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It depends on where you camp. If you’re car camping and you go to a place that has potable water or you bring all of your water. You don’t need one. If you have a smaller vehicle and don’t have the space to carry enough water and you go to a place that doesn’t provide potable water, a filter is a great way to make sure that you have access to water. I mostly use them when I am backpacking.

The Sawyer doesn’t have a charcoal filter in it so this filter Would help you eliminate any bad taste. I usually filter out of streams when I can so that I can get the cleanest and best tasting water when I carry the Sawyer. But as you could see in the video, there are certain parts of California that don’t have a lot of water and sometimes you just have to thank God for the puddle that you just found And filter that. I’m also testing several other filters. It’s the nature of the channel for me to keep trying new products. Thank you for watching! I hope you enjoy the content!

This is meant to be a budget-friendly option. I have had this for a year, and it has been solid. I will check out the First Need Water Filter. Thanks!

I just looked at the filter you recommended, and it seems solid. It would be great for camping but looks too bulky and heavy for the average backpacker. Thank You!

@@BackpackingGearNut :) Depends how valuable you consider your water. I have videos where I run food dye thru it. With how crazy the world is getting I want to know my water is perfect. How often do they find a dead body in a water supply that was there for weeks. Using a sawyer or something else like that would not be good. Ever heard of this sleeping bag Western Mountaineering Bristlecone MF Go look that up. I also run this the best in the world. You just have to ask yourself is it worth the weight? If you want to run a 10lb pack then in my view your just taking to many chances with a sawyer after all it only takes that 1 time. How about this...... Naegleria fowleri is an ameba (type of one-celled organism) that thrives in warm freshwater lakes, rivers, and hot springs. It is often called the "brain-eating ameba" because it can infect the brain and destroy brain tissue. Brain infections caused by Naegleria fowleri are very rare but nearly always fatal. In TN where I hike this happens every year. Someone dies of this. I put importance on items not weight. Water is number 1 and I want to be as perfect as possible. Also depends on the season. In winter the same applies I want the best heat I can get. Now you take my pot set which weighs 3 lbs. People would go crazy. LOL But I can steam and cook anything. I rarely take freeze dried meals they are just not good for you. Now my 2 man tent is a dan durston at 2lbs. My total pack weight is 30lbs. Even with these so called heavy items. Some of my items are heavy and others are super light. Now a trick I use is moving items around the body. For example My water sits on my hip where you feel no weight at all. I wear 2 drop downs. The one on my right hip carries my firearm. The one on my left hip I carry my knife and silky saw. So now when I remove my pack these items stay with me all the time. Search my channel for Silky Professional Gomboy Case and you will see what I mean. Has taken me years to get this dialed in so I can carry what I want and it does not feel like it. If you buy that first need you will not use anything else I promise.

The smart water bottles are firm enough that they don’t collapse very easily.

Thank you

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My pleasure

The calories are pretty dense. Based on what all of the ingredients said it’s going to be somewhere around 1000 cal. The nice thing is when you make your own food you can add more or add less based on what yourcalorie needs. I didn’t do any more of these videos because no one seems to care about this one. I’m glad somebody watched it.

Here’s an Amazon link to one that I like better. Edit can be used with all the styles amzn.to/3L45h6E

Keep in mind if you’re going to use a single wall tent, be aware of the humidity because of the air is very saturated. You want to bring a cloth to wipe the inside down after you wake up in the morning. That way you’re not carrying around water with you all day.

I have a couple different battery powered pumps I use, but I didn’t know that Nitecore makes one. I’ll have to check it out.

No. Water expands so if there is no water it will be fine.

That’s wonderful. I haven’t really talked about it yet, but I always take two filters with me in case one fails. If the four of you have filters it gives you security if you have one fail

I haven’t had any issues yet with leaks but it also matters what the environments like. Sorry to hear you’re having so much trouble with your mats. I’ll just count myself lucky😀

My filters tend to last me about a year, but I am careful how dirty the water is that I put in them. I also would suggest pre-filtering before it goes into the filter and that’ll help. I have most of all of the major brands of filters, and they all clog. Some of them are nice because they’re easy to backflush, but with all of them I have found that I need to take a little extra care about the water I put in. Thank you so much for your comments!

The small black panel eventually failed, but the folding and white panels worked great for me. I have noticed that my phone charges slowly with these. I found a great workaround; I charge my Nitecore 10,000mAh battery instead of my phone. My iPhone charges faster when it gets higher voltage, but my Nitecore will take advantage of the extra amps at 5 volts. I then charge my phone as needed from my battery pack at the fastest rate. I hope this helps you!

My Pleasure!

It is well-designed and reliable.

I thought of this idea while trying to make my water more accessible and keep everything light.

Sounds like a good match!

Appreciate your comment!

I am looking forward to getting a new one

it does work well with the disco 👍🏻

how wide is your pad?

@@BackpackingGearNut it's a 25" wide Big Agnes Rapide SL Insulated Sleeping Pad.

@@Taffer-bx7uc the straps that came with it are a loop and loop around the pad and slide them down the pad into position the clips are not too clip to each other. They are to clip to the quilt.. They should fit. If this doesn’t help email me my email is in the information for my site. Send me pictures and I’ll see if I can come up with a solution for you.

@@BackpackingGearNut Many thanks!

I like the green, but I’ve also liked some of the new colors. For the last three years, they’ve had a new color every year.

I agree about the fingers :-) I mainly go on one to three-night trips, so my small cans work well for me. To use such a small light bear can. I have to break things down to make it fit for a three-day trip. The carbon fiber cans tend to be outside of my price range. I wish somebody would make an ultralight, small carbon fiber can that is easy to open for humans but costs $100 or less.

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You are correct about it being wet. When I originally made that video, I accidentally overlooked mentioning that. The only thing I can tell you about the freezing issue is that brands state that freezing may destroy the filter. I personally have had filters destroyed by freezing in my case. It was always when they were attached to a full dirty bag. This would make more sense because if the membrane is full of water and the ice expands as ice does, that would break the filter. But if it was just wet and all the water was pretty drained out of it, I don't know. That would give the water room to expand without breaking anything. Filters that are hydrophobic require being wet for this test, while filters that are not hydrophobic don't. Non-hydrophobic membranes don't expand when they get wet. I am not the ultimate expert on all this, but this is what I have found through my research and experience. I, too, have had filters that have frozen but not been destroyed. I appreciate you challenging me. I try to be as accurate as possible, but there's always something new for me to learn. Thank you very much!

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Big Agnes pump sacks: deflated expectations. Looks like Exped takes the air out of the competition! Ha Ha...

After I made this, I realized that the materials were hydrophobic. You’re right it needs to be wet. Mine was not functioning because it was damaged. I’ve had filters freeze and then still work. The hard part is the majority of the time that filters have frozen, they were destroyed. I am definitely not trying to spread false information. The things that I said in the video are accurate except I forgot to add you need to wet the filter because it hydrophobic. I appreciate people like you trying to help me to continue to grow and learn more!

Thank you for your comment, are these kind of interviews helpful?

@@BackpackingGearNut The interview was OK. But it felt like you really did not prepare for it. Why did you not ask some tough questions? Hes the owner. 1) How do you test your pads? 2) What type of warranty does the customer have? 3) What makes you stand out from other companies? 4) Have you removed down from quilts? - This is actually a review on his site. Warrenty is very important. You take NEMO for example my knife slid off my chest into the pad. I thought no way will they send me a new one. I owned this pad for 7 years. They actually sent me a new pad I was amazed. Only bad thing is it took 2 months. I looked at his warranty and its horrible. So maybe more questions about warranty and getting him to be more specific because the web site is not. When I read it I got the feeling of well if you like you might do it. Any question you ask should be sent to him a head of time for him to prepare also. This way your not surprising them but you getting down to what really matters. When he says a pad is R6 how did he come to that conclusion? How did it test it? This is very important. Imagine going out in -20F and the pad was not tested and fails. You could die. Thats a bit important. :) If your going to run the big boys like Thermarest then back it up and tell us how you test and do you test better then them? Another example - The only water filter I will use is first need its expensive but they are the only company that sent me hard copies on the testing they did. They stand behind the product. If your going to interview people then ask them questions customers want to know. Not how many colors it comes in. Anyhow the more practice you get the better you will get. Make sure you do your research did you goto to his site and read all the reviews? NOPE. Did you compare the products and understand why one cost more then the other? Even if you know the answer you have to understand the people watching may not.

I forgot to ask him that question. Now that you said it it seems like an obvious one to ask. Sorry about that. Thank you for your help!

Thanks for your interest in Zenbivy. Here are the answers to some of your questios: No, we have not removed any down from any quilt. In fact, this year we "snuck in" an extra ounce of down in several of our 25 degree bags. Our beds will work in all temperatures. a -5 Bed with 3.75" of loft is coming this winter. A Zenbivy Bed is not a quilt or a bag and does not have the negatives of either. We test mattresses according to the ISO standard with our own ISO-standard test equipment. We test sleeping bags based on total measured loft, and we calibrate this to EN/ISO rating system verified in the cold chamber at University of Kansas to establish comfort and limit ratings. We don't copy others, and we have 4 issued patents and 3 patents pending that prove it. There is nothing like a Zenbivy Bed; nothing. Comparison charts are available for every product; we just cant show them all on the "all gear" page. You asked about mattresses for instance. This page shows every mattress, in a chart, with every specification, compared to all the others. zenbivy.com/pages/which-mattress-is-right-for-you. If you have trouble finding any of the other charts, you can email or chat with our CS team and they can guide you. All Zenbivy products have a lifetime warranty. What makes us stand out from other companies is our design. Everyone else makes bags. Zenbivy makes beds.

@@Zenbivy Thank you for getting back to me. When i said some items on the gear page like R rating I was not saying all the specs just some quick facts like R rating. Just a couple specifics. The chart is great this would be nice if it was easier to find then you having to provide a link. Your own ISO standard? What does this mean exactly? One of your ratings a person stated you have removed down and he no reply you might want to look into that. Some video of this cold chamber while they test your product would be nice to see. thx for the reply

@@Zenbivy thank you so much for the clarification!

⁠@@SurvivalSavvvy I reread what ZenBivy said in their statement and they’re not using their own iso standard. It says they’re using their own testing equipment to adhere to the standardized en/iso rating. I hope that is helpful!

That was the first time I talked to him and I enjoyed it. He seems to be a genuine person.

I've considered getting the duo when I take my dogs with me. I carry two quilts when I take them anyway, so this would be better because they prefer to sleep under the same cover as me. Thanks!

I tested many sleeping bags and quilts, but the Zenbivy is the only system that feels like a bed to me. Thanks!

I do think it is better. at this time, this pillow is my favorite because of its modular design.

My pleasure!

Thank you!

i’m just trying to give enough information for a variety of people. Some people don’t count watts they count stored amps but I would agree that most people should just go off the Watts.

@@BackpackingGearNut It's stored amp hours, not stored amps. Amps can't be stored. I'm sorry but I think people being sloppy with their units puts a lot of misinformation out there.

it is almost done. Should be out late this week.

Thank you

I was going to purchase the quick draw and test it out and review it, but there were so many videos about it that I decided to focus on the Life straw. Most major brands make a good filter; there’s always a pluses and minuses to everything. I have heard nothing but good stuff about the quick draw, so I think that would be a great filter. Thank you!

i’ve heard nothing but good stuff about the quick draw from platypus. I don’t have one as of yet to test. Thank you!

I don’t have any of the soft flasks, but I imagine it would befree and Hydrapack are the same company

@@BackpackingGearNut yeah but lifestraw is not

I basically now just carry the flex tail gear zero pump.

yeah, I could see how people might not like the color. I personally feel neutral about it. But I really like the tent.

That's a smart move to lighten your load and go with the flextail mini or zero!

@@BackpackingGearNut Since you are still growing your channel: One way to make it more accessible to the European audience would be to include metric measurements for sizes and weights. You don't even have to say them out loud, just put the converted numbers somewhere on the screen in writing for a couple of seconds. Not complaning, just a suggestion. :-)

@@Tokoroegao That is a great suggestion! A few other people told me the same thing a little while back, so I tried to incorporate that into my newer videos. I did not take it as a complaint. I love it when people help me to grow. Thank You!

I just looked through my videos and realized I never made it and posted it. I already shot all the footage for it. I use a clip from it in my current bumper for all my videos. I’ve purchased a lot of their equipment because I trust their equipment. That sleeping bag has an amazing amount of loft. I don’t have a single other sleeping bag that lofts like that. They are always underpromised and over-deliver. The zipper on that bag is beautiful. I’m a big guy and have a large bag, and I can roll around in the bag and not feel claustrophobic. There’s not a lot of loose space, but it’s cut and designed to fit the human body. What you see in the pictures is what you get. The reason I am concerned about weight is I can only carry so much. My left arm is technically crippled, even though I don’t feel like a cripple. I hope this helps! The zippers are great. Everything works really well and it’s very durable. The loft is what you expect from the pictures.

It’s probably not necessary because I haven’t always carried one. I just know for me. I get a really good nights sleep if I use a pillow, that is tall enough to relieve the pressure on my spine. I like the pillowcase that Therma rest offers. Thanks!