Re: [at-l] First Need filter

["Richard S. Lubitz" <lubitz@alpha.fdu.edu>]

Paddler wrote:> 
<SNIP>
> 
> I am considering upgrading my First Need to the First Need Deluxe - not for any
> real reason, just because mine is the original and after 5 years I think I
> ought to :).  The Delux supposedly has a higher water thruput rate - although
> it looks like it uses the same pump and filter, and the Deluxe has a built-in
> Nagalene jar attachment - I have an add on for the original. The Deluxe also
> looks like it uses a different pre-filter than the one I had to add to the
> original.
> 
> Anyway, does anyone have any comments on the First Need Deluxe? I am planning
> on bringing mine on a thru-hike in 1999, and am interested in any comments, for
> or against.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Tim (Paddler, GA->ME 99)
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I was looking at the deluxe recently in campmor and I think, from my observation
only, that the new filter will replace the old one without modification.  If 
this is true, one can upgrade without the full cost of a new unit.

Rich
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