Glad it was helpful! Thanks for taking the time to let us know.

Zero need to purchase water. Simply drink unfiltered water💦 from streams, rivers and lakes worldwide. Your body is the best natural filter.

Thank you and you are welcome. We hope to make videos like this on most the stuff we bought and used.

I was thinking the exact same thing. :) (Queensland)

Hope you enjoy it!

Curious why two???

$400 is a lot, but it might be worth it. Remeber the 3 year expiration after first use. Now that we are back in the "house life" for now I'm still using it in our home to filter water since it will go bad over time and we have about another year on the filter, so why not use it to it's full potential.

Thanks for taking the time to share some positive words. I'm glad the video was helpful

I did return my Jersey can for a pro one water filter as their are half the price as berky and filter our flouride too without extra filters and are half the price of the jerry can

Thanks for taking the time to give us some kind words :)

Thanks Jake! We like out T100 too😁

Cool. We obviously like it. Do you need water filtration because your in a country with out potable tap water or because you are trying to stay remote without packing in all your water? Or both?

I'll be living remotely in the US. Land Between the Lakes specifically. And, of course, the random road trip to the Big Bend National Park area.

Cool. We may reenter the USA near Big Bend. I've never been to that part of the country so we may wind our way through west Texas, Arizona, New Mexico, and Nevada before making our way back to California. We haven't decided for sure, but that area seems ripe for adventure:)

Well, if you do come back to the US in that area make sure you stop in on DOM rock from the movie Fandango. And while I'm at it. 90 miles north in Alpine is where they filmed "Three chili dogs and a malt!" at the local Sonic. And you've got Prada in the desert as well. I'm rambling. Sorry.

Glad it was helpful!

Your welcome, and I'm glad it helps.

Thanks for the feedback. glad it helped 👍

Glad it was helpful!

Sorry about that One of those things that we stopped noticing while we were camping in the jungle for so long, but rewatching it now, it is definitely distracting. Part of shooting on sight I guess

Thanks. Very helpful comment all around.

Watched and loved the traveling together journal.....but this is canned and seems forced. I’ll still watch but be careful with this

So would it be like a backup system for you? Or would it have a different use? Always interested to hear what other folks are doing :)

Mostly a backup system, I try to have redundancies whenever possible; ... especially when fairly little extra space is utilized.

They did make a 1-gallon version if you really want to save space and it's a backup.

Yes, I see that advertised along with the larger units just below the video (not sure if it was there when I first watched the video). Something I will keep in mind when I am ready to make the purchase; ... but will probably go with a larger one to utilize it for outdoor showering.

Glad it was helpful!

welcome aboard. 😁

It would work well for that. Truck camper or van... same same

Thanks Richard

That's a good idea Ron. Our strategy has been to make sure we were somewhere with an easy water source whenever we change out the carbon. Then we can lett the first couple litters go in the ground or maybe fill Jaggers bowl and then refill the Jerry can before headding away from our water source.

Warm water would be OK. We've left it out in the sun and warmed it up. Not sure what the max temp is though.

haven't heard of it. We made this review a few years ago. At the time there wasn't another product like this on the market in the USA. We found this on a UK website and ordered it. It's cool the demand is growing and more options are becoming available.

Thanks for the video Idea. I suspect it will be a while before we get to the topic, so I will do my best to meet your request here. The water cans held up well. They are made of thick plastic and we will likely continue to use them with out any foreseeable issue. The downside to these water cans is that they do not seal completely. When stored in an upright position we had no leaks, even on rough roads, but in any other orientation they would leak from the caps when full. If you found the right sized O-ring for the caps you could probably solve this problem, but my one attempt at it proved not to fit as well as hoped. As far as finding water sources, we filled our water jugs at any business that we patronage. We filled our cans at grocery stores (as seen in the video) gas stations, parks, public wells, rivers, banks, coffee shops, hotels, and restaurants. Latin America was very lax about this. When we got back to the USA and tried to fill our water jugs at a tap on the side of a gas station (after just spending $55 for gas) the manager came rushing out saying that he saw us on the security cameras and demanded to know what we were doing. Our response, "filling a water jug. What's wrong?". We were confused by his alarm. He was pretty upset with us. So, maybe this doesn't work as well if your traveling through the USA.

I do like the attachment. Terrible pressure, but gets the job done way better than a solar shower bag.

HAHAHA😂

@@TheTravelingTogetherJournal / Im buying one now because of your review. Thank you

😂 haha yes

It will not work with Sea water. The dissolved salt is too small and will ass through the filter

Glad to help. I'm not 100% on the fluoride, but I think if you add in the charcoal filter it would remove it or at least a percentage of it.

good information. thanks jack

Lifesaver makes a 20,000 and a 10,000 UF filter. We have the 20000, but if your solo the 10,000 would probably be the more cost effective option. The charcoal filters do need to be changed more often. (every 2500 liters)

We don't really clean it. If we have a good water source I will spray around inside of the container and at the filter then dump it out before refilling it, particularly if we recently had a salty water source. If you were using water with mud or leaves or something in it then you would want to clean that debris out when you had the chance so that you don't prematurely clog the filter. You can unscrew the tap fitting from the jug and the filter can then be pulled out for a more thorough inspection/cleaning. This will also give you another access point if you wanted to use a bottle brush to scrub the inside of the jug.

Hi there if you want to just freshen a jug just use about a table spoon of baking soda swish it around real good rinse one time and your good for long term storage use about 1- 2 drops of bleach for 5 gallon of water swish around for a minute let it sit for 10-15 minutes empty and rinse till no smell store with cap off so it will dry

That sounds like a good idea. I'm considering a similar system for my next build. One thing to consider is how you will fill the large tank. Jerrycans are nice since you can carry them to the water source. A longer garden hose and easy access to fill your tank would solve this problem most of the time, but maybe one normal jerrycan to transfer water would be a good idea as well.

You could install a 20L or 40L tank, then fill them using water jugs available at any store everywhere. You may have to pay a deposit for the jug, but you'd immediately return the empty jug to the store to get back your deposit.

if it can freeze, thaw out and keep working, that's pretty solid might have to take it to bed with you in the winter 🤷‍♂️

We do still use it and are still happy with it. That dental floss idea is clever! Thanks

lifesaver's website: iconlifesaver.com/product/lifesaver-jerrycan-activated-carbon-filters-5-pack/?v=7516fd43adaa

thanks

@@TheTravelingTogetherJournal you’re welcome. I used your affiliate link to purchase a can and lemme tell ya.. it’s MUCH more expensive right now lol. It’s nice tho and I only hope to get as much out of it as you have. Thanks again ❤️

@@roquemoreorbust Thanks for using the link. Sorry the price has gone up. Back when bought ours, these things hadn't made it into the US market yet. We purchased ours from a retailer in the UK. By the time we made the video they were obviously in the US and were actually cheaper than what it had cost us to get from the UK. Still a good product though. Hope you get lots of opportunities to use yours😁

We didn't have an issue keeping it out of direct sunlight, but We've had a couple of other people make the same observation, so if the lifesaver marketing team is paying attention maybe we'll see a change in the product.

white colored can are costly to make

It's the same technology as they use in some of their backpacking filters, just jumbo sized, so I think it would work fine. We've used water from wells and streams with visible debris, but I wouldn't call any of it silty or muddy, so I can't speak from first hand experience on that. I know you can clean the filter element. We never did, but you may have to if the water has a lot of silt in it.

@@TheTravelingTogetherJournal thanks!

It will reduce smells, but won't remove all impurities. You can clean it by removing the filter and wiping it off and carefully pouring water into it so it flows in revers. We never did this so many speak to its easy or effectiveness. It's something you would potentially do if you tried to filter mud water, but we never did that. There is no good way of knowing when the filter needs to be changed in my opinion. I recently reached out to lifesaver about this and if you didn't keep track of how many liters of water you filtered with the unit, then your stuck guessing or if the water flow is noticeably slower then it used to be that is a sign it needs to be changed.

I have not. I've never owned another jerry can with 2 threaded openings like this. you need one hole for the pump/fill and one for the filter/tap.

We never did that, but we also never filled it with water that had a visibly high sediment content. We waited out into lakes to get to clear looking water or filled it from clear running streams. Pre-filtering would be a good idea if your only source of water is visibly dirty/not clear. The filter can also be removed and cleaned of large sediment, but we never felt the need to do this, so I can't comment form personal experience. checkout iconlifesaver.com for more info on that.

We don't. Keeping track would be the prudent thing to do, but I guess we aren't worried enough to make the effort. If the filter gets clogged the water flow will diminish.

interesting. We obviously haven't tested this ourselves and just shared the company's statement. The 3 year shelf life starts from when you open it. I don't think it has a shelf life when still in its vacuum sealed packaging. I suspect we'll continue to use it until it stops working too.

Sounds like you found a product to match your needs. We obviously liked the lifesaver product that this review is about, but it sounds like you have entirely different needs based on the product you mention.

@@TheTravelingTogetherJournal Im not willing to give up on Life-Saver just yet seeing that the only other Ultra-Filtration filter from M.S.R. cost $350 Im thinking about trying out the Life-Saver Cube & Jerry Can next I bet it would be far less work than the bottle for home water filtration & emergency use

I can't tell you how they chose the colors for the jugs. Their yellow ones that the company donates to relief aid and charity efforts look too much like diesel fuel cans in my opinion. What I can tell you is that we were in some hot places and never had any issue with the water getting hot. Although, with out thinking about it, I guess we didn't regularly leave it out in direct sun light either. If it is a concern for you and the way your rig is set up, I suppose it would be pretty easy to make it a little cover out of reflectix or something like that.

Blue is the global standard colour for containers of potable water. Red is four-stroke petrol (gasolene), yellow is diesel, green is two-stroke petrol. I don't think colour makes that much difference to temperature really.

Black will get more heat, that's why the hanging showers are black.

no

yes, but if you are building a rain catchment system you may want to consider plumbing in an inline filter system. It's would probably be more convenient than transferring the water in and out of the jerrycan. just a thought

@@TheTravelingTogetherJournal thank you for the reply and great video as well. Be safe and healthy out there.

Giorgio Brown If your setting up a rain catch system that catches the water coming off your roof, you should only do it if your roof is metal. Shingles have chemicals in them that this system can’t filter out.

Our water isn't bubbly. I'm not sure what would cause that. If there was a leak then air or water would be leaking out of the jerry can since the system is pressurized.