Generic Touring Thread

I've been using a Travel Tap or Sawyer mini filter for the last year or so (after a friend had some unspeakable gut issues drinking straight from a stream in the Peaks). Travel Tap filter screws onto regular bottles if you're on the bike, it's a bit slow to use/drink from directly but does filter chemicals as well as all the creepy-crawly nasties - something handy when drinking from low level sources or farm areas.

The Sawyer mini can be run in-line with bottles/bladder, or pumped out of any soft bladder bag thing. Quicker but doesn't filter chemicals.

I've been using the life systems drops for a while now, no foul taste, but a bit of a pain though as you have to mix the drops, wait 10 min, stick em in the water, wait 30min more.