[pct-l] Fwd: [Cdt-l] Steripens

[Trekker4 at aol.com]

I forgot to add that the cost per gallon w/lithium  batteries is much 
higher for the Adventurer and Traveler; they use a camera  battery, which you're 
not going to find in any store; so, I've just stuck with  the Classic and 
it's AA batteries. I believe the others are slightly  lighter, so it's that 
ole personal tradeoff as usual.
 
Bob "Trekker"  Brewer
Big Bend Desert Denizen, and...
Naturalized Citizen - Republic of  Texas

"Government cripples you, then hands you a crutch and says, 'See,  if it 
wasn't for us, you couldn't walk.' " -- Harry Browne

"If you think  health care is expensive now, wait until you see what it 
costs when its free."  -- P J O'Rourke



  
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 From: Trekker4 at aol.com
To: csilla.tabor at gmail.com, pct-l at backcountry.net,  cdt-l at backcountry.net
Sent: 2/5/2011 12:25:04 P.M. Central Standard  Time
Subj: Re: [Cdt-l] [pct-l] Steripens


I've had 2 Steripens, and have a 3rd: #1 I let  the battery compartment get 
wet, when the directions clearly say not to;  Steripen replaced, not 
repaired, it for $10, and I'm guessing a short  like that can't be fixed, probably 
damaging the lamp as there was water inside  the glass tube.
    #2, the replacement above, got wet again when I  just about drowned in 
the Middle Fork Gila last April; I ordered another one,  but also got #2 
repaired (actually replaced, again, w/#3) for $15. I now  have  #3 in my bounce 
box and #4 new in my pack. Just bear in mind  that means there have been NO 
failures that weren't my fault, and Steripen say  it's working on that 
gasket problem. Course they bin doin that for at  least 2 years; that's the 
failure from my point of view - an item that's  used around water that doesn't 
have a waterproof battery compartment. BTW,  both of mine now have o-ring 
gaskets from my local hardware store.
    I love, & haved, loved, all of mine: they're  less than half the weight 
of any pump filter; they last a long time on just 1  set of lithium 
batteries; and I've never been sick backpacking, even though  last year I treated 
very little h2o all summer. 
    I don't know about cloudy water, as I've never,  so far, had to treat 
any. However, I use narrow neck bottles, so I tilt and  rotate the bottle 
w/the Steripen jammed against the neck while the light is  on; this gets all 
the water close to the light I figure. I think that with  cloudy water I'd 
just take the time to treat it 2-3 times to get all the h2o  near the light 
several times.
    There is absolutely no doubt that the time and  effort in using a 
Steripen is less than any pump filter! I'd guess 15 minutes  per gallon, without 
using much energy.
 
Bob  "Trekker" Brewer
Big Bend Desert Denizen, and...
Naturalized Citizen -  Republic of Texas

"Government cripples you, then hands you a crutch and  says, 'See, if it 
wasn't for us, you couldn't walk.' " -- Harry  Browne

"If you think health care is expensive now, wait until you see  what it 
costs when its free." -- P J O'Rourke



In a message dated 2/4/2011 12:31:00 P.M. Central Standard Time,  
csilla.tabor at gmail.com writes:

I'd  love to hear some stories (bad or good) about the use of Steripens  for
water purification. I'm considering getting one instead of  resupplying Aqua
Mira or iodine over and  over.
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