Spent $180 on a water filter for the Sierra loop and never opened it once

Christopher Martinez · 2026-09-23T13:05:03.174608+00:00

I carried that thing for 6 days on the Rae Lakes loop last August and every stream I crossed was already clean and cold, so I drank straight from my bottle the whole time. Now it sits in my gear bin while a $4 bottle of Aquamira tabs does the same job at a fraction of the weight. What gear did you haul around for a whole trip before admitting you never needed it?

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