Katadyn: Base Camp Water Filter

6 Reviews

Our Price: $64.95

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Description

Katadyn: Base Camp Water Filter - Altrec.com Product Description:

Convenience is everything when family camping at the beach, or rafting for days down the Colorado River. The Katadyn Base Camp Water Filter offers an accessible way to treat large volumes of water. No pumping is required. Just fill the water bag and hang; gravity is your friend. The Base Camp Filter uses the cleanable Hiker PRO cartridge, which contains a pleated glass fiber element that removes bacteria, protozoa and cysts from the drinking water.

Hands free gravity filter for convenient water access
AntiClog Technology: 129 square inches of pleated 0.3 micron glass fiber media gives higher water output, and less frequent cleaning
Pleated glass fiber element removes bacteria, protozoa and cysts from the drinking water; including Salmonella, Colibacillosis, Vibrio cholera, Amoeba, Schistosoma (Bilharziasis), Giardia, Cryptosporidium
Active Carbon Core: reduces chemicals, pesticides, unpleasant tastes, and odor from water
Output: filters 16 oz. (0.5 liters) per minute
Cartridge Capacity: 200 gallons (750 liters) depending on water quality (use of filter protector will extend cartridge life)
Includes: 2.6 Gallon Water Bag, Removable Filter Protector, 48 inch Outlet Hose, On/Off Output Hose Valve
Height: 6 in.
Weight: 13 oz.

Seattle Area Customers: This item is AVAILABLE ONLINE (may or may not be available in the Sturtevant's Bellevue/Puyallup stores).

Customer Reviews (6)

Katadyn: Base Camp Water Filter - 6 Reviews

Kenn - 2007-05-16
This was Super Took this last year to the Boundary Waters for a week of camping with the Boy Scouts and everyone couldn't believe how great it was. We never once ran out of clean water. We had 9 in our group and could fill everyones bottles and a 1 gal camp kitchen jug and then set up a new bag for morning within 30 min. So much better than pumping.

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Marc - 2007-09-19
Don't Overtighten Bought my Base Camp two years ago and it worked fine then. This year it leaked like a sieve. Couldn't figure it out on the trail and tried to fix it with tape which was really a bad idea since it leaked even worse. After the trip I called Katadyn and they were familiar with the problem. Makes you wonder what the function of the "tightener" is when after only less than half a turn it causes the unit to leak. Also the filter which is on a blue canister has threads on it and you begin to think in camp that you must have left a part at home. The threads however are useless for the Base Camp and are actually for another model. Confusing, but they could have told me in the owner's manual; they didn't. After owning it two years and complaining to Katadyn they were good enough to send me a new unit, which I though was pretty good of them. It sounded as if they realized that people have had the same problem as mine. Just don't overtighten the "tightener." In my case, it was better not to use the tightener at all.

Is this Handy? - Yes - No ( 4 of 4 found this review helpful.)

Gregg Hoshovsky - 2008-07-02
nice way to filter water I used it on the John Day River. Easy to fill, hangs from a tree and filters the water without pumping. Great for rafting.

Is this Useful? - Yes - No