Tue 01 Jun, 2021 5:41 pm
Tue 01 Jun, 2021 7:57 pm
Wed 02 Jun, 2021 1:20 pm
Baeng72 wrote:Nice report FNM, Thanks.
Sounds like a nice walk. I will have to check it out one day, walking along the beach would be fun.
Regarding photos, I just open the jpgs in paint, and downsize them to 25% and they're under 1mb and I can upload them.
I have a Sawyer mini, but have been using a Katadyn BeFree lately and it's much quicker to filter water with.
Wed 02 Jun, 2021 1:34 pm
Wed 02 Jun, 2021 1:52 pm
Wed 02 Jun, 2021 3:22 pm
Wed 02 Jun, 2021 3:26 pm
Wed 02 Jun, 2021 4:19 pm
indented wrote:Nice report and pictures FNM, keen to give my X-Mid a proper run when this lockdown eventually eases up.
On the water, I went from a Sawyer mini to the regular squeeze and there is a massive difference. I timed the two when I first got it and when squeezing the regular flowed about 4 times faster. I've found the regular will gravity filter about 1L per minute at camp which was fine for me. With the mini I would just hang it up and come back in a while to see if it was done. The other great part is the regular has threads both ends, so I can use a coupler to attach directly to a bottle or bladder and not worry about it missing the clean container.
Wed 02 Jun, 2021 4:24 pm
Eremophila wrote:Yes thanks for the report and pics FNM.
Most likely a tiger snake, they are plentiful along there.
I've only done from Milanesia to 12 Apostles so keen to do the rest of the walk at some stage. This work thing gets in the way....
Actually the shuttle driver dropped me a couple of k's before the gate at Milanesia, so I had the pleasure of viewing the water station provided by property owners along the road there. It was a nice touch.
Wed 02 Jun, 2021 9:20 pm
Wed 02 Jun, 2021 10:05 pm
Eremophila wrote:Yes it is! Trail angels.
Re water tanks on this walk... I only used Micropur, most people didn’t use any treatment.
And a couple of the loos have wonderful views. Unfortunately a group who arrived at Devil’s Kitchen, didn’t appreciate the need to bolt the door from outside after you’re done. I made several trips through the night to do this as the door was banging in the wind.
Thu 03 Jun, 2021 8:00 am
FNM wrote:Thanks indented. As my Platy order fell through, I do have the option of the Sawyer Squeeze now. I don't know heaps about it. From what I've read, a good option is to buy the Cnoc bladders as they can open at the bottom for easy fill (or the Evernew for more durable bladders, but still the same issue of narrow opening). How do you setup the gravity flow? Is it much the same as the Platy, where you hang the dirty bladder above and just let it run? Does it require buying a hose to run from dirty bladder to clean bladder/bottle? (Ah, is this what you mean by the coupler to attach it? Otherwise, you're just lining it up to drip into the clean bladder from a distance?) ... 1L/min sounds pretty similar to the Platy specs, tbh. Do you think the Platy offers any convenience over the Squeeze? I'm not sure the Mini was working properly for us - took a lot of squeezing to get it to "flow", plus it was leaking a bit. Can't imagine it would have worked without the pressure being applied at all.
Thu 03 Jun, 2021 11:54 am
indented wrote:FNM wrote:Thanks indented. As my Platy order fell through, I do have the option of the Sawyer Squeeze now. I don't know heaps about it. From what I've read, a good option is to buy the Cnoc bladders as they can open at the bottom for easy fill (or the Evernew for more durable bladders, but still the same issue of narrow opening). How do you setup the gravity flow? Is it much the same as the Platy, where you hang the dirty bladder above and just let it run? Does it require buying a hose to run from dirty bladder to clean bladder/bottle? (Ah, is this what you mean by the coupler to attach it? Otherwise, you're just lining it up to drip into the clean bladder from a distance?) ... 1L/min sounds pretty similar to the Platy specs, tbh. Do you think the Platy offers any convenience over the Squeeze? I'm not sure the Mini was working properly for us - took a lot of squeezing to get it to "flow", plus it was leaking a bit. Can't imagine it would have worked without the pressure being applied at all.
I'm not familiar with the platy so can't really compare them.
I use one of the cnoc bladders full of dirty water, the large opening makes them extremely easy to fill compared to the sawyer bladders that it comes with. I've had mine for a few years now and had no issues with durability. I bought my squeeze in a kit that came with a couple of extra bladders, parts to put inline on a hydration bladder and a cleaning coupler. The coupler is basically a joiner that allows you to attach something else with the same thread (bladder/bottle) to the clean water end of the filter. You're correct in that this means you don't have to aim the stream of clean water into your clean receptacle. As it's designed to be a cleaning device, it's very useful to backflush the filter if the flow does start to slow down, much easier than the syringe. Once you've got some clean water in your bladder you just take off the dirty one and squeeze hard to push the clean water back through.
I found the mini had to be backflushed quite frequently, probably every 5-10 litres filtered. The Squeeze has been fine filtering for 3-4 people over three days without needing a flush.
Thu 03 Jun, 2021 2:53 pm
Fri 04 Jun, 2021 2:16 pm
Fri 04 Jun, 2021 4:02 pm
BakerSailor wrote:Hey mate,
Great to meet you and your bro on the hike
Hopefully we can hit the trail again sometime soon!
Here is the Relive vid from our walk: https://www.relive.cc/view/vmqX2y5YZLO
Cheers,
Simon
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