Reliance Products PUR Clean Drinking Water Kit

by Reliance

Product Features

• Kit includes a collapsible mixing and a collapsible water storage container, a filter cloth, a stir stick, cutters, and three packets of PUR purifier
• PUR purifier packets provide up to 7.5 gallons (30 liters) of clean drinking water
• Two-stage filtration readies water for drinking in 30 minutes
• Treated water maintains a fresh taste that is free of debris
• Suitable for base camping, backpacking, and emergency preparedness

Product Description

PUR Clean Drinking Water Kits are designed to provide clean and fresh tasting drinking water for you family's outdoor and emergency needs. Each kit contains a mixing container, storage container, stirring wand, cotton filter cloth, packet opener, three PUR Purifier of Water packets. Each of the PUR Purifier of Water packets treats 2.5 gallons (10 liters) of water. Water is ready to drink 30 minutes after treatment. Ideal for travel, emergency situations and many outdoor activities.

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00111F4T4
• Item model number: 2700-13
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #48,112 in Sports & Outdoors (See Top 100 in Sports & Outdoors)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing water purification system for backpackers, July 16, 2010

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A. Guarino "Hiking enthusiast" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Reliance Products PUR Clean Drinking Water Kit (Sports)

This product comes with 3 packets of powdered purifier, 2 folding 10-liter containers, a stir stick and filter cloth. You can also buy just the packets of PUR powder if you prefer -- in that case you'd need to supply your own 10-liter containers, etc.

If you EVER backpack where the water supply is silty (e.g. the Colorado River through Grand Canyon, the Paria River, etc.) this is absolutely the quickest (30 mins), lightest (a 0.14-oz. packet cleans 10 liters of water), most reliable (no filter to clog!!), and easiest way to get CLEAR, CLEAN drinking water.

I'm not kidding. I used this on a 5-day backpack in Grand Canyon National Park where our only source of drinking water was the totally silt-clogged Colorado River. This stuff gave us gallons of delicious, clear, totally safe drinking water. One day we had way more purified water than we needed, and actually gave several liters of our purified water to some other hikers whose pumps had all completely clogged up. It's truly amazing -- I can't believe more backpackers don't know about it.

And in case you don't trust it, it's used all over the world by government and humanitarian groups to clean and purify water in 3rd-world countries, where the water quality is basically like a sewer. This stuff makes any water safe to drink. You gotta try it!!

If you buy this kit, be aware that it's easier to process the water if you have another person with you to hold the filter cloth in place. If you're alone I recommend that you sew the filter cloth onto a wire loop or something so that it can be held in place with one hand -- that's what I did, and it worked great.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Not for long term storage, September 22, 2009

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Grant Moyer (Wilmington, NC United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Reliance Products PUR Clean Drinking Water Kit (Sports)

I bought this for emergency use. Living near the coast of NC it is hurricane season and I wanted to keep something readily available in case the water supply gets tainted. I have not used the kit yet, but the low review is because the chemical tablets in the kit expire in Aug 2010. This means they will expire less than a year from now. It states a manufacture date of July 2007 (3-year shelf life), so receiving this in late Sept 2009 is very disappointing to me for this type of product. Since it will get us through this season combined with the shipping cost of sending it back, I will probably keep it. As far as replacement/additional tablets for the kit hopefully I can find them locally, because buying online I may end up in the same situation.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars PUR Purifier of Water, July 6, 2009

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Camille Beverly (Texas) - See all my reviews
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We used this product to treat water for 5 people on a 3-day backacking trip. The system is pretty bulky but works great. It takes about 30 minutes to purify 2.5 gallons of water and the water tastes great. Unfortunately, we received a defective batch of replacement packages and ended up having to boil our water for half of the trip. I would recommend this for scout groups, trips where it may be necessary to treat larger quantities of water or for emergency home use. Always carry a backup though!