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Atlas Guides: We Sawed a Sawyer Squeeze Water Filter in Half!

Have you ever wondered how a Sawyer Squeeze water filter works? We cut one open to to give you an INSIDE LOOK.

Atlas Guides: We Sawed a Sawyer Squeeze Water Filter in Half!

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September 16, 2021
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Atlas Guides: We Sawed a Sawyer Squeeze Water Filter in Half!

Atlas Guides: We Sawed a Sawyer Squeeze Water Filter in Half!

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Have you ever wondered how a Sawyer Squeeze water filter works? We cut one open to to give you an INSIDE LOOK.

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We Sawed a Sawyer Squeeze Water Filter in Half!

Have you ever wondered how a Sawyer Squeeze water filter works? We cut one open to to give you an INSIDE LOOK.

The Sawyer Squeeze water filter is the most popular filter used by long-distance backpackers due to its ease of use and lightweight quality.

We wanted to get an INSIDE look at the Sawyer Squeeze to see how it really works, so we cut one open and took a close look with a microscope.

Check out the full article by Paul Bodnar on Atlas Guides' website here.

Atlas Guides: We Sawed a Sawyer Squeeze Water Filter in Half!

We Sawed a Sawyer Squeeze Water Filter in Half!

Have you ever wondered how a Sawyer Squeeze water filter works? We cut one open to to give you an INSIDE LOOK.

The Sawyer Squeeze water filter is the most popular filter used by long-distance backpackers due to its ease of use and lightweight quality.

We wanted to get an INSIDE look at the Sawyer Squeeze to see how it really works, so we cut one open and took a close look with a microscope.

Check out the full article by Paul Bodnar on Atlas Guides' website here.

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Atlas Guides: We Sawed a Sawyer Squeeze Water Filter in Half!

We Sawed a Sawyer Squeeze Water Filter in Half!

Have you ever wondered how a Sawyer Squeeze water filter works? We cut one open to to give you an INSIDE LOOK.

The Sawyer Squeeze water filter is the most popular filter used by long-distance backpackers due to its ease of use and lightweight quality.

We wanted to get an INSIDE look at the Sawyer Squeeze to see how it really works, so we cut one open and took a close look with a microscope.

Check out the full article by Paul Bodnar on Atlas Guides' website here.

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43.2% of hikers used the Sawyer Squeeze, the most common hollow membrane squeeze filter (and the most common water treatment overall).

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Randy Patton’s late father, Biff Patton, launched the water filter program in 2010.

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The most significant being its positive impact on our health after using it, its capacity to reduce our expenses on water treatment and access to safe water, and the time it saves by eliminating the need for boiling or treating water.

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