filtering to a 2L platypus the last few days. Both methods worked fine. I'm still bringing emergency aquamira tabs in case this fails.

Oct

2011

(1 of 1 customers found this review helpful)

5.0

Awesome Convenience!

By JBBl2

from Orange County, CA

About Me Casual/ Recreational

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Pros

Adaptability
Easy to Use
Fast Flow Rate
Good Quality
Lightweight

Cons

No Way to See if it works

Best Uses

Hiking/Camping
Hydration Packs

Comments about Sawyer 3-Way Inline Water Filter:

This product has a huge punch in its very small package. I have had this filter for a while but have never really had to use it. On a recent backpacking trip a marked water spigot was clogged and not working so we ended up having to filter some stream water. Filtered water through this product for 7 people in less than 20 minutes using it as a gravity filter from my platypus hydration bladder. Worked fantastically and the water tasted great! Highly recommended and this is a must for the ultralight backpacker.

Feb

2012

4.0

Almost Perfect

By FrntRangeHiker

from Pueblo, CO

About Me Casual/ Recreational

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Pros

Compact
Easy to Use
Good Quality
Lightweight

Cons

Best Uses

Hiking/Camping
Hydration Packs
Travel

Comments about Sawyer 3-Way Inline Water Filter:

I'll echo the other reviews of this filter, its pretty much perfect. Every one of my camping and packing buddies is envious of this thing and as such am usually the de facto water guy anytime I'm in a group setting. The most arduous part of getting water is the walk to the stream. Gravity does the rest, and it fills a container just about as fast as a plain hydration bladder drain could.

I do have ONE gripe about it though.
According to the literature and after verifying with product reps via email; it is recommended for replacement if the unit ever freezes. Even if it's been disconnected and the water drained/shaken out. This can be rather inconvenient if you're still on the trail. Having a filter of unknown performance is really bad news when making camp near the beaver ponds in CO's Buffalo Peaks Wilderness. So, the take home lesson here is to bring a sandwich bag, disconnect it from the bladder and keep it in your sleeping bag with you if you think it *might* get to sub-freezing.
It should go without saying that storing the filter with your stove and other hard parts in your pack hanging in the garage is also ill-advised.