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Swampfox10mm
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sml7285
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 Posted: Sat May 26, 2012 9:06 pm Post subject: Re: Buy one of these for $57 and never buy bottled water aga |
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These are for backpacking and pumping water from a creek. You have to replace a filter every 5k liters or so.
You're better off boiling water or buying iodine pills. |
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Swampfox10mm
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| Posted: Sat May 26, 2012 9:07 pm Post subject: |
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| No, they're a new breed of filter. It would take a lot more work to boil water, and Iodine pills wouldn't do a thing for the taste or make water clean. |
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sml7285
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| Posted: Sat May 26, 2012 9:20 pm Post subject: |
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| No, they're a new breed of filter. It would take a lot more work to boil water, and Iodine pills wouldn't do a thing for the taste or make water clean. |
Ceramic filters using carbon cores have been around for years (I used the exact same type of filter when I was in Boy Scouts 10 years ago). Using them are easier than boiling water and taste better than using iodine/chlorine, but they are far from being easy to use. |
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Swampfox10mm
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| Posted: Sat May 26, 2012 9:46 pm Post subject: |
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| Swampfox10mm wrote: |
| No, they're a new breed of filter. It would take a lot more work to boil water, and Iodine pills wouldn't do a thing for the taste or make water clean. |
Ceramic filters using carbon cores have been around for years (I used the exact same type of filter when I was in Boy Scouts 10 years ago). Using them are easier than boiling water and taste better than using iodine/chlorine, but they are far from being easy to use. |
Why do you think it's difficult to use? Put one in you kitchen and pump the water from a bucket out of your sink. Easy-peasy. |
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sml7285
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| Posted: Sat May 26, 2012 9:55 pm Post subject: |
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| Swampfox10mm wrote: |
| sml7285 wrote: |
| Swampfox10mm wrote: |
| No, they're a new breed of filter. It would take a lot more work to boil water, and Iodine pills wouldn't do a thing for the taste or make water clean. |
Ceramic filters using carbon cores have been around for years (I used the exact same type of filter when I was in Boy Scouts 10 years ago). Using them are easier than boiling water and taste better than using iodine/chlorine, but they are far from being easy to use. |
Why do you think it's difficult to use? Put one in you kitchen and pump the water from a bucket out of your sink. Easy-peasy. |
Have you ever used one of these pumps before? They're pretty time-consuming. If you're not careful about keeping the in and out ends separated, you have to continuously disinfect the 'clean' end. Trust me - there's a reason why people don't use these in their homes. It's not worth it. |
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Skippy
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Location: Daejeon
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| Posted: Sat May 26, 2012 11:26 pm Post subject: |
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Really? Why goes for something unique and little hard to get. Plus not very usable. You are ignoring the better alternative. This country is sick with water filters. Schools, stores, every place seems to have one. Big ones, small ones, some that provide hot water too. I bet with some effort you could find a used one that is counter top size for about the same amount as this device.
Other alternative is getting an under sink filter. Has a little spout next to the kitchen sink. May not be cold but you can get pure water quickly.
Heck I bet there are services that will rent a machine and include servicing. |
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Swampfox10mm
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| Posted: Sun May 27, 2012 6:08 am Post subject: |
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We rent a water machine. It filters the water from the tap. It costs something like 20,000 per month and they change the filters.
But some people like to save money, I guess! |
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Swampfox10mm
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ewlandon
Joined: 30 Jan 2011
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| Posted: Mon May 28, 2012 9:11 pm Post subject: |
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| or you can just drink the water from your tap. It's clean and fine to drink. Tastes like most water in the USA to me. |
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Skippy
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| Posted: Mon May 28, 2012 9:43 pm Post subject: |
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Nah. In a bug out bag I would go with swampfox10mm device first. It may be slow going but I could stock pile some water.
This device maybe in a smaller kit.
Even better would be a device that works in conjunction with a regular water bottle. |
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liveinkorea316
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Location: South Korea
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| Posted: Tue May 29, 2012 5:56 am Post subject: |
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| What's wrong with the tap water? I drink it. tastes fine to me. |
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Captain Corea
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Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Tue May 29, 2012 6:04 am Post subject: |
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Last time I read about the k-tap water in the news it was about testing being falsified.
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ewlandon
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| and everything I read says its fine. Koreans dont drink it for the same reason that they dont flush toilet paper, and all fans have timers on them. I've been drinking it for a year and had no problems. And the taste is fine too (not great but not bad). |
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slothrop
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