[at-l] Cleaning/sterilizing water filter elements

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Legal Pad StationeryMost filter elements contain plastic, rubber and
silicone elements that may not take well to being boiled as has already been
noted elsewhere on the list.

First and foremost, your filter came with instructions - READ THEM. Clean
the filter in accordance with those instructions and you will be fine.

Second, I noticed, and remarked to this list some time ago that MSR's filter
removes the iodine from treated water. I would therefore suspect that the
iodine is/was somewhere in the filter. I would expect that it probably
helped to sterilize the filter as well as the water.

While I don't want to go overboard here, I would suggest that if you are
starting in the peak hiker months, that you be prepared to do as I did and
sterilize first, then filter your water at certain shelters along the trail.
I don't need to tell you which ones, you will know when you get there.

Lee I Joe


It is by coffee alone I set my mind in motion.
It is by the beans of java that thoughts acquire speed.
The hands acquire trembling.
The trembling becomes a warning.
It is by coffee alone I set my mind in motion.
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