The Travel Tap-Please help!

Also consider the Frontier Pro II.

http://www.backpackinglight.com/cgi-bin/backpackinglight/aquamira_frontier_pro_filter.html

Thanks but that one has to use chemicals also. The Travel Tap is a stand alone system.

The Frontier Pro II is a filter, no chemicals required.

The example video by Jason uses chemicals as that is what he does with all his filters, but most don't.

I use the Frontier Pro too — but never all by itself!

Not a water expert — but I do notice that the pore size of the very simple and light weight Frontier Pro is 3 microns — or 15 times bigger than quality filters such as MSR's with just 0.2 micron pore size.

The pore size is too big to block the smaller bacteria. To me, any filter that can't block bacteria is a toy.

I first treat my water with chlorine drops (5 drops per quart and wait 20 minutes) — then suck water through the Frontier Pro filter to block protozoa (which chlorine can't kill), clarify water, and improve water taste. Frontier Pro does a fantastic job removing the chlorine.

I would hesitate to use Frontier Pro by itself. YMMV, of course.

For my walk across Scotland last year I carried the previous version of the Travel Tap, which unscrewed at the base to fill and was a little smaller. Although water treatment is not always necessary in the Highlands the bottle was so quick and easy to use that I never bothered with anything else.

As the terrain changed and sources became a little more questionable at times the bottle performed splendidly, making it very easy to collect water without taking extended detours to find a perfect spring or stream. I found the rate of flow to be excellent, although it does take a little more pressure to drink from than with an ordinary sports bottle.

When the filter is finally exhausted I'll be replacing it with a Travel Tap (or whatever the current version is at the time).

I use a Seychelle filter and it flows really well. I forget the numbers on it, but it filters most of what I worry about. I would carry a different filter if I used it for water in warmer climates.

The Travel tap is great but for my money the eliminator is even better with the flexibility to use with most kind of water bottles/bags in-line and/or as a gravity filter.