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1.0 out of 5 starsFilter Clogged Permantly After One Use
Reviewed in the United States on August 4, 2022
I so wanted this to work! Utter fail from the start. I purchased two for a trip to Europe with a friend where we knew the water would not be drinkable. Wanted to avoid having to purchase bottled water from a price and plastic waste perspective. I cleaned and used mine the day before leaving for the trip and the filter allowed me to sip naturally. Literally the second fill up at the airport the next day the filter would not allow for sipping thru it, no matter how hard I struggled. I had used it with filtered water from my own home, and filtered water from the station at the airport....how could the filter be clogged? When we got to the hotel in Europe we put bottled water in both and neither filter worked--they were permanently clogged. We spent time repeatedly using the syringe to clear out the filter. It was useless, the syringe did not provide any type of seal to the filter nozzle to "clear" the filter. I have a Berkey filter system at home and I understand how to "prime" those filters with their provided equipment, which seals the nozzle and forces the water into the filter. There was no way to clear the filters of these two water bottles. Very disappointing as we did a lot of walking/hiking and had to buy water for the entire trip. We used the straw inside the bottle only, and that worked but you can get any plastic water bottle with a straw/holder for a lot less. The purpose here was to have safe, filtered water via the filter system. The bottle latch and sipping section worked fine, however my latch got a small chip when I closed it and then it would not stay shut automatically, I had to purposely hold it in place and push up the locking piece. The compass inside the bottle top was a nice additional feature. Returned both bottles.