Katadyn Exstream XR Water Purifier Bottle (Olive)

A lightweight, simple design makes this water bottle ideal for hiking, travel, and backpacking. The 3-stage Virustat purification technology in this water bottle removes all impurities and microorganisms, including viruses more

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From: Amazon
Posted: Feb-13-2009

Clean water fast

The Katadyn Exstream XR just works. Fill it up with water at the source, squeeze to shoot out a thin jet of clean, virus & bacteria free water. It's a little tough to squeeze at first but not as bad as other reviews led me to believe. Needs to be kept 1/3 full to really work well. Overall, a...

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Posted: Jan-20-2009

Very functional

We like this product for a day hike. And the upside is that our toddler has figured out how to drink from it. The downside is that we have almost contaminated ourselves by accident several times by forgetting that the drinking spout is the filter so to speak. We have found ourselves wanting to...

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Posted: Aug-07-2008

So worth it!

My husband and I trekked all over Morocco, and there were certainly times when bottled water was not available. This was a life-saver; neither of us got sick. We were constantly filling the bottle up from questionable sources. The only down-side is that you must "push" the water through the...

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Posted: Aug-07-2007

I wouldn't travel without it

I'm extremely fussy about the taste of water. I used the Katadyn Exstream purifier bottle for a month while trekking to Everest Base Camp in Nepal, and I never tasted iodine. I never got sick, either. High altitude travel requires constant hydration to prevent altitude sickness. I...

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Posted: Jul-31-2007

YUCK!!!! The water tastes like iodine!!

If you like your water to taste like iodine, this purifier is for you. If my life actually depended on it, obviously I would drink water from this bottle. Otherwise forget it.

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Posted: Nov-10-2006

unless you like the taste of V. cholerae or E. coli...

this is a good product.It effectively cleans water of microbiological contaminants (including viruses) through a layered filtration system and iodine-releasing resin (and among the only EPA certified bottles to do it). It is not heavy and leaves the water with a slight iodine taste (much more...

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