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Posted by Stuart (Guest) on May 21, 2007 at 5:10:09 pm EDT
In reply to Water Bottle filter posted by Gear Selection (Guest) on April 25, 2007 at 6:09:46 pm EDT

While originally I loved the Katadyn combo bottle/filter (I bought two of the 1-L model), I now feel quite differently about them.

There is a little plastic piece in the cap that moves to allow air into the bottle as water exits. It tends to break off quite easily, either via being hit while attached to one's backpack via a carabiner and knocked around or while pressed into one's backpack with other gear. And note the word "easy", as one of mine broke with the lightest bounce against it.

Once that happens, the water bottle leaks if turned on its side. Also the air/water flow is impacted. It's basically ruined. And though the part should be available for 25-cents, you can't buy it or the entire cap at any price that I've found.

I was able to repair one of mine, but it was a complete hack using plastic model parts I happened to have at home.

Do yourself a favor. Buy a detached filter instead of wasting $40 on a bottle you might use 5 times before it's broken. If you camp often as I do, that 5 times means like 2 months. And you could easily break it the first time you use it based on my experience.

Katadyn (and retailers), if you're reading this you really should make amends by making the plastic piece or the entire cap available separately. Or stop selling a piece of junk.

-Stuart

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