The Creek Anchor
Your prefilter stays put.
A sinking intake cage for the Katadyn Hiker. Fill it with creek pebbles, drop it in, and pump with both hands.
Prefilters float
Every time you pump, the intake drifts to the surface and sucks air, or settles into the silt and clogs. So you end up kneeling at the bank, holding it in place with one hand and pumping with the other.
The Creek Anchor holds the prefilter underwater and off the bottom. The creek supplies the weight, so there's no sinker to carry. A threaded lid keeps everything together in current.
Set up in a minute
Thread the lid
Slide the hose through the lid once. It rides on the hose from then on, so there's no lid to lose.
Add pebbles
Drop in a layer of creek pebbles, bigger than the gaps between the ribs.
Load and close
Set the prefilter on the pebbles and screw the lid down.
Anchor it
Lock the cable loop through the base tab, tie your line to it, and start pumping.
Spec sheet
| Fits | Katadyn Hiker prefilter |
|---|---|
| Size | 61 mm wide (64 mm over the thread) × 120 mm tall |
| Weight | About 75 g, cage and lid together |
| Ballast | Creek pebbles, collected on site |
| Material | PETG: tough, water-resistant, holds up outdoors |
| In the bag | Cage, screw-on lid, stainless cable loop, instruction card |
| Made | Designed, printed and field-tested in Michigan |
From the field
Two people, one bench
Creekside Fabrication is a two-person shop in Michigan. The Creek Anchor started as a fix for our own filter: the prefilter kept floating away mid-pump. Three versions and a lot of creek time later, it stays put.
Every piece is printed, checked and packed by hand.
