Hmmm…I was trolling around Amazon looking at my Wish List and noticed that the Lifestraws, which are usually a good deal when on sale at $20 ea, are down to $15.99 each.
I’ve been liking these for keeping in emergency bags, in the truck bag, etc, etc. Individually sealed and cheap enough to buy a half dozen at a time. They’re rated for around 264 gallons of water, which, at three gallons per day, means that you could, theoretically, use it for almost 90 days. I’ll settle for a long weekend. At that price I’ll just throw it away after one crisis and have a new, sealed one for the next. And when you’re in the grips of water-borne digestive distress you’re gonna think “Man, it’d be worth sixteen bucks to not have to spend all day sprinting to the bathroom.”
While supplies last……
In for eight. The state of my water preps has been on my mind a lot more lately. Thanks for the heads-up!
I prefer the Sawyer Mini. It’s half the size, smaller 0.1 micron filtering(versus 0.2), can screw onto a water bottle or fit inline on a water bladder hose, same price $18-20 each or 4 for $70, uses a syringe for back flushing rather than blowing into it, and comes with a small water pouch/bottle. The 100,000 gallon rating does seem very optimistic.
I’ve used the full size Sawyer hiking for two years, they do clog easily(after 3 or 4 gallons they slow down considerably) if you filter sediment rich water, easily fixed by pre filtering into a container with a bandana or tshirt. I’ve filtered several hundred gallons of water with one, still works great.
I ordered two more to go with the one I have already to augment bags in my car. I do have a Sawyer as well. I have yet to test either system yet myself, so with the extra ones on the way, I might pull my first lifestraw out and give it a test.