LifeStraw Personal Water Filter

When you're moving, you can't carry everything. This you can always carry.

The LifeStraw is a personal-use straw-style filter that lets you drink directly from rivers, streams, lakes, and puddles — removing 99.9999% of bacteria and 99.9% of protozoan parasites. It's lightweight, requires no batteries, no pumping, and no waiting. Drink through it like a straw. That's it.

Specs:

• Filters up to 1,000 gallons (4,000 liters) of contaminated water
• Removes bacteria including E. coli, typhoid, and cholera
• Removes protozoa including Giardia and Cryptosporidium
• No aftertaste, no chemicals, no moving parts
• Weighs less than 2 oz — clips to any pack or bug-out bag

This is the minimum every family member should have in their go-bag. One per person. No exceptions. Access to clean water is non-negotiable in a survival scenario, and this filter means you don't have to pass up a water source because you're not sure if it's safe.