[johnnyringo]

What are the top 5 rated water purifiers?

 

[bennettvm]

boil. cheap, easy and effective. toss in some iodine and you are all set.

 

[Leon]

I have a sawyer bucket adapter system, chemicals, but best of all I have a still. That and my backyard creek ensure I'll never have trouble getting clean drinkable water. I have a post here showing my still.

 

[johnnyringo]

Thanks, but I'm really interested in a hand pump system

 

[Leon]

well the sawyer bucket system doesn't need to be pumped the gravity does it for you. Check them out, I am way happy with mine. Protects against biological contaminants too.

 

[Fuzzee]

For carry or long term bug in use? For bug out Katadyn and MSR's are top shelf. For bug in than long term is a good hand pumped well from a clean water table or a still. I use a Katadyn Mini for my hiking/bugout use as it's compact and light with one of the highest gallon filtration rates for a carry filter. A bit bigger and very nice is the Pocket, but there too big for me to pack. Ceramic filters in cold weather can be a problem with the residual water in the filter freezing and cracking the filter so if you're up north look towards a charcoal filter.

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[rickkyw1720pf]

Since you said purifier that knocks a lot of the hand pumping devices out because they are filters. My favorite purifier is the Steri-pen. It use UV light to kill everything even viruses, bacteria, and protozoa.

 

[Montana Rancher]

For home use get a Berkley system, they filter better than your city water and last for years, no moving parts.

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Boiling water is a bad idea IMO, what a waste of wood and labor.