Steripen Quantum

[Roger Caffin]

One must also allow for those who don’t believe there are any bugs there if they can’t see them, and don’t believe the UV disables them if they can’t see the bugs on their backs with their feet in the air …

Cheers

[BlackHatGuy]

So using a steripen in a foil lined mylar bag wouldn’t hurt the steripen at all, and could even make it more effective? Am I getting that right?

[Eric Blumensaadt]

I carry my Steripen Adventurer mainly to use in my bike bottle for making electrolyte drink. I could save weight by leaving it at home and carrying a few extra Katadyn tabs.

All my Camelbak bladder water is done every night with Katadyn chlorine dioxide tablets.

So far no GI bugs on my backpacks. But I am very careful about cleanup before eating and after potty time. Always using hand sanitizer.

[Roger Caffin]

Hi Doug

Right.

Washing hands afterwards is just so obvious. Ask Mummy!

Cheers

[Jerry Adams]

probably, the foil liner of the mylar bag would reflect UV light back into the water which would help kill bugs

if there’s a layer of plastic between the foil and the water, the plastic might absorb any UV, in that case the foil wouldn’t make any difference

the boundary between the water and plastic, foil, or air will reflect UV depending on the angle of the light and the indices of refraction.  Basic physics class problem.

probably best to assume no UV is reflected back

I don’t think there’s a good answer to your question about foil liner.  Won’t hurt though

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