[pct-l] Journey Steri Pen

[Charles W. Davidson]

Hi Gang,
                Well I sent my non working Journey Steri Pen back to 
Nitro-Pak,com for refund. They said they will even repay my postage if 
they determine it is defective....  I was hoping that they would offer 
to rush me another Steri-pen but since they didn't I drove to REI in 
Greensboro, NC only 56 miles away. I got to compare the three types and 
I chose the Classic model that uses 4  AA batteries. This model does 
twice as much water on a set of batteries. The whole thing in its Velcro 
pouch weighs 6.5 oz with Lithium Batteries in place. Aquamara weighs 3.2 
oz for reference. I left the Steri pen in the freezer all night and it 
worked fine this morning. Sunday I will head out for a week backpacking 
trip with Linda. I will do a lot of purifying water on this trip. This 
is the same water that I have been drinking un purified for the last 36 
year. LOL I like electronic gadgets.  REI gave me my 20% members one 
item discount and I used up my rebate too.

ps keep your nasty filter out of my drinking water

Chase

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>         My Journey steripen wouldn't work first night out. I have only used 
>     it testing maybe 6 liters and 3 pints. I didn't carry extra batteries 
>     cause I was only out for 4 days and it is supposed to do approx 50 L on 
>     a set of batteries. First night it was 14* low. These lithium batteries 
>     are not supposed to be affected by cold. I played with it the second 
>     night with a low of 34* and it would only come on a few seconds and 
>     would not even go to the pint setting of two button pushes. The third 
>     night at Fulhardt Knob shelter with the cistern and green water 
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> <SNIP>
Notice how I only included a little of the original email and not the 
whole blame digest.....

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