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

[Bill Burge]

If you're going to do resupply drops, the 123A batteries can be found at reasonable prices via places like Costco.

BUT, if you're willing to look a little, on the Internet you can get top quality 123's in bulk for very good prices.

This price can be beat with patience:
http://www.batteryjunction.com/energizer-cr123a-50qty.html 

BillB



On Feb 5, 2011, at 10:29 AM, Trekker4 at aol.com wrote:

> 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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