water filtration options

[BigNick73]

If you want small pick up a first need XL ($100) and cartridges. I use one of them now and was using some Katadyn bottles when fishing, but got tired of the iodine taste (screw carrying water when you're next to a stream/river/pond) and haven't gotten sick. It's just 2 of us so I figure a small hand filter will be good enough for drinking and cooking.



For volume you might consider the pur packets. They cost about $15 for a 6 pack (30 gallons). It's cheap if you don't want to spend the money on something you think you might never use, but after living in some hurricane areas I think everyone should at least have a couple of the small hand pumps if nothing else.

BTW the white buckets and home depot/lowes/walmart are usually food grade. Also ask the deli/bakery when you go grocery shopping you might can score some free ones.

[Wulf202]

If you want small pick up a first need XL ($100) and cartridges. I use one of them now and was using some Katadyn bottles when fishing, but got tired of the iodine taste (screw carrying water when you're next to a stream/river/pond) and haven't gotten sick.

BTW the white buckets and home depot/lowes/walmart are usually food grade. Also ask the deli/bakery when you go grocery shopping you might can score some free ones.

vitamin c. read my cheat sheet thread.

depot and Lowes ruin the food grade by allowing them near chemicals

[brianut]

picked up 2- 3.5 gallon buckets with lids from the grocery bakery on the way home yesterday.
donut glaze was in one and chocolate frosting in the other.
that was a tough drive home trying to resist shlurping the residue out of those buckets.

[10mm-man]

Anyone have pictures of finished product? I like the ingenuity and am inspired to do the same...

[Wulf202]

Anyone have pictures of finished product? I like the ingenuity and am inspired to do the same...

just google "burkey bucket filter"

[Great-Kazoo]

I've been socking away bags of the hardwood charcoal, unscented, no match light, just basic charcoal. With labor day around the corner stores may be discounting their seasonal supplies.
We used containers of it along with sand for DI water systems. It never hurts to have some laying around, space permitting.

http://www.ehow.com/way_5564887_uses...riquettes.html