Remember that scene in Wild where Reese Witherspoon is helplessly trying to filter water from a muddy pond using a complicated gravity system? Before LifeStraw came along, that sort of thing was the norm, but these days you can literally just stick a filter into a water source and drink clear H2O. If you’d like to experience this magical process for yourself, LifeStraw’s original personal water filter is half off today at Amazon, bringing the price down to just $10. That’s an easy peace-of-mind purchase for your home survival kit or an upcoming backpacking trip.
Todd Sepulveda, the editor of Prepper Website and host of the Prepper Website Podcast, says that LifeStraw filters are “a no-brainer” and wonderfully simple to use: “Put one side in your mouth, the other side in the water, and just start drinking.” Strategist staffers are also fans of LifeStraw for use when traveling and on the trail; I own the water bottle version of this straw and have found it really useful when traveling in South America. As well as bacteria and parasites, the filter removes microplastics, which we could all probably do with less of. It will also last for years, purifying approximately 1,000 gallons of water before it needs to be replaced.
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