LifeStraw Personal Water Filter for Hiking, Camping, Travel, and Emergency Preparedness

Product Description

A Time Magazine Invention of the Year winner, the LifeStraw Personal Water Filter contains no chemicals, no batteries and no moving parts to wear out. It features a high flow rate and weighs only 2oz. The ultimate survival tool for hiking, camping, ultralight backpacking, hunting, travel, scouting, and emergency preparedness, its straw design is ideal for purifying water from streams, lakes, ponds and other contaminated sources. No disaster kit or bugout bag is complete without a LifeStraw, an essential component of any prepper gear lineup. Unlike many similar filters on the market today, LifeStraw has met EPA standards for water filtration in independent testing and removes a minimum 99.9999% of waterborne bacteria (>LOG 6 reduction) and 99.9% of waterborne protozoan parasites (>LOG 3 reduction), filtering to an amazing 0.2 microns and surpassing EPA standards for water filters. LifeStraw has been used around the world under extreme conditions for humanitarian relief, providing clean drinking water in developing communities. The LifeStraw Personal water filtration straw measures 9 x 1 x 1 inches and weighs 0.1 pounds; includes sealed bag for storage in backpack or survival kit. For each LifeStraw purchased, one child in a developing community receives safe drinking water for an entire school year

Features

• Removes Bacteria & Parasites: The Microfiltration Membrane Removes 99.999999% Of Waterborne Bacteria (Including E. Coli And Salmonella), And 99.999% Of Waterborne Parasites (Including Giardia And Cryptosporidium)
• Removes Microplastics: Removes The Smallest Microplastics Found In The Environment (Down To 1 Micron), And Reduces Turbidity Down To 0.2 Microns
• Rigorous Testing: All Claims Are Verified With Laboratories Using Standard Testing Protocols Set By The Us Epa, Nsf, Astm For Water Purifiers
• Long Lifetime: The Microbiological Filter Will Provide 4,000 Liters (1,000 Gallons) Of Clean And Safe Drinking Water With Proper Use And Maintenance
• Make An Impact: For Every Lifestraw Product Purchased, A School Child In Need Receives Safe Drinking Water For An Entire School Year.Bpa Free Materials

Top Reviews

Exactly as amazing as people told you.
by Amazon Customer (5 out of 5 stars)
February 1, 2017

This thing is no joke! I took it backpacking on Maine's Bigelow range. When I ran out of the water I brought, I was A-ok with this. Just bring a wide mouth bottle to fill with water you find. On top of one of the lower peaks, I drank from the most disgusting looking crevice filled with brown scum (see photo). I thought, this is going to be safe, but taste horrid. WRONG. TASTED LIKE THE FRESHEST SPRING WATER. Better than any tap. I'm from Maine, and I've tasted plenty of water right from mountain springs, so take my word. One caution: it can be a little challenging to start. You have to prove it by soaking. If it still doesn't work, blow into it a bit.

Get one for your outdoor adventures, and one for your bug-out bag, which everyone should have in case of natural disaster (or apparently civil war, because the world seems to have gone mad).
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Better alternatives on the market.
by SB (1 out of 5 stars)
December 8, 2017

Get a Sawyer-Mini. Seriously, I have used Both on camping trips. You need jaws of steel to suck water through a Lifestraw. With a Sawyer or other filters with pump/squeeze action, you won't rip out your fillings trying to get water. Also, you have to lie on the ground, whereas other filters come with collapsible pouches AND a straw if the pouch breaks.

Before everyone down-votes this post, you Really need to watch actual videos of people who use these routinely. Everyone switches to a filter with a pump or squeeze method of filtration.

Lifestraws are fantastic concept, but unfortunately, it is just too dang hard to use.
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Combat proven, safe & extremely reliable filter!
by American Patriot (5 out of 5 stars)
June 3, 2017

I've used these both in Iraq & Afghanistan. Works as advertised. Extremely reliable and genuinely safe to use filtration system. We now use it as a SOP to have one in everyone's ruck when we deploy! Semper Fi.
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Good luck
by Thomas (1 out of 5 stars)
July 12, 2018

Difficult to get meaningful amounts of water out of these and they seize up if you don't clear the water shortly after each use. I've had two break in the last couple months and I didn't even run a gallon through either one.
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Portability is nice but the fact that I dropped it from my ...
by randu (1 out of 5 stars)
June 18, 2018

Portability is nice but the fact that I dropped it from my mouth to the countertop while blowing water out of the tube and it stopped working is kinda ridiculous.

There was no impact whatsoever, it was like 12 inches. If it can't take any kind of an impact, and that's dangerous to have as your only water source out in the woods. This bad review is for that fact alone.
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Get if you want be hippie.
by Garret JV (5 out of 5 stars)
May 25, 2017

I drank out of a steam. I've become a hippie. Rejoice in my transformation.
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... but the life straw was a total and utter disappointment. I bought it for my daughter to take ...
by KATHERINE E DOUGALL (1 out of 5 stars)
July 27, 2018

I don't generally write reviews and am sorry to have the first one be so negative but the life straw was a total and utter disappointment. I bought it for my daughter to take to Mexico with strict instructions to not drink anything without it going through the life straw. She would have died of dehydration had she followed my instructions. We followed the instructions from the video to soak it prior to first use but we could not get a single drop of water to come through it. By then it was too late (and used) to return to Amazon and when I reached out to Life Straw I did not receive a reply. Too bad. They are a great concept and I was planning to but one for each family member to have in an emergency pack but I won't do that after this experience.
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Happy with this product already as I've used them in ...
by David (5 out of 5 stars)
August 16, 2017

Got what we ordered. Happy with this product already as I've used them in Afghanistan when I was last deployed there
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False Advertising
by Fuzzy (2 out of 5 stars)
August 9, 2018

I ordered 2 lifestraws that were advertised to filter 4000 liters or 1000 gallons. I received 2 lifestraws that only filter 1000 liters or 264 gallons. That's a big difference in the amount of water these will filter. False advertising.
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A must have for any outdoor excursion
by Charlie (5 out of 5 stars)
May 11, 2014

I frequently hike and camp in the backcountry all over the United States. Carrying the amount of water that I need to survive during these trips is just not feasible due to the weight. In the past I always carried a General Ecology First Need XL water purifier and refilled nalgene bottles with it. Since getting a LifeStraw I most likely won't be doing that any longer since the LifeStraw is smaller and lighter than the First Need XL. I recently took a LifeStraw out for a test on a backcountry hike in the Rocky Mountains. Every stream, lake, or other water source that I came across I stopped for a drink. I was drinking fresh snow melt and also from lakes that are home to beavers and other wildlife. There was no added taste to the water and I didn't get sick during or after the trip.

The one draw back to the LifeStraw is that it does take a bit of suction to start and keep the water flowing. When you're at high altitudes in the mountains this leads to longer "drink breaks" since you can get winded pretty easy while trying to suck up water through the LifeStraw. However, its size and weight advantages when hiking mountainous terrain vastly out weigh this minor drawback.

Overall, the LifeStraw is awesome and I recommend it to every backcountry hiker that I know.

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