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It's a small pen-like electronic device that emits an ultraviolet light and purifies either half a liter or one full liter of water at a time. The device operates off of batteries and works with clear water by killing the DNA of harmful microbes and bacteria.
A light wand sticks out of one end of the device – that gets submerged into the bottle of water. By pushing the button either once or twice you can choose to purify a full liter of water or a half-liter. The light turns on and stays on while you agitate the water with the light wand until the does
Once the water is safe to drink (about one minute later) the light turns off and flashes green – if it flashes red you have to repeat the dose because something went wrong (if you accidentally lift the wand out of the water during a treatment a sensor will flag it that the water was not properly treated and flash red).
The UV light destroys the DNA of any microbes and bacteria in the water. UV light is safely used in bottling plants cheats for tiger woods pga tour all over the world, so this little light just brings it to the consumer level – although UV light is bad for a person's cheats for tiger woods pga tour skin and such, used within the water it's safe.
Effective : It worked. We stopped cheats for tiger woods pga tour using it at one point in India because there were floaty things in the water – but everywhere else it worked and we didn't get sick for the whole first month we traveled (and when we did get sick it was due to poor food choices!)
Versatile : It went on the Annapurna trek. All of the bottled water on these treks is carried via porter and pretty pricey. cheats for tiger woods pga tour We carried cheats for tiger woods pga tour our Nalgene bottles cheats for tiger woods pga tour and used the SteriPEN the whole way and didn't have to purchase water once.
Easier : I never had to backpack around with several liters of water strapped to my bag. And if we ran out of water at night, no worries about brushing our teeth with tap water, we just purified some more.
Expensive : This is the biggie for me – it's priced at US $99.95. That's a steep price tag for many backpackers, especially solo travelers. With extensive use though and for two people, the price savings for not buying bottled water could make it really worth it.
Batteries : The SteriPEN Adventurer takes Lithium CR123 Batteries. Cousin H brought two sets of spare batteries from the United States. The US batteries were the only ones that worked. I'm not sure why, but we bought two other sets of backups in India from different locations and neither set worked. We were fortunate that the batteries we had from the States lasted just long enough to get us through cheats for tiger woods pga tour our Annapurna trek the charge on the Indian batteries was just not strong enough.
Cousin H bought the SteriPEN and now I have the tough choice of whether or not I will buy one for myself. My conclusion: not right now. I'm not headed to Asia on my next travels but I will very likely purchase one before I head back to India or Vietnam. It would likely also depend cheats for tiger woods pga tour on how cash-flush I am at the moment, the price tag is a bit dear.
I think I d probably agree with you three days seems hardly worth the price tag! Another traveler mentioned an interesting cheats for tiger woods pga tour option of the filter-inside water bottles, but I haven t much looked into that, could be beneficial though if the cost were more reasonable :-)
I think I d probably agree with you three days seems hardly worth the price tag! Another traveler mentioned an interesting option of the filter-inside water bottles, but I haven t much looked into that, could be beneficial though if the cost were more reasonable :-)
I didn t know such a thing existed, pretty cool. I guess though it wouldn t help if the water were murky. Would be disinfected probably but look gross. I could see something like this being very handy especially in some remote places.
I didn t know such a thing existed, pretty cool. I guess though it wouldn t help if the water were murky. Would be disinfected probably but look gross. I could see something like this being very handy especially in some remote places.
I fell in love with the idea of the SteriPEN when I first saw it used by an American guy biking across Burma a couple of years ago. So, before we left for the Latin America portion of our journey I bought a SteriPEN Adventurer (with a solar-powered charger) and was super excited to reduce our environmental footprint (i.e., reducing plastic bottle waste).
Unfortunately, I seem to have gotten lemon rechargeable batteries that died after about a month (it would take one night to charge the batteries it could only power the device to clean 1/2 a liter). And, because I didn t have spare batteries with me the device became obsolete because the batteries seem impossible to find outside the United cheats for tiger woods pga tour States. They are CR123a batteries, not regular CR123 batteries.
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I just learned about another device that was developed for children to use in Africa, but would also be great for travelers. It is a straw with a filter at the end so it cleans water as you suck through the straw.
I fell in love with the idea of the SteriPEN when I first saw it used by an American guy biking across Burma a couple of years ago. So, before we left for the Latin America portion of our journey I bought a SteriPEN Adventurer (with a solar-powered charger) and was super excited to reduce our environmental footprint (i.e., reducing plastic bottle cheats for tiger woods pga tour waste).
Unfortunately, I seem to have gotten lemon rechargeable batteries that died after about a month (it would take one night to charge the batteries it could only power the device to clean 1/2 a liter). And, because I didn t have spare batteries with me the device became obsolete because the batteries seem impossible to find outside the United States. They are CR123a batteries, not regular CR123 batteries.
So, I m torn. I love the idea of this device, but it could have been better designed to take batteries that you can purchase in the countries where you need to use the device (i.e., developing countries).
I just learned about another device that was developed for children to use in Africa, but would also be great for travelers. It is a straw with a filter at the end so it cleans water as you suck through the straw.
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The one I have has a filter (that fits quite a few styles of bottles) to get rid of the floaties before zapping the water and uses regular AA batteries. They still do recommend lithium batteries (averages about 200 charges of .5 litres) to using over alkaline batteries (which gives only 20-40 charges).
That s really great to know Catia, I had no idea that the other SteriPens used a different battery AAs are so much easier to find then the small specialty ones! Next time I am looking at these I will definitely consider the one you mention. :-)
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Purchased the Steripen Adventurer and love it. Small, lightweight, very effective. It doesn t filter the water. I see some people think of it as a filter. cheats for tiger woods pga tour It disrupts the DNA in all the Bacteria, viruses, crypto and giardia and protozoa etc. So they can t reproduce and make you sick. They get passed right through you with no ill effects. Drawback is the problem with the Charger for it if you get that. It takes about three or four days to fully charge a set of batteries. I use the disposable lithium CR123 batteries and take about four sets of them with me. That s enough for almost 200 litres of water for drinking and brushing teeth. That s a lot of water. Four sets take up little room. Lithiums weigh very little. But in a major city, you may find a branch of a big battery manufacturer like Energizer, and they can get you good