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Old 10-14-14 | 12:03 PM
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Originally Posted by Tourist in MSN

The mini has a very small ceramic filter and not much surface area on the filter either. Thus, it takes a lot of work to get much water. I bought one for backpacking and concluded that it was best as an emergency-only filter. It took about 160 strokes per liter, which took several more minutes to pump than it would have taken with my other filter.
Good to know. I guess I'll stick with the Sweetwater. I can (and have) filled 100oz Camelbaks in less than 5 minutes.
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