[pct-l] Steri pen water purification

[Trekker4 at aol.com]

No, the only lithium's I know of are not  rechargable, definitely not if 
they're the blue and silver ones from Eveready.  Regardless, an AA is an AA; good 
question, but the voltage is equivalent.
    Buy your Eveready Lithiums at Sam's, $20 for 12 - a  lot less than $10 
for 4. They have a shelf life of 15 years, and last 7 times as  long.  
 
 
In a message dated 3/28/2009 5:20:31 P.M. Central Daylight Time,  
kerouc at verizon.net writes:

I just  bought a 4 PACK of lithium AA at Wal Mart for $10. Now I 'm wondering 
 
about charging them. I have a AA NimH charger, but I notice they are 1.2  
volts and the lithiums are 1.5 V. Do I need a new charger for the  lithiums? 
If so, where to buy one?
Kerry
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Charles W.  Davidson" <chaseat99 at gmail.com>
To: <pct-l at backcountry.net>;  "atl atl" <AT-L at backcountry.net>
Sent: Monday, March 23, 2009 7:59  AM
Subject: [pct-l] Steri pen water purification


> Hi  Gang,
>            I just got back from a  6 day hike. I tested out my new
> Classic model Steri Pen that I  purchased at REI. I sent the faulty
> Journey model steri pen back to  Nitro-Pak for refund. They said that
> they found nothing wrong with it  so I ended up paying shipping including
> the initial free shipping. The  gadget worked periodically ( I just
> retired from 36 years at Corning  where I repaired electronic
> instruments). Counting shipping and all  cr123 batteries I purchased
> testing the thing it cost me a bit. I  should have gone to REI in the
> first place and I will not use the  other site again.
>    But now I am happy with the Classic  model Steri-Pen. It uses AA
> batteries and will clean twice as much or  ~ 100 liters of water on 4
> lithium AA's. I get an 8 pack Lith AA at  Walmart for <$10. which is the
> same cost as 2CR123's. It seemed a  bit odd purifying the same water
> sources that I have drank from for  many years. However it is so easy and
> quick that I really did not mind  the 90 second wait for each liter. The
> device worked will with  standard size small neck soda bottles or large
> mouth (my preference).  Large mouth do not freeze up as fast as the small
> ones. Both store  better upside down in cold weather because freezing
> starts in the air  gap on top.
>
> Chase
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>
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