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<blockquote data-quote="Mike 338" data-source="post: 1353533" data-attributes="member: 41338"><p>I used a new Steripen Aqua for a 9 day hunt. It takes 4 AA batteries. Instructions say Alkaline or Lithium batteries. I used Alkaline. It worked fine the first day and crapped out after that. New batteries didn't help. When I got home, their FAQ section of their site says most problems are from using Alkaline batteries. Don't ask me why they recommend them but they do. Anyway, I put in some Lithium and it seems to work fine. I won't know till I'm in the field for a few days though. Bring purification tablets for backup. I also bought the pre-filter to remove floaties. It's sorta heavyish and bulky. I also needed a container (plastic jar-like container) to filter water in because the Pen won't fit in the mouth of the water bladders I use. I then pour purified water into the bladders. Oh... and since I was getting my water from a spring, it was more shallow pools and needed to be dipped out with a smaller container (old Spam container) and poured into the plastic jar. All in all, even if the Steripen had worked, the whole rigamarole took up a lot of space.</p><p></p><p>I'll try it again but if my water source is know to be fairly clean, I'll skip the pre-filter. When it was working right, I could purify a gallon in about 10 minutes which fine with me. One of the things I liked was that my hands weren't in the water during the purification process. With my old pumps, everything was getting wet.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mike 338, post: 1353533, member: 41338"] I used a new Steripen Aqua for a 9 day hunt. It takes 4 AA batteries. Instructions say Alkaline or Lithium batteries. I used Alkaline. It worked fine the first day and crapped out after that. New batteries didn't help. When I got home, their FAQ section of their site says most problems are from using Alkaline batteries. Don't ask me why they recommend them but they do. Anyway, I put in some Lithium and it seems to work fine. I won't know till I'm in the field for a few days though. Bring purification tablets for backup. I also bought the pre-filter to remove floaties. It's sorta heavyish and bulky. I also needed a container (plastic jar-like container) to filter water in because the Pen won't fit in the mouth of the water bladders I use. I then pour purified water into the bladders. Oh... and since I was getting my water from a spring, it was more shallow pools and needed to be dipped out with a smaller container (old Spam container) and poured into the plastic jar. All in all, even if the Steripen had worked, the whole rigamarole took up a lot of space. I'll try it again but if my water source is know to be fairly clean, I'll skip the pre-filter. When it was working right, I could purify a gallon in about 10 minutes which fine with me. One of the things I liked was that my hands weren't in the water during the purification process. With my old pumps, everything was getting wet. [/QUOTE]
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