LifeStraw Personal

LifeStraw® - Your portable water filter that makes contaminated or suspect water safe to drink.

Perfect for your Emergency Preparation kit.

LifeStraw contains no chemicals, no batteries and no moving parts to wear out.

Time Magazine Invention of the Year 2005 winner!

2008 Saatchi & Saatchi "World Changing Ideas" Award

Perfect for the ultralight backpacker, camper, hiker, traveler, boy scout, hunter or for Emergency Preparation. 

LifeStraw exceeds international standards for water filtration in independent testing.
LifeStraw has been used around the world under extreme conditions for humanitarian relief.

• Gives easy, immediate access to clean and safe drinking water in an emergency or when outdoors.
• Removes a minimum of 99.9999% of waterborne bacteria
  including Escherichia coli, Campylobacter, Vibrio cholerae, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Shigella and Salmonella.
• Removes a minimum of 99.9% of waterborne protozoan parasites
  including Giardia lamblia, Cryptosporidium Parvum and Entamoeba histolytica.
• Reduces water dirt contamination(turbidity) by filtering particles of approximately 0.2 microns.
• Filters up to 1000L of contaminated water - i.e. 1 full year of safe drinking water for an adult.
• High flow rate.
• Very lightweight and compact to carry with you - only 57grams.
• Purchases of LifeStraw help supply humanitarian LifeStraws to those in need around the world.

How to use LifeStraw:

While you can drink directly from puddles or streams, it's easiest to scoop water with a wide-mouthed water bottle and then drink from it using the LifeStraw.
When new, the filter membrane is very dry. Uncap the top and bottom caps and insert the base of the straw into the contaminated water. Let it sit for 30 seconds for water to creep up the membrane, then take 5 strong sucks to get the water flowing.
When done drinking, blow a breath of air back down into the LifeStraw to purge the water out, shake, then recap.
If you drink from murky water and the water flow stops, blow back into it to purge the water and mud from the filter. When you return home from a hiking trip, drink some tap water with the LifeStraw, purge the filter by blowing back into it, then leave it to dry with the caps off.

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