>>2764680>>2767305If he rehydrates the foods with boiling water, then filtrating the water is not really necessary unless it has sediment in it that you want to get rid off. Basic hollow fibre filtering does not get rid of chemicals either. For that you need active carbon filters.
>is he using water from a river or something?I assume in that video he used snow that he melt in the same pot beforehand.
>So would you say that this practice isn't really suitable for situations where you have to carry all your water with you?It depends on the temperature as as other factors, militaries tend to give wet food in environments where freezing is not an issue or where clear water is not easily available. Many militaries tend to give freeze dried rations when water is abundant and you need carry a lot of stuff or wet food might freeze in to a solid inedible brick. Dried food is more easily packable though and tends to stay good longer.
At the end of the day I'd say it just comes down to preferences.
If you anyways need to carry all of the water, carrying some extra for food rehydration should not really matter given that you are going to heat up and cook your foods.
>>2767020Nothing really beats proper coffee made in a coffee kettle on a campfire, but I do carry instant coffee for the situations when I know I will not be able to make a campfire (or when I don't carry a coffee kettle on me) and have to resort in to my gas stove. Instant coffee tastes like shite but it does push the coffee headache to the next morning. I do enjoy drinking tea when /out/ though, I usually drink tea during evenings. Also, adding a tea bag in to a boiled lake water makes the taste more "familiar".
