Coghlan's Water Filter

by Coghlan's

Product Features

• Portable, lightweight, effective filtration system for the removal of Giardia and other Amoeba from drinking water
• The filter does not affect water taste and filters to a nominal 2 micron level

Product Description

Coghlans Water Filter is a portable, lightweight, effective filtration system for the removal of Giardia and other Amoeba from drinking water. The filter does not affect water taste and filters to a nominal 2 micron level.

Product Details

• Item Weight: 6.4 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0000AUSFN
• Item model number: 8800
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #111,815 in Sports & Outdoors (See Top 100 in Sports & Outdoors)
  • #72 in Sports & Outdoors > Outdoor Recreation > Camping & Hiking > Hydration > Water Filters

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great value, July 22, 2011

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Erik Westenskow (Portland OR) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Coghlan's Water Filter (Sports)

Our family has been using this model filter for years for backpack trips, it does a great job and it's easy to use. The filter will last several seasons if you start with the cleanest water possible and take proper care of it, and replacements are inexpensive. Flow capacity is better than most due to the large filter surface area, and it's also lighter weight than the fancy ones.

A good friend that I camp with bought an upscale brand purifier for $99 that certainly looks cool (and came with a fancy carrying bag); but often we can not get it to pump at an acceptable rate, and it has an annoying habit of squirting you in the face when you try and pump too quickly. It also costs close to $50 to replace the filter cartridge.

The bottom line is that this Coghlan's pump filter will do the same thing as the $80-100 models - except make you look like a model in an REI catalog.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Be very careful when using this filter, August 12, 2011

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bamop - See all my reviews

This review is from: Coghlan's Water Filter (Sports)

This filter only has a 2 micron filtration rating. It is effective against most important waterborne protozoa (giardia and cryptosporidium), but will not filter any harmful bacteria. you should only use this filter in a clean mountain stream that has not been contaminated with fecal material. If you use this filter in a pond or standing water, you are asking for trouble. More expensive filters are rated to 0.2 microns and are effective at removing harmful bacteria. One previous review stated that this filter produced water at a faster rate and clogged less than a more expensive filter. That is likely a very true statement as the filtration pore size on the cheap filter is 10X bigger! If a more expensive filter is clogging, it is doing its job of removing particles that would otherwise end up in your drinking water. Do not assume that all filters are created equal, and just because you run water through some device does not make it safe to drink.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Coghlan's Water Filter works very well, March 3, 2010

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D. Bird (Utah) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Coghlan's Water Filter (Sports)

I have used one of these for many years and it works very well. It has provided the camp with water on numerous trips it even makes mud puddle water drinkable.