SteriPEN Water Purification System Pack
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Description of SteriPEN Water Purification System Pack
The SteriPEN handheld water purification System, contains all the tools you will need to optimize your water purification: The SteriPEN Classic handheld water purifier, 32 oz. Water Bottle, Water Bottle Pre-Filter, user's guide and case. Add your choice of 4 AA batteries (we strongly recommend Lithium or NiMH) and you are ready to provide safe drinking water anywhere. This convenient solution has been well received by people who want a good value and a full range of options for pre-filtering situations like leaves or glacial silt preventing clear water. (See Product Demonstration Video)Providing everything needed for cleansing and purifying drinking water while camping, hiking, or traveling, this pack consists of a SteriPEN Classic handheld water purifier, a pre-filter for cleansing dirty water, a 32-ounce wide-mouth water bottle, a user's guide, and a nylon case for the water purifier.
The water purifier destroys viruses, bacteria, and common protozoa. It weighs just 8 ounces with four AA, disposable batteries (not included) and purifies 16 ounces of water in 48 seconds, or 32 ounces in 90 seconds. Measuring 7.6 inches long, the purifier employs ultraviolet light (UV) to destroy the DNA of microorganisms, making them unable to reproduce and cause illness. It's effective against outdoor microbes like giardia and cryptosporidium; pathogens that cause diarrhea, dysentery, hepatitis, and Legionnaire's Disease; household germs such as bird flu, E. coli, and salmonella; staph and strep; and natural-disaster risks like botulism, cholera, smallpox, and typhoid. All that is required is to push the water purifier's button (once for 32 ounces, twice for 16 ounces), place the pen-like lamp in clear water, and stir until an indicator light turns green.
The pre-filter filters particulates and debris from water, making it ready for the water purifier. The water bottle has a cap for securing water after it's been purified.
Sports reviews of SteriPEN Water Purification System Pack
Customer Review: steri pen
Sport shop rating: 5 Stars
excellent at cleaning clear or clearer water, however when it went head to head with my MSR hand pump other than a bit more work i could pump a bottle of water just as fast as scooping up the water and them cleaning it. Will I stop using it heck no it is real cool and light weight.Customer Review: Good Product
Sport shop rating: 5 Stars
Used it the first weekend that I had it. My wife and I went camping and the temp's soared to over 100 and we used it to purify a gallon of water from the river for more drinking water. Worked great and I think I'll take it with me to Mexico this year just in case.Customer Review: Works like a Champ
Sport shop rating: 5 Stars
I have used this for 2 weeks now of drinking nothing but lake water and never got sick. It is a quick and easy way to sterilize and filter water. It is compact and easy to carry and use.Customer Review: SteriPEN System Pack
Sport shop rating: 5 Stars
This will keep the big little things from floating in your water. Only works in clear water.
Customer Review: FIELD TRIAL IS A REAL CRAPS SHOOT!!
Sport shop rating: 4 Stars
except to tell you that the plastic water bottle is constructed of poly carbonate(which has been declared to be toxic by several industrialized nations), it is not fair to myself, the vendor, the manufacturer, or to amazon, to offer up a review until i finish my "field trial"..
i purchased the steripen system for an upcoming trip to mexico, and i cannot, in good conscious, offer up a review until i return..
at this time, i would suggest that you purchase only the pen(without the polycarbonate bottle).. i have disposed of the bottle and will be using only the pen while in mexico.. after all, i bought the "system" to get rid of toxic material..
believe you me, when i get back, i will let you know what i think..
hasta la vista
j
IM BACK!!
i was meandering through my reviews and came across this one, and thought i would elbaorate on my experience with the steripen..
while anyone who has been there(or any non industrialized country) knows that clean drinking water in mexico can be a "craps shoot"(no pun intended).. i must admit that i did not suffer the same gastrointestinal problems as i have on previous adventures in country but, i felt good about this purchase from the get go.. UV sterilization technology in water treatment has been accepted protocol for years in large municipal applications and is virtually unerring in its ability to deal with a huge list of known pathogens..
FYI-the UV does not actually kill the bacteria themselves, but causes their DNA to mutate so that they cannot successfully multiply in large numbers.. while the majority of the bacteria are effected immediately, the length of contact of the pen(UV) in the water, is due to redundancy protocol..
the only issue that i have with the steripen is the small amount of water(a liter) it treats in a minute of time..
heres mud in your eye
j