The award-winning LifeStraw® personal water filter can travel with you anywhere. Weighing just 2 ounces and only 9 inches long, LifeStraw® is ideal for hiking, backpacking, camping, travel, and emergency preparedness. The straw-style filter design lets you turn up to 1,000 liters of contaminated water into safe drinking water, filtering out protozoa and bacteria.    LS Personal     How LifeStraw® works   LifeStraw® personal uses advanced hollow fiber technology. This highly efficient method of filtration requires no chemicals.       How to use your LifeStraw® filter   Simply place one end of the LifeStraw® tube into unfiltered water (a water bottle, river, or even a puddle) and suck clean water through the top of the straw. Follow the instructions provided for your first use.   SPECIFICATIONS & BENEFITS   Lets you drink directly from streams and lakes or from a bottle Uses advanced hollow fiber membrane technology to filter up to 264 gallons or 1,000 liters of water to 0.2 microns Removes 99.9999% of waterborne bacteria, including E. coli and salmonella Removes 99.9% waterborne protozoa, including Giardia and Cryptosporidium Reduces turbidity (muddiness) No aftertaste: LifeStraw® doesn’t use iodine or iodinated resin chemicals and is BPA-free Meets US EPA drinking water standards Ultralight: weighs only 2 ounces or 57 grams Portable: only 9” (22.5 cm) long and 1 inch (2.5 cm) in diameter Requires no electrical power, batteries or replacement parts BPA free and contains no chemicals Raw materials meet US Food and Drug Administration regulations and standards