[at-l] hydro photon steri pen

[mike_aken@excite.com (Mike Aken)]

Here is a collection of messages from
the yahoo backpackinglight forum.

The author (BigSkyry) is a professor in
Montanna and I think? specializes in 
water quality issues.

He is also the editor/founder? of 
http://www.backpackinglight.com/
lots of interesting articles in the
back issues of the ezine

I believe he did some hiking with johno
the last couple of years.

From:  "Ryan Jordan"  
Date:  Thu Nov 15, 2001  6:26 am
Subject:  Re: [BackpackingLight] Steri-Pen purifier

Brandon - this product is no gimmick. It works and works well. We've been
testing it in our lab over the last year. It's a really neat piece of
equipment. However, it is most effective for small water volumes. It's
definitely worth a look.
Ryan

> Miles Maiden's "Steri-Pen," a UV light water purifier that runs on four
AAs
> and weighs about 8oz with batteries, just made TIME magazine's Best
> Inventions 2001. The cost is about $210.
>
> Forgive me if I've missed previous discussions of this, but have any of
you
> used it? What's the verdict?
>
> I remember a year or two ago when this was being discussed as having great
> promise. It's here now. Should I get one?
>
> Brandon in Honolulu
>
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From:  "Ryan Jordan"  
Date:  Thu Nov 15, 2001  8:56 am
Subject:  Re: [BackpackingLight] Steri-Pen purifier


Doug: We've been getting about 100-120 treatments (12-16 oz water per
treatment) with lithium AA batteries. This is at room temperature. Alkaline
AA's is much less, maybe 20-40 treatments?
Ryan

> How long do the batteries last? 

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From:  "Ryan Jordan"  
Date:  Thu Nov 15, 2001  1:48 pm
Subject:  Re: [BackpackingLight] Steri-Pen purifier


Nope.

> If you could get 20 treatments with rechargeable NiMH at 16 oz per
> treatment that is 2.5 gallons of water. Have you tried it with 1600 mAh
> NiMH batteries?
 


Mike

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