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Anonymous Coward User ID: 22226367 United Kingdom 08/24/2016 06:04 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Good call, though may I suggest you take a look at Sawyer filters, too? I can vouch for the 'Squeeze', I've used one on many long distance walks, collecting water from streams. They also have one called The Mini, which is just a smaller version as the name would suggest, it's a little cheaper, too. They always get great reviews! |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 72854637 United States 08/24/2016 06:14 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | This a great tool to carry with if don't have the room or it's to much weight for you to carry water. Quoting: jwnlwplus4 With all the things going on the world I' ll feel I the need to purchase one for each member in my family. It could be life or death. Tell me if any of you have bought one and your thought on this product. You could get one swimming pool tab and clean 5,000 gallons. |
jwnlwplus4 (OP) Forum Moderator User ID: 49659480 United States 08/24/2016 06:21 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Good call, though may I suggest you take a look at Sawyer filters, too? Quoting: Anonymous Coward 22226367 I can vouch for the 'Squeeze', I've used one on many long distance walks, collecting water from streams. They also have one called The Mini, which is just a smaller version as the name would suggest, it's a little cheaper, too. They always get great reviews! Awesome I'll check that out “You've gotta dance like there's nobody watching, Love like you'll never be hurt, Sing like there's nobody listening, And live like it's heaven on earth.” William W. Purkey |
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jwnlwplus4 (OP) Forum Moderator User ID: 49659480 United States 08/24/2016 06:44 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Is the lifestraw field-serviceable or does it require replacement filters? Quoting: Anonymous Coward 72715705 My filtration products require no additional parts to replace or buy. I think it stops working when it no longer filters the water. I didn't see anything,for replacement filters “You've gotta dance like there's nobody watching, Love like you'll never be hurt, Sing like there's nobody listening, And live like it's heaven on earth.” William W. Purkey |
jwnlwplus4 (OP) Forum Moderator User ID: 49659480 United States 08/24/2016 06:45 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | You dummy you'll dehydrat spending all that extra energy “You've gotta dance like there's nobody watching, Love like you'll never be hurt, Sing like there's nobody listening, And live like it's heaven on earth.” William W. Purkey |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 22226367 United Kingdom 08/24/2016 06:50 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Is the lifestraw field-serviceable or does it require replacement filters? Quoting: Anonymous Coward 72715705 My filtration products require no additional parts to replace or buy. I'm pretty sure those type of filters just use a very small 'micron' type filtration material (and thus no moving parts), which means it blocks harmful bacteria and protozoa. Viruses can still get through, though filters with an even smaller 'micron' (0.02 or smaller) will get rid of viruses as well (but are bigger and slower). For anyone that's interested, this guy makes some excellent, informative videos: Water is obviously vital to our survival, so it makes sense studying up on the various ways to safely procure it :) |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 22226367 United Kingdom 08/24/2016 06:56 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Is the lifestraw field-serviceable or does it require replacement filters? Quoting: Anonymous Coward 72715705 My filtration products require no additional parts to replace or buy. Oh, also, regarding the Sawyer filters at least, they are serviceable in the sense that 'backwashing' with clean water will prolong the filter and clean it out. They have a 1-million gallon guarantee! So a very long life indeed. There's more information here: [link to sawyer.com (secure)] |
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Useless Cookie Eater User ID: 29696048 United States 08/24/2016 07:04 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | This takes up only marginally more space and is much more useful. Keep the Sawyer or Lifestraw as a backup. MSR MiniWorks EX Microfilter [link to www.amazon.com (secure)] |
jwnlwplus4 (OP) Forum Moderator User ID: 49659480 United States 08/24/2016 07:04 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Is the lifestraw field-serviceable or does it require replacement filters? Quoting: Anonymous Coward 72715705 My filtration products require no additional parts to replace or buy. Oh, also, regarding the Sawyer filters at least, they are serviceable in the sense that 'backwashing' with clean water will prolong the filter and clean it out. They have a 1-million gallon guarantee! So a very long life indeed. There's more information here: [link to sawyer.com (secure)] 1 million gallons that's a lot of water for one person. I must choose between the two but the sawyer filter looks very good. “You've gotta dance like there's nobody watching, Love like you'll never be hurt, Sing like there's nobody listening, And live like it's heaven on earth.” William W. Purkey |
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jwnlwplus4 (OP) Forum Moderator User ID: 49659480 United States 08/24/2016 07:07 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | You're welcome just thinking of ways for survival if needed for our families. Will all the news coming out of these other Countries we need to take steps for our families. The U.S will never tell us anything until it's to late. “You've gotta dance like there's nobody watching, Love like you'll never be hurt, Sing like there's nobody listening, And live like it's heaven on earth.” William W. Purkey |
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jwnlwplus4 (OP) Forum Moderator User ID: 49659480 United States 08/24/2016 07:10 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | This takes up only marginally more space and is much more useful. Quoting: Useless Cookie Eater Keep the Sawyer or Lifestraw as a backup. MSR MiniWorks EX Microfilter [link to www.amazon.com (secure)] Up to one liter per min that's good hey it only weights a pound and half “You've gotta dance like there's nobody watching, Love like you'll never be hurt, Sing like there's nobody listening, And live like it's heaven on earth.” William W. Purkey |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 22226367 United Kingdom 08/24/2016 07:16 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | This takes up only marginally more space and is much more useful. Quoting: Useless Cookie Eater Keep the Sawyer or Lifestraw as a backup. MSR MiniWorks EX Microfilter [link to www.amazon.com (secure)] Have you used one, Cookie? How robust does it feel? The moving parts are what would put me off buying one. If the handle breaks it might be useless. It no doubt filters much faster than the Sawyer or Lifestraw, though. And connecting it straight to a bottle, rather than a bag, would be a benefit. Plus it's way cheaper than the last time I looked at MSR filters. The Sawyer will connect straight to a bottle as well, but a smaller style bottle, not the Nalgene 'wide mouth' ones. |
American first User ID: 72665066 United States 08/24/2016 07:23 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | This takes up only marginally more space and is much more useful. Quoting: Useless Cookie Eater Keep the Sawyer or Lifestraw as a backup. MSR MiniWorks EX Microfilter [link to www.amazon.com (secure)] You are correct Sir, this is an excellent filter I have two of them. Been using them for a few years now it's a serviceable filter, water tastes great, light weight and screws onto many different types of containers. Good call! |
Useless Cookie Eater User ID: 29696048 United States 08/24/2016 08:57 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | This takes up only marginally more space and is much more useful. Quoting: Useless Cookie Eater Keep the Sawyer or Lifestraw as a backup. MSR MiniWorks EX Microfilter [link to www.amazon.com (secure)] Have you used one, Cookie? How robust does it feel? The moving parts are what would put me off buying one. If the handle breaks it might be useless. It no doubt filters much faster than the Sawyer or Lifestraw, though. And connecting it straight to a bottle, rather than a bag, would be a benefit. Plus it's way cheaper than the last time I looked at MSR filters. The Sawyer will connect straight to a bottle as well, but a smaller style bottle, not the Nalgene 'wide mouth' ones. Yep...I have and have used one. It's not cheap crap. It's rebuildable, has pre-filter accessories for uber dirty water and the ceramic filter is cleanable will last a very long time. Get yourself the spare rebuild kit for 20 bucks too as insurance. As for the handle it's a heavy HEAVY duty plastic compund of some type like the filter case itself. So, unless you are a complete moron, or trying to filter water when it is -30F outside(where even steel can be brittle), you shouldn't have any issues. Like I said earlier though, potable water is KEY, so you should have at least one backup filtration system. The Lifestraw or a Sawyer are good backup choices. Always have a backup plan. (Same goes for lighting fires, and in that case you should have at least 3-4 methods of getting a fire going) Last Edited by Useless Cookie Eater on 08/24/2016 09:08 PM |
jwnlwplus4 (OP) Forum Moderator User ID: 49659480 United States 08/24/2016 09:05 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | This takes up only marginally more space and is much more useful. Quoting: Useless Cookie Eater Keep the Sawyer or Lifestraw as a backup. MSR MiniWorks EX Microfilter [link to www.amazon.com (secure)] Have you used one, Cookie? How robust does it feel? The moving parts are what would put me off buying one. If the handle breaks it might be useless. It no doubt filters much faster than the Sawyer or Lifestraw, though. And connecting it straight to a bottle, rather than a bag, would be a benefit. Plus it's way cheaper than the last time I looked at MSR filters. The Sawyer will connect straight to a bottle as well, but a smaller style bottle, not the Nalgene 'wide mouth' ones. Yep...I have and and have used one. It's not cheap crap. It's rebuildable, has pre-filter accessories for uber dirty water and the ceramic filter is cleanable will last a very long time. Get yourself the spare rebuild kit for 20 bucks too as insurance. As for the handle it's a heavy HEAVY duty plastic compund of some type like the filter case itself. So, unless you are a complete moron, or trying to filter water when it is -30F outside(where even steel can be brittle), you shouldn't have any issues. Like I said earlier though, potable water is KEY, so you should have at least one backup filtration system. The Lifestraw or a Sawyer are good backup choices. Always have a backup plan. (Same goes for lighting fires, and in that case you should have at least 3-4 methods of getting a fire going) Very good information thank you Cookie “You've gotta dance like there's nobody watching, Love like you'll never be hurt, Sing like there's nobody listening, And live like it's heaven on earth.” William W. Purkey |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 22226367 United Kingdom 08/24/2016 09:09 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | This takes up only marginally more space and is much more useful. Quoting: Useless Cookie Eater Keep the Sawyer or Lifestraw as a backup. MSR MiniWorks EX Microfilter [link to www.amazon.com (secure)] Have you used one, Cookie? How robust does it feel? The moving parts are what would put me off buying one. If the handle breaks it might be useless. It no doubt filters much faster than the Sawyer or Lifestraw, though. And connecting it straight to a bottle, rather than a bag, would be a benefit. Plus it's way cheaper than the last time I looked at MSR filters. The Sawyer will connect straight to a bottle as well, but a smaller style bottle, not the Nalgene 'wide mouth' ones. Yep...I have and and have used one. It's not cheap crap. It's rebuildable, has pre-filter accessories for uber dirty water and the ceramic filter is cleanable will last a very long time. Get yourself the spare rebuild kit for 20 bucks too as insurance. As for the handle it's a heavy HEAVY duty plastic compund of some type like the filter case itself. So, unless you are a complete moron, or trying to filter water when it is -30F outside(where even steel can be brittle), you shouldn't have any issues. Like I said earlier though, potable water is KEY, so you should have at least one backup filtration system. The Lifestraw or a Sawyer are good backup choices. Always have a backup plan. (Same goes for lighting fires, and in that case you should have at least 3-4 methods of getting a fire going) :headnod12: Nice one, sounds good! Great advice, also. I've been trying different methods of fire lighting recently and have been looking out for 'cramp balls', they are these little dark mushroom things that make excellent tinder! Feels good to learn a bit about survival/bushcraft methods, to see the natural World as resources available to use for all sorts of different purposes. |
jwnlwplus4 (OP) Forum Moderator User ID: 49659480 United States 08/24/2016 09:27 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | This takes up only marginally more space and is much more useful. Quoting: Useless Cookie Eater Keep the Sawyer or Lifestraw as a backup. MSR MiniWorks EX Microfilter [link to www.amazon.com (secure)] Have you used one, Cookie? How robust does it feel? The moving parts are what would put me off buying one. If the handle breaks it might be useless. It no doubt filters much faster than the Sawyer or Lifestraw, though. And connecting it straight to a bottle, rather than a bag, would be a benefit. Plus it's way cheaper than the last time I looked at MSR filters. The Sawyer will connect straight to a bottle as well, but a smaller style bottle, not the Nalgene 'wide mouth' ones. Yep...I have and and have used one. It's not cheap crap. It's rebuildable, has pre-filter accessories for uber dirty water and the ceramic filter is cleanable will last a very long time. Get yourself the spare rebuild kit for 20 bucks too as insurance. As for the handle it's a heavy HEAVY duty plastic compund of some type like the filter case itself. So, unless you are a complete moron, or trying to filter water when it is -30F outside(where even steel can be brittle), you shouldn't have any issues. Like I said earlier though, potable water is KEY, so you should have at least one backup filtration system. The Lifestraw or a Sawyer are good backup choices. Always have a backup plan. (Same goes for lighting fires, and in that case you should have at least 3-4 methods of getting a fire going) Nice one, sounds good! Great advice, also. I've been trying different methods of fire lighting recently and have been looking out for 'cramp balls', they are these little dark mushroom things that make excellent tinder! Feels good to learn a bit about survival/bushcraft methods, to see the natural World as resources available to use for all sorts of different purposes. It might sound crazy to most but I have saved my dryer lint I have some in my bob it makes great tinder “You've gotta dance like there's nobody watching, Love like you'll never be hurt, Sing like there's nobody listening, And live like it's heaven on earth.” William W. Purkey |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 72391563 United States 08/24/2016 09:35 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Good call, though may I suggest you take a look at Sawyer filters, too? Quoting: Anonymous Coward 22226367 I can vouch for the 'Squeeze', I've used one on many long distance walks, collecting water from streams. They also have one called The Mini, which is just a smaller version as the name would suggest, it's a little cheaper, too. They always get great reviews! This... Sawyer 100,000 gallons. Life Straw 264 gallons. |
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Useless Cookie Eater User ID: 29696048 United States 08/24/2016 09:37 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | It might sound crazy to most but I have saved my dryer lint I have some in my bob it makes great tinder Quoting: jwnlwplus4 Dryer lint....tinder of the Gods. Another method that ALWAYS works in ANY weather conditions.... Last Edited by Useless Cookie Eater on 08/24/2016 09:38 PM |
Chad User ID: 70071075 Canada 08/24/2016 09:39 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | This a great tool to carry with if don't have the room or it's to much weight for you to carry water. Quoting: jwnlwplus4 With all the things going on the world I' ll feel I the need to purchase one for each member in my family. It could be life or death. Tell me if any of you have bought one and your thought on this product. You could get one swimming pool tab and clean 5,000 gallons. That won't clean anything. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 22226367 United Kingdom 08/24/2016 09:50 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | ... Quoting: Anonymous Coward 22226367 Have you used one, Cookie? How robust does it feel? The moving parts are what would put me off buying one. If the handle breaks it might be useless. It no doubt filters much faster than the Sawyer or Lifestraw, though. And connecting it straight to a bottle, rather than a bag, would be a benefit. Plus it's way cheaper than the last time I looked at MSR filters. The Sawyer will connect straight to a bottle as well, but a smaller style bottle, not the Nalgene 'wide mouth' ones. Yep...I have and and have used one. It's not cheap crap. It's rebuildable, has pre-filter accessories for uber dirty water and the ceramic filter is cleanable will last a very long time. Get yourself the spare rebuild kit for 20 bucks too as insurance. As for the handle it's a heavy HEAVY duty plastic compund of some type like the filter case itself. So, unless you are a complete moron, or trying to filter water when it is -30F outside(where even steel can be brittle), you shouldn't have any issues. Like I said earlier though, potable water is KEY, so you should have at least one backup filtration system. The Lifestraw or a Sawyer are good backup choices. Always have a backup plan. (Same goes for lighting fires, and in that case you should have at least 3-4 methods of getting a fire going) :headnod12: Nice one, sounds good! Great advice, also. I've been trying different methods of fire lighting recently and have been looking out for 'cramp balls', they are these little dark mushroom things that make excellent tinder! Feels good to learn a bit about survival/bushcraft methods, to see the natural World as resources available to use for all sorts of different purposes. It might sound crazy to most but I have saved my dryer lint I have some in my bob it makes great tinder Oh that's great! I'll have to give it a try :) When I first got interested in bushcraft stuff I bought a lot of things I thought certain I needed, but it turned out that many everyday items can often do the trick, either lying around the house, or out in the woods, for free as well - that's a good example! Some people carry condoms in their B.O.B, as they hardly take up any space, and can be used to: carry a lot of water, keep things dry, protect a wound, use as a rudimentary slingshot, all sorts! |