Water Treatment
I bought a LifeSaver 0,75 l. filter/bottle this summer for a backpacking trip to Rwanda and Ethiopia. Works perfectly. Used mostly tap water. Bottle water is available nearly everywhere, and you see the discarded plastic all over the place. Not good. How pukka the water you buy is an unknown, there have been organised swindels, but their profit margin must be tiny.
Downside, very risky trying to take it through airport security as handluggage, almost certain to be confiscated. We usually travel with only handluggage, except on return trip when my wife pulls out her "presents list" and loots the nearest market, everybody smiles at us for some reason.
Another downside, LifeSaver use TNT or DHL or whatever, and the bill they sent me for forewarding, customs processing, and lending me the VAT charge was nearly the same as the bottle.
Lifesaver Bottle - Water Purification Systems
I had a parasite infestation 40 years ago, and still live with the after effects. Never again, LifeSaver, or similar, is worth every penny for me.
Safe travels,
Peter, in Oslo
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