Wonke umuntu ohlola izindawo zasemaphandleni udinga amanzi, kodwa ukuhlala unamanzi ahlanzekile akulula njengokuphuza amanzi ngqo emifuleni nasemachibini. Ukuze uvikele kuma-protozoa, amabhaktheriya, ngisho namagciwane, kunezinhlelo eziningi zokuhlunga amanzi nokuhlanza eziklanyelwe ngqo ukuhamba ngezinyawo (izinketho eziningi kulolu hlu nazo zinhle kakhulu ekuhambeni ngezinyawo emini, ukugijima emizileni, kanye nokuhamba). Besilokhu sihlola izihlungi zamanzi ezindabeni ezikude naseduze kusukela ngo-2018, futhi izintandokazi zethu zamanje ezingu-18 ngezansi zifaka konke kusukela kuzihlungi zokucindezela ezilula kakhulu kanye nama-drip amakhemikhali kuya kumaphampu kanye nezihlungi zamanzi ezinkulu zamandla adonsela phansi. Ukuze uthole ulwazi olwengeziwe, bheka ishadi lethu lokuqhathanisa namathiphu okuthenga ngezansi kwezincomo zethu.
Inothi Lomhleli: Sibuyekeze lo mhlahlandlela ngomhlaka-24 Juni 2024, sathuthukisa i-Grayl GeoPress Purifier yaba yisihlungi sethu samanzi esiphezulu sokuhamba kwamanye amazwe. Siphinde sahlinzeka ngolwazi mayelana nezindlela zethu zokuhlola, sanezela isigaba mayelana nokuphepha kwamanzi lapho sihamba kwamanye amazwe ekwelulekweni kwethu kokuthenga, futhi saqinisekisa ukuthi lonke ulwazi lomkhiqizo lwalusesikhathini ngesikhathi sokushicilelwa.
Uhlobo: Isihlungi samandla adonsela phansi. Isisindo: 11.5 oz. Impilo yesevisi yesihlungi: 1500 amalitha. Esikuthandayo: Kuhlunga kalula futhi ngokushesha futhi kugcina amanzi amaningi; kuhle kakhulu emaqenjini; Esingakuthandi: Kukhulu; udinga umthombo wamanzi omuhle ukuze ugcwalise isikhwama sakho.
Akungabazeki ukuthi i-Platypus GravityWorks ingenye yezihlungi zamanzi ezilula kakhulu emakethe, futhi isibe yinto ebalulekile ohambweni lwakho lokukhempa. Uhlelo aludingi ukupompa, aludingi mzamo omkhulu, lungahlunga amanzi afinyelela ku-4 amalitha ngesikhathi futhi lunezinga eliphezulu lokugeleza elingamalitha angu-1.75 ngomzuzu. Amandla adonsela phansi enza wonke umsebenzi: mane ugcwalise ithangi "elingcolile" elingamalitha angu-4, ulilengise egatsheni lesihlahla noma edwaleni, futhi ngemizuzu embalwa nje uzoba namalitha angu-4 amanzi ahlanzekile okuphuza. Lesi sihlungi sihle kakhulu kumaqembu amakhulu, kodwa futhi sithanda ukusisebenzisa ekuphumeni okuncane ngoba singabamba amanzi osuku ngokushesha bese sibuyela ekamu ukuyogcwalisa amabhodlela ngamanye (isikhwama esihlanzekile siphinde sibe yindawo yokugcina amanzi).
Kodwa uma kuqhathaniswa nezinye zezinketho ezincane kakhulu ezingezansi, i-Platypus GravityWorks ayiyona idivayisi encane enezikhwama ezimbili, isihlungi, kanye nenqwaba yamapayipi. Ngaphezu kwalokho, ngaphandle kokuthi unomthombo wamanzi ojulile ngokwanele noma ohambayo (ofana nanoma yiluphi uhlelo olusekelwe esikhwameni), ukuthola amanzi kungaba nzima. Ku-$135, i-GravityWorks ingenye yemikhiqizo yokuhlunga amanzi ebiza kakhulu. Kodwa siyayithanda indlela elula, ikakhulukazi kubantu abahamba ngeqembu noma izimo zohlobo lwekamu, futhi sicabanga ukuthi izindleko kanye nomthamo kuyakufanelekela kulezo zimo… Funda Okwengeziwe Isibuyekezo se-Platypus GravityWorks Buka i-Platypus GravityWorks 4L
Uhlobo: Isihlungi esicindezelwe/esiqondile. Isisindo: 3.0 oz. Impilo yesihlungi: Isikhathi sonke Lokho esikuthandayo: Okukhanyayo kakhulu, okugeleza ngokushesha, okuhlala isikhathi eside. Lokho esingakuthandi: Kuzodingeka uthenge ihadiwe eyengeziwe ukuze ulungiselele ukusetha.
I-Sawyer Squeeze iyisibonelo sekhono lokuphatha amanzi elilula kakhulu futhi ibilokhu iyinsika ohambweni lokukhempa iminyaka eminingi. Inezinto eziningi eziwusizo kuyo, okuhlanganisa umklamo olungiselelwe kahle wama-ounces amathathu, iwaranti yokuphila konke (i-Sawyer ayenzi ngisho nama-cartridges okufaka esikhundleni), kanye nentengo efanelekile kakhulu. Iphinde ibe nokuguquguquka okukhulu: ngendlela elula, ungagcwalisa esinye sezikhwama ezimbili zama-ounces angu-32 ezifakiwe ngamanzi angcolile bese uyicindezela ebhodleleni elihlanzekile noma echibini, epanini, noma emlonyeni wakho ngqo. I-Sawyer iza ne-adaptha ukuze ukwazi ukusebenzisa i-Squeeze njengesihlungi esisemgqeni esikhwameni sokufaka amanzi noma ngebhodlela noma ithangi elengeziwe lokusetha amandla adonsela phansi (elifanele amaqembu namakamu ayisisekelo).
I-Sawyer Squeeze ibilokhu incintisana kakhulu eminyakeni yamuva, ikakhulukazi emikhiqizweni efana ne-LifeStraw Peak Squeeze, i-Katadyn BeFree, ne-Platypus Quickdraw, evezwe ngezansi. Le miklamo ibonisa ukugxila kwethu okuyinhloko e-Sawyer: izikhwama. Isikhwama esiza ne-Sawyer asigcini nje ngokuba nomklamo oyisicaba ongenazo izibambo, okwenza kube nzima ukuqoqa amanzi, kodwa futhi sinezinkinga ezinkulu zokuqina (sincoma ukusebenzisa ibhodlela le-Smartwater noma ithangi le-Evernew noma le-Cnoc elihlala isikhathi eside esikhundleni salokho). Naphezu kwezikhalazo zethu, asikho esinye isihlungi esingalingana nokuguquguquka nokuqina kwe-Squeeze, okwenza kube yinto ekhanga kakhulu kulabo abafuna ukuthola okuningi emishinini yabo. Uma ukhetha into elula, i-Sawyer inikeza nezinguqulo "ezincane" (ngezansi) kanye "nezincane", yize zombili izinguqulo zinezinga eliphansi kakhulu lokugeleza futhi azifanele ukukhokhela ukonga isisindo okungama-ounce ayi-1 (noma ngaphansi). Buka isihlungi samanzi se-Sawyer Squeeze
Uhlobo: Isihlungi esicindezelwe. Isisindo: 2.0 oz. Isikhathi sokuhlunga: 1500 amalitha Esikuthandayo: Isihlungi esihle esifanela amaflaski athambile ajwayelekile. Esingakuthandi: Azikho izitsha—uma uzidinga, hlola amabhodlela athambile e-HydraPak's Flux and Seeker.
Isembozo Sesihlungi se-HydraPak esingu-42mm singesakamuva ochungechungeni lwezihlungi ezintsha ze-squeeze, ezihambisana nezihlungi ze-Katadyn BeFree, Platypus QuickDraw kanye ne-LifeStraw Peak Squeeze ngezansi. Sizihlolile njalo eminyakeni emine edlule, futhi i-HydraPak mhlawumbe iyona ehlaba umxhwele kunazo zonke. Njengoba ithengiswa ngokwehlukana ngo-$35, i-HydraPak ifaka izikulufo entanyeni yanoma yiliphi ibhodlela elingu-42mm (njengamabhodlela athambile afakwe kuma-vest okugijima avela ku-Salomon, Patagonia, Arc'teryx nabanye) futhi ihlunga amanzi ngesilinganiso esingaphezu kwelitha eli-1 ngomzuzu. Sithole ukuthi i-HydraPak kulula ukuyihlanza kune-QuickDraw kanye ne-Peak Squeeze, futhi inempilo yokuhlunga ende kune-BeFree (amalitha ayi-1,500 vs. amalitha ayi-1,000).
I-BeFree yake yaba umkhiqizo odumile kakhulu kulesi sigaba, kodwa i-HydraPak yasheshe yadlula kuyo. Omunye umehluko omkhulu phakathi kwezihlungi ezimbili ukwakheka kwesivalo: i-Flux inesivalo esicwengekile kakhulu, esinomgodi oqinile ojikelezayo owenza umsebenzi omuhle wokuvikela imicu engenalutho ngaphakathi. Uma kuqhathaniswa, i-BeFree spout ibukeka ishibhile futhi ifana namabhodlela amanzi epulasitiki alahlwayo, futhi isivalo kulula ukusidabula uma ungaqaphile. Sithole nokuthi izinga lokugeleza kwe-HydraPak lahlala lizinzile ngokuhamba kwesikhathi, kanti izinga lokugeleza kwe-BeFree yethu lehla naphezu kokulungiswa njalo. Iningi labagijimi selivele linebhodlela elilodwa noma amabili athambile, kodwa uma ufuna ukuthenga isihlungi se-HydraPak esinesitsha, hlola i-Flux+ 1.5L kanye ne-Seeker+ 3L ($55 kanye ne-$60, ngokulandelana). Bheka i-HydraPak 42mm Filter Cap.
Uhlobo: isihlungi sokucindezela/sokudonsa amandla adonsela phansi. Isisindo: 3.9 oz. Impilo yesevisi yesihlungi: amalitha angu-2000. Esikuthandayo: Isihlungi sokucindezela esilula, esiguquguqukayo kanye nebhodlela lokusetshenziswa komuntu siqu, esihlala isikhathi eside kunomncintiswano; Esingakuthandi: Ukugeleza okuphansi kunesivalo sesihlungi se-HydraPak, esisindayo futhi esingasebenzi kakhulu kune-Sawyer Squeeze;
Kwabavakashi abafuna ikhambi elilula, isihlungi esijwayelekile kanye nebhodlela kungenye yezinketho ezinhle kakhulu zokuhlanzwa kwamanzi. Ikhithi ye-Peak Squeeze ifaka isihlungi sokucwilisa esifana nesivalo sesihlungi se-HydraPak esiboniswe ngenhla, kodwa futhi ihlanganisa konke okudingayo kwiphakheji eyodwa elula ngokunamathisela ebhodleleni elithambile elihambisanayo. Le divayisi inhle kakhulu njengedivayisi ephathekayo yokugijima emzileni nokuhamba ngezinyawo lapho amanzi etholakala, futhi ingasetshenziswa futhi ukuthela amanzi ahlanzekile ebhodweni ngemva kwekamu. Ihlala isikhathi eside kakhulu uma iqhathaniswa namaflaski ajwayelekile e-HydraPak (kufaka phakathi lelo elifakwe ne-BeFree ngezansi), futhi isihlungi siphinde sibe nezimo eziningi, njengoba kunjalo ne-Sawyer Squeeze, nayo egoqa amabhodlela anosayizi ojwayelekile. ingasetshenziswa njengesihlungi sokudonsa amandla adonsela phansi, yize ipayipi kanye nedamu "elingcolile" kumele kuthengwe ngokwehlukana.
Uma kuhlaziywa umehluko phakathi kwe-LifeStraw kanye nabancintisana nayo, i-Peak Squeeze ayisebenzi ezindaweni eziningana. Okokuqala, inkulu futhi inzima kunesivalo sesihlungi se-HydraPak esine-flask esebenzayo (noma i-Katadyn BeFree), futhi idinga isirinji (efakiwe) ukuze ihlanzwe kahle. Ngokungafani ne-Sawyer Squeeze, ine-spout kuphela kolunye uhlangothi, okusho ukuthi ayikwazi ukusetshenziswa njengesihlungi esisemgqeni esine-hydration reservoir. Okokugcina, naphezu kwesilinganiso sokugeleza esiphezulu esishiwo, sithole ukuthi i-Peak Squeeze ivaleka kalula. Kodwa intengo ingu-$44 kuphela kumodeli welitha eli-1 ($38 ebhodleleni elingu-650 ml), futhi ubulula kanye nokulula komklamo akunakunqotshwa, ikakhulukazi uma kuqhathaniswa ne-Sawyer. Sekukonke, kungenzeka kakhulu ukuthi sincome i-Peak Squeeze ukuze isetshenziswe kalula ngaphandle kokusebenzisa okunye. Buka i-LifeStraw Peak Squeeze 1l
Uhlobo: Isihlungi sephampu/isihlanzi samanzi Isisindo: 1 lb 1.0 oz Impilo yesihlungi: 10,000 amalitha Esikuthandayo: Isihlanzi samanzi esiphathwayo esithuthuke kakhulu emakethe. Esingakuthandi: Ku-$390, i-Guardian iyindlela ebiza kakhulu kulolu hlu.
I-MSR Guardian ibiza ngokuphindwe kayishumi kunezihlungi eziningi ezidumile zokucwilisa, kodwa le phampu yilokho okudingayo. Okuhle kunakho konke, iyisihlungi samanzi kanye nesihlanzi, okusho ukuthi uthola izinga eliphezulu lokuvikelwa ngokumelene ne-protozoa, amabhaktheriya namagciwane, kanye nesihlungi sokususa udoti. Ngaphezu kwalokho, i-Guardian ifakwe ubuchwepheshe obuthuthukisiwe bokuzihlanza (cishe u-10% wamanzi kumjikelezo ngamunye wephampu usetshenziselwa ukuhlanza isihlungi) futhi cishe ayinakusebenza kahle kunamamodeli ashibhile. Okokugcina, i-MSR inesilinganiso sokugeleza esiphezulu kakhulu samalitha angu-2.5 ngomzuzu. Umphumela uba umkhiqizo ophezulu kanye nokuthula kwengqondo lapho uhamba uye ezingxenyeni zomhlaba ezingakathuthuki kakhulu noma kwezinye izindawo ezisetshenziswa kakhulu lapho amagciwane evame ukuthwalwa khona endle yabantu. Eqinisweni, i-Guardian iyisistimu ethembekile futhi elula kangangokuthi isetshenziswa futhi ngamasosha nanjengezihlanzi zamanzi eziphuthumayo ngemva kwezinhlekelele zemvelo.
Ngeke uthole iphampu yesihlungi/yokuhlanza esheshayo noma ethembekile, kodwa kubantu abaningi i-MSR Guardian ingaphezu kwamandla ayo. Ngaphandle kwezindleko, inzima kakhulu futhi inkulu kunezihlungi eziningi, inesisindo esingaphezu kwekhilogremu elilodwa futhi ipakishwe cishe ngobukhulu bebhodlela lamanzi eliyilitha elilodwa. Ngaphezu kwalokho, yize izici zokuhlanza zilungele ukuhamba nokukhempa kwezinye izingxenye zomhlaba, azidingeki ezindaweni eziningi zasehlane zase-United States naseCanada. Kodwa-ke, i-Guardian iyisihlanzi sesikhwama esingcono kakhulu esikhona futhi ikufanele labo abayidingayo. I-MSR iphinde yenze i-Guardian Gravity Purifier ($300), esebenzisa ubuchwepheshe obuthuthukisiwe obufanayo ne-Guardian kodwa isebenzisa ukusethwa kwamandla adonsela phansi… Funda isibuyekezo sethu esijulile se-Guardian Purifier. Hlola uhlelo lokuhlanza lwe-MSR Guardian.
Uhlobo: Isihlanzi samakhemikhali. Isisindo: 0.9 oz. Isilinganiso: 1 ilitha ngethebhulethi Lokho esikuthandayo: Kulula futhi kulula. Lokho esingenakho: Kubiza kakhulu kune-Aquamira, futhi uphuza amanzi angahlungiwe ngqo kusuka emthonjeni.
Njengoba i-Aquamir iwa ngezansi, amaphilisi e-Katahdin Micropur ayindlela yokwelapha yamakhemikhali elula kodwa ephumelelayo esebenzisa i-chlorine dioxide. Abantu abakhempini banesizathu esihle sokuhamba ngale ndlela: amaphilisi angu-30 anesisindo esingaphansi kwe-ounce elilodwa, okwenza kube yindlela elula kakhulu yokuhlanza amanzi kulolu hlu. Ngaphezu kwalokho, iphilisi ngalinye lipakishwe ngokwalo, ngakho lingashintshwa ukuze livumelane nohambo lwakho (nge-Aquamira, udinga ukuphatha amabhodlela amabili nawe, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi uhambo lude kangakanani). Ukuze usebenzise i-Katahdin, mane nje ufake ithebhulethi elilodwa e-litre yamanzi bese ulinda imizuzu engu-15 ukuze uvikeleke kumagciwane namagciwane, imizuzu engu-30 ukuze uvikeleke ku-giardia kanye namahora angu-4 ukuze uvikeleke ku-cryptosporidium.
Ububi obukhulu banoma yikuphi ukwelashwa ngamakhemikhali ukuthi amanzi, yize ehlanzekile, awasenawo amanzi acwengekile (ehlane lase-Utah, isibonelo, lokhu kungasho amanzi ansundu anezinto eziningi eziphilayo). Kodwa ezindaweni zasezintabeni ezinamanzi acwebezelayo, njenge-Rocky Mountains, i-High Sierra noma i-Pacific Northwest, ukwelashwa ngamakhemikhali kuyindlela enhle kakhulu yokukhanya. Uma uqhathanisa ukwelashwa ngamakhemikhali, kubalulekile ukuqaphela ukuthi amaconsi e-Aquamir, yize kunzima ukuwasebenzisa, ashibhile kakhulu. Senze izibalo futhi sathola ukuthi uzokhokha cishe u-$0.53 ngelitha ngamanzi ahlanzekile aseKatahdin, kanye no-$0.13 ngelitha le-Aquamira. Ngaphezu kwalokho, amaphilisi e-Katadyn kunzima ukuwasika phakathi futhi awakwazi ukusetshenziswa namabhodlela angu-500ml (ithebhulethi elilodwa ngelitha), okuyinto embi kakhulu kubagijimi bezindlela abasebenzisa amabhodlela amancane athambile. Bheka i-Katadyn Micropur MP1.
Uhlobo: Isihlungi/isihlanzi sebhodlela. Isisindo: 15.9 oz. Isikhathi sokuhlunga: amalitha angu-65 Esikuthandayo: Uhlelo lokuhlanza olunezindlela ezintsha nolulula ukulusebenzisa, olufanele ukuhamba kwamanye amazwe. Esingakuthandi: Alusebenzi kahle ohambweni olude nolukude.
Uma kukhulunywa ngokuhamba phesheya, amanzi angaba yindaba enzima. Izifo ezibangelwa amanzi azenzeki ezindaweni ezikude kuphela: Abahambi abaningi bayagula ngemva kokuphuza amanzi ompompi angahlungiwe phesheya, kungaba ngamagciwane noma izinto ezingcolisayo zakwamanye amazwe. Nakuba ukusebenzisa amanzi asemabhodleleni apakishwe kusengaphambili kuyisisombululo esilula, i-Grayl GeoPress ingakongela imali ngenkathi inciphisa imfucuza yepulasitiki. Njenge-MSR Guardian ebiza kakhulu ngenhla, i-Grayl iyahlunga futhi ihlanze amanzi, futhi ikwenza ngebhodlela elilula kodwa elikhangayo elingama-ounces angu-24 kanye ne-plunger. Mane uhlukanise izingxenye ezimbili zamabhodlela, ugcwalise umshini wokucindezela wangaphakathi ngamanzi bese ucindezela phansi indebe yangaphandle kuze kube yilapho uhlelo luhlangana. Sekukonke, lokhu kuyinqubo esheshayo, elula futhi ethembekile uma nje unokufinyelela njalo emanzini. I-Greil iphinde yenze i-UltraPress engu-16.9-ounce ($90) kanye ne-UltraPress Ti ($200), equkethe ibhodlela le-titanium eliqinile elingasetshenziswa futhi ukushisa amanzi phezu komlilo.
Nakuba i-Grayl GeoPress iyisinqumo esihle kakhulu sokuhamba emazweni angakathuthuki, imikhawulo yayo endle ayinakuphikwa. Ukuhlanza ama-ounces angu-24 kuphela (amalitha angu-0.7) ngesikhathi esisodwa, kuyisistimu engasebenzi kahle ngaphandle kokuphuza usohambeni lapho umthombo wamanzi uhlala utholakala khona. Ngaphezu kwalokho, impilo yokuhlunga yesihlanzi ingamalitha angu-65 kuphela (noma amalitha angu-246), okuyinto encane uma iqhathaniswa nemikhiqizo eminingi evezwe lapha (i-REI inikeza izihlungi zokufaka esikhundleni ngo-$30). Okokugcina, uhlelo lunzima kakhulu ngalokho okutholayo ngemali engaphansi kwepawundi. Kwabahambi abangafuni ukukhawulelwa ukusebenza noma ukugeleza kwe-Grayl, enye inketho esebenzayo isihlanzi se-UV njenge-SteriPen Ultra evezwe ngezansi, yize ukuntuleka kokuhlunga kuyiphutha elikhulu, ikakhulukazi uma uhlela ukuya ezindaweni ezikude (uzodinga ukufinyelela emanzini ahlanzekile, agelezayo). Sekukonke, i-GeoPress iwumkhiqizo okhethekile, kodwa asikho esinye isihlungi sebhodlela esifaneleka kangcono ukuhamba phesheya kune-Grayl purifier. Bheka i-GeoPress Greyl 24 oz Cleaner.
Uhlobo: Isihlungi esicindezelwe. Isisindo: 2.6 oz. Isikhathi sokuhlunga: 1000 amalitha Esikuthandayo: Kulula kakhulu, kufanelekile ukuthwala. Esingakuthandi: Isikhathi sokuphila esifushane, asilingani namabhodlela amanzi ajwayelekile.
I-Katadyn BeFree ingenye yezihlungi ezivame kakhulu zasemakhaya, ezisetshenziswa yiwo wonke umuntu kusukela kubagijimi bezindlela kuya kwabahamba ngezinyawo zansuku zonke kanye nabahamba ngezinyawo. Njengoba kunjalo nge-Peak Squeeze ngenhla, isihlungi esijikelezayo kanye nenhlanganisela yamabhodlela athambile kukuvumela ukuthi uphuze njenganoma yiliphi ibhodlela lamanzi elijwayelekile, amanzi egeleza ngqo ngesihlungi aye emlonyeni wakho. Kodwa i-BeFree ihlukile kancane: umlomo obanzi wenza kube lula ukugcwalisa kabusha, futhi yonke into ilula kakhulu (ama-ounces angu-2.6 kuphela) futhi incane kakhulu. Abahamba ngezinyawo bangase bafune ukukhetha i-Peak Squeeze eqinile, kodwa abahamba ngezinyawo abalula kakhulu (kufaka phakathi abahamba ngezinyawo, abaqwali bezintaba, abagibeli bamabhayisikili, kanye nabagijimi) bazoba ngcono nge-BeFree.
Uma uthanda i-Katadyn BeFree, enye inketho ukuthenga isivalo sesihlungi se-HydraPak esingenhla bese usihlanganisa nebhodlela elithambile. Ngokwalokho esikubonile, i-HydraPak iyona ephumelele ngokusobala ngokwekhwalithi yokwakha kanye nobude besikhathi sesihlungi: Sivivinye kahle zombili izihlungi, futhi izinga lokugeleza kwe-BeFree (ikakhulukazi ngemva kokusebenzisa okuthile) lalihamba kancane kakhulu kune-HydraPak. Uma ucabanga nge-BeFree yokuhamba ngezinyawo, ungase ufune futhi ukucabangela i-Sawyer Squeeze, enempilo yokuhlunga ende (ngokuqinisekile iwaranti yokuphila konke), ayivali ngokushesha, futhi ingaguqulwa ibe isihlungi esisemgqeni. Noma isihlungi samandla adonsela phansi. Kodwa ukuze uthole iphakheji elula kakhulu kune-Peak Squeeze, kuningi ongakuthanda nge-BeFree. Bheka i-Katadyn BeFree 1.0L Water Filtration System.
Uhlobo: Isihlanzi samakhemikhali. Isisindo: ama-ounces angu-3.0 (amabhodlela amabili esewonke). Izinga Lokwelapha: Amagaloni angu-30 kuya ku-ounce eli-1. Esikuthandayo: Kulula, kushibhile, kuyasebenza futhi akuphuki. Esingakuthandi: Inqubo yokuxuba iyacasula, futhi amanzi aconsayo ashiya ukunambitheka kwamakhemikhali okuncane.
Kwabavakashi, kunezindlela eziningana zokuhlanzwa kwamanzi ngamakhemikhali, ngayinye inezinzuzo nezinkinga zayo. I-Aquamira iyisisombululo se-chlorine dioxide esiwuketshezi esibiza u-$15 kuphela ngama-ounces amathathu futhi sisebenza kahle ekubulaleni ama-protozoa, amabhaktheriya, nama-virus. Ukuze uhlanze amanzi, hlanganisa amaconsi angu-7 eNgxenye A kanye neNgxenye B esivalweni esinikeziwe, shiya imizuzu emihlanu, bese ufaka ingxube ku-1 litre yamanzi. Bese ulinda imizuzu engu-15 ngaphambi kokuphuza ukuze uvikele kuma-giardia, amabhaktheriya nama-virus, noma amahora amane ukubulala i-Cryptosporidium (okudinga ukuhlela kusengaphambili ngokucophelela). Akungabazeki ukuthi lolu hlelo lushibhile, lulula, futhi ngeke luhluleke njengezinye zezihlungi nezihlanzi eziyinkimbinkimbi kulolu hlu.
Inkinga enkulu ngamaconsi e-Aquamir inqubo yokuxuba. Izokubambezela endleleni, idinga ukugxilisa ingqondo ukuze ilinganise amaconsi, futhi ingahlanza izingubo zakho uma ungaqaphile. I-Aquamira inqubo eyinkimbinkimbi kakhulu kune-Katadyn Micropur echazwe ngenhla, kodwa izindaba ezinhle ukuthi ishibhile futhi ingaphatha amavolumu amaningi ahlukene (i-Katadyn ingama-tab angu-1/L kuphela, okunzima ukuyisika phakathi), okwenza ibe yinhle kakhulu emaqenjini. Okokugcina, khumbula ukuthi uma usebenzisa noma yiluphi uhlelo lokuhlanza amakhemikhali, awuhlungi ngakho-ke awuphuzi noma yiziphi izinhlayiya ezigcina zisebhodleleni. Lokhu ngokuvamile kufaneleka ekugelezeni kwezintaba okucacile, kodwa akuyona inketho engcono kakhulu kulabo abathola amanzi emithonjeni emincane noma emile kakhulu. Buka ukuhlanzwa kwamanzi e-Aquamira
Uhlobo: Isihlungi sephampu. Isisindo: 10.9 oz. Impilo yesihlungi: 750 amalitha Esikuthandayo: Isihlungi esiguquguqukayo nesithembekile esikhiqiza amanzi ahlanzekile kusuka emachibini. Esingakuthandi: Izihlungi zihlala isikhathi esifushane futhi kuyabiza ukuzishintsha.
Ukupompa amanzi kunezinkinga zako, kodwa sithole ukuthi i-Katadyn Hiker ingenye yezinketho zokuhlunga ezithembeke kakhulu ezimweni ezahlukahlukene zokuhamba ngezinyawo. Ngamafuphi, uvula i-Hiker, wehlise umkhawulo owodwa wepayipi emanzini, ubophe olunye uhlangothi ku-Nalgene (noma uwubeke phezulu uma unebhodlela noma olunye uhlobo lwedamu), bese upompa amanzi. Uma upompa amanzi ngesivinini esihle, ungathola cishe ilitha lamanzi ahlanzekile ngomzuzu. Sithole ukuthi i-microfilter ye-Hiker ishesha futhi kulula ukuyisebenzisa kune-MSR MiniWorks engezansi. Kodwa-ke, ngokungafani ne-MSR Guardian engenhla kanye ne-LifeSaver Wayfarer engezansi, i-Hiker iyisihlungi kakhulu kunesihlanzi, ngakho awutholi isivikelo segciwane.
Umklamo we-Katadyn Hiker ulungele amaphampu, kodwa lezi zinhlelo azinaphutha. Le yunithi yenziwe ngepulasitiki ye-ABS futhi inamapayipi amaningi nezingxenye ezincane, futhi siye saba nezingxenye eziwa kwamanye amaphampu esikhathini esidlule (hhayi nge-Katadyn okwamanje, kodwa lokho kuzokwenzeka). Enye inkinga ukuthi ukufaka esikhundleni sesihlungi kuyabiza kakhulu: ngemuva kwamalitha angaba ngu-750, kuzodingeka uchithe u-$55 ukuthola isihlungi esisha (i-MSR MiniWorks itusa ukufaka esikhundleni sesihlungi ngemuva kwamalitha angu-2000, okubiza u-$58). Kodwa sisathanda i-Katadyn, enikeza ukupompa okusheshayo nokubushelelezi naphezu kokuphila kwayo okufushane kwesihlungi. Bheka i-microfilter ye-Katadyn Hiker.
Uhlobo: Isihlungi samandla adonsela phansi. Isisindo: 12.0 oz. Impilo yesihlungi: 1500 amalitha Esikuthandayo: Umthamo wamalitha ayi-10, umklamo olula kakhulu. Esingakuthandi: Ukuntuleka kwezikhwama zesihlungi samandla adonsela phansi ezihlanzekile akusebenzi kangako.
I-Platypus Gravity Works iyisihlungi samandla adonsela phansi esingamalitha angu-4, kodwa amakamu ayisisekelo namaqembu amakhulu angase afune ukuhlola i-MSR AutoFlow XL lapha. I-AutoFlow engu-$10 ingagcina amalitha amanzi afinyelela kwangu-10 ngesikhathi, okukusiza ukunciphisa ukuhamba uye emthonjeni wakho wamanzi. Ngama-ounces angu-12, inzima kakhulu kune-Gravity Works, futhi isihlungi esakhelwe ngaphakathi sigeleza amanzi ngesivinini esifanayo (1.75 lpm). I-MSR iza nesinamathiselo sebhodlela le-Nalgene esinomlomo obanzi ukuze kuhlungwe kalula, ngaphandle kokuvuza.
Ububi obukhulu bohlelo lwe-MSR AutoFlow ukuntuleka kwezikhwama zokuhlunga "ezihlanzekile". Lokhu kusho ukuthi ungagcwalisa kuphela izitsha (izikhwama zokuphuza, i-Nalgene, amabhodwe, amakomishi, njll.) ngamanani okuhlunga e-AutoFlow. I-platypus eshiwo ngenhla, ngakolunye uhlangothi, ihlunga amanzi esikhwameni esihlanzekile bese iwagcina lapho ukuze ukwazi ukuwafinyelela ngokushesha uma uwadinga. Okokugcina, zombili izinhlelo zidinga ukusethwa okuhle ukuze zisebenze kahle: sikhetha ukulengisa isihlungi samandla adonsela phansi egatsheni lesihlahla ngakho-ke sithola ukuthi lolu hlelo lunzima ukulisebenzisa ezimweni zasezintabeni. Sekukonke, uma ufuna isihlungi samandla adonsela phansi esisebenza kahle kakhulu esinezingxenye zekhwalithi, i-MSR AutoFlow ifanele ukubukwa okwesibili. Bheka i-MSR AutoFlow XL Gravity Filter.
Uhlobo: Isihlungi/isihlanzi sephampu. Isisindo: 11.4 oz. Impilo yesihlungi: 5,000 amalitha Esikuthandayo: Inhlanganisela yesihlungi/isihlanzi ibiza ngaphansi kwengxenye yesithathu yentengo ye-Guardian ebalwe ngenhla. Esingakuthandi: Akukho msebenzi wokuzihlanza, kunzima ukushintsha isihlungi uma kudingeka.
I-LifeSaver ese-UK ayiyona into edumile uma kukhulunywa ngemishini yangaphandle, kodwa i-Wayfarer yabo ifanelwe indawo ohlwini lwethu. Njenge-MSR Guardian okukhulunywe ngayo ngenhla, i-Wayfarer iyisihlungi sephampu esisusa udoti emanzini akho ngenkathi isusa i-protozoa, amabhaktheriya, namagciwane. Ngamanye amazwi, i-Wayfarer ihlola wonke amabhokisi bese ikwenza lokhu nge-$100 emangalisayo. Futhi ngama-ounces angu-11.4 kuphela, ilula kakhulu kune-Guardian. Uma uthanda i-MSR kodwa ungadingi umklamo othuthukisiwe kangaka, imikhiqizo yasemakhaya ye-LifeSaver ikufanele ukubonwa.
Yini oyidelayo manje njengoba intengo ye-Wayfarer iphansi kakhulu? Okokuqala, impilo yesihlungi iyingxenye ye-Guardian futhi, ngeshwa, i-REI ayinikezi enye esikhundleni sayo (ungathenga eyodwa kuwebhusayithi ye-LifeSaver, kodwa ngesikhathi sokushicilelwa kubiza u-$18 owengeziwe ukuthunyelwa kusuka e-UK). Okwesibili, i-Wayfarer ayizihlanzi, okungenye yezici eziyinhloko ze-Guardian ezayivumela ukuthi igcine izinga lokugeleza eliphezulu kangaka kuyo yonke impilo yayo (i-LifeSaver nayo yaqala ngesilinganiso sokugeleza esiphansi esingu-1.4 l/min). Kodwa uma kuqhathaniswa nezihlungi ezijwayelekile zephampu njenge-Katadyn Hiker ngenhla kanye ne-MSR MiniWorks EX ngezansi, inikeza isivikelo esengeziwe ngentengo efanayo. Njengoba izindawo zethu zasendle ziya ngokuya zigcwala, isihlungi/isihlanzi sephampu siba nengqondo kakhulu futhi i-LifeSaver Wayfarer iba yisisombululo esingabizi kakhulu. Buka i-LifeSaver Wayfarer
Uhlobo: Isihlungi esicindezelwe. Isisindo: 3.3 oz. Impilo yesihlungi: 1000 amalitha Esikuthandayo: Izinga lokugeleza eliphezulu, elijwayelekile, lifanela wonke amabhodlela angu-28mm. Esingakuthandi: Impilo yesihlungi emfushane; Usayizi ongunxande wenza kube nzima ukubamba ngenkathi usebenza.
I-GravityWorks eshiwo ngenhla evela ku-Platypus ingenye yezihlungi zamanzi esizithandayo zamaqembu, futhi i-QuickDraw eboniswe lapha inikeza ikhambi elihle kubantu ngabanye. I-QuickDraw ifana nemiklamo efana ne-Sawyer Squeeze kanye ne-LifeStraw Peak Squeeze ngenhla, kodwa inesimo esihle: i-ConnectCap entsha ikuvumela ukuthi ugoqe isihlungi ngqo ebhodleleni elinentamo encane futhi iza nesinamathiselo sepayipi esilula sokugcwalisa kalula ngokusebenzisa ukuhlunga amandla adonsela phansi. I-QuickDraw inesilinganiso sokugeleza esimangazayo samalitha ama-3 ngomzuzu (uma kuqhathaniswa namalitha angu-1.7 e-Squeeze ngomzuzu), futhi igoqeka ibe yiphakethe eliqinile lokugcina esikhwameni noma evesti yokugijima. Kubalulekile ukuqaphela ukuthi isikhwama se-Platypus esifakiwe siqinile kunesikhwama se-Sawyer futhi sinesibambo esilula sokufinyelela kalula emanzini.
Sivivinye kahle izihlungi ze-QuickDraw kanye ne-Peak Squeeze futhi sabeka i-Platypus ngaphansi kwe-LifeStraw ngezizathu eziningana. Okokuqala, ayinazo izindlela eziningi zokushintshashintsha: Ngenkathi i-Peak Squeeze iyithuluzi eliphathekayo elihle labagijimi bezindlela, ukuma kwe-QuickDraw okusaqanda kanye nesihlungi esiphumayo kwenza kube nzima ukubamba. Okwesibili, kwakukhona imbobo ethangini lethu le-Platypus futhi ibhodlela le-LifeStraw elithambile eliqinile alikavuzi. Ngaphezu kwalokho, isihlungi se-QuickDraw sinesigamu sempilo (1,000L vs. 2,000L), okuyinto embi kakhulu uma ubheka ukwenyuka kwentengo ye-LifeStraw engu-$11. Ekugcineni, isihlanzi sethu saqala ukuvala ngokushesha phakathi kokuhlanza, okwabangela ukuncipha okubuhlungu kancane. Kodwa kusekuningi ongakuthanda nge-Platypus, ikakhulukazi i-Connect Cap entsha eyitholela indawo ohlwini lwethu. Bheka uhlelo lwe-Platypus QuickDraw microfiltration.
Uhlobo: Isihlanzi se-UV. Isisindo: 4.9 oz. Isikhathi sesibani: 8000 amalitha. Esikuthandayo: Kulula ukuhlanza, akukho ukunambitheka kwamakhemikhali ngemuva kwalokho. Esingakusebenzisi: Sithembele ekushajeni nge-USB.
I-SteriPen ibilokhu ithatha isikhundla esiyingqayizivele emakethe yokuhlanza amanzi iminyaka engaphezu kweyishumi. Esikhundleni sokusebenzisa izihlungi ezahlukene zamandla adonsela phansi, amaphampu namaconsi amakhemikhali ohlwini, ubuchwepheshe be-SteriPen busebenzisa ukukhanya kwe-ultraviolet ukubulala amagciwane, ama-protozoa namagciwane. Ubeka nje i-SteriPen ebhodleleni lamanzi noma echibini bese uyijikeleza kuze kube yilapho idivayisi ithi isilungile—kuthatha cishe imizuzwana engama-90 ukuhlanza ilitha elilodwa lamanzi. I-Ultra iyimodeli yethu esiyithandayo, enomklamo oqinile wama-ounces angu-4.9, isibonisi se-LED esiwusizo, kanye nebhethri le-lithium-ion elilula elishajwa kabusha nge-USB.
Siyayithanda indlela i-SteriPen esetshenziswa ngayo, kodwa sinemizwa exubile ngemva kokuyisebenzisa isikhathi eside. Ukuntuleka kokuhlunga ngokuqinisekile kuyiphutha: uma ungakhathazeki ngokuphuza udaka noma ezinye izinhlayiya, ungahambisa kuphela imithombo yamanzi enobunzulu obufanele. Okwesibili, i-SteriPen isebenzisa ibhethri le-lithium-ion eliphinde lishajwe nge-USB, ngakho-ke uma lifa futhi ungenayo ishaja ephathekayo, uzozithola usehlane ngaphandle kokuhlanza (i-SteriPen iphinde inikeze i-Adventurer Opti UV, enomklamo oqinile, osebenza ngamabhethri amabili e-CR123). Okokugcina, uma usebenzisa i-SteriPen, kunzima ukuqiniseka ngokuphelele ukuthi iyasebenza - kungakhathaliseki ukuthi iqinisekisiwe noma cha. Ingabe ngicwilise idivayisi emanzini amancane kakhulu noma amaningi kakhulu? Ingabe inqubo isiqediwe ngempela? Kodwa asikaze sigule nge-SteriPen, ngakho-ke lokhu kwesaba akukagcwaliseki. Bheka i-SteriPen Ultraviolet Water Purifier.
Uhlobo: Isihlungi sephampu. Isisindo: 1 lb 0 oz. Impilo yesihlungi: 2000 amalitha Esikuthandayo: Omunye wemiklamo embalwa yephampu enesihlungi se-ceramic. Esingakuthandi: Inzima futhi ibiza kakhulu kune-Katadyn Hiker.
Naphezu kwazo zonke izinto ezintsha zakamuva, i-MSR MiniWorks isalokhu ingenye yamaphampu athandwa kakhulu emakethe. Uma kuqhathaniswa ne-Katadyn Hiker engenhla, le miklamo inosayizi ofanayo we-filter pore (0.2 microns) futhi ivikela ekungcoleni okufanayo, okuhlanganisa i-Giardia ne-Cryptosporidium. Ngenkathi i-Katadyn ishibhile ngama-$30 futhi ilula (ama-ounces angu-11), i-MSR inokuphila isikhathi eside kakhulu kokuhlunga kwama-litre angu-2,000 (i-Hiker inama-litre angu-750 kuphela) futhi inomklamo we-carbon-ceramic okulula ukuwuhlanza ensimini. Sekukonke, lena iphampu enhle evela komunye wemikhiqizo ethembekile kakhulu ekuhlungeni amanzi.
Kodwa-ke, sifaka i-MSR MiniWorks lapha ngokusekelwe kokuhlangenwe nakho kwethu kokusebenza. Sithole ukuthi iphampu yayihamba kancane ekuqaleni (izinga layo lokugeleza elishiwoyo lilitha eli-1 ngomzuzu, kodwa asizange sikuqaphele lokhu). Ngaphezu kwalokho, inguqulo yethu yaba cishe ingasetshenziswa phakathi nohambo lwethu e-Utah. Amanzi ayenamafu kakhulu, kodwa lokho akuzange kuyivimbe iphampu ukuthi ingasebenzi ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ngemuva kokukhishwa kwayo ebhokisini. Impendulo yabasebenzisi ibe mihle ngokuvamile futhi sibheke phambili kwenye i-MiniWorks ukuze ihlolwe kabanzi, kodwa lokho kusho ukuthi, sizohamba nesisindo esilula kanye ne-Katadyn engabizi kakhulu. Bheka ama-microfilter e-MSR MiniWorks EX.
Uhlobo: Isihlungi sebhodlela/utshani. Isisindo: 8.7 oz. Impilo yesevisi yesihlungi: amalitha angu-4000. Esikuthandayo: Impilo yesihlungi elula kakhulu futhi ende kakhulu. Esingakuthandi: Inzima futhi ikhulu kunesihlungi sebhodlela esithambile.
Kulabo abadinga isihlungi samabhodlela amanzi esikhethekile, i-LifeStraw Go iyakhanga kakhulu. Njengesihlungi samabhodlela esithambile ngenhla, i-Go yenza ukuhlanzwa kwamanzi kube lula njengokuthatha kancane, kodwa ibhodlela eliqinile linikeza ukuqina kanye nokulula kokuhamba ngezinyawo nsuku zonke kanye nomsebenzi wasemakhaya—akudingeki ukucindezelwa noma ukupholisa ngesandla. Ngaphezu kwalokho, isikhathi sokuhlunga se-LifeStraw singamalitha angu-4000, okuphindwe kane kune-BeFree. Sekukonke, lokhu kuyindlela efanelekile futhi eqinile yokuzijabulisa lapho isisindo nobukhulu kungeyona inkinga enkulu.
Kodwa yize i-LifeStraw Go ilula, ayisebenzi kakhulu—uthola ibhodlela lamanzi ahlungiwe bese kuphelela lapho. Ngenxa yokuthi iyisihlungi sotshani, awukwazi ukusebenzisa i-Go ukukhama amanzi emabhodleleni angenalutho noma emabhodweni okupheka (njengoba ungenza nge-BeFree noma i-Sawyer Squeeze). Khumbula futhi ukuthi utshani bukhulu, okunciphisa amandla okugcina amanzi. Kodwa ngezenzo zesikhashana noma kulabo abakhetha ukuhlunga amanzi abo ompompi, i-LifeStraw Go ingenye yezinketho ezilula kakhulu nezilula. Bheka i-LifeStraw Go 22 oz.