>>2554636never filtered my water but during army i tried few of those cleaning tablets and it tasted like pool water if that counts
i check my map if the stream has any farmsteads upstream and then drink away, lakewater is always good to go as it swamp water
honestly since i heard about it i have always though whole filtering thing is just a moneygrab but then again there are 3rd world countries where it is a real daily survival thing