I have been a happy Sawyer Mini user all summer, but I've been off-trail for about a month and a half since my JMT thru.
I'm starting to poke through my gear to get ready for my fall trips, and I've realized that since I finished up my JMT trip at the end of July, I left my mini in the bottom of my bag to sit. (I came back to a really nasty work situation, and I haven't really had the chance to unpack, with the exception of my down gear and other stuff that shouldn't be stored stuffed in a backpack.)
My question is this- since I assume that it's not great to leave a wet filter sitting around for a month and a half, are there any cleaning steps I should take beyond Sawyer's instructions for long-term storage (fill up a bladder with a diluted bleach solution, push it into the filter, and leave it for awhile)? I assume that I've provided a nice environment for all sorts of fun stuff to be growing in there, but I do want to get everything cleaned up for when things cool down here in a few weeks and I can get back outside.
Normally, during the season, I make sure to backflush it every day or two, but I honestly just completely forgot about it once I got back from my trip.
