Hydrate or die. True story. It’s sorta a really big deal when you’re out in the back of beyond, it’s crazy hot, and you have another 5 hours to ride.
Steripen Freedom and Ultra
Luckily, most of the amazing places I get to ride have mountain fed creeks with crystal clear water. But a guy can’t take chances with who-knows-what in the water. Recently on the Great Divide, we borrowed a Steripen Freedom to take as one of two filtration methods (yay, redundancy).
The one down side to the of the Steripen is that it does not like cold weather. On the colder nights it made the Steripen too cold to function in the morning. Leaving it exposed the battery didn’t seem to like the cold. It is suggested to sleep with the Steripen inside your sleeping bag so it works well on those colder mornings. It seems to perform with no issues in glacial fed creek water if the battery is sufficiently warmed from our field tests.