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    Question Lifesaver bottle? Filter

    Does anyone use or heard of this filter system? (pump with bottle)
    http://www.htistore.com/lifesaverbottle4000.aspx

    I found it in a TED Talks video with a demonstration in the middle.
    http://www.ted.com/talks/michael_pri...er_filter.html

    The little bit of spacs make it seem very impressive;
    1. "Membrane with a filter size of 15 nanometers to remove all waterborne pathogens"
    15 naometers = 0.015 microns which blows other filters out of the water.(100 to 1000 nanometers or 0.1 - 1 microns)
    2. A 4000-6000 Liter filter life
    3. Very little imformation on the way the filter works other than he made the prototype in his garage(??).
    Using a non-chemical nano-filtration hollow fiber membrane with 15 nanometer pores (it is designed to block viruses), the Lifesaver bottle can make the most revolting swamp water drinkable in seconds. Better still, a single long-lasting filter can clean 6,000 liters of water.

    More info;
    http://teamsuperforest.org/superforest/?p=7712

    Here is a review:
    http://www.amazon.com/review/R1PHJ4Y45N1XO3
    Complained of a plastic taste that did not go away.

    I am happy with my MSR miniworks but always curious.
    I am aware some do not filter and just drink.
    "Today I have grown taller from walking with the trees." Karle Wilson Baker

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    OK. I will give it one bump and let it die.
    "Today I have grown taller from walking with the trees." Karle Wilson Baker

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    OK, if they give me one, I will write a review about the plastic taste and convenience of use.

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