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Katadyn Vario Dual Technology MicroFilter
Can I use this product to clarify salt water for drinking?
By mike houghton
Ranked #696 - Water Treatment
January 19, 2009
Can I use this product to clarify salt water for drinking?
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By riverridge2198344
Ranked #4 - Water Treatment
February 14, 2009
No. Getting the salt out of water is a much more complicated process, to the point that I don't believe you can get a handheld filter that'll do it. There are reasonably small stills available, but this won't do it. You'll end up with very clean salt water.Yeah, to filter out salt you have to boil the water and collect the steam, and let the condensation drip down to a container. Which is a lot of words to say, "you have to distill it".from riverridgeray: Katadyn does make hand-held desalinators. The U.S. Navy has one in every lifeboat. However, they are very expensive, heavy, require clean offshore salt water, and are really intended for emergency survival rather than regular use. They do make bigger (and still more expensive) battery-powered ones for regular use.
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Tech Specs:
- Filter Construction:
- Glassfiber, ceramic disc,
- Adapter Base:
- Attaches directly to standard Nalgene water bottles, output hose for hydration systems and larger containers
- Field Maintainable:
- 2 included replaceable carbon bags, cleanable ceramic disc
- Output:
- [Glassfiber microfilter] 2L / min (70oz); [With ceramic disc] 1 L / min (35oz)
- Weight:
- 15oz (425g)
- Warranty:
- 1 Year
- Country of Origin:
- Switzerland
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