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Post by Deleted on May 13, 2016 10:19:13 GMT -8
Hi Guys, This is Dave. I am doing a research for university and would like to collect some data regarding the water filtering bottles. I would be much grateful if you take few minutes to answer these few questions: Water filtering bottles
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Post by amaruq on May 13, 2016 10:58:00 GMT -8
Kills viruses and bacteria? Is the bottle fitted with UV or chemical treatments?
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Post by crawford on May 13, 2016 11:09:22 GMT -8
hmmm...
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Post by almostthere on May 13, 2016 15:48:32 GMT -8
Does not look backpacking related.
Nope.
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Post by Lonewolf on May 13, 2016 16:13:27 GMT -8
None of the questions really apply to US style backpacking. Those of us who filter usually use a handpumped filter of some type. Some use a gravity filter.
Google "backpacking water filters" to see what I mean.
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Post by Deleted on May 14, 2016 3:55:53 GMT -8
It does kill viruses and bacteria. It has two nano-technologies that do that. check this |
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Post by jazzmom on May 14, 2016 7:10:48 GMT -8
I filled it out but had a LOT of problems with the survey, pretty much every question.
- "Travel abroad" and "hiking", to me, are very different types of travel. There's no way I can choose one answer for both of these types of travel, e.g. "How much water do you carry while travelling abroad/hiking?" An afternoon in Rome and a day in the Grand Canyon are going to have very different answers.
- I'm interpreting "hiking" as backcountry backpacking, in which case, it makes no sense to talk in terms of tap water vs bottled water.
- I almost never buy bottled water in 500 ml bottles. If I'm traveling in countries where I'm advised not to drink the tap water and we're staying in a condo/rental house, we buy drinking water in 3-5 gallon bottles. If it's a (car driving) road trip, we're at least buying 1 gallon bottles. If I buy a 500 ml bottle, it's because I'm in NYC, shopping, and am simply thirsty... nothing to do with not trusting the tap water.
- Are you lumping Central America into North America? "North America", btw, includes all the Caribbean islands and Mexico. "Asia" also has an incredibly wide range of countries with different infrastructures.
- What if I'm not willing to purchase a filter bottle?
- Suggest you offer price ranges in US dollars if you expect Americans to fill out your survey
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Post by rebeccad on May 14, 2016 9:08:36 GMT -8
Pretty much what jazzmom says. I also will note that for a bottle that will do only 2 liters in a day (what's the limitation? Does it need to drip through over the course of hours?) I'm not willing to pay much at all. US style backpacking often requires a great deal more than that.
Some people do use some of the available filter-type bottles in the backcountry. I find them a bit heavy and expensive, but I can see the value in some ways (fill and instantly can squeeze through the filter to drink). What you are suggesting would be reinventing the wheel for that.
Abroad, I use a Steripen. We treated gallons and gallons that way in Peru a couple of years ago, and that remains my preference.
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