I'm curious how people are using prefilters with their Sawyer water filters, and where they got the parts?
A recent trip on K2K I clogged up my Sawyer pretty badly from poor quality water @ Mobbs Swamp, its taken a hell of alot of drying & backwashing to restore normal flow rate. The reduced flow rate slowed down my travels a fair bit and I hadn't taken the backwash syringe on the trip.
Google reveals that coffee filters are the go, and that some people have made inline adaptors. I had a quick look at the hardware store today and couldn't find anything in the right thread that'd be suitable for holding a coffee filter between the dirty bag & sawyer. I also couldn't find a staff member who gave a ****