LifeStrawGo Series — Insulated Stainless Steel Water Filter Bottle for Travel and Everyday Use Removes Bacteria, Parasites and Microplastics, Improves Taste, 1L Aegan Sea

This has been a life saver. I drink a lot of water. I hate buying bottled water, it's not good for the environment, it gets expensive... I have tried different filters and different ways to filter my water and couldn't find something that worked, that tasted good. Most of the time the water left my stomach feeling horrible.BUT -- This one does the trick! I live in LA and if you know about the water quality here you know that you DO NOT DRINK THE TAP WATER. But now, I DO - with the Lifestraw.Highly recommend. It will pay for itself many times over.The *only* downside is that you can't really put anything else in the water (electrolytes). So I just take them in tablet form instead and that does the trick.Also my husband has purchased like three of these and keeps repurchasing the filters, etc.

Let's start with the reasons why you shouldn't:It's too heavy for serious hikingIt's filter works great for filtering out all of the stuff you shouldn't have in clean drinking waterAnd it doesn't filter out any of the things tap water drinkers are concerned about. So who is this filter bottle for?At first glance it just seems like another gimmicky product, but let's dive deeper.There's a saying in photography that the best camera is the one you have with you. The same is true of water bottles. Emergencies can strike at any time, and our ability to go without water is limited to 3ish days. Even getting mildly dehydrated can slow reaction time and decision making.This bottle is great for people who want to guarantee that they can safely drink any water they can find. While it doesn't remove chemicals from water, if this is your daily driver for a water bottle, then if you should find yourself needing to drink from a sketchy fountain, pond, stream, river or puddle this is the bottle that will get you through it.Some examples I can think of: Your local water treatment plant has a sewage leak or bacterial contamination, or flood waters have contaminated your water supply. Heck a year ago a bunch of people got stuck on the I-95 for 27 hours, so you just never know.It's also a great bottle for people who travel to places with sketchy water.Overall it costs about as much as a regular stainless bottle but it lets you drink puddle water. It looks nice, and whole the carbon filter is not exceptionally large or exceptionally good at removing chemicals it will reduce chlorine and other chemicals somewhat. This is the only bottle I've ever had that didn't have an off taste and I've had stainless steel, plastic and glass. Even the glass bottle tasted like the silicone lid.The straw also prevents the consumption of microplastics. This is really great since all tap and bottled waters contain microplastics. I have had a friend test reverse osmosis water he filled into a glass bottle and it too had plastic contamination. While I wouldn't exactly buy this bottle due to the microplastics it's an added benefit.Concerns: the first thing I noticed when I opened up the straw is that the fibers are glued in place with an adhesive. A recent video on youtube by modern castle claims their water test revealed that the filter added dichloromethane to the water. I believe this may be from the adhesive holding the fibers in place. Modern Castle was testing a gravity fed version of the pitcher, in which case the adhesive side was submerged underwater. My guess is that it may be leaching in that scenario. Regardless, the measurement was 1.4ppb, which is well below the epa limit of 5ppb and below california's more stringent 4ppb.Lifestraw's customer service was light on the details regarding the ingredients or type of adhesive used, but competitor filter straws such as those made by Sawyer are constructed in a similar manner. The lifestraw go version has the glue at the top and it sits above the water line. While looking at it, it appears water may contact it but it is brief as it passes through to the carbon filter so I don't think this model of the lifestraw has much to worry about but I'd skip the fridge filter version of the lifestraw and just buy RO water.Finally I'm unsure of what the straw membrane are made of.It's definitely some sort of plastic, and I found news articles stating that lifestraw uses halogenated resins that have germicidal properties and I personally don't like the sound of any of that.**update** per lifestraw their current membranes do not contain germicidal properties. The material in the membrane is Polysulfone which is a rigid polymer that is stable and retains the pore size needed to filter particles out of the water. It also is resistant to degradation from high or low ph levels, and should not degrade or leach at the temperatures the fibers will be exposed to in the bottle.That being said, lifestraw didn't invent hollow fiber membrane filters, they're used in medical applications, food manufacturing, and municipal water treatment. The fibers are said to be food safe and non leaching and should only be dangerous if you light them on fire and inhale the fumes.

Gave to my girlfriend. We use these things everyday. I got some for my brother and parents too

I took this with me on a mission trip to rural Costa Rica... it was a life-saver. *Most* of the water in the more populated areas of Costa Rica is fine/ safe for consumption. But we were in some rural, impoverished areas where I wasn't sure what access to clean water I would have. I am *so glad* I got this LifeStraw filtration bottle... it was exactly what I needed and worked exactly as directed. Very duarable, easy to use, I did not notice any unusual taste or smell. I will be bringing this on many, many more trips. I debated on what size to get, but I'm very glad I opted for the larger 34 oz

I have wanted one of these for a while now. I go hiking, hunting and bike packing so it's nice to be able to have a means to filter water properly when in the backwoods.I was going to go with the grayl, but I decided to go with this since I'll be using it for mostly tap water and am not really concerned about pollution and viruses.I'm still going to get that grayl titanium 24oz though, that thing is sweet and the cup will go great with my trangia burner.But this lifestraw bottle is going to be my daily for out and about tap water and from clean streams. I'll be getting the grayl for when I'm unsure of water quality when I'm the deep woods and I think that'll be a good setup so I don't got to lug so much bottled water with me.The lifestraw bottle seems well made and I like the powder coat finish. Has a nice texture and a quality appearance. It's easy enough to draw the water up but the flow rate is fairly low but not bad. It's a sipper not a chugger. If you're thinking about picking one of these up, I'd recommend it. Especially if you browse for deals, certain colors, sizes, 2 packs etc might be on sale making it an even better bargain.So I definitely recommend getting

Love it! I had purchased a filtered water bottle a few weeks ago (different brand) and was not happy with it. Very difficult to drink/suck from, so I did some research on other brands and decided to give the LifeStraw bottle a chance. No regrets. I wish I had purchased this bottle in the first place! Very happy with my purchase.

Suction is terrible. I’m exhausted by the time I take three sips.

Color, and size are good. It is really convenient and saves money.