Love clean water for drinking and COOKING in the woods. When out for a week camping/fishing it takes alot of space to keep 5 seperate 5 gal jugs to keep everyone hydrated fed and clean. People forget washing in a stream or lake can introduce bacteria to cuts, eyes, ears, mouth etc
I was a window cleaner recently, for several years. We used a water fed system for some of our jobs. It was made of 3 different filters, including an RO filter. The way we tested it regularly was with a tool that measure total dissolved solids, or TDS. We had to get under about 10 parts per million in order for our system to be useful. It's like the 'spotless rinse" at a car wash. Only, those are probably in the 50ppm + range. All that to say I'd encourage you to get a tester for this thing. They are cheap. You'll want to know what the source water measures in PPM of TDS, and then what your output filtered water is, and then I always measured the discharge as well. Do it now to get a baseline of what you expect it to do. That way you can check it regularly, it'll tell you when your filter is starting to go bad. We got down to 0PPM of TDS, but that was with 2 other filters. I'd expect tap water to come out of yours probably above 50. But like I said, get a baseline, and you'll know when the TDS raises, your filter is going. Tip: DO NOT let one of these freeze. You may be able to store it using RV antifreeze. I'm sure you know how freezing will be bad, but just keep track of your filter performance.
Hey Chris! nice to see you back at it. I used to watch you all the time about 8 years ago I think 🤔 A lot of my Overlanding gear and prep comes from your suggestions. Just stumbled back here when looking up other reviews on the Itehil Filter unit as I'm preparing for my own review. Great to see you back at it. Take care.
As always thank you for all of the Great information and content as always. This could be a life saver in an emergency. And a great piece of gear for camping.
Hind sight is 20/20, if I had spent all the money I spent on prepping over the last 10 years and bought bitcoin instead I could afford a fortress today with paid armed guards.
How many microns does this filter down to? Even at 0.00007 microns you still don't have to add minerals, such as the OTS Osmo Waterdrop reverse osmosis filter and the OTS Osmo Waterdrop Seal that even desalinates. Only distilling water will it remove all minerals. Also a very specialized RO filter. The Survivor Filter goes down to 0.05. that's the best field filter on the market. I don't see a practical reason for anything smaller.
Man I've been wanting to get something like this, though now I'm nervous about screwing it up like you did, can I tell for sure the filters are in correctly, before starting it up? I want the solar fan they have too.
All depends on the water, dirtier water means less filter life. Itehil says 300 to 800 gallons on the ro filter. So tap water. Expect around 800, swamp water. Expect around 300.
Probably removes trace salt amounts from fresh water. Absolutely can't do say sea water. Sea water ro systems need over 1000 psi to operate. Home ro systems like this operate at normal tap water pressure say 60 psi. Good for fresh water only.
Would definitely have a backup for anything that is electronic for water cleaning..or just about anything else..IF a EMP was used that thing unless protected would be useless
Sure, but also most "self reliant" people or "preppers" out there didn't last two weeks into cov19 quarantine without going insane not being able to go to Olive Garden.
Trying to get views up so I joined the Illuminati. When they put that parasite in your eye so it can get to your brain, it screws up your eye. Should have a million subs any day now...
Love clean water for drinking and COOKING in the woods. When out for a week camping/fishing it takes alot of space to keep 5 seperate 5 gal jugs to keep everyone hydrated fed and clean. People forget washing in a stream or lake can introduce bacteria to cuts, eyes, ears, mouth etc
I was a window cleaner recently, for several years. We used a water fed system for some of our jobs. It was made of 3 different filters, including an RO filter. The way we tested it regularly was with a tool that measure total dissolved solids, or TDS. We had to get under about 10 parts per million in order for our system to be useful. It's like the 'spotless rinse" at a car wash. Only, those are probably in the 50ppm + range.
All that to say I'd encourage you to get a tester for this thing. They are cheap. You'll want to know what the source water measures in PPM of TDS, and then what your output filtered water is, and then I always measured the discharge as well. Do it now to get a baseline of what you expect it to do. That way you can check it regularly, it'll tell you when your filter is starting to go bad.
We got down to 0PPM of TDS, but that was with 2 other filters. I'd expect tap water to come out of yours probably above 50. But like I said, get a baseline, and you'll know when the TDS raises, your filter is going.
Tip: DO NOT let one of these freeze. You may be able to store it using RV antifreeze. I'm sure you know how freezing will be bad, but just keep track of your filter performance.
Hey Chris! nice to see you back at it. I used to watch you all the time about 8 years ago I think 🤔 A lot of my Overlanding gear and prep comes from your suggestions. Just stumbled back here when looking up other reviews on the Itehil Filter unit as I'm preparing for my own review. Great to see you back at it. Take care.
As always thank you for all of the Great information and content as always. This could be a life saver in an emergency. And a great piece of gear for camping.
Just bought a Stokk RO for the house. IT’s portable and reasonable.
Super handy tool to have around. Thanks C!
Super interesting.
Had to check this out
Good video, Chris!!! Thanks for sharing!!!!
Great job on the video bud
I should definitely look into one of those.
cool
Hind sight is 20/20, if I had spent all the money I spent on prepping over the last 10 years and bought bitcoin instead I could afford a fortress today with paid armed guards.
Hello 👋
Nifty little critter. Remember what your mother said Chris, " If you can't say anything nice about yourself, don't say anything at all".😉
How many microns does this filter down to? Even at 0.00007 microns you still don't have to add minerals, such as the OTS Osmo Waterdrop reverse osmosis filter and the OTS Osmo Waterdrop Seal that even desalinates. Only distilling water will it remove all minerals. Also a very specialized RO filter. The Survivor Filter goes down to 0.05. that's the best field filter on the market. I don't see a practical reason for anything smaller.
Good one 👍 bro
Man I've been wanting to get something like this, though now I'm nervous about screwing it up like you did, can I tell for sure the filters are in correctly, before starting it up? I want the solar fan they have too.
Mine was fine , maybe he had a seal not seating.
So this gets rid of bacteria, viruses, and parasites, plus chemicals? How many gallons is the filter good for?
All depends on the water, dirtier water means less filter life. Itehil says 300 to 800 gallons on the ro filter. So tap water. Expect around 800, swamp water. Expect around 300.
So does that purify salt water like big RO systems?
Probably removes trace salt amounts from fresh water. Absolutely can't do say sea water. Sea water ro systems need over 1000 psi to operate. Home ro systems like this operate at normal tap water pressure say 60 psi. Good for fresh water only.
Do you structure your water with crystals ?
Nice
What happened tyo the raisin guy? Thanks for the video Chris.
Would definitely have a backup for anything that is electronic for water cleaning..or just about anything else..IF a EMP was used that thing unless protected would be useless
I could care less about EMPs
Sure, but also most "self reliant" people or "preppers" out there didn't last two weeks into cov19 quarantine without going insane not being able to go to Olive Garden.
your left eye is doing something weird chris. look into it if you didnt know. if you did, sorry. XD
Trying to get views up so I joined the Illuminati. When they put that parasite in your eye so it can get to your brain, it screws up your eye. Should have a million subs any day now...
Chris, you're looking old bud. Lol
Well, I'm 51. Sooo....
@preparedmind101 lol, 51, and you're still at it. Yesterday was the first I've come across one of your videos in.... years! It was nice. Lol