One of the biggest obstacles to outdoor sports is having an available source of potable water. You can take water along if you are camping or have a trailer, but what about kayaking and backpacking?

I thought about all of the above issues, and a few more actually, in order to choose five of the best water purification tablets for backpacking.

Drinking fluids are bulky and heavy to carry, but also drinking water from unknown sources can be hard on the body. Even when you stay in a hotel or have fresh water from the campground pump, your system has to get used to different chemicals.

Luckily, now they’ve developed an ultralight backpacking water filter, which you can imagine is a relief for all kinds of outdoor sports fanatics.