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#175821 - 07/08/09 07:21 PM Milbank Bag
Rmojo Offline
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I am wondering where I can find/purchase a Milbank Bag for my SK? Any ideas?

thanks

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#175826 - 07/08/09 08:10 PM Re: Milbank Bag [Re: Rmojo]
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What's a Milbank Bag ?
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#175828 - 07/08/09 08:28 PM Re: Milbank Bag [Re: Todd W]
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I'd check e-bay but why get one? A milbank bag, as I recall was a gravity fed water bag to filter out big stuff but no small stuff and certainly not crypto or giardia. You would then need to add iodine or boil the water.

IMHO, unless you have an affinity for it you have better options. Heck a bandanna and a non-potable nalogene bottle would do the same.

But you can probably find a Milbank cheap and it packs small.
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#175833 - 07/08/09 09:07 PM Re: Milbank Bag [Re: Rmojo]
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I think I would use the "Aqua- pouch" by survival resorces.

http://www.bepreparedtosurvive.com/WaterPurificationProducts.htm

you get a filter and sterilizer and a carry bag in one Item.
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#175834 - 07/08/09 09:26 PM Re: Milbank Bag [Re: Rmojo]
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A fantastic bit of kit to have in your bag, used since the second (or first?) world war and still going strong.Clearly only a filtration device but in its own element for highly silty/dirty water that will then allow your choice of purification to act properly. Nothing to break and works by gravity. available here on t'internet.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/New-Survival-Water-purification-bag-(MILLBANK-Bag)-SAS-_W0QQitemZ110401600892QQcmdZViewItem

http://www.greenmanbushcraft.co.uk/water/millbank-bag-water-purification-kit-.htm

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#175835 - 07/08/09 09:39 PM Re: Milbank Bag [Re: Rmojo]
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I sewed my own using a leg from an old pair of jeans. It's great for prefiltering muck, algae, and stuff before boiling. It's elongated-diamond shaped like the original Milbank bag, though you can't really tell that from the picture.



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Edited by Blast (07/08/09 09:41 PM)
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#175855 - 07/09/09 08:26 AM Re: Milbank Bag [Re: Blast]
Rmojo Offline
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Thanks moab

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#176036 - 07/11/09 06:24 PM Re: Milbank Bag [Re: Blast]
aloha Offline
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Originally Posted By: Blast
I sewed my own using a leg from an old pair of jeans. It's great for prefiltering muck, algae, and stuff before boiling. It's elongated-diamond shaped like the original Milbank bag, though you can't really tell that from the picture.



-Blast



Nicely done Blast and a great idea. Now did you really sew it or was it Mrs. Blast?

I think it is a great recycling idea. My guess is that the water would drain a lot quicker than with the milibank bag.
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#176040 - 07/11/09 09:46 PM Re: Milbank Bag [Re: Rmojo]
Am_Fear_Liath_Mor Offline
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Ebay has an unused Millbank bag - 6 hours to go though

http://cgi.ebay.com/British-Army-Issue-Millbank-Water-Filter-Bag-New-Unused_W0QQitemZ280369139765QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item41474d9035&_trksid=p4634.c0.m14.l1262&_trkparms=%7C293%3A1%7C294%3A30

Silvermans in the UK have them but they are pricey

http://www.silvermans.co.uk/AdvancedSearch/tabid/96/Default.aspx?Search=millbank






Edited by Am_Fear_Liath_Mor (07/11/09 09:51 PM)

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#176094 - 07/12/09 04:17 PM Re: Milbank Bag [Re: Blast]
DannyL Offline
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Registered: 02/22/08
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Loc: SE Alaska
Blast, excellent solution. Pretty clever also....
I've used old white pillow cases to do the same.


Edited by DannyL (07/12/09 04:18 PM)

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