Water Chances? a review of the Grayl Geopress Water Purifier
story and photos by Murray Selleck What kind of chances are you willing to take with your health drinking directly from a clear running mountain stream? With the Grayl Geopress Purifier the chances of you becoming sick with giardia or some other form of water-born nas ness is eliminated. With a Grayl Geopress Water Purifier all you have to do is fill, press, and drink. No fuss. No muss. No chemicals. No ba eries. No boiling. In about 8 seconds you have purified water. It really doesn’t get much easier than that. Drinking cold refreshing mountain water is one of the greatest simple pleasures of hiking and backpacking. Nothing is as sa sfying or adds to your experience like quenching a high al tude thirst with water that doesn’t even come close to resembling downstreammetropolitan-tap water. There is a choice when it comes to trea ng your backcountry drinking water. You can purify it or filter it.
The Grayl Geopress is a water purifier. It eliminates bacteria, protozoa, and viruses. Filters only eliminate bacteria and protozoa. Grayl increases the level of your drinking water protec on by purifying water. Another incredible benefit of the Grayl Geopress is it eliminates heavy metals like lead, arsenic, and chromium. Colorado is famous for its mining history. Who knows from where or what sorts of health hazards might be leaching into our mountain streams from these old abandoned mines. Grayl purifiers also take out micro-plas cs, sediment, and silt from your water. Of course, when you are trea ng your drinking water you should always try and begin with the clearest source water you can find. Silty or muddy water will reduce the life of the Grayl cartridge as it will with any water filter on the market today. The Grayl purifies water with non-woven ceramic fibers, posi vely charged ions, and powdered ac vated carbon.
