If you travel a lot or
you are simply a mountaineer who is always looking for adventure,
then you must know that drinking water from just anywhere cannot be
so safe.
Even if you drink water from say a clean water stream or
river, it may not be considered safe. Why? Because even if you cannot
actually see it or smell it, even the clearest of those crystal
waters do not guarantee that there is actually something down there
that have been killed or thrown.
Even if you stay at a fine hotel,
you can never be sure that their tap water is clean so it would
really be advisable for you to buy a camping water filter.
You may think that since
you are an adventurous person, you can simply be “carpe diem”
about things but this is your health that you are risking. You may
have high immune system but the truth is that some bacteria are very
strong that they can get through anyone’s system no matter how
strong that person is.
You can also say that you’ve been to that
place before and you’ve already had a taste of their water and
nothing happened to you so no need for a camping water filter.
However, you do not live there and how long was that? Even if that
was just a week ago, it is still week duration and that can never be
a good thing. It is really just better to be sure and safe than spoil
your whole trip because you got sick (amoebasis, diarrhea,
constipation, etc) because of the water you drink.
So how would you know
what camping water filter to buy? Make sure that what you are
buying is the one that really cleans the water thoroughly.
There are
some filters that only remove the odor of the water and some even
extract all the minerals from water. Research and read some water filter reviews first and compare water filters before you
purchase.