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01-28-2012, 06:56 PM
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#1 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 3
|  New personal water purification system
I bought one of these a couple of months ago and am very impressed. Its called Purificup. It has a lot of advantages over other systems but there are 3 things that really stand out to me and are the main reasons I bought it. 1 it not only filters but it purifies. 2 It removes heavy metals and 3 It removes pesticides. The last 2 were big ones for me because most of the mountain streams have mercury in them and all lower bodies of water have pesticides. I don't know of any other portable systems that do all that. It won't let me post a link to their page but you can search Purificup for more info. I know they have a Facebook page also.
Check them out I think its a really good system and it was actually a little less money than the pump system I bought that is a little less portable.
Timo
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01-28-2012, 07:05 PM
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01-28-2012, 07:08 PM
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01-28-2012, 07:16 PM
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01-29-2012, 12:04 PM
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Hi...
Some super interesting stuff on those web sites...thanks.
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01-31-2012, 12:16 AM
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I've found little use for "personal water systems". Fill it up and if you run out of water on a dry spot on a trail you are out of luck.
I prefer filters where I can tank up and fill 3 or 4 liters in a few minutes, enough to last me a day in most situations.
If you're hiking in a desert, or along a northeastern ridge line you might not encounter even puddle of much of the day. With these personal systems you can be out of water in an hour and have no place to fill up. I see that the Purificup fits other bottles but it is apparently gravity feed so you can sit there quite a while trying to fill a single liter bottle. I can tank 2 liters up with my filter and be a half mile down the trail while the Purificup user is still on his first liter.
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02-01-2012, 12:32 PM
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Maybe the Purificup is better for home use or ultra short camping or hiking excursions? I thought it sounded excellent, until I read the next post about filters.
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02-01-2012, 02:03 PM
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#8 | | Senior Member
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That is what I am wondering. Home use is a biggie for us. I still know people that drink tap water and I can not hack it. I am either buying bottled or I am hunting down a natural spring.
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02-01-2012, 02:43 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by hippieP  That is what I am wondering. Home use is a biggie for us. I still know people that drink tap water and I can not hack it. I am either buying bottled or I am hunting down a natural spring. | Our well water was heavy mineral so we used a brita fridge box. The same one worked for many years. We have a reverse osmosis installed now and to me the water is too pure.....as in tasteless.
The above purifier mentioned by timo has its place. It won't work in all places for everybody but knowing about it is valuable knowledge.
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02-01-2012, 05:22 PM
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#10 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Colorado Posts: 722
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The flow rate is advertised as .2 liters per minute. I frankly have a hard time believing that. It claims to be a 1 micron filter.
My Katadyn Hiker has a 3 micron filter and will do 1 liter per minute using a pump to supply pressure.
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