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Mar 1, 2013 at 4:28 pm #1299864
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.
Mar 1, 2013 at 4:53 pm #1960266I like the "I made it myself" look. It's a new one on me.
Mar 1, 2013 at 5:00 pm #1960270Interesting, but the Steripen is a lot nicer looking — and it treats a quart or liter of water in 90 seconds instead of 15 minutes.
Mar 1, 2013 at 5:10 pm #1960276I'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.
Mar 1, 2013 at 5:26 pm #1960280Apparently there's a more finished product.
Mar 1, 2013 at 5:42 pm #1960288Jennifer could obviously use this at the opera. It only works with wine glasses…
Mar 1, 2013 at 5:44 pm #1960289It'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
Mar 1, 2013 at 5:46 pm #1960291Card looks kind of wide. Will it fit through a wide-mouthed Nalgene or similar?
Mar 1, 2013 at 5:51 pm #1960296Dunno, 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.
Mar 1, 2013 at 7:06 pm #1960318Really? I figured the "Sacred geometry, crystal and invocations for protection" bullet was a pretty strong giveaway.
Mar 1, 2013 at 7:23 pm #1960325LOL. Missed that line.
Mar 1, 2013 at 7:30 pm #1960327Might be convenient if mounted to a water bladder? Just fill bladder and wait 15 before drinking.
Mar 1, 2013 at 11:29 pm #1960377Absolutely 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They claim it is a 'purifier' but do not quote any EPA approval number, which is needed before they can use that word in the USA.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
Mar 2, 2013 at 11:15 am #1960538I was waiting for your take, Roger!
Mar 2, 2013 at 3:00 pm #1960630AnonymousInactive"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. ;)
Mar 2, 2013 at 3:03 pm #1960632I 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.
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