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Do you need a water filter or water purifier?
- Water filters: Physically remove protozoan cysts (like Cryptosporidium and Giardia lamblia) and bacteria (such as E. coli, Salmonella, Campylobacter and Shigella)—the main water concerns if you’re traveling in the U.S. and Canada.
Water purifiers: Go further by combating viruses such as hepatitis A, rotavirus and norovirus.
Types of water filters
Pump filters/purifiers: Process precisely the amount of water you need, even from shallow water sources, and the internal element or cartridge is replaceable. Can be bulky and a chore to use and clean in the field.
Gravity filters/purifiers: Filter large quantities of water with minimal effort; replaceable element. Require finding a hang point, slower than pumping and harder to fill in shallow water sources.
Ultraviolet light purifiers: Easy and quick and never require element replacement. Require batteries, prefiltering for silty or cloudy water and multiple treatments for large quantities.
Bottle filters and purifiers: Easy and quick, have replaceable elements, lighter and less pricey than pump and gravity filters. Water quantity is limited by bottle size.
Squeeze filters: Easy, quick, smaller and less pricey than pump and gravity filters, have replaceable elements, sometimes usable as both a gravity and straw-style filter. Water quantity is limited by reservoir size.
Straw-style filters: Easy, quick, lighter and less pricey than pump and gravity filters. Limit water availability to generally one person and only when you’re at a water source, and not all models have replaceable elements.
Chemicals: Easy, inexpensive, ultralight backup method to purify water. Significant wait time before water is safe to drink and don’t taste great.