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Bota Outback Hiker Water Portable Filtration System |
The Outback by Bota of Boulder is the least expensive, most effective, well thought out hikers water filter sport bottle.
To use: Fill with water, take care not to contaminate the drinking nozzle (clear plastic cap lets you keep it isolated from dirty water). Screw cap onto bottle, after you encounter resistance - give the cap and additional 1/4 turn to seal. Lift the sport cap nozzle to open - angle bottle to drink and squeeze hard - a stream of clean filtered water will emerge from spout. Always wash new bottle completely and flush with a first batch into the sink. You may observe black water on first use - that is normal - simply bits of the activated charcoal filter. Wash bottle and store parts open to dry between uses.
Proven in the field to deliver clean water and verified in the lab (lab test pdf linked below) Easy to use - fill and squeeze Nalgene bottle - clean water on demand. The activated carbon filter traps harmful parasites and other contaminants without the use of chemicals or complicated pumps. This is a bargain and should be part of every hiker, backpacker, or surivalist's kit. Competitors range from $30 to $100.
* Improves the taste and quality of ALL water
* Removes contaminants and protozoans
* BPA Free components
* Sanitary Protective cap protects push / pull mouth piece from contaminants, dust and debris
* Instructions printed on bottle
* Easy Grip bottle fits most cup holders
This system includes a normal 22 ounce sport style water bottle that employs an integrated replaceable filter using advanced technology to filter 99.9% Giardia,Lamblia, and Cryptosporidium cysts and more from untreated water. Prevent water bourne illnesses.
Whether you hike, backpack, travel on cruise ships, go abroad to foreign countries, work in an office, or just want to be assured of clean, safe water every day, the Outback is an effective portable water filtration system that is easy to carry and use.
Using innovative tecnology, the Outback allows the user to filter water from most streams, lakes or ponds. The filter removes 99.9% Giardia Lamblia and Cryptosporidium cysts.*
The Outback filtration matrix is comprised of inert, synthetic polymers, molecular sieves and microspheres that have been specifically configured to trap and retain these organisms while inhibiting the growth of bacteria.
This process, also known as tortuosity has little effect on the flow of water molecules, but presents a rugged, microscopic obstacle course for parasites. Tortuosity is a property of curve being tortuous - twisted with many turns and used to describe diffusion in porous media. This is the same filtration concept by which soils purify waters that leech into the aquifer.
The result is safe potable water that is instantly available for drinking without prior disinfection - all in an easy to use, lightweight bottle. This filter is designed to have very little back pressure and is easy to squeeze with a faster flow rate.
The filters will provide about 100 gallons (2000 litres) of drinkable water. Filter life expectancy is affected by the original turbidity and quality of source water. It is recommended that the filter be replaced every 150 uses or six months. Purchase spare replacement filters in the sidebar.
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Click Here for test Results (pdf) All test were performed by Hydreion LLC using water from the Rattlesnake Creek in Missoula, Montana (pathogens added). Testing was conducted using the USEPA Guide Standard (1986) and Protocol for Testing Microbiological Water Purifiers.
Three identical filter systems were tested for each organism or chemical. Positive and negative controls were used to evaluate any possible laboratory error.
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Results of Challenge Tests Performed on the Outback Filtration System:
Protozoan Removal:
Giardia >99.9%
Cryptosporidium >99.9%
Legionella > 99.9999% (Legionnaires' Disease)
Chemical Concentration Reduction:
Copper 99%
Lead 99%
Chlorine 83%
Note: This product does not remove or treat viruses. If viruses are suspect, use purification tablets sold in sidebar.
"These results indicate that the Outback filtration system is well suited for typical recreational usage."
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Purchase a couple because your companions will borrow your's, and you'll be saying " Give me back mybottle "
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