diff --git a/asynciterator.ts b/asynciterator.ts
index 000fd10..9ee0446 100644
--- a/asynciterator.ts
+++ b/asynciterator.ts
@@ -456,7 +456,15 @@ export class AsyncIterator<T> extends EventEmitter {
     @returns {module:asynciterator.AsyncIterator} A new iterator that maps the items from this iterator
   */
   map<D>(map: (item: T) => D, self?: any): AsyncIterator<D> {
-    return this.transform({ map: self ? map.bind(self) : map });
+    return new MappingIterator(this, self ? map.bind(self) : map);
+  }
+
+  /**
+    MultiMaps items according to a synchronous generator (hence no need for buffering)
+    @param {Function} multiMap The function to multiMap items with
+  */
+  multiMap<D>(multiMap: (item: T) => Generator<D>): AsyncIterator<D> {
+    return new MultiMappingIterator(this, multiMap);
   }
 
   /**
@@ -469,7 +477,7 @@ export class AsyncIterator<T> extends EventEmitter {
   filter<K extends T>(filter: (item: T) => item is K, self?: any): AsyncIterator<K>;
   filter(filter: (item: T) => boolean, self?: any): AsyncIterator<T>;
   filter(filter: (item: T) => boolean, self?: any): AsyncIterator<T> {
-    return this.transform({ filter: self ? filter.bind(self) : filter });
+    return new FilteringIterator(this, self ? filter.bind(self) : filter);
   }
 
   /**
@@ -510,7 +518,7 @@ export class AsyncIterator<T> extends EventEmitter {
     @returns {module:asynciterator.AsyncIterator} A new iterator that skips the given number of items
   */
   skip(offset: number): AsyncIterator<T> {
-    return this.transform({ offset });
+    return new SkippingIterator(this, offset);
   }
 
   /**
@@ -520,7 +528,7 @@ export class AsyncIterator<T> extends EventEmitter {
     @returns {module:asynciterator.AsyncIterator} A new iterator with at most the given number of items
   */
   take(limit: number): AsyncIterator<T> {
-    return this.transform({ limit });
+    return new LimitingIterator(this, limit);
   }
 
   /**
@@ -1251,6 +1259,244 @@ function destinationFillBuffer<S>(this: InternalSource<S>) {
     (this._destination as any)._fillBuffer();
 }
 
+export class SynchronousTransformIterator<S, D = S> extends AsyncIterator<D> {
+  protected readonly _source: AsyncIterator<S>;
+
+  constructor(source: AsyncIterator<S>) {
+    /* eslint-disable no-use-before-define */
+    super();
+    this._source = source;
+    const cleanup = () => {
+      source.removeListener('end', onEnd);
+      source.removeListener('readable', onReadable);
+    };
+    const onEnd = () => {
+      cleanup();
+      this.close();
+    };
+    const onReadable = () => {
+      this.readable = true;
+    };
+    source.on('end', onEnd);
+    source.on('readable', onReadable);
+  }
+
+  protected _destroy(cause: Error | undefined, callback: (error?: Error) => void) {
+    super._destroy(cause, callback);
+    this._source.destroy(cause);
+  }
+}
+
+export class MultiMappingIterator<S, D = S> extends SynchronousTransformIterator<S, D> {
+  protected readonly _map: (item: S) => Generator<D>;
+  private generator?: Generator<D>;
+
+  constructor(source: AsyncIterator<S>, map: (item: S) => Generator<D>) {
+    super(source);
+    this._map = map;
+  }
+
+  read(): D | null {
+    let _item;
+
+    // eslint-disable-next-line no-constant-condition
+    while (true) {
+      if (!this.generator) {
+        if ((_item = this._source.read()) === null)
+          return null;
+        this.generator = this._map(_item);
+      }
+      if (!(_item = this.generator.next()).done)
+        return _item.value;
+      this.generator = undefined;
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+export class MappingIterator<S, D = S> extends SynchronousTransformIterator<S, D> {
+  protected readonly _map: (item: S) => D;
+
+  constructor(source: AsyncIterator<S>, map: (item: S) => D) {
+    super(source);
+    this._map = map;
+  }
+
+  read(): D | null {
+    const item = this._source.read();
+    if (item !== null)
+      return this._map(item);
+    return null;
+  }
+
+  map<T>(map: (item: D) => T, self?: any): AsyncIterator<T> {
+    return new MultiMapFilterTransformIterator(this._source, {
+      filter: false,
+      function: self ? map.bind(self) : map,
+      next: {
+        filter: false,
+        function: this._map,
+      },
+    });
+  }
+
+  filter(filter: (item: D) => boolean, self?: any): AsyncIterator<D> {
+    return new MultiMapFilterTransformIterator(this._source, {
+      filter: true,
+      function: self ? filter.bind(self) : filter,
+      next: {
+        filter: false,
+        function: this._map,
+      },
+    });
+  }
+}
+
+export class FilteringIterator<T> extends SynchronousTransformIterator<T> {
+  protected readonly _filter: (item: T) => boolean;
+
+  constructor(source: AsyncIterator<T>, filter: (item: T) => boolean) {
+    super(source);
+    this._filter = filter;
+  }
+
+  read(): T | null {
+    let item;
+    while ((item = this._source.read()) !== null) {
+      if (this._filter(item))
+        return item;
+    }
+    return null;
+  }
+
+  map<D>(map: (item: T) => D, self?: any): AsyncIterator<D> {
+    return new MultiMapFilterTransformIterator(this._source, {
+      filter: false,
+      function: self ? map.bind(self) : map,
+      next: {
+        filter: true,
+        function: this._filter,
+      },
+    });
+  }
+
+  filter(filter: (item: T) => boolean, self?: any): AsyncIterator<T> {
+    return new MultiMapFilterTransformIterator(this._source, {
+      filter: true,
+      function: self ? filter.bind(self) : filter,
+      next: {
+        filter: true,
+        function: this._filter,
+      },
+    });
+  }
+}
+
+export class SkippingIterator<T> extends SynchronousTransformIterator<T> {
+  protected readonly _skip: number;
+  protected _skipped: number;
+
+  constructor(source: AsyncIterator<T>, skip: number) {
+    super(source);
+    this._skip = skip;
+    this._skipped = 0;
+  }
+
+  read(): T | null {
+    let item;
+    while ((item = this._source.read()) !== null) {
+      if (this._skipped < this._skip)
+        this._skipped += 1;
+      else
+        return item;
+    }
+    return null;
+  }
+}
+
+export class LimitingIterator<T> extends SynchronousTransformIterator<T> {
+  protected readonly _limit: number;
+  protected _count: number;
+
+  constructor(source: AsyncIterator<T>, limit: number) {
+    super(source);
+    this._limit = limit;
+    this._count = 0;
+  }
+
+  read(): T | null {
+    const item = this._source.read();
+    if (item !== null) {
+      if (this._count < this._limit) {
+        this._count += 1;
+        return item;
+      }
+      this.close();
+      return null;
+    }
+    return null;
+  }
+}
+
+interface Transform {
+  filter: boolean,
+  function: Function,
+  next?: Transform
+}
+
+export class MultiMapFilterTransformIterator<S, D = S> extends SynchronousTransformIterator<S, D> {
+  private _transformation?: (item: S) => D | null;
+
+  constructor(source: AsyncIterator<S>, private transforms: Transform) {
+    super(source);
+  }
+
+  protected transformation(_item: S): D | null {
+    if (!this._transformation) {
+      let _transforms: Transform | undefined = this.transforms;
+
+      const { filter, function: func } = _transforms!;
+
+      this._transformation = filter ?
+        ((item: any) => func(item) ? item : null) :
+        func as any;
+
+      while ((_transforms = _transforms!.next) !== undefined) {
+        const { filter: _filter, function: _func } = _transforms;
+        const t = this._transformation!;
+
+        this._transformation = _filter ?
+          (item: any) => _func(item) ? t(item) : null :
+          (item: any) => t(_func(item));
+      }
+    }
+    return this._transformation!(_item);
+  }
+
+  read(): D | null {
+    let item;
+    while ((item = this._source.read()) !== null) {
+      if ((item = this.transformation(item)) !== null)
+        return item;
+    }
+    return null;
+  }
+
+  map<T>(map: (item: D) => T, self?: any): AsyncIterator<T> {
+    return new MultiMapFilterTransformIterator(this._source, {
+      filter: false,
+      function: self ? map.bind(self) : map,
+      next: this.transforms,
+    });
+  }
+
+  filter(filter: (item: D) => boolean, self?: any): AsyncIterator<D> {
+    return new MultiMapFilterTransformIterator(this._source, {
+      filter: true,
+      function: self ? filter.bind(self) : filter,
+      next: this.transforms,
+    });
+  }
+}
 
 /**
   An iterator that generates items based on a source iterator
diff --git a/test/AsyncIterator-test.js b/test/AsyncIterator-test.js
index 37a74d6..d7527b1 100644
--- a/test/AsyncIterator-test.js
+++ b/test/AsyncIterator-test.js
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import {
   ENDED,
   DESTROYED,
   scheduleTask,
+  range,
 } from '../dist/asynciterator.js';
 
 import { EventEmitter } from 'events';
@@ -1307,4 +1308,87 @@ describe('AsyncIterator', () => {
       });
     });
   });
+  describe('Testing chains fo maps and filters', () => {
+    let iterator;
+    beforeEach(() => {
+      iterator = range(0, 2);
+    });
+    it('Should handle no transforms', async () => {
+      iterator.read().should.equal(0);
+      iterator.read().should.equal(1);
+      iterator.read().should.equal(2);
+    });
+    it('Should handle no transforms arrayified', async () => {
+      (await iterator.toArray()).should.deep.equal([0, 1, 2]);
+    });
+    it('Should apply maps that doubles correctly', async () => {
+      (await iterator.map(x => x * 2).toArray()).should.deep.equal([0, 2, 4]);
+    });
+    it('Should apply maps that doubles correctly', async () => {
+      (await iterator.map(x => `x${x}`).toArray()).should.deep.equal(['x0', 'x1', 'x2']);
+    });
+    it('Should apply filter correctly', async () => {
+      (await iterator.filter(x => x % 2 === 0).toArray()).should.deep.equal([0, 2]);
+    });
+    it('Should apply filter then map correctly', async () => {
+      (await iterator.filter(x => x % 2 === 0).map(x => `x${x}`).toArray()).should.deep.equal(['x0', 'x2']);
+    });
+    it('Should apply map then filter correctly (1)', async () => {
+      (await iterator.map(x => x).filter(x => x % 2 === 0).toArray()).should.deep.equal([0, 2]);
+    });
+    it('Should apply map then filter to false correctly', async () => {
+      (await iterator.map(x => `x${x}`).filter(x => true).toArray()).should.deep.equal(['x0', 'x1', 'x2']);
+    });
+    it('Should apply map then filter to true correctly', async () => {
+      (await iterator.map(x => `x${x}`).filter(x => false).toArray()).should.deep.equal([]);
+    });
+    it('Should apply filter to false then map correctly', async () => {
+      (await iterator.filter(x => true).map(x => `x${x}`).toArray()).should.deep.equal(['x0', 'x1', 'x2']);
+    });
+    it('Should apply filter to true then map correctly', async () => {
+      (await iterator.filter(x => false).map(x => `x${x}`).filter(x => false).toArray()).should.deep.equal([]);
+    });
+    it('Should apply filter one then double', async () => {
+      (await iterator.filter(x => x !== 1).map(x => x * 2).toArray()).should.deep.equal([0, 4]);
+    });
+    it('Should apply double then filter one', async () => {
+      (await iterator.map(x => x * 2).filter(x => x !== 1).toArray()).should.deep.equal([0, 2, 4]);
+    });
+    it('Should apply map then filter correctly', async () => {
+      (await iterator.map(x => `x${x}`).filter(x => (x[1] === '0')).toArray()).should.deep.equal(['x0']);
+    });
+    it('Should correctly apply 3 filters', async () => {
+      (await range(0, 5).filter(x => x !== 1).filter(x => x !== 2).filter(x => x !== 2).toArray()).should.deep.equal([0, 3, 4, 5]);
+    });
+    it('Should correctly apply 3 maps', async () => {
+      (await range(0, 1).map(x => x * 2).map(x => `z${x}`).map(x => `y${x}`).toArray()).should.deep.equal(['yz0', 'yz2']);
+    });
+    it('Should correctly apply a map, followed by a filter, followed by another map', async () => {
+      (await range(0, 1).map(x => x * 2).filter(x => x !== 2).map(x => `y${x}`).toArray()).should.deep.equal(['y0']);
+    });
+    it('Should correctly apply a filter-map-filter', async () => {
+      (await range(0, 2).filter(x => x !== 1).map(x => x * 3).filter(x => x !== 6).toArray()).should.deep.equal([0]);
+    });
+    it('Should handle transforms', async () => {
+      iterator = iterator.multiMap(function* (data) {
+        yield `x${data}`;
+        yield `y${data}`;
+      });
+      (await iterator.toArray()).should.deep.equal(['x0', 'y0', 'x1', 'y1', 'x2', 'y2']);
+    });
+    it('Should handle transforms and maps', async () => {
+      iterator = iterator.multiMap(function* (data) {
+        yield `x${data}`;
+        yield `y${data}`;
+      }).map(x => `z${x}`);
+      (await iterator.toArray()).should.deep.equal(['zx0', 'zy0', 'zx1', 'zy1', 'zx2', 'zy2']);
+    });
+    it('Should handle maps and transforms', async () => {
+      iterator = iterator.map(x => `z${x}`).multiMap(function* (data) {
+        yield `x${data}`;
+        yield `y${data}`;
+      });
+      (await iterator.toArray()).should.deep.equal(['xz0', 'yz0', 'xz1', 'yz1', 'xz2', 'yz2']);
+    });
+  });
 });
diff --git a/test/SimpleTransformIterator-test.js b/test/SimpleTransformIterator-test.js
index e033b8e..71ef501 100644
--- a/test/SimpleTransformIterator-test.js
+++ b/test/SimpleTransformIterator-test.js
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ import {
   ArrayIterator,
   IntegerIterator,
   scheduleTask,
+  MappingIterator,
+  FilteringIterator,
+  SkippingIterator,
+  LimitingIterator,
 } from '../dist/asynciterator.js';
 
 import { EventEmitter } from 'events';
@@ -1110,8 +1114,8 @@ describe('SimpleTransformIterator', () => {
           result.on('end', done);
         });
 
-        it('should be a SimpleTransformIterator', () => {
-          result.should.be.an.instanceof(SimpleTransformIterator);
+        it('should be a MappingIterator', () => {
+          result.should.be.an.instanceof(MappingIterator);
         });
 
         it('should execute the map function on all items in order', () => {
@@ -1146,7 +1150,7 @@ describe('SimpleTransformIterator', () => {
         });
 
         it('should be a SimpleTransformIterator', () => {
-          result.should.be.an.instanceof(SimpleTransformIterator);
+          result.should.be.an.instanceof(MappingIterator);
         });
 
         it('should execute the map function on all items in order', () => {
@@ -1185,7 +1189,7 @@ describe('SimpleTransformIterator', () => {
         });
 
         it('should be a SimpleTransformIterator', () => {
-          result.should.be.an.instanceof(SimpleTransformIterator);
+          result.should.be.an.instanceof(FilteringIterator);
         });
 
         it('should execute the filter function on all items in order', () => {
@@ -1219,7 +1223,7 @@ describe('SimpleTransformIterator', () => {
         });
 
         it('should be a SimpleTransformIterator', () => {
-          result.should.be.an.instanceof(SimpleTransformIterator);
+          result.should.be.an.instanceof(FilteringIterator);
         });
 
         it('should execute the filter function on all items in order', () => {
@@ -1347,7 +1351,7 @@ describe('SimpleTransformIterator', () => {
         });
 
         it('should be a SimpleTransformIterator', () => {
-          result.should.be.an.instanceof(SimpleTransformIterator);
+          result.should.be.an.instanceof(SkippingIterator);
         });
 
         it('should skip the given number of items', () => {
@@ -1377,7 +1381,7 @@ describe('SimpleTransformIterator', () => {
         });
 
         it('should be a SimpleTransformIterator', () => {
-          result.should.be.an.instanceof(SimpleTransformIterator);
+          result.should.be.an.instanceof(LimitingIterator);
         });
 
         it('should take the given number of items', () => {