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Katadyn Gravity
Camp 6L water filter
http://www.katadyn.com
By Richard M Harpham
(see www.richadventure.com)
The Katadyn Gravity Camp 6L Water Filter is
a breath of fresh air with its simple design and
features allowing water filtration while
camping or on expedition. One of its most
impressive features is that it only weighs
290grams and can literally be stowed in a
rucksack pocket or dry bag.
The heart of the water treatment is an is an
UltraflowTM filter element which reliably removes filter
bacteria, cysts and sediment to 99.9 % levels.
Obviously, it is still advised to select water from a
water source with flow and as little sediment as
possible to improve the filter performance and life.
One of the benefits of this technology and design is
no need to pump water through the membrane as
gravity does the work for you.
The replaceable filter uses a ceramic membrane and
can filter water using gravity at and has the capacity to
treat 1,500 litres on single filter (un-confirmed by us).
Literally with two minutes of assembly, we were ready
to go and on a hot day were glugging river water,
which tasted great.
You can also purchase a shower adaptor to convert
this into a shower unit as well. A first-class bit of
lightweight expedition kit.
At a glance features
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Comes with carry case
Ultralight dry bag style water carrier
Feed tube with connectors for hydration packs
Integral and replaceable ceramic water filter
Simple locking tap system
Water level indicator on the fill bag
Weight:
Flow rate:
Capacity:
Volume:
Size:
Tech spec
290 grams
2 litres per min
1500 litres per filter
6 litres
25 x 15 x 6 cm
0.2 micron Ultra Flow Filter™ pleated glassfibre removes bacteria,
cysts and sediment.
There is also a higher capacity 10-litre version of this filter available