HIKING GEAR REVIEW – "WATERDROP" WATER FILTER

FYI The mouth piece will unscrew so you can screw on a standard plastic bottle fill up and you use the standard plastic bottle to back flush it also.

Could this be used as a cocktail drip at my desk for late night star citizen binges?

Well done. May I suggest a pop filter on your desk microphone. Just a little enhancement to the narrative portion.

I'm not sure abt your Waterdrop but the mouthpiece DOES come off and in fact is MUCH better that the sawyer. Sawyer has had too many fails n is too slow for me, so far no issue w Waterdrop and i found it's easy to backwash. Maybe you have an older version but recheck cuz the mouthpiece should screw off. Thanks for the review, peace ✌ .

I’m confused snow hi hi you’re talking about. We’re you saying that the waterdrip had a higher ppm than the River water or was it the sawyer?
And we’re you saying the water drip is a great value or that the Sawyer is a great value?

I bought this one too, also just for the bag lol.
The brand name bags are far too expensive and with this one I can just attach any filter I want!
Thanks for reviewing the filter so I didn't have to Guinea pig myself lol

love mine and you helped decide that keep it up

I was eyeing this Waterdrop bag to use with my Sawyer Squeeze. Thanks for the review! The bag by itself is available on Amazon now for about $17, so I think I'm going to go that route.

I think the reason you got identical readings on your meter is because it measures water hardness/softness. In the aquarium world we use a TDS meter if we are tweaking water chem to taylor it to a specific fish.
In this instance 45ppm is total dissolved solids, doesn't indicate whether those solids are friend or foe.😉👍

Just noticed the seven thumbs down. WTF...LOL Its gear review. Too funny.

Sorry but you seem to not ubder stand what THD is. It does not tell you anything about bacteria or virus.

It tends to go faster if you do not close off the top of the bag when hanging, or seal off the container that you filter to.
This one looks pretty quick though. Sealed unit to sealed unit often presents a vacuum pressure issue.
I always carry chlorine dioxide (ie: aquamira) to kill any virus or whatever may make it through.
Odd tastes are common on first use, especially where a carbon stage is present, some carbon makes it through on the first run or two.

You should really prime the filter with clean water at home before using it. Worried about what you swallowed.

Just subscribed thanks for the information.

Nice test. I am in the UK and just bought one, primarily for using water out of my garden water butts, should the mains water go off and also for taking hiking, so I (we) don't have to carry as much water as I normally do , as we go with myself, wife and 3 grandchildren, hiking up the local hills and valleys for a full days walking.
As today (22/2/22) (2/22/22) we are currently looking at a war situation here in Europe over Ukraine, I thought it prudent to have several alternate water filters, as I fear a malicious cyber strike on our power grid and our mains water is pumped electrically from the pumping station, so my water butts, local river, etc will come into play, if needed and the waterdrop package will do nicely, as it can hang over the bath from the shower head fitting so avoiding any leakage/water drips onto floors and any leaks/water drips can go straight down the bath drain.

Sorry but you didnt do your homework on this video.

Hey brother great channel and review. I'm not surprised a fellow 214'er is looking for a reliable kit at the common man's price. I look forward to more of your videos.

Hopefully this guy learned thing or two in his three years of making this. TDS being zero = BAD!!!!!!!!!!! Zero water is basically making Distilled water in a form of filtering vs boiling and recapture. Which both the above are BAD to drink because they have NOTHING in them. Might as well drink air. YOU WANT some TDS in the water. Because that means it'll have the minerals in it that are GOOD for you. Sure some are BAD. But most standard filters will focus on removing the BAD minerals only and leave the GOOD minerals in.

Don't believe everything you hear. Including have people are stupid and go fear about cereals having Iron flakes inside it. THAT IS THERE FOR A REASON TO HELP GIVE BETTER minerals. It's not only Iron in there to. But due to the fact iron is magnetic it's the only thing people 'Notice' because it magnetic and they can grab it around.

The mouthpiece comes off you just have to pull / screw it off

Thanks for the video. I’ve been looking at these gravity filters and considering what to purchase. Great find on the bag!

I’m not an expert, so don’t quote me on this. I’ve done a considerable amount of research on TDS (Total Dissolved Solids). The TDS also includes minerals, salts, and electrolytes that are essential for our bodies; including calcium, magnesium, potassium, sodium, iron, zinc, nitrate… etc. As well as other organic and inorganic materials such as metals, salts, minerals, and ions. So water that has a TDS of zero is not always a good thing when exerting yourself on the trail, unless you are using electrolyte drink mixes to replenish your body with all the essentials in other ways besides what’s in your water. Just my two cents worth.

The meter is testing the volume of total dissolved solids (TDS). Mostly salts and minerals. The stuff that make up the hardness of water. Super alkaline water from Arizona could register easily in the 300+ range. Water from the north woods USA could be in the 30+ range.
These meters are not purity meters. A Reverse osmosis filtration system can turn a reading in the 300+ range to 0 (Zero). Similar to a Zero Water system. The filter in a gravity system is not interested in disolved solids. It is interested in impurities, micoorganisms, chemicals, and final taste ( the carbon part of the filter). The reading on a TDS meter will be similar before filtering, and after.....

Thanks for doing a test I’m pretty sold on it now looks like a good system

The newer ones you can unscrew the mouth piece and screw in a water bottle