Lightweight Water Bottle Backpacking

A soft bottle is 80 percent lighter than a hard plastic water bottle.

Lightweight water bottle backpacking.

Lightweight equipment minimizes the strain on your body and therefore we only included lightweight insulated water bottles in this selection. Survimate filtered water bottle bpa free with 4 stage intergrated filter straw for camping hiking backpacking and travel 4 4 out of 5 stars 519 29 99 29. As part of our lightweight backpacking gear basics video series we put together the video below on ultralight backpacking water filtration. The heaviest bottle in the selection weighs 15 1 ounces.

With the nalgene tritan you get a great water bottle for hiking at a budget friendly price. The bottle s impressive insulating abilities wide mouth and perfect size make it our top recommendation. As a weight conscious backpacker sometimes i go down the rabbit hole of optimizing a minor piece of gear. This saves weight both on the food and the fuel.

Triwonder tpu soft folding water bottles bpa free collapsible flask for hydration pack ideal for running hiking cycling climbing 4 1 out of 5 stars 556 14 99 14. The yeti rambler remains our favorite all around water bottle this season despite tough competition from hydro flask. Read more about why it is important to use lightweight gear for hiking in our article why hike lightweight. Some of our water treatment choices have changed a bit in the years since the making of this video but there s still a lot of useful info in there.

Backpacking water purification video. You may not get any fancy spouts or insulation but the sturdy construction and attractive design mean that it will serve you well on countless miles of trail. For starters this hiking water bottle can be ordered in a choice of four exciting colors blue grey pink white each made form bpa free tritan co polyester and boasting award worthy craftsmanship. Use collapsible water bottles one to two liter capacity.

To stay light plan to simply boil water to add to dehydrated food instead of cooking a meal from scratch. This is one of those times. The lower price tag doesn t mean a compromise in quality though. It s small and portable yet easy to fill and clean with its wide mouth.

The katadyn befree water filter can be used as a squeeze filter or hung for group use as a gravity filter if you purchase the 3l version it has a 0 1 micron microfilter that is epa tested to remove protozoa 99 99 and bacteria 99 9999. Fuel stove and cookware.