>>533275I carry at most 3 liters (2x 1.5 litre cheap plastic bottle). Whenever i see water i fill up and drink as much as i can.
If the stream is not contaminated with chemical pollutants, i just boil it.
If it is contaminated, i move on.
There is also a sawyer filter in my backpack, just in case i can't boil water, but this one hasn't been used yet. Initially i bought two, one for the backpack, one to test it.