Water PRE filtration. Before it goes into your filter. Anyone thought of or tried this?

Bubble bags. Evidently they are for making dope. I saw them in the farm and garden section of craigslist and looked them up on amazon. Now, I know you could use a t-shirt, cheese cloth, just about any fabric for less money. I like the idea of a dedicated item for the job. Plus different microns of filtration between the bags. And set up for 5 gallon buckets.
http://www.amazon.com/iPower-GLBBAG5...ds=bubble+bags

8 bags for $43 doesnt seem bad.

What do you guys think? I had no idea they were for anything nefarious.

Or tea/spice bag if its for smaller filter.

I have at least one Crown berkey to use them for. Plus the homemade 5 gallon bucket "berkey" filters. I thought if you were getting water it would be easy to dump the entire 5 gallon bucket into the bag and into another 5 gallon bucket. Assuming you are using something that large.

I've not bothered running it through filter cloth but have let water settle to remove larger sludge. Green river is quite muddy so we'd fill pots at night then filter them the next morning for the day's drinking water.

Depending on the turbidity of the water source pre-filtration or settling is necessary.

Hops bags are cheaper from the brew store.

Depending on how permanent your set-up is, you can go very elaborate. Not the best video I've seen, but can't find what I'm looking for on short notice.

Tons of ways to prefilter. Tie a leg off in a pair of old pants, you can send the savings to me.

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Originally Posted by Wulf202

Tons of ways to prefilter. Tie a leg off in a pair of old pants, you can send the savings to me.

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Going to need you account number. A ss to verify would be real nice ;)

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Originally Posted by HBARleatherneck

Bubble bags. Evidently they are for making dope. I saw them in the farm and garden section of craigslist and looked them up on amazon. Now, I know you could use a t-shirt, cheese cloth, just about any fabric for less money. I like the idea of a dedicated item for the job. Plus different microns of filtration between the bags. And set up for 5 gallon buckets.
http://www.amazon.com/iPower-GLBBAG5...ds=bubble+bags

8 bags for $43 doesnt seem bad. QUOTE

What do you guys think? I had no idea they were for anything nefarious. .

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Interesting idea but for pre filtering drinking water I suspect it's a sketchy product. A first clue is the colored (dyed) cloth. There's no mention of the type of material, of it being made of food grade material, or of it being safe for pre filtering water. Not that it wouldn't be useful in an emergency but at that price, a simple $2 white nylon strainer bag might be a better choice. Strainer funnels and mesh bags are sold at homebrew stores that are food grade. They work well to filter out solids.

Sewing material stores sell a variety of nylon mesh by the yard that you can cut to fit your application whether for straining liquids or keeping insects off drying food.

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Interesting idea but for pre filtering drinking water I suspect it's a sketchy product. A first clue is the colored (dyed) cloth. There's no mention of the type of material, of it being made of food grade material, or of it being safe for pre filtering water. Not that it wouldn't be useful in an emergency but at that price, a simple $2 white nylon strainer bag might be a better choice. Strainer funnels and mesh bags are sold at homebrew stores that are food grade. They work well to filter out solids.

Sewing material stores sell a variety of nylon mesh by the yard that you can cut to fit your application whether for straining liquids or keeping insects off drying food.

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Homebrew! It is great for EVERYTHING!

Sometimes beer provides the answer.

Line a siv with a scrap of fabric. Cut a hole in the 5 gallon lid to hold the siv

Beer is the best way to store water. They did it in the old days!

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Homebrew! It is great for EVERYTHING!

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I was thinking about my homebrew equipment for this, use my big funnel I use to get stuff into carboys and line it with a muslin grain sock. Plus, homebrewing in a SHTF scenario is good because you boil the water for an hour or more and, hops and alcohol are anti-spoiling agents. [Beer]

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I was thinking about my homebrew equipment for this, use my big funnel I use to get stuff into carboys and line it with a muslin grain sock. Plus, homebrewing in a SHTF scenario is good because you boil the water for an hour or more and, hops and alcohol are anti-spoiling agents. [Beer]

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Hopefully my hops Rhizomes get here this week so I can get them planted.

Getting them from Brew Hut? I tried a few times to plant them but my canine digging machine always found them and tore them up. Hop pellets are better for long term storage anyway.

Can we grow hops here in Colorado?

indeedy we can

Ummmm coffee filters? Kinda small, but they would work well... In fact, that is specifically what they are made for.

I Ordered from Freshops.com. It is a oregon hop farm.

nevermind that is where I got my twine... I ordered rhisomes from:

Rising sun Farms: http://www.coloradoorganichops.com/

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Can we grow hops here in Colorado?

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CO is one of the largest, if not largest Home Brew and Micro brew states. You can't go 50' w/out tripping over some home brewer in ft fun.

Even more interesting are the ones who keep bees, for their honey mead.

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Can we grow hops here in Colorado?

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Hops requires lots of direct sun, of which we have much.

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Beer is the best way to store water. They did it in the old days!

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That's what I told my wife. Every time I've tried "storing" it, it somehow seems to disappear?