I enjoyed being able to chat with everyone yesterday as well. I'm still a late shifter. So that's one of the few times I'm on here. Most people are fast asleep then.

Skunk if you want a decent affordable emergency filter as a backup te life straws are great and popular online everything business usually has them on sale around black Friday for about 10-11 bucks.

I have a Katydn but I have never used it. It has set in a pack for probably 7 years.

The lifestraws are pretty good but you need a lot of suction to get them working the first time.