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Thinking of buying the Vario for a water filter for hiking/hunting, anyone have one or used one?

I also have the hiker and I sort of look at the vario as and upgrade. It's nice but do ya really need more than the hiker.

2008-07-13 13:56:39 by ShooterMcgee

RRP: $69.95 The Katadyn Base Camp is a gravity fed water filtration system.

well after going to google and comparing them the specifications say they are the same size and perform the same so i say save money and go with the Katadyn Hiker.

2008-07-03 16:08:50 by Dog

Price: $89.95 $71.99

Dual piston technology provides maximum output with minimum effort
Adapter base attaches directly to water bottles or an output hose can be used to fill hydration systems or larger containers
Produces up to two quarts per minute in the faster flow mode and one quart per minute in longer life mode

I own a Katadyn Combi water filter. Carbon refill packets for it are expensive. There are many places to buy activated carbon in bulk relatively cheap. Physically it's a trivial matter to buy in bulk and use it in the filter but I'm wondering about the quality of the carbon, the form of the carbon and how suited it is for the filter or anything else I need to be aware of when buying carbon in bulk.

I think you might be in for more trouble than its worth. Activated carbon will come in a powder form, most likely. So then you'd have to open the filters, dump out the old stuff, and hope your system has enough pressure to push through that much carbon.

I would look into some heavy research on the fabrication of carbon filters before I tried to do something like that.

Its sort of like saying "gas is expensive, i think i'll just buy oil on the open market, and refine it at home to make the gasoline."

2008-10-23 21:38:58 by ckm

Price: $79.95 $56.80

No pumping required - ideal for camping, backpacking, canoeing, paddling, etc.
Produces up to 2.5 gallons of treated water in just 15 minutes
Filters 200+ gallons of water (more when using Filter Protector)