Excellent product

By Carp Ranked #696 - Water Filters June 29, 2006

I wouldn’t consider this the lightest or smallest water filter on the market, but I would still consider it the best. I’ve spent many hours looking at different types of filtration and purification systems. When it comes down to it, this is the safest method. You don’t have to worry about dunking a bottle and trying to treat all the water around the edges. You don’t have to wait 30 minutes or 4 hours for the water to be treated. The biggest advantage of this filter over its little brother is the 0.2 micron additional filter. My girlfriend works in a research lab that creates medical diagnostic kits for many of the intestinal illness that can come from contaminated water, (crypto, giardia, c-diff, etc.) and they also use a 0.2 micron filter. If it’s good enough for them, it’s good enough for me. Even though it doesn’t filter out viruses, if you are using this in the US, there isn’t much risk. For 3rd world countries, I would recommend using some type of chemical first. Usually after every couple uses, I need to clean the ceramic filter. It only takes one spore for you to become infected.

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