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Portable Water Purification Straw

Name: Portable Water Purification Straw
SKU: B126
Price: 70800 TZS
Availability: InStock

Hydration

A personal water filter straw that lets you drink directly from a stream, a tank or a bucket. The supplier rates the filter at 0.01 micron in a durable ABS body.

TZS60,000+ VAT

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Highlights

Drink from the stream

A filter small enough to forget you are carrying it.

0.01 micron rating

The supplier's figure, fine enough to hold back sediment and waterborne bacteria and protozoa.

No chemicals

No tablets, no waiting, no taste of iodine or chlorine. Just draw and drink.

Pocket sized

Small and light enough that it lives in a pack or a glovebox permanently.

One moving part

Nothing to break, nothing to charge, nothing to remember.

Product description

About this product

A filter straw is the simplest piece of survival equipment there is. Put the end in the water, put your mouth on the other end, and drink. There is nothing to assemble, no pump, no batteries, and no waiting for a tablet to work.

This one uses a hollow-fibre element the supplier rates at 0.01 micron, in an ABS body. It belongs in a hiking pack, a vehicle, a boat and a household emergency box.

Key Features

Filter rated at 0.01 micron (supplier figure)
Durable ABS body
No chemicals, no batteries, no waiting
Drink directly from the source or from a filled bottle
Pocket sized

Who It Suits

Hikers, climbers, fishermen, hunters, and anyone putting together an emergency kit for the house or the car.

What Is Included

1 x water purification straw

Buying a Portable Water Purification Straw in Tanzania

361 Degrees Adventure keeps the portable water purification straw at our showroom in Upanga, Dar es Salaam, with delivery countrywide across Tanzania. Come and handle it before you buy, or order online and collect.

Every portable water purification straw is checked in store before it leaves us, and our staff use the same kit in the field, so you get an honest answer on fit and sizing rather than a sales pitch.

Browse more Adventure in Dar es Salaam, or see the full 361 Degrees range. For general background on camping, see this overview on Wikipedia.

Specifications

The details

Filtration rating	0.01 micron (supplier figure)
Body material	ABS (supplier figure)
Chemicals required	None
Power required	None
Use	Drink directly from a source, a bottle or a container
SKU	B126

Questions

Good to know

Where do these figures come from?

The micron rating and the material on this page are the supplier's rather than an independently certified test result, and they are marked as such. Treat a filter straw as a serious improvement on untreated water, not as a laboratory guarantee.

What does it not remove?

Hollow-fibre straws remove bacteria and protozoa. They do not remove viruses, dissolved salt, heavy metals or chemicals. That matters: in Tanzania the common risks from surface water are bacterial and protozoal, which is exactly what this handles, but water near industry, mining or heavy agriculture needs more than a straw.

Can I drink straight from a river or a pond?

That is what it is for. Avoid stagnant water, water with an oily film, and anything with a chemical smell, because a filter cannot help with those.

How do I look after it in the field?

Backflush it after each session by blowing back through the mouthpiece, and never let it freeze with water inside, which cracks the fibres. Let it dry between trips.

Does it work on salt water?

No. Nothing in this class desalinates. Sea water through a filter straw is still sea water.

Can I use it with a bottle?

Yes, most people do: fill a bottle from the source and drink through the straw from the bottle rather than kneeling at the water's edge.

How do I know when it is finished?

It gets progressively harder to draw through. When suction becomes a real effort and backflushing no longer helps, the filter is done.

Is it worth keeping at home?

Yes. In a flood or a supply failure, a filter straw in a drawer is worth more than a case of bottled water in a shop that has closed.