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PRIMITIVE SURVIVORS Survival Filtration Straw

March 16, 2017 · Leave a Comment

If you suddenly found yourself without enough safe drinking water, what would you do?

We had a statewide travel ban during Storm Stella. In snowstorm season, there’s risk of getting stranded without enough drinking water. Or you’re on a hiking or camping trip and may not have enough drinking water due to an accident, poor planning or an unexpected delay. Or sometimes while traveling, the water looks “iffy.” Finding safe drinking water becomes imperative but difficult. Or sometimes while traveling, the water looks “iffy.” Finding safe drinking water becomes imperative but difficult. Primitive Survivors has an answer: an easy-to-use filtration straw that makes water safe to drink.

The PRIMITIVE SURVIVORS Survival Filtration Straw ensures fresh drinking water while camping and hiking.

The PRIMITIVE SURVIVORS Survival Filtration Straw ensures fresh drinking water while camping and hiking.

ABOUT THE SURVIVAL FILTRATION STRAW

Ideal for a “bug-out,” survival or “go” bag, to keep in your camping/hiking gear, or as a safety measure in a glove compartment of your car, the Survival Filtration Straw works without electricity or batteries to filter water to make it drinkable. The Hollow Fiber UF Membrane has an Antibacterial Activated Carbon Filter that allows drinking directly from any water source including water from streams, springs, lakes, rivers, and even ponds.

You don’t have to be a camper or hiker to need a filtration straw. There is probably water that at times, might seem a bit “iffy” when away from home, including water from containers that may not appear to be as clean and safe as you may want, or while you are traveling.

The Primitive Survivors Survival Filtration Straw fits easily into a go-bag for emergencies

The Primitive Survivors Survival Filtration Straw is perfect for an emergency go-bag to ensure enough fresh water. Recommended go-bag items include cash, a flashlight, a toothbrush, eye drops, prescriptions, a power-bar, hand sanitizer, moisturizer, etc.

SURVIVAL FILTRATION STRAW FEATURES

  • NO CHEMICALS: The filter is an antibacterial activated carbon with no chemicals, and it is BPA free.
  • LONG-LASTING: Filters up to 1000 liters – equivalent to a year of drinking water
  • The filter removes 99.9% of bacteria, viruses, parasites such as e-Coli, campylobacter, shigella, vibrio cholerae (a bacteria in saltwater), and salmonella
  • PORTABLE: The straw is lightweight: only two ounces, and is less than 9 inches long, one-inch diameter. It has a very secure and sturdy metal clip that can attach to a belt, backpack, or key ring, so it is readily available while camping and hiking.
  • NO POWER NEEDED: It requires no electrical power, batteries or replacement parts
  • Safe and easy even for a child to use
Features

Primitive Survivors Filtration Straw Features

CAN I EAT SNOW FOR WATER IN AN EMERGENCY?

Time to test our McGiver skills: If you run out of clean drinking water, can you eat snow to stay hydrated?

There are two factors to consider:

  1. TOO COLD: According to a 2014 issue of Outdoor Life magazine, don’t eat the snow, it is too cold, and you’ll risk hypothermia when snow is consumed in enough quantity to hydrate yourself. Always melt the snow first to avoid further lowering of your core body temperature.
  2. TOO POLLUTED: According to the University of California Science Line, (USCB) snow can contain the same pollutants that permeate the air, these need to be filtered before drinking. If you can boil the snow before drinking, that purifies the water. If you can’t boil the snow, then melted snow is consumable through the Survival Filtration Straw.

Whether the snow is boiled first or the Survival Filtration Straw is used, avoid collecting snow with a pink tinge, snow that has been plowed or mixed with salt, and snow that could’ve mixed with dirt. Try for the most recently fallen snow; it has the least pollutants and the least exposure to ground-level toxins.

HOW TO USE THE SURVIVAL FILTRATION STRAW

Here are the instructions for to use the straw:

Primitive Survivors Survival Filtration Straw step-by-step instructions

Primitive Survivors Survival Filtration Straw step-by-step instructions. Note the internal Hollow Fiber Membrane system

Put the bottom of the straw directly into the water source, whether in a drinking cup or glass, container, lake, river, stream, pond or hose and sip through the mouthpiece.

The bottom of the Primitive Survivors Survival Filtration Straw

Place the bottom of the Primitive Survivors Survival Filtration Straw into the water source

Primitive Survivors Survival Filtration Straw has an attached cap

Drink through the top of the straw of the Primitive Survivors Survival Filtration Straw, seen here with the attached cap

The bottom can also be connected to a water bag or bottle, then squeeze the bag or bottle to drink. See the instructions for details.

For fresh water sources, open the bottom cap of the straw and insert the straw directly into the water.

PUTTING THE SURVIVAL FILTRATION STRAW TO THE TEST

The water at work is city water, it is safe to drink, but it tastes particularly bad. Some people even say they feel sick to their stomach after drinking it. When traveling, especially in the major cities, the tap water has often tasted awful, and bottled water is available at a huge price markup.

I used the Survival Filtration Straw to drink a glass of this unsavory work tap water, it filtered out the nasty taste. I just placed the straw into a wide mouth drinking glass and it fit fine and was not cumbersome.  While not the intended purpose, I prefer investing in the straw instead of always buying water bottles from the vending machines, and I feel safer having the straw for an emergency.

CONCLUSION

Ideal for campers, hikers, those who travel, and those who live in areas prone to natural disasters and weather emergencies, The Primitive Survivors Survival Filtration Straw is portable, lightweight, durable and can remove 99% of bacterias from water, making even fresh water sources safe for drinking. Perfect for your “go” bag to ensure you have safe water for you and your family to drink. Much more convenient than carrying lots of water to drink or boiling water while hiking or camping.

The straw comes boxed and sealed with full instructions and makes a great gift for a nature enthusiast, camper or hiker.

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Primitive Survivors Survival Filtration Straw

Primitive Survivors Survival Filtration Straw

Style Chicks received the Primitive Survivors Survival Filtration Straw in exchange for our unbiased review and received compensation for our time and effort. However, our experience with the product and the opinions expressed in this review are 100% ours.

Posted by Style Chicks / Filed In: Gifts, Travel
Tagged: Adventures, Camping, Emergency, Fresh Water, Gift for Campers, Gift for Hiker, Glamping, Go-Bag, Hiking, Primitive Survivors Survival Filtration Straw, Trips

Cocktails On The Go Travel Flask Set

August 28, 2016 · Leave a Comment

Cocktails On The Go Travel Flask Set

Cocktails On The Go Travel Flask Set

This Cocktails On The Go Travel Flask set is a splendid idea that we wish we knew about at the beginning of the summer, but we sure are glad we tried it: Cocktails On The Go, sturdy “Travel Flask” drink packets to hold pre-made cocktails to transport to your destination. Remember Capri Sun packaging from when you were a kid? It is the same concept but improved upon: you fill these flasks yourself, with your own cocktails, wine or other mixed drinks. They are like deluxe, reusable, sturdier DIY Capri Sun cocktails for grown-ups.

ABOUT COCKTAILS ON THE GO TRAVEL FLASKS
A sturdy collapsible container that can stand up on its’ own which comes in in two sizes, (individual and enough to serve a group) they can withstand being in your bag without puncturing.

The caps have a secure seal wrap for the first time they are opened, and they screw on tightly, so you don’t have to worry about leakage in transit. The caps stay on securely, so you can drink at your leisure. The cap opening is the size to fit a medium straw.

The kit comes with a funnel that fits perfectly into the smaller cap mouthpiece (my regular drink funnel was too large) so pouring the contents into or out of the container packets is a snap.

The larger travel flask bag is clear, holds 32 ounces, and has colorfully imprinted all sort of cocktails that are suitable for carrying in a Cocktails On The Go container. The smaller travel flask bag in this set are individually sized at 16 ounces and holds enough to last for a long afternoon. The individual flasks are fairly discrete and look like regular lemonade or iced tea beverages for, ahem, covert cocktail occasions.

Cocktails On The Go Travel Flask Set

Cocktails On The Go Travel Flask Set

The travel flask packets both chilled well, within about 20- 30 minutes, and they stayed reasonably cool during use. I also tried the individual travel flask bags in the freezer for about an hour and got a nice light slushie amount of freeze, which melted down nicely on a hot day. The travel flask bags held up well and did not pucker or crack. Due to the alcohol content of most cocktails, The Cocktails On The Go contents will not freeze completely in a standard freezer.

Cocktails On The Go Travel Flask Set

Cocktails On The Go Travel Flask Set

We find these Cocktails On The Go items particularly useful for two reasons:

1) Cocktails On The Go individual packets are ideal for taking along to a picnic, tailgating, a day at the beach, BYOB occasions and restaurants, outdoor concerts, “glamping” camping or other outdoor activities that make bringing a full mini bar of glass bottles along is impractical if not a prohibited task. Do all your mixing in advance, and clean up is simple: roll it up (or lay flat) and put it back in your bag. They are reusable and when I used the funnel they were easy to clean out and air-dry before their next use.

Cocktails On The Go Travel Flask Set

Cocktails On The Go Travel Flask Set

2) Have specialty drinks pre-made for a party: We have two friends who make these AMAZING margaritas, but they spend almost the entire picnic, party or BBQ making them for all their guests instead of enjoying the event! We are giving them a set of Cocktails On The Go travel flasks, so they can pre-make their delicious concoction and have some fun at parties instead of just playing bartender the whole time. The larger Cocktails On The Go travel flask is intended for serving multiple drinks, so you can still pour the drink into each person’s drinkware and add garnishes as you desired.

RECIPE IDEA FOR COCKTAILS ON THE GO

Try this recipe in Cocktails On the Go Travel Flasks for delicious end-of-summer drink, suitable for your last days at the beach, by the pool, or taking in a concert on the green:

Cocktails On The Go Travel Flask Set

Limoncello Martini Recipe

1/2 ounce limoncello
1-ounce vodka

Shake with ice and pour. Chill until use.

In the video below, we do a “Hard Lemonade” variant on the Limoncello Martini to modify it to drink at a more leisurely pace. To compliment the Limoncello, add a good Lemon soda or sparkling drink, (here we used the French Soda brand Lorina), and add a simple syrup to taste, such as your favorite Raspberry syrup.

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CONCLUSION: Reusable, sturdy, easy to use and easy clean up, these Cocktails On The Go travel flasks are a great idea to hold pre-made cocktails for a day at the beach, or to make individual cocktail recipes in advance and have more time at your party for socializing instead of mixing drinks.

Find these great drink holders at Amazon.

Posted by Style Chicks / Filed In: Food, Travel
Tagged: Cocktails On The Go Travel Flask Set, Drinks, Entertaining, Glamping, Tailgating, Wine

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