UV water purifier
Posted Jun 23rd 2006 5:31PM by Nick Vagnoni
Filed under: Water, Science, Food Gadgets, Health & Medical
The
SteriPEN is a portable, hand-held water purifier that works by beaming ultraviolet light into your possibly unsafe water. Powered by four AA batteries, the SteriPEN can apparently purify a liter of water with about 90 seconds of stirring. According to the manufacturer, SteriPEN destroys "99.9999% of bacteria, 99.99% of viruses and 99.9% of protozoa." They get extra points for using the phrase "levels of destruction" in reference to water purity standards. It retails for about $150 at
REI.
[Via
Cooking Gadgets]
Tags: portable, purifier, purify, purity, steripen, ultraviolet, uv, water
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
11-16-2006 @ 6:43AM
Alex said...
SteriPEN destroys "99.9999% of bacteria, 99.99% of viruses and 99.9% of protozoa. Wow!
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