![]() THE O-RING: The o-ring (or gasket) at the bottom of the Sawyer Micro ensures a smooth transfer of water from your dirty water container and through the Squeeze. If you remove the top of your Sawyer, you can fit the small black spout directly into the sport cap and squeeze (clean!) water back through the filter to clean it. Fun fact: you can also backflush the Sawyer with a water bottle and a sport cap. As I mentioned above, the backflushing only goes so far when cleaning out your Sawyer. THE BACKFLUSHING: You get a plunger with the Micro which is for backflushing your filter. It’s better than the Sawyer MINI but not as good as the Sawyer Squeeze (which has its own problems when it comes to clogging). ![]() ![]() Yes, you can backflush the filter, but this will only do so much to slow the clogging over time. THE FLOW RATE: The Sawyer Micro Squeeze has a decent flow rate out of the box, but this diminishes quickly – especially if you’re filtering particularly dirty water. it’s been contaminated) until you have properly cleaned it (i.e. Just remember that if you connect the Micro to a water bottle, that water bottle is now a dirty-water water bottle (i.e. THE EASE OF USE: The Micro functions exactly the same as the rest of the Sawyer lineup – fill up bag/bottle, screw-on filter, squeeze water through the filter. ![]() As with the original Sawyer, you can replace the drinking part of the filter with a sport cap (I recommend doing this since you can drink from your filter more easily and you can keep your spout clean). A number of disposable bottles use this size thread including smartwater or LIFEWTR (hikers like these for their superb structural integrity). THE COMPATIBILITY: Like the rest of the Sawyer lineup, the Micro comes with bags to use for filtering and is compatible with water bottles with 28mm threads. ![]()
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