Comments on: Have water filters gone the way of printers? http://davidernst.net/blog/2007/05/13/have-water-filters-gone-the-way-of-printers/ Things I'll talk about with anyone Mon, 01 Mar 2010 15:32:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Peter http://davidernst.net/blog/2007/05/13/have-water-filters-gone-the-way-of-printers/comment-page-1/#comment-7269 Peter Tue, 15 May 2007 15:38:52 +0000 http://davidernst.net/blog/2007/05/13/have-water-filters-gone-the-way-of-printers/#comment-7269 <p>My favorite trick with printer cartridges is having them "expire". I went to replace cartridges and found some we had bought a while ago and the printer refused to use them because they were "expired". Perfectly functional I'm sure, but couldn't use them.</p> <p>Bah.</p> My favorite trick with printer cartridges is having them “expire”. I went to replace cartridges and found some we had bought a while ago and the printer refused to use them because they were “expired”. Perfectly functional I’m sure, but couldn’t use them.

Bah.

]]> By: donna ernst http://davidernst.net/blog/2007/05/13/have-water-filters-gone-the-way-of-printers/comment-page-1/#comment-7259 donna ernst Tue, 15 May 2007 00:44:58 +0000 http://davidernst.net/blog/2007/05/13/have-water-filters-gone-the-way-of-printers/#comment-7259 <p>Are you really going somewhere that you'll need water filters? I didn't think you were backpacking at all. Most campgrounds have potable water. Mom</p> Are you really going somewhere that you’ll need water filters? I didn’t think you were backpacking at all. Most campgrounds have potable water. Mom

]]> By: Dan http://davidernst.net/blog/2007/05/13/have-water-filters-gone-the-way-of-printers/comment-page-1/#comment-7258 Dan Tue, 15 May 2007 00:01:09 +0000 http://davidernst.net/blog/2007/05/13/have-water-filters-gone-the-way-of-printers/#comment-7258 <p>Well, I hear if you filter the water through several feet of sand, it works pretty well. Maybe a little heavy to lug around, but much less expensive. Really, can't there just be a good membrane that you can place over the mouth of a container, pour water into a reservoir, and let the whole thing filter the water for you as you go? It seems that making a system like that would be inexpensive, but as you have mentioned it would defeat the "ink-catridgization" of the process. Next up--designer toothpicks.</p> Well, I hear if you filter the water through several feet of sand, it works pretty well. Maybe a little heavy to lug around, but much less expensive. Really, can’t there just be a good membrane that you can place over the mouth of a container, pour water into a reservoir, and let the whole thing filter the water for you as you go? It seems that making a system like that would be inexpensive, but as you have mentioned it would defeat the “ink-catridgization” of the process. Next up–designer toothpicks.

]]> By: David http://davidernst.net/blog/2007/05/13/have-water-filters-gone-the-way-of-printers/comment-page-1/#comment-7243 David Mon, 14 May 2007 04:55:00 +0000 http://davidernst.net/blog/2007/05/13/have-water-filters-gone-the-way-of-printers/#comment-7243 <p>Don't think I haven't considered it... but considering that I'd be working with sub-micron tolerances (literally) and the penalty for making a mistake is Giardia (or worse), I'm telling myself not to experiment.</p> Don’t think I haven’t considered it… but considering that I’d be working with sub-micron tolerances (literally) and the penalty for making a mistake is Giardia (or worse), I’m telling myself not to experiment.

]]> By: Dan http://davidernst.net/blog/2007/05/13/have-water-filters-gone-the-way-of-printers/comment-page-1/#comment-7242 Dan Mon, 14 May 2007 02:05:48 +0000 http://davidernst.net/blog/2007/05/13/have-water-filters-gone-the-way-of-printers/#comment-7242 <p>Is it possible to find filter material, cut it down to size and use your old system?</p> Is it possible to find filter material, cut it down to size and use your old system?

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