SafeWater bottles

[storyville]

These plastic bottles w/built-in filtering system (in 1 liter and .5 liter sizes) have been out for a while now. They appear to be the best of their kind.

Anyone have experience with these? Good, bad? Virtues, problems?

Glen

 

[Kirk D]

I've seen those in various advertisements, and local gun shows.

They usually advertise "removes 99% of contaminants". Even at "99.9%", that still leaves enough Giardia to make you regret not using something a bit more efficient.

I've avoiding buying one of those, for that reason.

 

[storyville]

So nobody’s used it yet?

Just to clarify: there have been several previous bottle-style purifiers, all of which are more or less junk. But this one made by SafeWater Anywhere is pretty universally regarded as in a class of its own. It’s been tested by respected organizations and is used/praised by equally reputable groups and individuals (e.g., Field & Stream rates it “best of the best”). In fact, its been rated higher than many of the most reliable pump models. (FWIW, it’s advertised as “99.99% effective.”)

So I trust its filtering abilities. (Filtering giardia, BTW, is pretty simple; even the cheapest systems effectively screen it.) I’m primarily wondering about problems after prolonged use such as clogging, durability/fragility, or other unforeseen/unanticipated concerns.

Anyone?

Glen