Frontier Emergency Water Filtration and Straw

Already placed in my back pack (in survival section) always ready to use! Slim, lightweight, durable and useful! Thank you!

Item arrived as described and expected. I haven't had an emergency where I have need to use it so haven't tested it but it looks up to the job.

Wuite impressed with this. Nice and easy to use, takes some sucking but not so uncomfortable if you take your time. Very handy for travelling.

It's no life straw or sawyer water filter but it will suffice for short periods. Put it in your get home bag etc.

Great for a survival kit

good price useful easily to stow away, useful emergency backup for my kind of short excursions in a temperate climate.

Has an extra water source in the Bob it's perfect an nice a cheap for emergancy a it's perfect

The first time you use any of these straws it'll involve a lot of flushing the black powder out of the filtration system. We're talking about sucking (and discarding) a good few pints of water through it (whilst hopefully not getting too much in your mouth) before the water turns clear and the straw is ready to use.Once that annoyance is over, the water tastes absolutely crystal clear, like bottled mineral water. It's a very useful tool to have because it's so easy to carry on your person, and it lasts for such a long time. Sucking the water through the filter takes more effort than you might think, but it's not too bad once you get used to it, it just slows down your natural drinking speed.The only real downside is that it's quite tricky to clean the inside of a straw!

De lo mejor que me he comprado en purificador d agua,fiable,muy conocido en EEUU y sobre todo en las fuerzas del orden de ayi.Muy popular

Die ersten Testes waren, allerdings in Verbindung mit Micropurzusatz, durchwegs in Ordnung. Ich gehe aber davon aus, nicht jeder kann Englisch, eine Deutsche Beschreibung fehlt. Daher nur drei Sterne.

I've gone through many water filtration systems in my travels and they all have their place. Katadyn Hiker products are great dependable, long term usable, and field cleanable solutions. If I were going somewhere where I knew I needed to bring a filter for a long trip, I would probably pick one of them. Sawyers in-line filters add a little complexity to a filtration system, but you can still fit everything you need inside a small pouch, they're very good and very lightweight systems. This in my opinion is strictly for emergencies where you don't have any other means of filtration. I put it in about the same group as iodine tablets, I really only rely on either in a pinch. Iodine is significantly better in terms of what all it can kill and protect against however.This is really only good against Giardia and Cryptosporidium, it has a max filtration particle size of 3 microns. In comparison my Katadyn Hiker Pro is 0.3micron, Katadyn Mini is 0.2micron, Sawyer 0.1micron. The water filter system I built for my house well water is 1micron. If you are truly concerned about bacteria or virus', you'll want to invest in a better water filter then this, or boil water or use iodine tabs with it.This also only has a 30gallon max usage. That's very low, still keeping it in the "emergency only" category. Depending on the environment, person, and activity level, thats maybe 2-4 weeks worth of water. If you're sharing it with a family of 4, that's 3-7days worth. In contrast the Hiker Pro is 300 gallons, and you can clean the filter and squeeze another couple hundred out of it if you're lucky. The Sawyer is "1 million gallons".This however is VERY lightweight. Around 26g, it's the lightest solution. It would take about 10g more in iodine tablets to get the same amount of water filtration. It's about an ounce lighter then sawyer, and 9+oz lighter then hiker pro.This is also the cheapest solution. Iodine to treat 30g would cost about twice as much, and a more durable filter would cost about 50-80$ more.This definitely has it's place, as long as you're aware of it's limitations. It's just a carbon filter with a built in straw that does a decent job at filtering the common Giardia and Cryptosporidium. If you're travelling around the world or in the backcountry and concerned about the quality of your water source - I'd recommend something else. I bought this to keep it and a few iodine tablets in my emergency car bag.

This is a great product for the money.A great back-up if you use another filter like a Katadyn, or even for day hikers.It beats the taste of purification tablets, and you don't have to wait for 4 hours.It would be very difficult to fill a bottle with filtered water, but easy to use the straw to drink from most bottles filled with water. You are able to draw a good flow of water through the straw.It filters approximately 75L of water depending on how many particulates are in the water.You can prolong the life of the straw by placing a coffee filter over the end when using it.It is very small and compact; you will hardly know you are carrying it with you.You do have to pre-clean the filter to remove the carbon dust build up, which comes up as black water when you first use the filter. Aside from looking gross and tasting bad it has no affect on the water quality.I would suggest doing the pre-clean when you first get it, and prior to taking it out each trip, using fresh water.The directions on the package give clear directions on how to do this, although it may take a few more tries than they suggest.Overall an awesome product.I keep one in my truck and hiking bag because you never know where you might need one.

Works very good and at a size you can put in your pocket