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Phoenixdadeadhead
05-23-2009, 01:59
I have been eyeballing the Steripens for a while now and i think I am going to break down and buy 1. My question is what is the difference between the Adventurer and the Journey? I know the Journey has a LCD, but other than that, is one better than the other and why?
droptopbenz
05-23-2009, 06:45
the adventurer is lighter!
Critterman
05-23-2009, 09:26
The Adventurer has the water sensors on the side just above the bulb which makes it tough to use bottles with a narrow mouth so I ended up carrying a nalgene bottle. I noticed that the Journey seems to have the sensors at the same level as the bulb, if that is true then you might be able to use it with a wider range of bottles. If you could use it with a gatorade bottle then the weight savings of carrying a gatorade versus a nalgene are greater than the extra 1 oz for the Journey.
http://www.steripen.com/travel/products.html
link with pictures
I have the older standard model so I can't speak to the differences of these, but I will say I love my Steripen. I've been using mine for going on three years now and am totally jazzed about its performance and reliability. I get about a month's use out of 4-AA Lithium batteries. With the batteries, it weighs less than a conventional pump filter. It allows me to carry less water than filter users, who tend to go through the filtering ritual as few times as possible a day, thus treating and carrying more water. I can do the two-button-push and get a half liter of water treated in seconds. Can't ask for more.
McKeever
05-23-2009, 10:27
I bought a new Adventurer and like it much better than any pumps or chemicals.
The pen is lightwight and works perfectly every time. I carry soda or water bottles which are too narrow for the pen, but carry a blue wally world sports bottle too that is lighter than a Nalgene, has a wide mouth that fits the pen, and is not made from BPA.
FYI, I had a problem with my older standard model during my last hike. Every time I tried to use it I would get a red flashing LED and then it would quit completely. I couldn't figure out why, I had just put fresh LI batteries in it. I opened it up and found the problem, I had one battery in backwards. I would have thought that it wouldn't work at all but I guess it had enough power to just start, the quit. Chalk it up to operator error!
I get an occasional 'fail to start' which is related to the electrodes being wet. I think they have corrected this on later models. When it happens I just carefully dry the two electrodes off and then it works like a charm.