@@sayunasoulmesseng839 I highly doubt it, he even said it’s one of his most requested videos which makes sense due to the nature of the channel. But also biased opinions can still be the true opinion 🤷🏻♂️
@@GodVanisher I mean, this video isn't an opinion piece. not sure how filtering water through a straw and then looking at it under a microscope can be opinionated.
I have a Lifestraw and a Sawyer system, and every time I use them, it always crosses my mind about just how well they actually work. Thank you for this scientific view on it
@@jtoker9758, that's not what the Life Straw is designed for. It is for situations where you have no clean drinking water and nothing to heat it with. It really is an emergency back-up device for hikers, campers, etc. I have read that the Life Straw has been given to, and used by, some people in Africa who have no clean source of drinking water. Now that is a wonderful initiative.
I've used a similar product to drink gross stagnant water that was a darker brown color. I was a little nervous drinking it but it came out perfectly clear and had no taste. I survived off that water a couple days and never got sick. These filters are amazing.
I was afraid the filtered water would still have a lot of disgusting stuff left and you'd never want to use these filters, but this is actually quite impressive.
@Mr S he's the worst sponsor on earth then 😂 try it yourself been using one for camping for years. You really can drink out of a nasty creek with this thing
@@did_I_hurt_your_fee_fees TH-cam is very obviously changing the algorithm to push shorter videos, maybe to compete with that Chinese app, but anyway, most content creators will catch up to this and those drawn out videos will soon stop being a thing.
I own a few lifestraws for emergency and although having done a little bit of checking in the past this visually demonstrated that I can trust them. Excellent vid, concise and to the point.
When I was young, whenever my mom would ask what I would like to receive for my birthday, I would say I want a microscope - a good microscope to see the kind of stuff this channel is posting. I was never given one, because we didn't have enough money for it (poor mom, she must be sad that she couldn't buy me one 😢). Until I just gave up on it. So watching the videos here makes me so happy! I feel excited everytime!
now when ur older u can help ur mom and pay for her massage or spa or hairsalon.... show her u apriciate her sacrifise and hard work.... its not easy raising kids in poverty.
Microscope, telescope, and chemistry set. I hounded my mom for years, my dad said no, but eventually mom won. We were poor but my mom understood the importance of learning. I’ll never forget my mom’s response when I showed her the rings of Saturn! Never stifle a child’s curiosity. The future rewards far outweigh the initial investment.
good to know life straws no gimmick, that it actually works to the point of filtering everything 100%, I agree, that bit of debris was more than likely from the pump itself, but I consider the test a success.
Yeah, but those detectable debris is probably far less than one you get from your tap water so it won't be a problem at most for a long time or won't be a problem at all.
I’ve used my lifestraw a couple of times. It’s truly an amazing bit of kit. I have a larger one for camping that has a pump on it that we use for dog water and cooking.
What you need for extracting liquids without contamination is a peristaltic pump. It's basically just a straight tube from end to end, nothing ever touches the liquid in the tube. The pump pinches the tube with rollers, which transfers liquid without physically touching it. They're used in medical applications and they can very accurately dispense a defined amount of liquid down to fractions of milliliters.
It’s used for kidney dialysis ect. An different things in the hospital setting. Them pumps are also used for corrosive liquids since it don’t enter any working parts.
This, also because you can just change the tube the pump could in theory last forever without becoming contaminated through different types of experiments.
@@whendoesitend - You wouldn't be able to see a virus under a light microscope. BUT a virus generally exists inside living cells, and those you can see. No cells = high probability of no virus.
i live in ottawa canada, and when i was made homeless for 5+ years i used the lifestraw in the forest to drink the ravine water. i never got sick . i'm glad to see this product holds up. thank you lifestraw and thank you for the video
@Chaoswraith did some quick crude math. But at 8 cups of water a day, which is the high side of what a person needs. If every sip of water a person drank was through the life straw and it is actually good to 1000 gallons. Then it should last just over 5 years.
None of the usual TH-camr drivel and antics to pad video length and viewership. Just to the point. Highly respectful of my time and my intelligence. Instant Subscribe. Great job.
Only thing I'd have done differently was to cycle clean potable water through first, as a control to see what was in the water - the debris. Then try the unclean water. Either way, this shows that the product works. I considered one myself some years ago, but went for Water-To-Go bottles and filters!
I was thinking the same thing: run De-ionized water through the straw/pump to flush them both first, then test the sample. Either way it's still very impressive.
I think establishing a control of running clean water through the pump and straw first and sampling both would've been a nice way to test and flush out any particles from a brand new pump and straw
I think it would be cool to see the bacteria that grows and lands on a toothbrush that is just sitting in a bathroom. Maybe have a control, one that’s in a case, one in a medicine cabinet and one that’s open in a glass or holder on the bathroom sink in the open air…….. thanks! Great video!
Fun fact, fecal matter from your toilet will be found on literally every surface in your house, regardless if you put the lid down or not. Putting the lid down just increases the velocity that the particles spray out at, similar to putting your thumb over a hose. Every single object you ever touch very likely has fecal matter on it.
That would be interesting! Especially compared to a Norwex toothbrush with their silver head attachment. They claim to remove 99.9% bacteria using just water because of the silver. I'd really love to see that!
Thank You for doing this. I own several of these and it's good to know they actually work as advertised. The lives of many people might depend on this in an emergency. Again Thank You.
Thankyou. Being a wild camper with a straw for backup, I always wondered if it was really that safe. Now I know and would like to point out that if I had occasion to have to use it - I would start with running river or stream . Great video man..
Your final comments RE: debris has me curious, so - lifestraw, vacuum tubing, collection container with two ports in the lid, second port connected also via vacuum tubing to a vacuum pump. Before connecting the lifestraw, sanitize the rig and run some purified water through the rig to pull as much debris out as possible before your sample collection run. Then nearly immediately connect the lifestraw, run the vacuum pump for however long and drain the samples. No risk of contaminating the pump so long as the sample container is large enough, but also able to utilize lab-grade materials in the spots where it matters and properly clean them pre-sample.
I have a phase contrast microscope and love using it. It allows one to view living microorganisms in the process of eating, growing, dividing, etc. without adding stains or having to otherwise process the sample. I was in charge of ensuring the biological water safety aboard a Ship for a few years and would regularly assay water samples for bacteria and chemical contamination. So this video sort of resonated with my past experiences. Thanks for sharing.
Thankyou for producing this video . I have two Lifestraws in survival kits and you satisfied my curiosity about their effectiveness . Greetings from the frozen fringe of civilization in northern Canada .
my friend gave me a life straw like 2 years ago... havent used it yet. was hoping my next convo starter with him after seeing this vid would be "so i think you tried to kill me" xD
@@LKRBooks Would be interesting to see how well it works after more than just one use. Personally, I wouldn't trust a filter and would boil the water afterwards if I could.
Definitely my favorite hiking/camping water bottle ever. Had one for years and always tell people about it. Would be cool to test multiple bottles and other products too.
This is probably the best, most well constructed and narrated educational video I've ever seen on TH-cam. No wasted time. Concise and straight to the point. Have a like.
Pretty cool, thanks. Another suggestion is if you could somehow get samples of tap water from various countries to check that out. Another idea is seeing if laundry sanitizers actually work.
Something I wondered about laundry sanitizers is less about whether they work directly than about whether they're necessary in the context in which they're used. Sure, they probably kill a lot of stuff in the wash itself, but is it anything that would survive the rest of the laundry cycle (eg drying, storage, etc.) in meaningful populations? By the time you go to use an item that's been washed with laundry sanitizer, is it effectively any less infectious than the same item washed without sanitizer? It definitely feels like the old marketing ploy of having a "solution" in search of a "problem", so to speak. If there were significant amounts of infection from laundry (outside very specific special circumstances, of course), I think we'd be hearing about it from public-health officials, not detergent hucksters.
Thank you, appreciate it! You would probably get pretty sick depending on how much you drank and how good your immune system is. Lots of different strains of bacteria in there! Most water you'll find in nature won't be this gross. I controlled this water to grow as much bacteria and microbes as possible. Probably wouldn't die, but wouldn't say it's impossible. It's best to filter it just in case! Plus, before being filtered, it smelled awful, so I'd imagine it would be tough to even get down unless you were dying of thirst lol
@@CloseIntel I think it would be cool to filter it once then clean jar and do it again to see if the bacteria can travel up the straw after collecting the filtered stuff once great video man
Thank you very very much for doing this. I have often wondered just how effective those life straws are. I think I'll probably still boil after filtering, but I'm a little neurotic about that kind of stuff. There are several variants of those Life Straw filter sort of things. I would love to see any of the others tested.
Thank you for doing these tests! I hear Sawyer straws are even better than the LifeStraws. I'd like to see Berkey Filters and compatible Berkey Filters. I recently purchased some from AquaCrest to build my own water filtration system for the near future.
One thing in common I found with most of these filters, they all filter out bacteria to near perfection, but not viruses. For people used to drinking treated water from big cities, the virus the filters missed can make you sick, unless the water are further treated. But it is a lot better than no treatment. The best way to treat filtered water in a survival situation would be to leave it in a copper vase for 1/2 a day, or add more copper wires or silver into it for shorter wait time.
A chlorine dioxide tablet will kill viruses and everything else leaving the filtered water as pure as possible, as does pasteurization. Gear Skeptic does an excellent series of videos on backpacking water purification and pasteurization. He uses factual scientific evidence to form conclusions. Well worth your time.
The filter never becomes less effective it just gets clogged over time, when you can no longer suck water through it you toss it out and grab a new one.
@@thomasbh5223 Guessing, but I think the idea is that the sign of the filtering becoming ineffective has been engineered to also make using the straw to suck-up unfiltered water impossible. Very smart! Basically makes it as hard as possible for the end-user to use the product incorrectly.
You're supposed to clean it out using a water syringe they give you after using for really dirty water. But for flowing stream, river etc just a quick rinse is fine. It will filter many gallons of water.
Do you have any information anywhere as to your imagery capturing set up. I am a photographer and have a potential job photographing a microscopic subject. Not sure the equipment being used but the place is a commercial ingredient lab. I have done some research but your video images are awesome. Thank you!
That is quite interesting. I never got sick using a filter in the field but I always wondered how well they truly work. I once used the Soldier water filter on some green putrid pond in the heat of summer. We had to. It was yellow and had a taste. But we did not get sick.
I own one and the empirical confirmation this video provided may end up saving my life if im ever on the fence in a critical a or b scenario. But im still eager to know how it performs over time & repeated use. Seeing these kinds of results is a far more compelling form of data than manufacturers estimated duty cycle specs.
THANK YOU! I’m in the military and my level of survival training is higher than the average soldier but I was never sure if getting the life straw was worthwhile or not. Now I know it would be a real life saver, it will definitely be worth buying and sticking into my go-bag.
Try adding a control to confirm the source of your contamination: check some potable tap or bottled water under the microscope, then draw that clean water through the lifestraw using the pump. That will confirm whether the contamination came from the pump.
Thanks for taking the time to verify how well Life straw works. I recently purchased one for my emergency go bag / bugout bag. To see someone do an independent testing like this was extremely helpful. Again thanks for your time and efforts. Sincerely CWO SHOOK U.S. Army Ret.
Living in an area that is hit by hurricanes fairly often I have like 10 of these just in case. They are super cheap and apparently worth the investment. Great video.
Wowvman, well done! My wife and I have 2 of these in our vehicles and I've wondered just how well they do. You just answered that question in a big way. Liked and subbed!
there is a reason our gut biome is separated into "good" and "bad". you would rather have your insides loaded with the good symbiotic ones so if bad bacterias somehow made it, it still needs to compete with the good bacterias before doing damage to you.
@@clou09 There's a lot of parallels here with the modern, holistic approach to pest control in agriculture, called "Integrated Pest Management" or IPM. One proactive approach is to ensure that possible niches in a given ecosystem that could support a pest population are seeded with benign or even beneficial competitors to the pests. Such populations can be established and supported at surprisingly-low cost, and work without the many harmful effects on the ecosystems of healthy soil that often come with harsher chemical methods, which are reserved for more dire situations. Also a number of parallels to the analysis of historical geopolitics ("Art of War" kinda stuff). It's like how much of the north coast of France was ceded to the Vikings who then became the Normans; doing so incorporated the Normans into the existing power structure, and also created a buffer for the rest of France. Thereafter, any Vikings raiding the north coast were met with other Vikings who were intimately familiar with their tactics and not at all happy to see them. A invasion of pathogens looks a lot like a military invasion; for example, the invader needs to establish a viable beachhead before a wider assault can be launched.
Awesome! I just bought a 6 pak of lifestraws and wondered if they really work. Great to know and obviously the water would preferably be taken from a stream so no doubt now thanks again
God, I remember the Lifestraw being advertised as a new thing coming up when reading the Scholastic Magazine in 2004. My classmates and I all thought it would never materialize.
You my friend are a genius I'm going over to your channel to look at all your different crap cuz man it's just straighten to the point I absolutely love it
Great idea with the pump, excellent way to increase the amount of filtered water. I actually have both pieces of equipment and it is great to know this.
I bought this a few years ago. Some of my friends said that I was nuts for believing that it does what it claims. To be honest, I was starting to doubt myself! Thanks for the video!!!
Thanks man I have a couple of life straws, I've never used them, but I always wanted to know what the water looked like under a microscope. And now I know. I'd drink it, in an emergency (which is what I bought the lifestraws for). The only problem I can see, is that some places (cough Amazon cough) sell fake ones too. I would like to see a test this vs reverse osmosis next.
Happy to hear Lifestraw works well. That said, *it doesn’t filter out viruses, so we don’t use this brand. We use Katadyn & Grayl filtration systems. *Except, reportedly, Lifestraw Max & Ultrafilters
The lifestraw directions specifically say to look for clear or running water and not stagnant water like what you used, but glad to know it it still worked.
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That's incredible!
Way better than any ad I've seen for Lifestraw that's for sure
Can alsobe biased.
@@sayunasoulmesseng839 I highly doubt it, he even said it’s one of his most requested videos which makes sense due to the nature of the channel. But also biased opinions can still be the true opinion 🤷🏻♂️
any _other_ ad*
@@BigpapamoneymanMVPtypebeatThere are no “true” opinions.
@@GodVanisher I mean, this video isn't an opinion piece. not sure how filtering water through a straw and then looking at it under a microscope can be opinionated.
I think it’d be cool to see what unfiltered ocean water looks like. Also that life straw works incredibly well.
That's an amazing idea... who's knows what's in our oceans now , after so many oil spills
I'm not sure where he lives but I live in Jacksonville Florida and could totally send him some! 😁
@@DesiD1989 That’d be really cool!
Lifestraw doesn't Filter Salt, i.e Minerals, as they are too small and would pass through, same goes for Viruses
Yep
I have a Lifestraw and a Sawyer system, and every time I use them, it always crosses my mind about just how well they actually work. Thank you for this scientific view on it
How many gallons are these good for?
@@kevinloiselle9048 Generally somewhere in the thousands, *with* proper maintenance and prep
how do you clean and maintain them?
You really should use the life straw or Sawyer to get the clean water, and then boil it to drank.
@@jtoker9758, that's not what the Life Straw is designed for. It is for situations where you have no clean drinking water and nothing to heat it with.
It really is an emergency back-up device for hikers, campers, etc.
I have read that the Life Straw has been given to, and used by, some people in Africa who have no clean source of drinking water. Now that is a wonderful initiative.
I've used a similar product to drink gross stagnant water that was a darker brown color. I was a little nervous drinking it but it came out perfectly clear and had no taste. I survived off that water a couple days and never got sick. These filters are amazing.
the fact that a 17$ small filter works better than some big filtration kits that sell a few folds more expensive is astounding.
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I was afraid the filtered water would still have a lot of disgusting stuff left and you'd never want to use these filters, but this is actually quite impressive.
I’d still boil the water first, if at all possible!
I dont think its intended for restraunts and designer drinking....more like emergency survival situations. Still very impressive
I wonder how many times (or gallons) you could filter before the filter starts clogging or allows bacteria to pass thru? 🤔
@@zeebest1004 When in doubt, boil that shi
And not in plastic either please. Metal is the best way to go
@@BST-lm4po I belive it's about 100L or 26,4 US gallons.
Lifestraw needs to pay you for this as an advertisement for their product. That was amazing.
Something tells me they already did.
@@Ragnarrage if they did, he would tell us in the video and deecription for viewers to purchase them. At least that's how sponsors work
@Mr S he's the worst sponsor on earth then 😂 try it yourself been using one for camping for years. You really can drink out of a nasty creek with this thing
not really nothing new was demonstrated here
@@ronweasly778 There's a link for it in the description, which really makes the video lose all credibility.
this guy is a real youtuber, short and to the point, he keeps my sub forever now
Yes! And no promoting NordVPN or Skillshare!
I don’t subscribe to things but the fact he keeps it short and to the point means he would be my first 😅
@@tokensmusic Why not?
I know right. Most people would have made this a 10 minute video and just talked and talked to talked and talked about nothing important
@@did_I_hurt_your_fee_fees TH-cam is very obviously changing the algorithm to push shorter videos, maybe to compete with that Chinese app, but anyway, most content creators will catch up to this and those drawn out videos will soon stop being a thing.
I own a few lifestraws for emergency and although having done a little bit of checking in the past this visually demonstrated that I can trust them. Excellent vid, concise and to the point.
When I was young, whenever my mom would ask what I would like to receive for my birthday, I would say I want a microscope - a good microscope to see the kind of stuff this channel is posting. I was never given one, because we didn't have enough money for it (poor mom, she must be sad that she couldn't buy me one 😢). Until I just gave up on it.
So watching the videos here makes me so happy! I feel excited everytime!
Aww 😔❤️
Why don't you just buy yourself a microscope?
They are not the expensive now. Buy one.
now when ur older u can help ur mom and pay for her massage or spa or hairsalon.... show her u apriciate her sacrifise and hard work.... its not easy raising kids in poverty.
Microscope, telescope, and chemistry set. I hounded my mom for years, my dad said no, but eventually mom won. We were poor but my mom understood the importance of learning. I’ll never forget my mom’s response when I showed her the rings of Saturn! Never stifle a child’s curiosity. The future rewards far outweigh the initial investment.
good to know life straws no gimmick, that it actually works to the point of filtering everything 100%, I agree, that bit of debris was more than likely from the pump itself, but I consider the test a success.
It doesn't filter everything 100%. T he LifeStraw will not filter a virus, and a virus is too small to be seen in that microscope setup.
But, for how long or how many pumps
@@Livetoeat171 In the video when he shows the packaging you can see some stats on the packaging @0:13. Lifetime capacity is 4,000 L or 1,000 gallons.
@@Livetoeat171 maybe use it for only 3/4 of the usage recommended unless it's your only option and an emergency
Yeah, but those detectable debris is probably far less than one you get from your tap water so it won't be a problem at most for a long time or won't be a problem at all.
That’s fairly impressive. I was expecting good results but that was way better than what I thought it would be.
I’ve used my lifestraw a couple of times. It’s truly an amazing bit of kit. I have a larger one for camping that has a pump on it that we use for dog water and cooking.
That's what I thought. That thing does exactly what they say it does.
@@Katalinmason you use it for your dog's water? Isn't that quite unnecessary as they seem to eat and drink what they get their paws on?
@@ano_nym Dogs can get sick just like humans. Animals shouldn't drink stagnant water either.
@@thespankmyfrank How dare for you to not feed your dog the worst possible swamp water you can get your hands on, absolutely disgusting
Thank you for making this video to the point and not dragging it out for 10 minutes!! I loved it!
Thank you for being to the point and easy to understand. Some channels would drag this out to 20-30 minutes.
What you need for extracting liquids without contamination is a peristaltic pump. It's basically just a straight tube from end to end, nothing ever touches the liquid in the tube. The pump pinches the tube with rollers, which transfers liquid without physically touching it. They're used in medical applications and they can very accurately dispense a defined amount of liquid down to fractions of milliliters.
It’s used for kidney dialysis ect. An different things in the hospital setting.
Them pumps are also used for corrosive liquids since it don’t enter any working parts.
@@AquaTech225 Exactly. They're relatively easy to make or buy online.
This, also because you can just change the tube the pump could in theory last forever without becoming contaminated through different types of experiments.
Tube goes into jar, second tube comes from top and you have a normal pump that removes the air, thus pulling the liquid into it.
@@gblargg That's a very good idea, and cheap. You could also invert the system and pump air into the sealed liquid container, thus pushing liquid out.
Lifestraw filters up to 0.2 microns, the Sawer Squeeze can filter down to 0.1 microns, you should give the Sawyer series a Test! 😊👍
Wouldn't make any difference. Viruses measure between .005 to .3 microns. None of them are safe for making surface water safe to drink.
Just in case you want to filter out medium sized proteins and long DNA strands? That's kinda insane.
@@Pho7on and fun
That test won't be any better than this one. He will need a better lens.
@@whendoesitend - You wouldn't be able to see a virus under a light microscope. BUT a virus generally exists inside living cells, and those you can see. No cells = high probability of no virus.
i live in ottawa canada, and when i was made homeless for 5+ years i used the lifestraw in the forest to drink the ravine water. i never got sick . i'm glad to see this product holds up. thank you lifestraw and thank you for the video
Wait.. It really works for FIVE YEARS? How is this possible?
@@parakismu each straws filter is good for about 1000 gallons, but he most likely replaced his at some point
@Chaoswraith did some quick crude math. But at 8 cups of water a day, which is the high side of what a person needs. If every sip of water a person drank was through the life straw and it is actually good to 1000 gallons. Then it should last just over 5 years.
Homeless in Ottawa sounds like a euphemism for being in hell.
Thanks for the real life feedback.
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I concur
None of the usual TH-camr drivel and antics to pad video length and viewership. Just to the point. Highly respectful of my time and my intelligence. Instant Subscribe. Great job.
Only thing I'd have done differently was to cycle clean potable water through first, as a control to see what was in the water - the debris. Then try the unclean water. Either way, this shows that the product works. I considered one myself some years ago, but went for Water-To-Go bottles and filters!
I was thinking the same thing: run De-ionized water through the straw/pump to flush them both first, then test the sample. Either way it's still very impressive.
I think establishing a control of running clean water through the pump and straw first and sampling both would've been a nice way to test and flush out any particles from a brand new pump and straw
Thank you for doing this. We never know how good a product really is without independent testing such as this.
I think it would be cool to see the bacteria that grows and lands on a toothbrush that is just sitting in a bathroom. Maybe have a control, one that’s in a case, one in a medicine cabinet and one that’s open in a glass or holder on the bathroom sink in the open air…….. thanks! Great video!
Mythbusters did this , although I admit, they didn't actually SHOW the stuff under the microscope.
Fun fact, fecal matter from your toilet will be found on literally every surface in your house, regardless if you put the lid down or not. Putting the lid down just increases the velocity that the particles spray out at, similar to putting your thumb over a hose. Every single object you ever touch very likely has fecal matter on it.
That would be interesting! Especially compared to a Norwex toothbrush with their silver head attachment. They claim to remove 99.9% bacteria using just water because of the silver. I'd really love to see that!
i dont keep my brush in the bathroom.
also you see the vids of the MIST that comes up into the air everytime you flush
@@JS-rv3et damn you just destroyed my day with facts
The Lifestraw worked far better than I thought.
Impressive product.
Thank You for doing this. I own several of these and it's good to know they actually work as advertised. The lives of many people might depend on this in an emergency. Again Thank You.
Thankyou.
Being a wild camper with a straw for backup, I always wondered if it was really that safe.
Now I know and would like to point out that if I had occasion to have to use it - I would start with running river or stream .
Great video man..
Your final comments RE: debris has me curious, so - lifestraw, vacuum tubing, collection container with two ports in the lid, second port connected also via vacuum tubing to a vacuum pump. Before connecting the lifestraw, sanitize the rig and run some purified water through the rig to pull as much debris out as possible before your sample collection run. Then nearly immediately connect the lifestraw, run the vacuum pump for however long and drain the samples. No risk of contaminating the pump so long as the sample container is large enough, but also able to utilize lab-grade materials in the spots where it matters and properly clean them pre-sample.
Lol calling that a rig. I like it
I would have also liked to see this level of care just to see if it is truly from the straw or the pump.
I have a phase contrast microscope and love using it. It allows one to view living microorganisms in the process of eating, growing, dividing, etc. without adding stains or having to otherwise process the sample. I was in charge of ensuring the biological water safety aboard a Ship for a few years and would regularly assay water samples for bacteria and chemical contamination. So this video sort of resonated with my past experiences. Thanks for sharing.
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> phase contrast microscope
Are you a fan of Bechamp?
Thats a cool job
Thankyou for producing this video . I have two Lifestraws in survival kits and you satisfied my curiosity about their effectiveness . Greetings from the frozen fringe of civilization in northern Canada .
This is the best advertisement for life straw that could ever exist
Seeing how a sawyer mini performs would be great. Also a UV pen thanks for this, I feel much more confident in these filters now!
I own a life straw... I'm scared to watch this video...
Edit after video: thank God
yeah, that first slide before he even showed the microscope shot was _horrifying_ 😨
my friend gave me a life straw like 2 years ago... havent used it yet.
was hoping my next convo starter with him after seeing this vid would be "so i think you tried to kill me" xD
@@LKRBooks Would be interesting to see how well it works after more than just one use. Personally, I wouldn't trust a filter and would boil the water afterwards if I could.
Definitely my favorite hiking/camping water bottle ever. Had one for years and always tell people about it.
Would be cool to test multiple bottles and other products too.
You are running a huge gamble. These filters cannot filter out a virus.
This is probably the best, most well constructed and narrated educational video I've ever seen on TH-cam.
No wasted time. Concise and straight to the point. Have a like.
"I have 3 different jars to test"
**Tests 1 jar and ends the video**
WOW! That was a very impressive tool.
I wonder how long the filter works?
Pretty cool, thanks. Another suggestion is if you could somehow get samples of tap water from various countries to check that out. Another idea is seeing if laundry sanitizers actually work.
Something I wondered about laundry sanitizers is less about whether they work directly than about whether they're necessary in the context in which they're used. Sure, they probably kill a lot of stuff in the wash itself, but is it anything that would survive the rest of the laundry cycle (eg drying, storage, etc.) in meaningful populations? By the time you go to use an item that's been washed with laundry sanitizer, is it effectively any less infectious than the same item washed without sanitizer?
It definitely feels like the old marketing ploy of having a "solution" in search of a "problem", so to speak. If there were significant amounts of infection from laundry (outside very specific special circumstances, of course), I think we'd be hearing about it from public-health officials, not detergent hucksters.
Great video, W for lifestraw. I have a question- do you think you would die if you drank that unfiltered pond water?
Thank you, appreciate it!
You would probably get pretty sick depending on how much you drank and how good your immune system is. Lots of different strains of bacteria in there!
Most water you'll find in nature won't be this gross. I controlled this water to grow as much bacteria and microbes as possible.
Probably wouldn't die, but wouldn't say it's impossible. It's best to filter it just in case!
Plus, before being filtered, it smelled awful, so I'd imagine it would be tough to even get down unless you were dying of thirst lol
@@CloseIntel I think it would be cool to filter it once then clean jar and do it again to see if the bacteria can travel up the straw after collecting the filtered stuff once great video man
Thank you very very much for doing this. I have often wondered just how effective those life straws are. I think I'll probably still boil after filtering, but I'm a little neurotic about that kind of stuff. There are several variants of those Life Straw filter sort of things. I would love to see any of the others tested.
Wow, I really didn't expect it to be this good.
Can you do plantain fermented in red wine? I drank some and it had a huge help on my digestive system,a teaspoon or tablespoon a day
Wow that’s awesome! Have u tested the Berkey filter yet?
I was considering to use lifestraw in the future but i had doubts about it. seeing this video helped alot to decide. thank you
Thank you for doing these tests!
I hear Sawyer straws are even better than the LifeStraws. I'd like to see Berkey Filters and compatible Berkey Filters. I recently purchased some from AquaCrest to build my own water filtration system for the near future.
One thing in common I found with most of these filters, they all filter out bacteria to near perfection, but not viruses. For people used to drinking treated water from big cities, the virus the filters missed can make you sick, unless the water are further treated. But it is a lot better than no treatment. The best way to treat filtered water in a survival situation would be to leave it in a copper vase for 1/2 a day, or add more copper wires or silver into it for shorter wait time.
Or give it a boil if you can.
Or treat it with Chlorine Dioxide tablets.
A chlorine dioxide tablet will kill viruses and everything else leaving the filtered water as pure as possible, as does pasteurization. Gear Skeptic does an excellent series of videos on backpacking water purification and pasteurization. He uses factual scientific evidence to form conclusions. Well worth your time.
I hope you realize just how much smaller viruses are... You need an osmotic based system to filter out those.
You cant get a virus this way 😂
thank you. i bought one of these as a 'better than nothing' option, but good to see it actually works pretty well.
I’d be interested to know how long it remains this effective. Are you supposed to buy new filters for it regularly?
It should be written on the box or on the technical page on a website selling it.
The filter never becomes less effective it just gets clogged over time, when you can no longer suck water through it you toss it out and grab a new one.
@@professorhubertj.farnswort7979 when the filter becomes clogged is it as effective at filtering?
@@thomasbh5223 Guessing, but I think the idea is that the sign of the filtering becoming ineffective has been engineered to also make using the straw to suck-up unfiltered water impossible. Very smart! Basically makes it as hard as possible for the end-user to use the product incorrectly.
You're supposed to clean it out using a water syringe they give you after using for really dirty water. But for flowing stream, river etc just a quick rinse is fine. It will filter many gallons of water.
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oh wow... i didn't think the life straw was that effective.
I found your channel by chance, and i can say its amazing.
Keep up the great content.
Thank you for getting right to the point and not jabbering on for 20 mins before actually getting to it. You earned my subscription for that
That is quite interesting. I never got sick using a filter in the field but I always wondered how well they truly work. I once used the Soldier water filter on some green putrid pond in the heat of summer. We had to. It was yellow and had a taste. But we did not get sick.
I own one and the empirical confirmation this video provided may end up saving my life if im ever on the fence in a critical a or b scenario. But im still eager to know how it performs over time & repeated use. Seeing these kinds of results is a far more compelling form of data than manufacturers estimated duty cycle specs.
THANK YOU! I’m in the military and my level of survival training is higher than the average soldier but I was never sure if getting the life straw was worthwhile or not. Now I know it would be a real life saver, it will definitely be worth buying and sticking into my go-bag.
Try adding a control to confirm the source of your contamination: check some potable tap or bottled water under the microscope, then draw that clean water through the lifestraw using the pump. That will confirm whether the contamination came from the pump.
Thanks for taking the time to verify how well Life straw works. I recently purchased one for my emergency go bag / bugout bag. To see someone do an independent testing like this was extremely helpful. Again thanks for your time and efforts.
Sincerely CWO SHOOK U.S. Army Ret.
Thank you for doing this video! I have Life Straws in my outdoors gear. It's nice to see if they really work. I'll call this a 'yep'!
Please do other survival straws and even water purification tablets, thank you! 🙏🏻
…what did you do to sterilize the pump you bought before running the filtered water through it???
Living in an area that is hit by hurricanes fairly often I have like 10 of these just in case. They are super cheap and apparently worth the investment. Great video.
Wow! The Life Straw worked far better than I thought it would.
Wowvman, well done! My wife and I have 2 of these in our vehicles and I've wondered just how well they do. You just answered that question in a big way. Liked and subbed!
Why does he sound like old school moist critical 😂
I thought my speakers died lmao, it's recorded in mono it seems.
The probiotic and fermented food videos are most useful - they changed my habits and choices around food. Thank you! More of these!
there is a reason our gut biome is separated into "good" and "bad". you would rather have your insides loaded with the good symbiotic ones so if bad bacterias somehow made it, it still needs to compete with the good bacterias before doing damage to you.
@@clou09 There's a lot of parallels here with the modern, holistic approach to pest control in agriculture, called "Integrated Pest Management" or IPM. One proactive approach is to ensure that possible niches in a given ecosystem that could support a pest population are seeded with benign or even beneficial competitors to the pests. Such populations can be established and supported at surprisingly-low cost, and work without the many harmful effects on the ecosystems of healthy soil that often come with harsher chemical methods, which are reserved for more dire situations.
Also a number of parallels to the analysis of historical geopolitics ("Art of War" kinda stuff). It's like how much of the north coast of France was ceded to the Vikings who then became the Normans; doing so incorporated the Normans into the existing power structure, and also created a buffer for the rest of France. Thereafter, any Vikings raiding the north coast were met with other Vikings who were intimately familiar with their tactics and not at all happy to see them.
A invasion of pathogens looks a lot like a military invasion; for example, the invader needs to establish a viable beachhead before a wider assault can be launched.
The monotone really sells it in a good way
This video was clear, consice, and straight to the point. Upvoted and subscribed.
Thanks for the lifestraw video I picked one up at a garage sale a prepper had, and gave it to my grandson an avid hiker.
I would love to see the effect of a simple home made filter with charcoal, sand and sphagnum moss, which is often recomended by outdoor entusiasts.
Wow... Subscribed!
Your kind of videos are my jam! Simple, Short, & Concise yet delivers a lot of information. 👏
Thank you!! 🤍
I will now be confident in buying a Lifestraw... that was amazing...
I feel like the pump sucked the water too strongly for it to allow the water to be filleted a little better.
Thanks for this video. I have a Lifestraw in my survival pack. Glad to know that it works this well.
The algorithm had this in my feed. I love the succinct and to-the-point video editing style you got there!
I don't think I could ever have been convinced to trust a lifestraw, but this kinda did it for me. I can't believe how well it works.
I bought a couple but havent had to use them. This puts my mind at ease.
You should test the Sawyer filters. They actually distribute their water filters in 3rd world countries and are an amazing company.
Wow. Lifestraws look like a good backup filter. Thank you for showing the results.
well. this should have been a lifestraw ad. to the point and got it delivered. nice job
Thank you. I was actually looking for a scientific test like this.
Awesome! I just bought a 6 pak of lifestraws and wondered if they really work. Great to know and obviously the water would preferably be taken from a stream so no doubt now thanks again
People like you are genuine heroes. Thank you.
I bought one over 5 yrs ago to have for emergencies!! Now I have a Berkey filter for my daily use. Still keep the straw for emergencies!
Awesome - I bought some of these on faith - so great to see how well they really work! Thanks
Damn! Glad to see my purchase of a Life Straw was not unjustified. That is awesome!
God, I remember the Lifestraw being advertised as a new thing coming up when reading the Scholastic Magazine in 2004. My classmates and I all thought it would never materialize.
You my friend are a genius I'm going over to your channel to look at all your different crap cuz man it's just straighten to the point I absolutely love it
Short, interesting, definitive results, and pertains to something I own. Great video!
Awesome. I have a life straw knew it had some quality filtration but didn't know it was this good!
Would be nice to see if the filter performance degrades after using it several time.
Great idea with the pump, excellent way to increase the amount of filtered water. I actually have both pieces of equipment and it is great to know this.
That's amazing. Good to see it actually works as described.
I bought this a few years ago. Some of my friends said that I was nuts for believing that it does what it claims. To be honest, I was starting to doubt myself! Thanks for the video!!!
Nice, I have a couple life straws in my big out bag! Good to know that it works that well, thx for sharing!
Thanks.. I'll be getting one
Thanks for the test. It seems pretty definitive and I have a few Lifestraws for emergencies.
Thanks man I have a couple of life straws, I've never used them, but I always wanted to know what the water looked like under a microscope. And now I know. I'd drink it, in an emergency (which is what I bought the lifestraws for). The only problem I can see, is that some places (cough Amazon cough) sell fake ones too. I would like to see a test this vs reverse osmosis next.
Wow, that was impressive. It was also quite helpful. Thanks for the vid!
Thanks for making this. I have a lifestraw and this same brand fuel pump, so this is good to know.
Wow! I have that straw too! Always wondered if it will actually work in an emergency situation, thank you for this!
These Life Straws get the Bugs out in your big out kit. Great gift for people you love
Happy to hear Lifestraw works well. That said, *it doesn’t filter out viruses, so we don’t use this brand. We use Katadyn & Grayl filtration systems.
*Except, reportedly, Lifestraw Max & Ultrafilters
The lifestraw directions specifically say to look for clear or running water and not stagnant water like what you used, but glad to know it it still worked.