Description
Description
The LifeStraw Go 2.0 is a BPA-free water bottle with the filter built into the straw, so you fill from a tap, a bubbler or a stream and drink through it. Made for travel and everyday carry where you would rather not think about where the water came from.
Who it's for
Travel and everyday use rather than the backcountry specifically. Airport bathroom taps, a tap in Mexico, a service station on a road trip, municipal water that is technically fine and tastes like a swimming pool - that is the job.
It also quietly solves the plastic-bottle problem, because the reason people buy bottled water on the road is not safety, it is taste. This fixes both.
What it removes, and what it does not
The membrane microfilter is the safety half: bacteria including E. coli and Salmonella, parasites including Giardia and Cryptosporidium, plus microplastics, sand, dirt and cloudiness. The carbon filter is the palatability half, cutting chlorine, odours and organic chemical matter - which is what turns technically-safe tap water into water you will actually drink.
Viruses are the one thing a membrane microfilter does not catch, at any brand. For Australian tap water and backcountry sources that is exactly the right risk profile, because what is actually in our water is bacteria and protozoa. Somewhere with sewage-contaminated supply, a purifier is the tool.
Flow rate and capacity
The two stages wear at very different rates, and this is the bit owners get wrong. The membrane lasts up to 4,000 litres - about five years of daily use, and the equivalent of 8,000 single-use bottles. The carbon lasts about 100 litres, roughly two months. One is close to a lifetime part; the other is a consumable.
Maintenance
Change the carbon on schedule rather than waiting for the water to taste bad - taste fades gradually enough that you will not notice, only that you stopped enjoying the bottle. BPA-free and made from 50% post-consumer recycled plastic.
Freezing and storage
Never let a wet cartridge freeze. Ice splits the hollow fibres and the damage is invisible - the filter looks perfect and no longer filters. Camping below zero, keep it in your sleeping bag.
Specifications
Specifications
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