If you’ve ever travelled overseas or ventured into
the wilds on a camp-out adventure, you’ve no doubt run into the issue of accessing clean, safe water. But you
also hate the waste that plastic water bottles produce. What’s an intrepid wayfarer to
do?
Enter SteriPEN’s
Adventurer Opti, the smallest and lightest of the Maine company’s water purifiers to date. The
winner of this year’s Backpacker Magazine’s Editor’s Choice award, the handheld device
provides up to 8,000 treatments and is easy to use: Simply push its button to activate, dip the
quartz-encased UV lamp into your water, and stir until the indicator LED turns green. In just 48 seconds for
0.5 L of water (90 seconds for 1 L), its germicidal UV light kills over 99.9 per cent of bacteria, viruses
and protozoa that cause water-borne illnesses.
The Adventurer Opti, whose
optical water sensor doubles as a flashlight, comes with two CR123 batteries that are good for up to 100
treatments. And at just 103 g and the length of an average pen, the device is perfectly portable for those on
the go.
The UV light technology
that SteriPEN products use is the same method used to purify water by top bottled-water manufacturers and
major cities in Europe, Asia and North America (including Seattle, Tempe, Ariz., and soon New York). Backed
by the Water
Quality Association’s Gold Seal, SteriPEN purifiers have been used by everyone from outdoor hobbyists to
professional kayakers, and even during the recent relief efforts in Vermont following Tropical Storm
Irene.
Peace of mind in your
water and less plastic waste? We can drink to that.
For more information
visit steripen.com •
Photo Courtesy:
Hydro-Photon
Inc./SteriPEN
