This isn't the correct way to test this technology. UVC isn't intended to kill microorganisms but to render them unable to reproduce. You should try culturing the water before and after treatment for a proper test. Neutered protozoa and bacteria won't make you sick. A couple of valid criticisms of this purification technique include the fact that the water should be pretty clear because excessive floaties/turbidity provide stuff for microbes to hide from the light behind. Also, this bottle has to be full to work properly. An air space at the top will create an issue because the air/water interface will reflect most of the UVC.
@@Sam-y5d3j It's good tech when applied properly. Most large particles could be strained out with a bandana and it should have occurred to me sooner that the issue of reflection off of the water's surface can be avoided by running it upside down.
This was very well presented. No gimmicks, just a simple straight forward demonstration of how you should or might use the bottle and what you should expect. And in my view the test showed that the bottle does not do what it is supposed to, whether it is one or two clicks. Personally? I'm not impressed by its performance, but I am with the presenation. Nice one!!
Great video bro, if anything looked to me like it UV gamma radiated floatie guy and made him Incredible Hulk floatie guy! Sadly I bought two of these for $40 each.
Solid organisms will never disappear with the use of a UV light. This video is bogus. The light is intended to kill microbes in clear, but germed water. It will never make what he calls ‘floaties’ disappear. If anything, it renders them unable to reproduce. But the ‘floaties’ themselves won’t go away. He didn’t do any real tests on here.
I have 3 of these, but use them properly to sterile tap water, usually after running my PH7 kitchen faucet filter through a Brita to get rid of the chlorine smell and when on vacation in a foreign land using their tap water source. For river water, I would collect some water, run it through 1-2 coffee filters. Then I would cut the bottom off a small neck plastic bottle, insert a fragrance-free, plain cotton tampon in the neck. Add water, allow to filter then flow along the string into a container. Finally, THAT water I would run in the UVBRITE for 1 - 2 long cycles. I also own 1 ETA bottle with two filters. One for local tab water (work), the 2nd (for river water) is in my go bag along with one UVBRITE
I've read the 1-star reviews on several brands of this device. It seems even big names like Philips can't seem to make a reliable version of this technology. In fact, one reviewer claimed that Philips was eager to pay him to delete his negative review!
Thank you for this wonderful presentation. I almost bought two of these bottles for me and my son, but he is always suspicious of stuff that I buy from ads online and I have learned to do my due diligence and this was exactly what I needed to see! It is appalling that a company would be so irresponsible as to claim that their bottle purifies water from a stream if it really doesn't. Thank you so very much!
Interesting test. However most people would not scoop up water with sediment in it on purpose. They would skim the top of the water. Sediment creates areas for organisms to hide in, or in the case of a bright light hide inside or under. Go get some stream or river water that is clear, not green or brown. Clear water. Or from a city park fountain or a bicycle trailhead. Test the water from there. Double press is like a fast press, and in Blitz mode the first LED turns Magenta. Yours looked like it was not fully charged up as it started off with blue. Blue is for common water sources like trail head or fountains, or tap water. Magenta is for stream water. Now I carry a filter, when I remember, for trail use in case I run out of water. I would still sterilize the water even after using the filter. not all filters are created equal, and I think they may have a shelf life expiration. And I seen some water filters that are just bad, period. I seen water fountains at the local parks and I'm not too keen on drinking from them, even when I was thirsty. Go to a store and buy something else. Got the UVBrite Go version to carry on the recumbent trike for those types of drinking situations. Do wished I had a microscope to test with like you have. Great idea! Try to be a bit more reasonable on water sources. Eve if that would of been sterilized, would you really drink water with sediment in it? Doubtful, cause you do not know what that sediment is, and ti could be a colony of something far worse tat you buddy saying hello there in the glass.
I got this for like 8 bucks at walmart on clearance wanted to see how it works. Figured eh for 8 bucks why not it norm retails for 30 bucks and its def not worth that.
Ended up getting 3 of them one specifically to teardown for the uv led inside to necromance a piece of scientific gear. The usb c cable was a nice bonus as well. When i get around to it i will test with some clear but contaminated water and pitri dishes. The old bottle will be retrofitted with a uv pencil lamp ripped from a phone sanitizer to make a steripen on steroids for camping. 🤓
You don’t think this bottle is worth $30? I disagree on this point: if it does what it says it does on the box then it’s worth every penny. It’s by far the most affordable uvc water bottle on the market. I purchased one too, it should be here tomorrow though mine costs $19.40 for the black model that I selected (for the “green” one they wanted $27) I definitely would of bought 3 at $8 a piece. There are more well known companies (Philips) that want $60 for their version, and another fancy startup named LARQ that wants $78+ (up to $118) for theirs, or another company called crazy cap sells a version for $60 too. The bottom line that I’m trying to point out is if it does everything it says on the box using any clear water source then it’s a steal to buy a uv-brite brand water bottle. At their price everyone can afford one! Cheers! 🙂
Let it charge up. If you want to make the uv led turn on without putting the cap on, press the silver prong down or put a magnet near the cap. It uses an itty bitty SmCo magnet and a hall sensor to make it work. Led does not seem strong enough to do real disinfection on dirty water, but it is enough to prevent bacterial matting from forming in the bottle.
That's what I was thinking. Swamp water is a little too much for the little disinfectant uv light. I'm sure this bottle is to keep tap water clean, not water you randomly found outside
Ordered this bottle on sale. I'm trying to lessen black mold growth in my water bottle. Good scrubbing and dish soap seems to work fine until you check the cap. Oops, the cap is a mess. So even having the UV LED there is a big plus. And I'm not adverse to running two cycles on my bottle for greater effectiveness.
The water needs to be clear for the light to work. It can't work properly if the water has particles floating in it or it's cloudy. It should be filtered first.
Come on people, it's just another gimmick to get you to buy their product. The first thing he read on the paper where is it needs to be thoroughly cleaned. So it doesn't work on its own self
This isn't the correct way to test this technology. UVC isn't intended to kill microorganisms but to render them unable to reproduce. You should try culturing the water before and after treatment for a proper test. Neutered protozoa and bacteria won't make you sick.
A couple of valid criticisms of this purification technique include the fact that the water should be pretty clear because excessive floaties/turbidity provide stuff for microbes to hide from the light behind. Also, this bottle has to be full to work properly. An air space at the top will create an issue because the air/water interface will reflect most of the UVC.
Thanks for the information!
LMAO, wow you were a real downer. Sounds like this is a waste of money to give yourself a false sense of security during a grid down.
@@Sam-y5d3j It's good tech when applied properly. Most large particles could be strained out with a bandana and it should have occurred to me sooner that the issue of reflection off of the water's surface can be avoided by running it upside down.
This was very well presented. No gimmicks, just a simple straight forward demonstration of how you should or might use the bottle and what you should expect. And in my view the test showed that the bottle does not do what it is supposed to, whether it is one or two clicks. Personally? I'm not impressed by its performance, but I am with the presenation. Nice one!!
Lol..this is a terrible review..no were did they say you could get rid of dirty pond water..😂
Great video bro, if anything looked to me like it UV gamma radiated floatie guy and made him Incredible Hulk floatie guy! Sadly I bought two of these for $40 each.
I wonder if doing it for a couple of cycles in an emergency would do the trick in killing the organisms. Thank you for this insight.👍🏾
Solid organisms will never disappear with the use of a UV light. This video is bogus. The light is intended to kill microbes in clear, but germed water. It will never make what he calls ‘floaties’ disappear. If anything, it renders them unable to reproduce. But the ‘floaties’ themselves won’t go away. He didn’t do any real tests on here.
I have 3 of these, but use them properly to sterile tap water, usually after running my PH7 kitchen faucet filter through a Brita to get rid of the chlorine smell and when on vacation in a foreign land using their tap water source.
For river water, I would collect some water, run it through 1-2 coffee filters. Then I would cut the bottom off a small neck plastic bottle, insert a fragrance-free, plain cotton tampon in the neck. Add water, allow to filter then flow along the string into a container. Finally, THAT water I would run in the UVBRITE for 1 - 2 long cycles.
I also own 1 ETA bottle with two filters.
One for local tab water (work), the 2nd (for river water) is in my go bag along with one UVBRITE
I've read the 1-star reviews on several brands of this device. It seems even big names like Philips can't seem to make a reliable version of this technology. In fact, one reviewer claimed that Philips was eager to pay him to delete his negative review!
Thank you for this wonderful presentation. I almost bought two of these bottles for me and my son, but he is always suspicious of stuff that I buy from ads online and I have learned to do my due diligence and this was exactly what I needed to see! It is appalling that a company would be so irresponsible as to claim that their bottle purifies water from a stream if it really doesn't. Thank you so very much!
Interesting test. However most people would not scoop up water with sediment in it on purpose. They would skim the top of the water. Sediment creates areas for organisms to hide in, or in the case of a bright light hide inside or under.
Go get some stream or river water that is clear, not green or brown. Clear water. Or from a city park fountain or a bicycle trailhead. Test the water from there.
Double press is like a fast press, and in Blitz mode the first LED turns Magenta. Yours looked like it was not fully charged up as it started off with blue. Blue is for common water sources like trail head or fountains, or tap water. Magenta is for stream water.
Now I carry a filter, when I remember, for trail use in case I run out of water. I would still sterilize the water even after using the filter. not all filters are created equal, and I think they may have a shelf life expiration. And I seen some water filters that are just bad, period.
I seen water fountains at the local parks and I'm not too keen on drinking from them, even when I was thirsty. Go to a store and buy something else. Got the UVBrite Go version to carry on the recumbent trike for those types of drinking situations.
Do wished I had a microscope to test with like you have. Great idea!
Try to be a bit more reasonable on water sources. Eve if that would of been sterilized, would you really drink water with sediment in it? Doubtful, cause you do not know what that sediment is, and ti could be a colony of something far worse tat you buddy saying hello there in the glass.
I got this for like 8 bucks at walmart on clearance wanted to see how it works. Figured eh for 8 bucks why not it norm retails for 30 bucks and its def not worth that.
Ended up getting 3 of them one specifically to teardown for the uv led inside to necromance a piece of scientific gear. The usb c cable was a nice bonus as well. When i get around to it i will test with some clear but contaminated water and pitri dishes. The old bottle will be retrofitted with a uv pencil lamp ripped from a phone sanitizer to make a steripen on steroids for camping. 🤓
You don’t think this bottle is worth $30? I disagree on this point: if it does what it says it does on the box then it’s worth every penny. It’s by far the most affordable uvc water bottle on the market. I purchased one too, it should be here tomorrow though mine costs $19.40 for the black model that I selected (for the “green” one they wanted $27) I definitely would of bought 3 at $8 a piece. There are more well known companies (Philips) that want $60 for their version, and another fancy startup named LARQ that wants $78+ (up to $118) for theirs, or another company called crazy cap sells a version for $60 too. The bottom line that I’m trying to point out is if it does everything it says on the box using any clear water source then it’s a steal to buy a uv-brite brand water bottle. At their price everyone can afford one! Cheers! 🙂
@@christopherleubner6633 did you do it?
UV light is not visible to the human eye and the spectrum that that water bottle cleanses
Let it charge up. If you want to make the uv led turn on without putting the cap on, press the silver prong down or put a magnet near the cap. It uses an itty bitty SmCo magnet and a hall sensor to make it work. Led does not seem strong enough to do real disinfection on dirty water, but it is enough to prevent bacterial matting from forming in the bottle.
UV light is invisible to the human eye........... So the strength of the LED is irrelevant. Otherwise, good info.
Also I use a reusable coffee filter that is a small metal mesh screen to filter out sediment and debris
I don't think you're supposed to have all that sediment in the water. You should always skim the top for the clearest water
That's what I was thinking. Swamp water is a little too much for the little disinfectant uv light. I'm sure this bottle is to keep tap water clean, not water you randomly found outside
Ordered this bottle on sale. I'm trying to lessen black mold growth in my water bottle. Good scrubbing and dish soap seems to work fine until you check the cap. Oops, the cap is a mess. So even having the UV LED there is a big plus. And I'm not adverse to running two cycles on my bottle for greater effectiveness.
I don't think you can see the uv light to see if it is working. It is dangerous for skin and eyes.
The water needs to be clear for the light to work. It can't work properly if the water has particles floating in it or it's cloudy. It should be filtered first.
Come on people, it's just another gimmick to get you to buy their product. The first thing he read on the paper where is it needs to be thoroughly cleaned. So it doesn't work on its own self
Kills 99.9% of germs. Theres that 1% 😂
.01%... not 1%...