Originally Posted By BarryP


“I tend not to invest in things that result in people coming to me for help when the item fails on the trail.”

These are old steripens that have now been improved for years --- if bought at a legitimate store. The buttons are easy to push.
Also, people fail to read directions. The most common error is people push the button when the steripen is IN the water. The button is to be pushed BEFORE water insertion.



Uh, no. Those are recently purchased ones. I'm not alone in my bias, either, and pretty much done with 'em. About half the folks I've talked to (hiking groups total in the hundreds) who have tried them returned them and got filters due to failure.
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