How effective is the Lifestraw?... Lifestraw vs. muddy puddle 

I see a lot of people comment how gross it is that I drank my own spit (or backwash). Seriously? Think about it. Unless you are 100% fed intravenously then you swallow your spit every time you eat or drink.

The water was obviously a paid actor

0.01 bacteria: Ladies and Gentlemen we got him!

I have drank straight out of the river with a life straw. Taste like regular water, didn’t get sick, they really work

the .01 bacteria who survived: BRO IM STRAIGHT UP NOT HAVING A GOOD TIME

0.1% of bacteria that survived... PARTY TIME!!! 🎉 🦠

Every bacteria gangsta until the Lifestraw walks in

Dude, you're a legend for doing what many wouldn't have done in the first place. And if people are crying about spit then they are missing the point of this awesome demonstration! Thanks for all the entertaining vids.

You remind me of a young Gordon Ramsey :D

I’m gonna Lifestraw Heinz ketchup

I keep several of these in bug out bags and vehicles. They are for emergencies so I've never used them. This was good to see...

If you urine in a cup then u lifestraw it, it taste like water right? Then u can survive with prolong period of time with clean recycle water over and over, great i will buy the lifestraw youtube.

Thanks for this video. I have been thinking about buying some lifestraws for myself and my family. I really needed this demonstration of the lifestraw, and now I will feel ok about getting it.

1990: There would be flying cars in the future. 2019:

In an emergency situation you would certainly try to find “cleaner” puddles and streams to draw from, making the filter last as long as humanly possible.

Why am I watching this, I have a statistics test tomorrow I should be studying for

I don’t know who you are but you sure looked like Gordon Ramsay in the thumbnail

Basically I just watched a dude drink muddy water through sum special straw

Nice to hear your voice Chad. You don’t generally talk in your current videos. 👍🏼 wow! It does work.

You speak so well! I wish you all the best. You also look like someone who could be on TV

You should really be getting paid a lot for this...

I've actually used a Life Straw before on a camping trip. It worked really well!

Love the choice of music 😄That's definitely a neat product 😁 I'm subed

These things are totally wortwhile. I use a WaterGenie, which has the same specs/internals and I have never had an issue from drinking any water that it filtered (rain, river, well, airconditioner gunky water), which we survive on daily. Very nice to see you doing this, thanks for an awesome video. It's great to binge your stuff again after all this time.

Thank you, I've been wanting to see a video of someone using this filter in real world !!! Nice video ! Again Thanks !!!

"Chad was found dead in a puddle of his own diarrhea "

i'm about to buy one of these life straw for my outdoor gear, thanks for this review

Chad! Awesome video, thank you! 😎

I have been using these filter for years now and I stopped bringing gallons of water and enjoying much of my outdoor activities. I highly recommend it! There are a lot of good deals online. I acquired my latest for just $13.99.

Using something similar, the Sawyer water filter, I filtered some mead (wine made using honey and water) after the fermentation stopped and all the dead yeast went to the bottom. I tried coffee filters to catch whatever yeast stirred up, to no avail. The yeast slipped through the coffee filter and kept the mead murky. Putting it through the Sawyer water filter, turned it crystal clear.

Wonderful to know FOR THOSE who hick or travel in the outdoors. Thanks for sharing this

You took it for the team. Thank you. You deserve to get paid alot for this though

Ive always used it in moving fresh water, but always curious as to how they would work in a dirty puddle and it seems pretty damn good actually!

I would go with a sawyer mini instead. It filters more and lasts much longer. Also, you dont have to drink directly from a puddle while getting your self wet and dirty. The sawyer mini allows you to fill a water bottle and attach the filter to it. Much more convenient!

You, sir, have convinced me to make a purchase!

I just ordered my first Lifestraw and received it this afternoon. I made the purchase to have in my survival bag for emergencies. I understand that the product received very high consumer reviews; and that was the reason for purchasing it. I am looking forward to trying this. Thank you for posting the video; this is very impressive👏👏👏👏. God Bless.👍👍👍👍

I’ve been wanting to buy a Lifestraw for awhile, and this has convinced me enough to buy one 😁

“Definitely something i won’t drink” *continues to put straw in

Amazing, I love the demonstration.

I’m still going to say you are brave LOL...glad to see how great it works.

I just purchased one and watching this video to learn how to use it and find out how effective it is. Good to know it does as expected, thank you.

If there is arsenic, mercury, lead or any other toxic chemical in the water, it wont remove it. Its only a filter for removing partials. It takes a still to separate chemicals from water.

Great idea sir I will even filter out the spitted jar again just to be reassured a good filtering

That was an awesome test I would buy that store now, but I'm also looking for something that will do pool water as well a good alternative for runoff water, rain catchers, maybe get something a little bigger the chi could funnel at end of your 5-gallon water buckets, outstanding!!!

Man: drinks water Germs: I'm about to end this man's whole career...

3:20 I thought he said “you know what, im depressed”

I have one in my day pack for flyfishing. I have the model that is a drinking bottle with a lifestraw system inside it. Never need to carry water anywhere I go now. It really is a great product.

Wow this is so useful for army personal. Since I'm from army I'm gonna buy this. So convenient

Thanks a ton for this! The day we can filter sea water with something like this will really change the world.

Most people wouldn’t use it on super dirty water, so it will definitely work!

All right , easy and light tool . I like.

They now make a life straw that's built into a carrying bottle. Great video demonstration. I have always drank out of puddles with it, the downside is how hard you have to actually work to suck the water and that you can't really save any for later. The new bottle is much more convenient

Hey is that bear behind you pissing in the water!??

You should use a piece of cloth to filter the big things out and let the water sit so the sediments you just stirred up can settle out before drinking it. Use a life straw when you are on the move and can't use a bigger filter like a Sawer mini then use the larger one when you get to a camp/safe site.

I used one in a fairly stagnant pond, just tasted a little grassy but didn't have any ill effects. Works.

You convinced me to buy that. Thank you.

It's all fun and games till that .01 parasite gets you 🤷

Did you have the shits later? How do you tell when the filters are at capacity? Does the dirty water start coming right through to your mouth?

Good demonstration, thx!😊

Nice side by side comparison 👍🏼

*I mean I don’t want to be THAT person but.....was it necessary to spit in that cup then drink it again?*

What about a fast flowing creek or river that runs past lots of farmers fields would it filter chemicals out? I feel that digging a so called water hole beside the creek or river that would then fill up using the earth to pre- filter that water would possibly give an added level of safety and might prolong the life of that filter, just an idea , what do you think?

Great review I’m going To use mine in conjunction With a Milbank filter into a container than drink from the container

went on a camping / hiking backback trip. being 2 days deep into the woods its a life saver when you run out of water.

this is the first time i’ve heard this man’s voice.

Great demo Chad. Life straws are great but I've also been using the Sawyer mini system which is a bit more pocket-able but just as impressive

Wooooooow que filtró para dejar el agua clara de verdad que es útil

Wow that thing is literally a life saver

Muddy water: I've heard you need lungs like the jaws of life. Lifestraw: Hold my Air.

The 0.0001% of bacteria: Let's get em boys.

This is amazing! Why don’t we help people out in parts of the world and send these out?!

To make it more exciting you should go into one of the bathrooms in Grand Central Station and drink straight out of one of the toilets with that thing!

When you submerge it to prime it do you submerge it in dookey water?

Man I was waiting to see a time jump to the shitter. Lol

Just note that the number of "9s" in the decimal of the filtration effectiveness is REALLYY important. Their website says three 9s for parasites ("three nines" means 99.999%, or three nines after the decimal). For bacteria it's six 9s. 99.999999%. It "sounds" like it's twice as effective, but the difference between the to is 1000 : 1

Some of you are joking/complaining about that .01 percent that is potentially not filtered but let me tell you it’s a lot better than drinking the alternative. I don’t care what brand you choose, there are several on the market.. it’s just a good idea to have a water filtering device just in case, I wish they had been available back in the 90’s. My sister was 8 mos pregnant and always in very good health. She and hubby loved to go camping, hiking.. etc.. and decided to take one last trip before the baby came. They went to an area in Oregon (4 hrs away from home) that was known for its fresh water streams, companies like Arrowhead made claims of harvesting water from those streams so my sis had no hesitation in drinking from it. In hindsight it was a fluke situation but within just a few hours she became very ill. She went from being a very vibrant and healthy woman to laying in a hospital bed fighting for her life. Not only did she need to have an emergency c-section to save the baby but ended up wearing a colostomy bag for the next 2 yrs. Of course there’s a lot more to the story medically speaking but it would take me writing a novel to explain it all. We, her family were in a helpless panic as to whether she was going to survive, it was touch and go for awhile there.. not to mention that she was unable to have those first bonding moments with baby like most (new) mom’s do. When I say it was a fluke situation, it was discovered that there was a dead bear laying in the water upstream, I mean what were the odd? Was that what made my sister so sick, we’re not completely sure but probably likely. There were parasites in her bloodstream as well. Times were different and we didn’t know as much as we do now. My sis and nephew are doing very well today and a couple of repair surgeries later, my sis didn’t need the aid of a colostomy bag anymore.. she got lucky! They had two more kids since then and they still like to go camping as a family. She’d prefer that none of her family (or ANYONE!) drank from a stream or the like but she always comes prepared with her water filtering devices, probably more than is needed. LoL I’ll admit, the one thing I do appreciate about the Lifestraw company is that they give a straw for each one that is bought to ppl who need it more on a daily basis. I’m sure those ppl are not concerned about that .01 percent, they are grateful to have nearly perfect drinking water instead of not having a choice. Be safe out there peeps.. not sorry. 😊

So cool muchacho!

Is there an update video, or... an obituary or something we can follow up and see how he's doing...

Didn't know water filtration could be so intense!

Hay ... Shut up about the music .... You answered a lot of questions I had ... You were very helpful thanks.. 😊

why dis dude look like gordon ramsay

These filter straws do work for a day or 2 before clogging up, but you will be better off filtering this water through a few layers of cloth then boil it. For a filter, use a few layers of tee shirt type material then wash the shirt after to have it ready for next use.

Every one needs this.

Whoever invented this is a genius

RU-vid's way of advertising the LifeStraw, putting it into everyone's recommended.

Simplemente hermoso mi amigo no sabes como disfruto mirar estos vídeos eres simplemente genial

That's very impressive.

Thanks Chad

Lifestraw: “Eliminates every bacteria is dirty water” Ebola: “Am I a joke to you?”

3:20 Guy: you know what im depress

The music is perfect.

Growing up in the rocky mountains I drank out of streams hundreds of times without issue, now however I live in the prairies where the water is not glacier fed and its a lot dirtier. I bought a couple lifestraws for my kit.

Shit I drink that everyday living in Flint, Michigan.

he just needed to drink his own backwash THAT much... like okay just take in a gulp straight from the pipe

I never put much stock in these. It's so much more convenient and portable to carry a cotton bandanna and either boil the filtered water or add a few grains of potassium permanganate to kill the parasites if there's no fire wood or a burn ban is in effect.

Thanks for sharing!

Slightly flavoured -Chad Xd

1948: We are going to have flying cars in the future! 2018:

I need one or two of these!!

This is on "The Outer Limits" of what I'm willing to do.