Versa Flow Light-Weight Water Filter

The filter itself is excellent--easy to clean, long life, works as a backcountry water filter should. The accessories for water collection, the provided squeeze bag, is poor. We're back to the Sawyer Squeeze! For reasons I won't go into here, I don't like the CNOC bags. What are the options available for this filter then? For this reason alone, I'm going back to my fragile Platy Quickdraw. The filter itself is subpar; The accessories are outstanding--I can use a whole panoply of Cascade Design products, including a few 28 mm bottles!

The Versa Flow offers reliable filtration that is conveniently compatible with 28mm water bags.

I really wanted to love this filter but compared to my other filter it is really slow (and this is after priming it before the trip.) It doesn’t easily attach to my gravity bag or water bottle. Unless I know there is Cyanobacteria, I will be leaving this filter at home.

I really love this filters. Easy to backflush them and and they really paid attention to the user's need when they integrated the screw caps on each side. It's like an all in one type of filter and it also comes with a carbon filter to finish with a pure and clean water in your belly. I highly recommend these filters!

I really love this filters. Easy to backflush them and and they really paid attention to the user's need when they integrated the screw caps on each side. It's like an all in one type of filter and it also comes with a carbon filter to finish with a pure and clean water in your belly. I highly recommend these filters!

Light weight, flows well. Been using these for the last six years and have never had an issue. On my second one, about 2 thousand miles out of number one.

I bought the Versa Flow last year. I have done three, two-week walks since and only used it during my last walk. I would fill a 500ml mug from a stream, put the filter in and suck the water through it. I can't comment on how good it is at removing bacteria, etc. I can say that although it weighs 45g dry, it weighs about double that when in use (because it's full of water). It also requires quite a bit of sucking power. It's not like drinking through a straw! I also found that water I drank through it had a strange, synthetic flavour. I still prefer drinking directly from streams, but this was useful where the source was questionable. Previously I experimented with screwing it into a bottle, once I found one that fitted (Coke and Lucozade work). I also attached a flexible tube to reach into bottom of the bottle. However, drinking from the filter when screwed into a bottle means you are fighting against an increasing vacuum as you draw water out, collapsing the bottle, as there is no pressure release valve. I ended up unscrewing the Versa Flo to allow air in, which made the thread pointless. I guess it would work with a collapsible bottle with a compatible screw opening.

Love my Versa Flow water filter: the flow rate is as good or better than any others I have tried. It is compact, light-weight, versatile (in-line and screw-on/squeeze) and effective. All the family have one now.

This little filter works great super light weight. And simple design. Only have one complaint, I cut the hose for my camelbak and use it in-line. I wish the the hose connections were designed to have a barb the help keep the hose attached. It becomes disconnected fairly easily