David Gray's video: Backpacking Gear - Hydration - December 2016

In this video I discuss my strategy for handling hydration during my backpacking trips. This is an overview of what I currently use, and why, but I do touch upon a few other aspects of hydration that I haven't yet tried myself (e.g. gravity filters, UV radiation, etc.). I cover what I consider to be the four primary elements of any hydration system: (1) containers, (2) purification techniques, (3) additives, and (4) how much to carry. This is certainly not an exhaustive exploration of the topic of hydration while backpacking, but rather an explanation of my current approach to it, and why I use and do what I do. My hope would be that this will provide you with some useful information and thought starters to improve, and fine tune, your own hydration system. If you have any questions, comments, or suggestions for improvement of my system, please leave them in the comments section below and I will respond as quickly as possible. Video Technical Information: Video Camera: Canon Vixia G30 Microphone: Canon WM-V1 wireless Video editing software: Sony Vegas Pro 13