Homemade Water Filter - Video Response

This is a field test of a very simple and inexpensive homemade water filter setup made from a recycled coffee creamer container, a Brita water filter and one 2 inch rubber O-ring. The setting for this test is beautiful Norway Lake located inside Puzzle Lake Provincial Park, Canada. Please rate this video. Thanks for watching!

Please watch the original video by NCHiker1970 for full DIY instructions:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpuKPG4a_yQ

Special thanks to NCHiker1970 for help with this video

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[ShoeManShoe68]

I guess the best tasting outcome would be to boil the water then filter it. If you didn't have the ability to boil the water you would need to use the tablets.

Brita also makes a water bottle that filters water as you drink it. I am just saying this because the filters are much smaller.

Thanks for video

[EconoChallenge]

@ShoeManShoe68 Boiling is the best way to go. Or at least that was until another viewer commented that boiling concentrates other contaminants. Hmmm.

[tim4962]

You freak me out. You gave it a thumbs up, but you spit it out after putting it into your mouth. Was it that bad? Don't do that. :) ha ha!

[EconoChallenge]

@tim4962 Iodine tablets taste like crap. I was really hoping that the Britta would have taken some of the taste out. In fact I was expecting it. But ... nope! And that is why I spit it out. I did some more testing with the Britta and some rusty tap water. It did almost nothing to change the colour of the water. I think these Britta water filters are not worth the money!

[richardhummell2497]

I still say that you cannot beat water strained through a coffee filter and then boiled and placed in a 32 oz. plastic bottle wrapped in a towel and stuck in the bottom of your sleeping bag to keep your feet warm. Use the water (still warm ) heated in a pot the next morning for your coffee. My treatment system consists of a Stainless 32 oz (1 liter) water bottle, paper coffee filters, a bandana and a 32 oz (1 liter) plastic bottle. When I break camp I leave with 64 oz. (2 liters) of water.

[EconoChallenge]

@richardhummell2497 Sometimes one thumbs up is just not enough. Boiling is the best for treating water. I have a few small coffee filters the help filter out the green stuff if I need it Most of the time these backwoods lakes are very clear. All you need to do is boil. Love your suggestions. Thank you!

[DackIsBack]

Camelback Groove...

[zehnsechz]

@EconoChallenge zerowater..zerowater..zerowate­r..zerowater..zerowater..zerow­ater..zerowater..zerowater..ze­rowater..zerowater..zerowater.­.zerowater..zerowater.. try them

[monkadelic13]

3:20 = LMAO!

[nfsmw6]

every boil water after drink

[spiderpig85]

@EconoChallenge I don't believe that. When you boil water your only letting it boil for like 2 minutes, so your not concentrating anything.

[licmin767676]

LOL 3:20!!!

[tim4962]

@EconoChallenge I prefiltered the tad pol water through the womans stockings. Then I treated the water with the Iodine tablets. About one hour later I filters the water through my very large filter I made. The Results; well it did help. But it wasn't as clear as I like. It could be because of the system still needs some flushing out. Perhaps I need to design it, so that I can place a small filter on one of the ends. I did drink some of it and taste the Iodine. Next time I'll use Bleach.

[tim4962]

@EconoChallenge You know what I did today. I built a very large water filter using 4" dia Plumbing pipe. I am not going into how I built it. But I added sand, charcol in a womans stocking on both ends, small rocks in the center and sand on both ends. Used the green scrub pads. Its not 100 percent done. It must be about 4 feet long. But I was able to test it. I had some old water that had tad polls in it. After I complete it I will add cotton on one end.