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>be a few hours innawoods camping
>filter water with one of these badboys from a large, clear water lake
>go to shit one night, open my ass and its like the bathtub faucet was turned on
>never shat like that in my life
>whole camp is wretching within hours
>we later learn we likely caught norovirus
>am the only one strong enough to carry much gear and another guy has to be carried out
>other guy is completely fine along with me, but within an hour he's keeled over puking everywhere barely keeping his face off the ground
>we start the drive back
>can't even make it, have to pull into a motel next to a hospital
>within hours, we are delirious from dehydration as we puke 3.5x the volume of whatever we can drink
>barely able to lift myself out of bed, make the call we gotta go to the hospital
>collapse in the entry way, scared of my own reflection in the mirror when I see it
>doctor hooks us up to IV
>no longer insane after 15 minutes of the jesus hydration gravy train
>tells me I was starting to die from dehydration
>turns out these filters advertise as safe for camping, but very few filter viruses, and those that do are ultra slow
DON'T USE THESE SHITTERS EVER. ITS NOT WORTH IT. USE PURIFICATION TABS AND/OR BOIL WATER
