“New product that radically shifts how backpackers approach field hydration”

Watching the video (link from John Donewar above) — my Aquamira Frontier Pro is just as versatile — and it is also significantly lighter and more compact! And unlike Sawyer’s — mine has a carbon core that will improve water taste!

I prefer to act the scaredy cat when dealing with water out in the wilds. Optional, but I like to treat my water with 5 drops of chlorine first — wait about 20 minutes or so — then drink through the Frontier Pro.

I'll bet that it is a multi-function product. It's a water filter combined with a thigh master! Two – Two – Two products in one! Filter your water and slim your thighs with one simple device! I am waiting with baited breath.

Duane and John,
Leave it to another Louisiana guy to have a picture of the real deal. How could I have missed Dehydrated Water all these years. If only Bernard would repackage it to make it more ultralight!
Thanks for a great laugh.
Gerry

Perhaps it's a dual use item… combination pee bottle and water purifier. Just don't mix up the caps!

>"It's a water filter combined with a thigh master! Two – Two – Two products in one!"

Like Ken commented early on: The Stillsuits from Frank Herbert's "Dune" – sweat, urine and moisture from feces are all recovered and treated in a body-powered suit to allow survival on a desert planet.

How about a series of drinking water stations along popular trails – streams and rivers will be tapped 10 vertical feet above the trail crossing, run through a filter to a spigot for refilling water bottles? A hollow post (made of recycled plastic) can function as the drinking faucet and a several-gallon reservoir so you can fill quickly upon your arrival and it will trickle refill around the clock.

I actually kind of like the idea for some high-traffic areas. How much riparian-zone riverbank is trashed as parties spread out to find spots, each upstream of the other people, to filter their water?

Yeah, I know, it's a a Wilderness Area(TM), blah, blah, blah but I'm one of those who think if you have established campsites (by policy or by practice) bear boxes are a pretty darn good idea, even in a Wilderness Area. They (1) reduce impact on the area (by keeping wildlife diets more natural) and (2) they weigh 8 tons less than each of those trail switchbacks built up of granite boulders.

Edited to respond to Mike >combination pee bottle and water purifier. "Why is this drinking water so warm?!?"

For cavers, all water bottles are bidirectional. The contents are clear on the way in and yellow on the way out of the cave.

@ Mike W,

That is one recycling method that I can do without! %<{

@ Mary D,

Always good to hear from you. Happy this thread could make you smile.

@ Gerry,

Happy to be of service.

As far as the repackaging goes, open the can and pour the contents into a quart sized ZipLoc bag. Press the seal almost all the way closed and sqeeze out any air leaving only the dehydrated water inside of the ZipLoc. Finish sealing the bag and you are done. :-0

Party On,

Newton

Its a new filter that recycles urine.

I prefer to think of it as recycled beer.

HJ
Adventures In Stoving

"Its a new filter that recycles urine.

I prefer to think of it as recycled beer."

If you drink Bud/Miller/Coors, same thing…..

Everyone gets their own Water Boy Personal Hydration Assistant, trained by Happy Madison Productions in cooperation with Sawyer and certified by Adam Sandler himself.

Seems Sawyer has come a long way from the cheap water filters from years back. I believe it was their cheapo water filters I used to see Scouts struggling to pump, then to have the filter blow off into the water. The new filter seems more versatile, longer life, more absolute filtering than Aquamira, no hoses from the brief checking I did. Does Aquamira mention any absolute values?
Duane

She never ages and she can put the "squeeze" in squeeze filter. Someone mentioned thigh master but after hiking all day someone else has to squeeze it!
The only problem is she is only slightly less annoying than a ruptured disk.

On the other hand if it is a 2300 mile hose made they can run a "pair" one with water, the other Bourbon. Just sayin!

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B001FYZZI2/

Dave

Woah! Just realized, women could be THE ULTIMATE XUL!!!! Don't gotta carry all that heavy food and water…

Wonder if a woman could produce enough to sustain herself?

Sawyer made the "radical shift" announcement to generate curiosity and excitement. But I wonder if they were expecting the reactions posted here so far? Old farts behaving badly. :)

yea its on their facebook page as a 'new product'

I reaallly hope that isn't their radical new product…

http://www.facebook.com/SawyerProducts?fref=ts

So as we all suspected this idea is FAR from radical but I do think it is a clever adapter for their squeeze filter. Here is a video explaining the product.

http://vimeo.com/60845892#

I can see myself using this for trail running since it's always a pain to get the bladder out of the pack and juggle both the filter and bladder. I don't see myself using this for backpacking since I don't use a hydration bladder for that.

Thanks for chiming in everyone.

I did the same years ago with a katadyn hiker pro. With a pump filter, it lets you get your pack right up to the edge of a stream so you can let it fall in :)

The cure? Wear the pack so you can fall in with it ;)

If the adapter is the new, radical gizmo, the marketing director isn't a hiker!

The blue screw on male nipple attachment is redundant. The nipple on it is the same size as the nipple used for the syringe back flush. All you need to do to fill your hydration pouch is pull off your bite valve and push the hose onto the back flush nipple voila now you can gravity fill your hydration pouch without any special adapters.

The blue screw on male nipple attachment is redundant.

I'd bet it is also painful!

The blue screw on male nipple attachment is redundant.

I'd bet it is also painful!

It would be even more revolutionary if you could actually purchase it. None of their on-line folks carry it, and Sawyer's web-site is malfunctioning.

nothing new at all. stupid hype for nothing.

They didn't reinvent water? STUPID LAB-MONKEYS!!!

I actually think this looks pretty cool. I just ordered one. The only reason I'm not using a hydration pack is because it's so tedious to fill on the trail. This product kind of removes that difficulty and lets me filter on the move. I'm sure other people figured out this system long ago, but I hadn't.

Only 7 bucks, too. 14 with shipping. Done!