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Pros

Use 1-2 times a day to sterilize gallons of water for humidifier and drinking. Used it for water in rural kenya and for water from a mountain stream here in the us. Never got sick once.

This one is fancier than the first one i used. Saved me a ton of money and came in handy countless times.

Purchased for a two month south american backpacking trip. Must own for an outdoorsman or backpacker. Works, easy to transport.



Cons

The item evidentially is not waterproof. Chemically, i'm not sure how this is possible. The product is unreliable and too easy to break.

Pen has a crooked lamp that touches the side of the lamp cover when the cover is on. Won't hold a charge. Bulb error. Luckily amazon is quite rad and allowed me to return it.

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Quality


Last plenty long on a single charge, very easy to carry.


Originally had to tap firmly on countertop to get light to work but now works every time.


The "steripen ultra" zaps bacteria, viruses, protosoa but the downside is that it can run out of batteries and it does nothing ...  Read More


Drank from some of the most foul, elk pee, misquote infested puddles you can imagine for 3 weeks in the backcountry and survived.

Shipping


This steripen helped get us safely through two weeks in india and some questionable water supplies.


Fast way to make water safe to drink (although, when you're holding the "magic-wand" (as my family calls it), 90 seconds feels ...  Read More


I didn't drink any water without first purifying it with this device and i never got sick during that 2-week trip in central america.


We went to indonesia for a month and since you can not drink the local water, we did not want to add to the plastic bottle problem.

Packaging/appearance


I put this steripen in the box and turn it on along with other small items (car key, phone) and document mail to sanitize it.


Comes in a padded protection case, but wish it came in a hard case for packing unit with cable just as a protection precaution.


It was awkward trying to figure out how to pack it in my backpack in the mountains, but i just put it in the belt loop and the ...  Read More

Competitiveness


Works better than anything i've tried prior.

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  • How are reviewers describing this item?
    great, charged and easy.
  • Our engine has profiled the reviewer patterns and has determined that there is minimal deception involved.
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  • Our engine has discovered that over 90% high quality reviews are present.
  • This product had a total of 923 reviews as of our last analysis date on Dec 30 2024.

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    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    We went to indonesia for a month and since you can not drink the local water we did not want to add to the plastic bottle problem


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    We never got sick but the taste of the local water was not great tasting


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    We ended up using plastic bottled water but always used the purifier on even on the bottle water because the chemicals in the plastic are very toxic for everyone


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    I didnt drink any water without first purifying it with this device and i never got sick during that 2week trip in central america


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    My wife wasnt so careful and she did get ill which says that it works


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    I still keep water sanitizing pills just in case however


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    I used the sawyer squeeze micro but had issues with cloggage after only a handful of trips


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    I had much better luck with the sawyer squeeze mini but i had one freeze on a particularly cold trip and crack making it difficult to know if the filter was working or not

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