Survivor Filter PRO – Hand Pump Camping Water Filtration System Survival – Water Purifier Survival

Incredible filter to have for emergencies or camping/hiking!
I bought this filter for emergencies. We live in NC and have plenty of water around, but it may not always be clean. If a hurricane or tornado hits, I’ll need a backup filter that can get us water. This thing has three filters that can clean up to 100,000 liters of water. That is enough water to keep a family of five thriving for months, which is invaluable in the event of an emergency when fresh/clean drinking water might be scarce. This filter has minor maintenance for cleaning out the filter portions after use. Super easy to clean and take care of and the instructions make it very clear. No batteries are needed, no special equipment to make it work. Just needs a tiny bit of elbow grease and you have clean water. An excellent bang for the buck.I give this filter 5 stars because it does exactly what I want it to do. I have not used the filter in the wild yet. I have taken it out of the package to inspect the parts and make sure it is functional. Great quality control and the filter is a solid little device. The pump works fine and the customer service has responded after I requested to receive their lifetime warranty to make sure all my needs are met. I have no doubt that they’ll honor their lifetime warranty on their product and help me if there are any problems with the device.I hope this company gets plenty of customers buying their filters so that they can stay in business and provide products for anyone looking for a reliable filter to get fresh water whether for emergencies or recreation. It’s a brilliant piece of equipment and I am extremely relieved to have one in my storage for emergency use and the occasional camping trip. I can’t imagine why anyone in the tropical storm regions wouldn’t buy one for a backup at the very least. It is very comforting to have something that will keep my family and I hydrated if all other clean water sources fail.I will update this review when I have a chance to use the product.

Great Filter definitely worth a buy
EDIT: This review has been updated to address my concerns about the listed weight. Previously it was stated the filter was 8 oz. However my own measurements were around 12-13 oz. After posting my initial review I see the manufacturer has now updated their website to list the current version at 12.8 oz, so I am giving this filter 5 stars!The filter seems to work fine – I’ve tested it on multiple occasions and it does what it is supposed to do.I do have one gripe, but this hasn’t actually been an issue yet – the pre-filter isn’t really a pre-filter per-se… It is a 0.1 hollow fiber filter (similar to a Sawyer or BeFree) that then goes into a carbon filter and then another finer 0.01 hollow fiber filter. That means if your water isn’t pristine, the hollow fibers of the “pre-filter” might get clogged up with gunk just like a Sawyer would. However, I have not yet experienced this problem yet; I am just basing this on my own experiences with identical 0.1 hollow membrane type filters – they all do this. The solution of course is to place a coffee filter or bandana rubber banded around the pre-filter before you pop it in the stream, lake, stock pond whatever. This is just my opinion, but a real pre-filter would have a removable and user cleanable fine-mesh protecting the hollow-fiber element that goes directly into the water in order to protect clogging. See MSR Trailshot or MSR Guardian for what a mesh pre-filter looks like; the purpose of them is to keep silt and other large debris out of the hollow-fibers. Again, easily remedied with a coffee filter here for a fraction of the price of a Guardian.Anyway, I have put this thing into a couple nasty pools of water – one was chock full of algae. The other one was from a spring that was piped into a nasty rusty bucket full of mud and other debris. I was able to get reasonably clear, decent tasting water both times and this is a huge morale and confidence boost on long distance hikes. I have previously filtered from the same algae ridden source with an MSR Trailshot, and the water was still kind of green and tasted foul. Not so with the survivor filter – from the same source there was still a tinge of green to the water but it tasted totally fine. I say if you are concerned with the lightest weight possible, then this filter may not be for you – it weighs 12.8 oz. But if you are sick and tired of smelly green water from nasty sources that, while technically are safe to drink after filtering with a 2oz Sawyer, and want your filtered water to actually taste, smell and look pretty close to tap water, then I would wholeheartedly recommend this filter.

I have owned and used a number of different filters from various manufacturers including Katadyn, Sawyer, and General Ecology and this beats them all in the important (to me) features, firstly the filtration size is one of the smallest on the market and with three stages of filtration this gives peace of mind in use it’s small, lightweight but sturdy with a comparable flow rate to the Katadyn Vario but at half the size and weight, There is nice attention to detail with this unit the clip for the inlet hose has one large ‘tooth’ that provided a secure hold on a threaded water bottle neck and a hydration bladder, it also has a protective sleeve that doubles as a cup and when fitted for travel would give storage room for a few small survival essentials (purification tablets, waterproof matches and some tea bags)The other benefit of this unit is each filter can be field serviced (to a degree) and replaced independently if needed, the new filters for my Katadyn are £45 that is the same price as the set of three for this unit but as you would normally only replace 1 of the 3 at a time then the upkeep of this unit is less painful for the pocket.I used this filter on reservoir water during heavy rain so it was exceptionally cloudy with silt but the water came out clear and sweet.I can also rate this companies after sales support as during a recent cold spell I was negligent with the filter and it froze solid, as this is something that is warned against in the instructions in every filter I have owned (water expands on freezing damaging the filters from within) I contacted the email address supplied with the product to ask if I should replace the whole unit or just the filters, I had a response the same day that I would only need to replace filters and that they would give me a discount and even provided three Amazon links for the correct filters.Amazing product even better customer care, buy it you won’t regret it

Small and light, it works fantastic. The filtration level is very reassuring and it really does filter regular water found in nature to safe drinking water. The first few few times rendered a very slight “plastic” taste. One could assume this is from some left over off-gassing of plastics, or perhaps a preservative film that degrades over use to maintain plastic integrity during initial uses during the first portion of the product’s lifetime. Again, this is assumed, not confirmed, but it would make sense. Either way, it works great, as intended, can be trusted.Filling up 1L nalgene took a few minutes. Nice and gentle pumping is needed, this is not a bicycle pump. It would’ve been nicer to have the handle and pumping rod to be made of some type of metal or have metal as part of it for peace of mind. The bag works good for storing it all, and it’s like a type of mesh so it can be put away quickly in the bag and still sort of “breathe” and dry out a little.