All depends on the conditions, where I am hiking, temperatures, etc. A conservative rule of thumb is 1 liter carried per 5 miles hiked.

On such a solo hike, how much water do you typically carry?

The tablets I found were intended for some large volume like 8L* at a time, the thought never occurred to me that there could be concentrations for bottle volumes…whoops.

*Memory hazy, don’t quote me on that.

Being serious, if I was on a group trip, the gravity filter would be very efficient versus chemicals or the dreaded filter for sure!

Four people with a long time in camp for a canoe trip is a much different experience than solo hiking at 20 MPD. 🙂

Place chemicals in bottle, continue walking. Drink later.

Gravity filter? Set up, wait, then walk.

I’ve had an awful experience with a hand-pump filter (looking back it must have been clogged or busted), and a fantastic experience with a gravity filter on a 4 person canoe trip.

I’ve generally boiled water or used iodine tabs, but neither are all that fast at getting water ready for drinking. Waiting for that boiled water to cool can seem an eternity, and the iodine tabs I had recommend a 20 minute settling period after being thoroughly shaken. Compared to these options the gravity filter seems damn quick.

Which part of using a gravity filter did you find more time consuming?

Cheers!

What..you never wash your veggies before cooking them?!?!? 😀 (Thanks..typo corrected!)