iStraw Personal Water Filter Drinking Straw

Aimed squarely at the traveller, the iStraw has been designed to act as a personal water filter that contains an inbuilt micro filter to remove impurities and bacteria from your drinking water.
A convenient substitute to water purification tables, the manufacturers claim that this practical travel gadget removes up to 99.999% of all potentially harmful organisms – which can result in anything from upset stomachs to acute sickness and diarrhoea.

In order to press home just how much of an issue this is the site offers the following, somewhat alarming statistics:
- More than 50% of travellers report some kind sickness when travelling
- Around 40% of travellers report Diarrhoea
- Nearly 18% of travellers lose at least 1 day of their trip to illness
- Almost 4% losing 4 days or more to illness
Of course you could just drink bottled water but, as the iStraw’s manufacturers rightly point out, the resulting waste – namely plastic bottles – invariably end up in land fill sites and so, whilst bottled water is often a safer alternative to tap water, the iStraw is a far more environmentally friendly solution.
It’s a great idea, though quite why it’s named the iStraw is a different matter altogether.
The iStraw Personal Water Filter retails for £19.99.


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