[pct-l] water Straw

[Diane at Santa Barbara Hikes dot com]

On Apr 2, 2010, at 8:14 PM, pct-l-request at backcountry.net wrote:

> I seem to recall hearing something about a water filtering straw  
> that were being given to the people of Haiti.? As I understand it,  
> you just stick it into the water and suck and the water you get is  
> clean.? I have never heard of such a thing although it sounds ultra- 
> light.? The closest thing I can think of are those water bottles  
> that have the filter inside with the water and that you would then  
> suck out.? If these Haiti straws were any good?I would expect to be  
> seeing everyone carrying one, but I haven't heard a peep about  
> them. Do any of you know anything about these things?

>

I don't know if you can get the same water straw as they gave to  
people in Haiti, but you can get a Frontier Pro filter from Aqua Mira  
that is similar. It has a bite valve and you can attach it to a  
bottle and suck right through it. I bought one but never really used it.

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