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4 Cheers for Freedom!
Smallest! Lightest! Easiest! Rechargeable-est! For these reasons, the SteriPEN Freedom was included in Outside Magazine‘s 2012 Summer Buyer’s Guide as a key piece of technology for life on the road. In their own words: Check out the SteriPEN Freedom on our website for more info.
The Best Gear for Travelers Includes the SteriPEN Traveler
Great adventures demand great gear. That’s why we were so pleased to be included in the Bucket List Publications review of The Best Travel Accessories. The Traveler is designed to fit perfectly into commercial water bottles, forming a seal that lets you keep the water in the original bottle for purification. Just insert the Traveler [...]
Trekking the Himalayas for Mother’s Day
Julia Sweet and her mother Hanni Meyers are celebrating Mother’s Day this year in a big way: the two have planned a trekking trip along the skirts of Mount Everest through the Himalayas. Cool, right? Oh yeah, her mother is 82 years old. (Check out the SteriPEN at the :21 second mark)
Insider Perks Recommends SteriPEN for SHTF Situations
The end of the Mayan calendar, zombies or just a really big hurricane. Whatever the emergency, when the Stuff Hits the Fan you’d better be ready. Insider Perks recently reviewed the SteriPEN Adventurer Opti Solar Kit with SHTF situations in mind: As people run screaming through the streets, rioting ensues, looting begins and humanity fights [...]
Sun, Light and Health, Part II: Modern Phototherapy
Research into infrared and ultraviolet light at the end of the 19th century yielded discoveries with important implications for health and medicine. Exposure to sunlight kills bacteria In 1877, British scientists Blunt and Downes identified powerful germicidal effects in sunlight. While the red “heat rays” of the sun had little effect on their own on [...]
Backpacker Magazine 2012 Gear Guide 10 Essentials Includes SteriPEN Freedom
Backpacker Magazine has long recognized the value SteriPEN’s pioneering technology represents for serious outdoor athletes: small profile, light weight, ease of use and dependability. Last year the SteriPEN Adventurer Opti won their Editor’s Choice Award for just those reasons. Here at SteriPEN Global Headquarters in Blue Hill, Maine, we were thrilled, if not totally surprised, to learn [...]
Namaste from Everest Base Camp!
With the Everest Summit Season in full swing, our friends at Peak Promotions Nepal have been busy lately. UK photographer Christian Kober is on the mountain and making preparations with his support team for his summit attempt. From his latest update: The camp has been moved uphill a little, as the kitchen tent was blown away [...]
Australian Outdoor Magazines Feature SteriPEN Freedom
Our friends at Sea to Summit, the esteemed Australian purveyor of outdoor goods, passed along a nice couple of SteriPEN press hits from Down Under. Outer Edge magazine focuses on the ways of the Aussie Adventurer, reviewing and recommending gear to help those bold souls push past boundaries. Australian Geographic Outdoor is a source of inspiration for [...]
Water Bottle Refilling Stations Sprouting Around the Country
It’s been a couple months since the National Park Service implemented a ban on the sale of disposable water bottles at places like Grand Canyon, Saguaro and Zion National Parks. These disposable plastic water bottles made up 20% of the park’s waste stream and 30% of its recycling. Colleges and universities around the country like the [...]
Sun, Light and Health, Part I: Heliotherapy in Ancient Civilizations
The sun was a focus of worship for early civilizations around the world. Egypt, the Americas, India, China, all revered the sun, its light and life it endows the world by chasing away darkness and providing warmth. Within the context of their emerging scientific knowledge, these cultures didn’t just worship the sun gods and goddesses, [...]
Denver Post Recommends SteriPEN Freedom for National Park Week
The Denver Post’s website recently featured the SteriPEN Freedom in an article about National Park Week. Weight constraints are a real concern for many hikers, backpackers and outdoor enthusiasts. In the article, Kyle highlights the Freedom’s light weight and that it can be recharged by wall outlet, computer or portable solar panel via its included [...]
The Restless Collective Crosses the Andes with SteriPEN
Biking from Alaska to Chile is no small feat. But for Morrigan McCarthy and Alan Winslow, of the Restless Collective, it is only one leg of the journey. Since 2010, the two have been pedaling the globe, cameras in hand, hearts wide open, meeting people and sharing their stories. We heard from them recently after they had [...]
Alliance for the Lost Boys of Sudan Uses SteriPEN
The Alliance for the Lost Boys of Sudan is an organization founded to support Sudanese refugee children in the U.S. and in Africa. In 2009, the organization, along with its President and Founder, author Joan Hecht traveled to Sudan, bringing with them SteriPEN products to address water safety issues during their trip: In 2009, several members [...]
Cheapflights.com Includes SteriPEN Traveler in Review of Top 10 Eco-friendly Travel Gadgets
The SteriPEN Traveler is a great piece of equipment of any going abroad, that much is clear. It’s small, lightweight, takes AA batteries and keeps you from getting the Dreaded TD: Traveler’s D**rrhea. Nobody likes talking about it, but (no pun intended), worse than talking about it is having to cope with it. In a [...]
Survivalist Resource Neosurvivalism.com Reviews SteriPEN Traveler
Situations that fundamentally alter our daily lives can be temporary or long-term. In either case, safe drinking water is essential. The human body is ill-equipped to deal with prolonged dehydration, as you can see in the chart below from SurvivalTopics.com. The site Neosurvivalism addressed the urgency of drinking water security in a recent review of [...]
How Do I Know It’s Working?
One of the most frequently asked questions people ask about SteriPEN products is, “How do I know it’s working?” Unless you’re willing to submit samples of the drinking water in question to a lab to have them analyzed, you just have to trust us when we say, “It works.” Or, you can talk to any [...]
Krudmeister’s Bike, Hike and Paddle from Reno to the Bering Sea
This summer Adam Bradley (a.k.a. Krudmeister) is going on an Adventure (yes, with a capital ‘A‘). The record-holding fastpacker (and longtime SteriPEN user) will traverse the North American wilderness from his home in Nevada north through Canada, across Alaska to the mouth of the Yukon River at the Bering Sea. Bike: 2,847 miles Hike: 33 miles Canoe: [...]
Press in Mexico, Germany and San Francisco, oh my!
Newspapers around Mexico, like this one from the Yucatán, featured SteriPEN as one of the most useful tools for travelers. The German outdoor blog, Bergzeit reviewed the SteriPEN Journey LCD earlier this year, strongly recommending it for travelers both rugged and glamorous. Tom Stienstra, outdoor blogger at the San Francisco Chronicle, rated SteriPEN one of the [...]
Travel Gear Blog Reviews the Traveler 3-in-1
Jessica at Travel Gear Blog reviewed the SteriPEN Traveler this winter, above all else, because she loves the ‘lava lamp’ effect! Okay, so she also appreciated the fact that the germicidal UV light zapped all sorts of disease-carrying bugs that would have made her sick and that it took up significantly less room in her [...]
Video: Battery Recommendations for SteriPEN Products
Our battery recommendations for different SteriPEN models: Energizer Ultimate Lithium AA (disposable): Amazon Energizer Recharge NiMH AA (rechargeable): Amazon (w/charger) Energizer Lithium Photo CR123 (disposable): Amazon AW CR123 (rechargeable): 4sevens.com A couple reminders: Batteries don’t like to be cold. If you’re heading out in cold weather (below freezing), carry your SteriPEN close to your body to keep [...]
Updates from SteriPEN in Nepal
Our friends at Peak Promotions Nepal have been busy this spring with a number of expeditions, including several Everest summit attempts. As a government-recognized trekking and mountaineering agency, they support individuals, teams and film crews on Himalayan expeditions and are long-time SteriPEN users. Currently there are two Everest expeditions in progress, one by members from the [...]
How Stuff Works Explains the SteriPEN
The SteriPEN Traveler was recently featured in HowStuffWorks.com’s 10 Gadgets for Your Next Road Trip article. Writer John Kelly highlighted its lightweight and effectiveness, as well as the fact that SteriPENs liberate you from having to pack wasteful water bottles. HowStuffWorks.com has also added a general overview of the SteriPEN to its collection of travel [...]
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