I'll never forget the afternoon I pumped silty creek water through a budget filter on a three-day Wind River trip and watched the flow trickle to nothing. That was the day I learned that not all backpacking water filter pumps are created equal. After spending the last two summers testing 14 different pumps across the […]

I've been hiking and backpacking for 12 years, and water filtration has always been the gear category where the wrong choice can ruin a trip. After losing 8 pounds on a Grand Canyon rim-to-rim run because I trusted a slow filter, I learned to take water bottle filter reviews seriously. For this guide, our team […]