Sawyer Squeeze back flush tip.

In this video I will show you a trick I learned to easily back flush your Sawyer filter using a smart water bottle sport cap.

[thathikingguy]

"Just the Tip!" great information man. thanks for this video. You are an asset to the hiking and backpacking community

[TerryYoungOutdoors]

Great hack. I never knew the sport cap fit in the end like that. Thanks!

[briansnyder]

Good stuff, bronan! Thanks for the heads up!

[fisheyeguy]

I’ve got to get one of these filters. Nice review and tip!

[jiml]

You can take the white lid off of the squeeze, and it will do the same thing.

[mikezaloudek]

@CarlsonAdventures can the mini be flushed the same way?

[DisneyUpBoilerUp]

I'm wondering if it's specifically has to be a smart water bottle in order to backflush?
I know I can screw other brand water bottles to filter the other direction.

[gregludlow]

I wonder how long it will take for one of those Smart bottles used to backflush will start cracking?

[minniyoutubaster]

Maybe try the 10-oz. Accmor shaker/dredge as both Pre-filter & mug? Why aren't there hard-plastic Pre-filters available that can screw onto a 6-oz. wide-mouth spice-jar? (they should mimick salt-shakers insofar as having holes punched into their screw-on tops). I'd then use the pre-filter spice jar to draw water, then unscrew the pre-filter in order to pour the pre-filtered water from spice-jar into SmartWater bottle. I'd repeat that several times until SmartWater bottle is full. Then I'd connect the SmartWater to the Sawyer which would be connected to Katadyn Refillable carbon-cartridge (see Highwater Filters demo - except picture my spice-jar instead of Highwater's colored-jar). I'd then squeeze Two-Ounces of water into the spice-jar for purpose of cleaning it, because the spice-jar would serve as my drinking cup, into which i'd squeeze 6-oz. of chemical-free water.

[theviron]

The cap on my filter is not a push/pull cap. It is a solid cap that flips up. This must be a change and I can tell I do not like it. Push/pull or sports cap is the way to go. I am also disapointed that Sawyer does not offer more in the way of instructions on how to use. They provide a lure lock syringe instead of a catheter tip syringe for back flush. The lure lock is made to screw onto a female lure lock so in this use it does not wrok well as you try to hold everything while flushing. I have to search the internet to try and find all the little nuances of use. Thanks for the tip! I think I will go back to LifeStraw.

[minniyoutubaster]

Attn. Carlson - please add this for the ATTN. OF LESS MUSCULAR PEOPLE: Please note that if you have poor muscle tone, it may seem like the nozzle of the Sawyer-squeeze does not fit into the nipple of the SmartWater bottle. SOLUTION: Use utmost pressure to get the Sawyer nozzle into the SmartWater's nipple-hole. Nope - the nipple-hole did not break on me - even though I was scared it would. (I myself am weak which is why I'm always scared I'm using too much force on things.)