I really wanted to like the Quickdraw. I loved the compact size, the clearly labeled ends/caps and the bottle which neatly wraps around the filter when not in use. Unfortunately, the flow rate was so slow that it made it unusable. It started off with a trickle and got better with time as it became saturated but after 2 weeks of use, the flow rate was close to 10 minutes for a liter of water. Tried cleaning and backflushing to no avail. (Water was from a fast flowing stream in Algonquin.) My partner also had a Quickdraw and his produced well over 1L per minute so we concluded that mine was probably faulty.
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