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A mixture of illness, starting one new job, then another, more illness and a bit of Christmas mixed in. The Katadyn BeFre is a great option for anyone venturing into the backcountry (where viruses need not be worried about). While filling you have to be aware not to contaminate the sucky end with untreated water, but a robust cap over the nozzle makes this easy. The breakage is a result of residual water in the filter freezing and expanding, thus breaking the hollow fiber membrane. That might sound good, but it actually falls short of many other options available (the Sawyer Squeeze has a lifetime guarantee – whatever that means).

Winner of Backpacker Editors' Choice Award, Runner’s World Gear of the Year Award, and ISPO Gold Awards, the Katadyn BeFree 1 Litre Water Filter means that you no longer have to worry about where your next drink will come from. Anyway, I’m feeling healthy for the first time in ages so I’m looking forward to lighter evenings and cold sunny morning rides.

If I know that the water is moving and it’s continually fresh and for the most part is not stagnant, a just-sitting-there type of puddle or something really gross and something you wouldn’t want to drink out of, I use this. I can actually just take this thing with me, and maybe a handheld, and I can have as much water as I have available to me, in a really quick and easy way. If I’m in a place where I know that I have access to streams, creeks, ponds, and lakes where the water is moving all the time and I feel fairly confident that it’s mostly clean, this gives me that extra layer of protection to bring with me and I can just filter water on the go. The path is quick by bike from the main road, a little rocky in places and tyre choice being the determining factor in being able to ride it all.THE DURABILITY | I originally bought the one-liter version of the BeFree and despite caring delicately for my bottle, I managed to get multiple small punctures (which meant every time I filtered I had someone saying to me, “Hey, did you know your filter is leaking?

We failed, only completing the inner loop before heading off to ride more gravel bike friendly terrain. I carry this 600-milliliter soft flask as a part of it, because I can fill up more of my other bottles that I generally carry, two soft flasks in a running vest.By moving to more environmentally friendly alternatives it is possible to vastly reduce the negative effects it has on wildlife, nature and human health.