New FIlters are a problem

By btownsen2384716 Ranked #365 - Water Filters November 10, 2009

First let me say we have been using these filters for several years and we used to like them. We knew, or thought we knew the limits of water clarity to not clog the cartriges. On our latest Utah adventure we blew out not one but four of these units in less than 20 minutes in semi clear pool with very low to no silt. We also wrap a filter around the intake at water level as an extra precaution. We actually managed to break one of the pumps in the process. The originl Katadyns cartriges we'd used previously worked great but they seem to have changed the filters. We started with all new cartriges. I was not a happy desert-canyon hiker that day. 4 units and we had to Iodine the water. Getting ready to start the replacement process, I hope.

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