I am thinking that something from the creek got sucked up into it like part of a leaf or sand or a little stone and that is what was causing the issues. For pond or creek water maybe best to prescoop that into a container and then use the filter machine on it. Grrrrreat video!!
It's definitely possible. I feel like a water filter should be able to filter straight out of a creek, but maybe maybe that's not true. It does have pretty small gravel on the bottom.
If Sarge says you can’t drink your own pee from this filter then I’m NOT drinking my own pee from this filter. I was thinking about it, drinking my own pee, but I trust our boy implicitly, so no go now. Glad I dodged that bullet.
So...as we all learned in grade 8 social studies: p=f/a...or if we forgot: pressure is created by force over area. In this case liquid being pushed through a filter creates pressure. Yes? Of course yes. Now, with the Guard, me and my crew have, among a whole bunch of other stuff: designed, built, installed, serviced and removed potable water systems for light stations and mt top radio sites. So I got a theory...the machine is PROBABLY okay...it's the battery pack running the pump that ain't providing enough amps to allow the pump to build enough pressure. More power to the pump less problems with the filtering.
I might revisit this thing again. I have some more random things I want to try to filter, and I wonder if I use it with an extra battery plugged in it might have enough juice to do better. I definitely wouldn't want to be stranded at a lighthouse with this thing lol, at least as of now.
Did you not notice that the light conveniently starts blinking at approx 10 minute mark after you switched it on? I would imagine that wheb you change a filter it does a 10 minute clean cycle (light blinks to signalise end of cleaning) and then every time you switch on the machine following on from this it probably does a line flush for maybe 1 minute (then light flashes again to signify) now i could be incorrect but that was just my thought process. It would have been nice for you to fully read the instructions and highlight what you have read.
To also follow on why the machine shuts off, it could be possible that you have your containers too high up. It probably works off of gravity mostly for the output, with the input being pumped. With you having the output raised, this causes a pressure build up on the output which the machine is registering as a blockage and switches off. A lot of similar appliances work on this same principal, and I would presume the machine is supposed to be raised above the outlets. Hope this helps.
I feel like I did go over the instructions when trying to troubleshoot the problem. And yes I did think that the blinking light could correlate to the end of the cleaning cycle and talked about that, but the more I tested it, the more the correlation didn't hold up. And at the very end, the only time I did finally get it working properly, the light stayed lit the whole 15 minutes I let it run. It flushes the line for 30 seconds everytime, which could explain the light, but doesn't explain the shut downs. A lack of charge could explain the shut downs, but I had it charged to max multiple times. Also maybe the containers were too high, but ultimately the problem started pulling water from the creek to the shore. Also the one time I got it functioning correctly at the end, the light stayed lit solid for 15 minutes. And I drank the pee water to show it did actually filter. I showed it working and not working, and the things I did to get it to work. I just wouldn't trust it if my life depended on me having clean water.
@SARGEinc that's fair enough, thanks for clarifying the extent you went to to get it working. Its still possible that it could be an issue with the containers being higher than the units output, but I agree, it doesn't seem very reliable
Welp, this was a long ass video. Was not a piss poor review by any means lol. I'm going to go ahead and trust your review as I drink my non pee tap water lol.
Even if I did work, what would you use it for? I can’t see you on the road sitting in your van filtering pee because you are thirsty. Plenty of less complicated filters available.
I mostly agree. I wouldn't use it, but I could see a use for it. The reverse osmosis filter should clean water to higher level than a backcountry style water filter. I use an MSR auto flow gravity filter that I take camping, hiking, canoeing, and carry it in the van. It will filter out all the stuff that makes you sick around here, but it doesn't take out all the color or taste. Most of the water around here is pretty clean to start with though. I think this might find more of a use if you were driving though somewhere with sketchier sources of water, like maybe if you were driving through South America or the desert. I also think in a prepper type situation where you're not packing it around, but want to be prepared for heavily contaminated drinking water sources. In all those situations I would really want something that I could rely on though.
@ battery power is a drawback. I have a lifesaver Jerry can for my trips. Get water from anywhere except the outhouse. We have too much fresh a was water to worry about drinking urine. A sailboat maybe 🤔.
@Islandoverlander I agree that battery power is a downside too. It's better if things just work on their own, although in most use cases for this thing, I would also want to have a way of creating electricity too. I've never heard of that jerry can thing before, but I looked it up now and it's pretty sweet.
You did good man.. Sucks it doesn't work but if it did it definitely would be useful.
Thank you, and I agree. I wanted to like it so bad, but it is what it is.
@SARGEinc don't feel bad about saying something is bad, by the way. It's how companies improve or go broke. Remember, you are just a messenger
@@GUNSLINGEROUTDOORS I agree. If they don't like it, they can try to prove me wrong.
I am thinking that something from the creek got sucked up into it like part of a leaf or sand or a little stone and that is what was causing the issues. For pond or creek water maybe best to prescoop that into a container and then use the filter machine on it. Grrrrreat video!!
It's definitely possible. I feel like a water filter should be able to filter straight out of a creek, but maybe maybe that's not true. It does have pretty small gravel on the bottom.
If Sarge says you can’t drink your own pee from this filter then I’m NOT drinking my own pee from this filter. I was thinking about it, drinking my own pee, but I trust our boy implicitly, so no go now. Glad I dodged that bullet.
Not all heroes wear capes, some drink their own pee on the internet.
So...as we all learned in grade 8 social studies: p=f/a...or if we forgot: pressure is created by force over area. In this case liquid being pushed through a filter creates pressure. Yes? Of course yes. Now, with the Guard, me and my crew have, among a whole bunch of other stuff: designed, built, installed, serviced and removed potable water systems for light stations and mt top radio sites. So I got a theory...the machine is PROBABLY okay...it's the battery pack running the pump that ain't providing enough amps to allow the pump to build enough pressure. More power to the pump less problems with the filtering.
I might revisit this thing again. I have some more random things I want to try to filter, and I wonder if I use it with an extra battery plugged in it might have enough juice to do better. I definitely wouldn't want to be stranded at a lighthouse with this thing lol, at least as of now.
@@SARGEinc no, no you wouldn't. I got a lot of tech knowledge (to tap into) 🙄should you need. Cheers
Did you not notice that the light conveniently starts blinking at approx 10 minute mark after you switched it on? I would imagine that wheb you change a filter it does a 10 minute clean cycle (light blinks to signalise end of cleaning) and then every time you switch on the machine following on from this it probably does a line flush for maybe 1 minute (then light flashes again to signify) now i could be incorrect but that was just my thought process. It would have been nice for you to fully read the instructions and highlight what you have read.
To also follow on why the machine shuts off, it could be possible that you have your containers too high up. It probably works off of gravity mostly for the output, with the input being pumped. With you having the output raised, this causes a pressure build up on the output which the machine is registering as a blockage and switches off.
A lot of similar appliances work on this same principal, and I would presume the machine is supposed to be raised above the outlets. Hope this helps.
I feel like I did go over the instructions when trying to troubleshoot the problem. And yes I did think that the blinking light could correlate to the end of the cleaning cycle and talked about that, but the more I tested it, the more the correlation didn't hold up. And at the very end, the only time I did finally get it working properly, the light stayed lit the whole 15 minutes I let it run. It flushes the line for 30 seconds everytime, which could explain the light, but doesn't explain the shut downs. A lack of charge could explain the shut downs, but I had it charged to max multiple times. Also maybe the containers were too high, but ultimately the problem started pulling water from the creek to the shore. Also the one time I got it functioning correctly at the end, the light stayed lit solid for 15 minutes. And I drank the pee water to show it did actually filter. I showed it working and not working, and the things I did to get it to work. I just wouldn't trust it if my life depended on me having clean water.
@SARGEinc that's fair enough, thanks for clarifying the extent you went to to get it working. Its still possible that it could be an issue with the containers being higher than the units output, but I agree, it doesn't seem very reliable
That was a piss poor idea..😊😊
😅😂
😂😂
Welp, this was a long ass video. Was not a piss poor review by any means lol. I'm going to go ahead and trust your review as I drink my non pee tap water lol.
That's definitely the way to go😂, and never in my life did I think this was going to result in a 42 minute video, but here we are lol.
Even if I did work, what would you use it for?
I can’t see you on the road sitting in your van filtering pee because you are thirsty.
Plenty of less complicated filters available.
I mostly agree. I wouldn't use it, but I could see a use for it. The reverse osmosis filter should clean water to higher level than a backcountry style water filter. I use an MSR auto flow gravity filter that I take camping, hiking, canoeing, and carry it in the van. It will filter out all the stuff that makes you sick around here, but it doesn't take out all the color or taste. Most of the water around here is pretty clean to start with though. I think this might find more of a use if you were driving though somewhere with sketchier sources of water, like maybe if you were driving through South America or the desert. I also think in a prepper type situation where you're not packing it around, but want to be prepared for heavily contaminated drinking water sources. In all those situations I would really want something that I could rely on though.
@ battery power is a drawback. I have a lifesaver Jerry can for my trips. Get water from anywhere except the outhouse. We have too much fresh a was water to worry about drinking urine. A sailboat maybe 🤔.
@Islandoverlander I agree that battery power is a downside too. It's better if things just work on their own, although in most use cases for this thing, I would also want to have a way of creating electricity too. I've never heard of that jerry can thing before, but I looked it up now and it's pretty sweet.
After a thorough cleaning..i do mean thorough..try a taste test with some good ol wiskey..or vodka..
If it worked better, I actually wanted to try it with some beer or wine. I wanted to filter a whole bunch of random shit to see what would happen.
@SARGEinc cool..
I think yer on to something.
This filter appears to be just like Bear Grylls. Don't trust either of them.
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