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The Purifier works but not the price !
i purchased the Steripen Adventurer from Amazon thinking I was getting a better price than from other online merchants. However, the supplied batteries were no good and had to be replaced at an additional cost of $13.00+. There went the price savings plus some. I don't know if the thing works or not, however I do know that the river water on the trip that I took it on is safe to drink. My guess is that Amazon doesn't rotate their stock well enough.
[Wednesday, October 22, 2008]
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Not reliable
I've giving it a single star for being unreliable.
I got this thing and tried it out a couple times and it seemed to work. Then I took it on a weeklong backpack trip and it failed from day one because it ran the rechargeable batteries down after less than 5 uses. I should have brought Iodine tabs as a backup.
Also, the LED lights used to indicate readiness are very difficult to see in sunlight, and the message system needlessly confusing. A sound-based system would be much better. Finally, the info about lights out to be printed on the case so that losing the instructions doesn't render the unit totally useless.
[Monday, September 01, 2008]
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good for travelers
I bought the SteriPEN before traveling to India and Nepal. Three weeks on trains and in modest lodging, using the pen to sterilize one liter of water at a time.I learned that I had to insert it deep into the water, just a little beyond the rod, otherwise it didn't work. I used it 20 - 30 times and it took away the uncertainty about the water. I'm taking it with me to Mexico this month. It's lightweight and small, so easy to include.
[Tuesday, March 04, 2008]
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