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    Travis Leanna
    BPL Member

    @t-l

    Locale: Wisconsin

    Does anyone know anything about this?

    Very light and small; will supposedly purify any liquid at a rate of 15 minutes per liter and runs off a 9 volt battery.

    http://www.biophysica.com/stericard.html

    Fg

    #1960266
    Ken Thompson
    BPL Member

    @here

    Locale: Right there

    I like the "I made it myself" look. It's a new one on me.

    #1960270
    EndoftheTrail
    BPL Member

    @ben2world-2

    Interesting, but the Steripen is a lot nicer looking — and it treats a quart or liter of water in 90 seconds instead of 15 minutes.

    #1960276
    Jeremy and Angela
    BPL Member

    @requiem

    Locale: Northern California

    I'd need to review which particular sacred invocations they used to properly determine efficacy. Often a call to Yog-Sothoth is used, resulting in unexpected complications.

    / Why yes, it did peg my "woo" meter.

    #1960280
    Travis Leanna
    BPL Member

    @t-l

    Locale: Wisconsin

    Apparently there's a more finished product.Gh

    #1960288
    Raymond Estrella
    Member

    @rayestrella

    Locale: Northern Minnesota

    Jennifer could obviously use this at the opera. It only works with wine glasses…

    #1960289
    Jerry Adams
    BPL Member

    @retiredjerry

    Locale: Oregon and Washington

    It's 1 ounce

    If uses UV light and also has a Silver anode

    "Provides long-lasting residual antimicrobial potency in the treated water for many months because ions and Zeta Potential do not evaporate"

    hmmm… my B.S. alarm is going off

    I wonder if it's really effective?

    15 minues for 1 liter – that's a lot better than chlorine tablets – I could work with that

    #1960291
    EndoftheTrail
    BPL Member

    @ben2world-2

    Card looks kind of wide. Will it fit through a wide-mouthed Nalgene or similar?

    #1960296
    Travis Leanna
    BPL Member

    @t-l

    Locale: Wisconsin

    Dunno, but if this is legitimate technology and the battery lasts a respectable length of time, there could be some neat stuff in the future.

    Although it didn't fully go off, my B.S. meter did register a tremor.

    #1960318
    Jeremy and Angela
    BPL Member

    @requiem

    Locale: Northern California

    Really? I figured the "Sacred geometry, crystal and invocations for protection" bullet was a pretty strong giveaway.

    #1960325
    Travis Leanna
    BPL Member

    @t-l

    Locale: Wisconsin

    LOL. Missed that line.

    #1960327
    Nick Larsen
    Member

    @stingray4540

    Locale: South Bay

    Might be convenient if mounted to a water bladder? Just fill bladder and wait 15 before drinking.

    #1960377
    Roger Caffin
    BPL Member

    @rcaffin

    Locale: Wollemi & Kosciusko NPs, Europe

    Absolutely fascinating… :-)

    My thoughts on reading their web site:

    They claim it is a 'purifier' but do not quote any EPA approval number, which is needed before they can use that word in the USA. They can get away with this because they are located in Canada. If they were located in the USA they would be in court, fast.

    The blue light you can see is purely for appearances: it is really a blue LED and has zero purification properties.

    Is there a 'powerful ultra-short wave UV light' on the unit? I doubt it very much. The only UV-C LEDs I know off have about 1% of the required output power and cost about $200 each. OK, ballpark figures.

    Ooh, big scientific words: Zeta potential. However, this is a scientific term for electrokinetic potential in colloidal systems. I fail to see much connection. Oh well, maybe they are talking about putting colloidal silver into the water.

    There is a large silver anode which could be persuaded to put silver ions (or colloidal particles?) into the water. This will have some limited anti-bacterial properties, but I doubt it will do anything for viruses or protozoa.

    'Cathode (ground) is 99.99% pure gold-plated copper labyrinth pattern' – but so what, and I can't actually see any gold plating on the copper spiral anyhow.

    Of course, I may be completely ignorant of the true value of this device. Anything is possible.

    Cheers

    #1960538
    Travis Leanna
    BPL Member

    @t-l

    Locale: Wisconsin

    I was waiting for your take, Roger!

    #1960630
    Anonymous
    Inactive

    "I was waiting for your take, Roger!"

    I'd wait 15 minutes for Roger's take before I'd wait 15 minutes to purify a liter of water. ;)

    #1960632
    EndoftheTrail
    BPL Member

    @ben2world-2

    I ain't waiting for notin' and no one for fifteen friggin' minutes when I know I can have safe drinking water in 90 seconds.

    Ben.
    Steripen Fanboi

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