Where a thread, a bore and a micron rating decide everything
The cooking and water kit, and what has to match
This is the part of the kit where compatibility is not a detail. A stove takes one valve and not another, a filter screws onto one bottle thread and not another, and a cartridge that fits nothing is a cartridge you carry home. Every figure on these pages is reported as the manufacturer publishes it — and where a filter is concerned, what its maker declares it reduces is all that is reported: whether any source may be drunk is a question for that maker and for the local authorities.
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What you choose
- Camping stoves Fuel type decides everything else: weight, cold behaviour, resupply 9
- Camp cookware Capacity, nesting size and material decide what actually gets packed 9
- Outdoor water filters Read the stated micron rating, the flow, and the cartridge life 9
- Hydration bladders The opening decides whether it dries; the litres only decide weight 9
- Insulated flasks Retention hours only compare when the stated conditions match 9
- Camping cool boxes Insulation thickness and lid discipline, not the litre figure 9
What goes with it, and what replaces it
- Stove gas canisters Screw thread, bayonet or pierceable — three incompatible worlds 7
- Stove windshields The stove type decides whether a wrap is allowed at all 6
- Water filter cartridges A cartridge fits one housing, and the thread says which 6
- Water bottles Mouth diameter decides what else screws onto it 7
- Camp cutlery Handle length is set by the depth of the pouch 7