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Platypus quickdraw review1/7/2024 Ultralight & Compact: Entire system (empty) weighs just 3.3 oz / 95 g and compacts up smaller than a rolled-up t-shirt.Getting a Platypus QuickDraw Microfilter System gives you a new, lighter way to explore the wilderness and go further. This allows you, should you only have your filter with you, to be able to turn a single use water or soda bottle into a "(re-)fill & use personal hydration reservoir" to keep you going without needing to turn back. With its inside/outside (I/O) dual-thread design, the Platy QuickDraw filter cartridge securely adapts to other Platy bottles, smartwater® bottles and most single use plastic water/soda bottles. Keeping with the easy-to-use design, the cleaning process is equally straight forward and requires no additional equipment by simply using the shake-to-clean or tool-free backflush techniques to ensure the fast flow rates will stick around for the duration of your expedition. The Platypus QuickDraw system, with a weight of just 3.3 oz (95 g) and filtering up to 3L per minute, ensures quick and easy access to clean water on any adventure. This system is as easy-to-use as it gets and comes in two parts: the durable and taste-free 1L QuickDraw reservoir and the hollow fibre filter cartridge. With the QuickDraw, filtering water is over in a blink, and you can get back to what you’re out there for: enjoying your hike.The Platypus QuickDraw Microfilter System benefits from decades of research and development in filtration and hydration to provide explorers, adventurers and outdoor enthusiasts with the best user experience of any fill-and-squeeze water filter on the market. (You can also drink straight from the clean-water side of the filter.) Our test unit slowed down only once, and a simple backflush returned it to its regular flow. Screw threads lock the filter onto the reservoir as well as other Platypus products, Smartwater bottles, and 28-millimeter plastic bottles. The dirty-water reservoir is built to last thanks to its thick plastic construction, and we haven’t seen any holes in ours after a full season of use, a far cry from other, flimsier reservoirs. The filter itself rests inside a durable ABS-plastic housing, so dropping it won’t destroy the sensitive fibers inside. “It’s so small that it can fit in a hipbelt pocket, and it’s the most efficient filtration system I’ve ever used.” “Even when I was hiking with groups, I brought this filter rather than a larger gravity model,” one editor said. And believe us, this thing is fast: by applying constant pressure on the reservoir, we filled a one-liter Nalgene in about 20 seconds-the fastest rate on the market for something this light and inexpensive. The QuickDraw’s 0.2-micron pores sift out bacteria and protozoa (but not viruses, which are removed only by purifiers). To get clean water, simply fill the reservoir (a hard plastic handle helps with skimming it through streams and lakes), screw the filter onto the top, and squeeze. This affordable, compact, 3.3-ounce kit comes with two components: a durable, one-liter soft-sided reservoir-helpfully labeled “dirty”-and a hollow-fiber filter that’s small enough to fit inside a toilet-paper roll. With the Platypus QuickDraw Microfilter System ($45), though, the task just got a whole lot easier. Nobody’s ever said water duty is their favorite part of hiking. Don't miss a moment from Paris-Roubaix and Unbound Gravel, to the Giro d’Italia, Tour de France, Vuelta a España, and everything in between when you
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