Sawyer Complete 4 Liter
Gravity Water Purification System – SP194
Manufacturer: Sawyer
Product ID : SP194
Perfect for hunting,
camping, fishing, disaster relief and emergency preparedness kits, it’s also
ideal for adventure travel where potable tap and bottled water are not easily
carried or safe to drink.
Includes:
4
Liter Gray Reservoir
4
Liter Blue Reservoir
Sawyer
0.02 Micron Absolute Hollow Fiber Membrane Purifier
Faucet
adapter
Drink
tube
Quick-release
hose adapter
Instructions
for use
Effectively
filter and purify water with the Sawyer Point ZeroTwo Gravity Purification
System, which goes one step beyond Sawyer’s MINI and Point ONE filters to
remove 99.997% of viruses in addition to 99.99999% of bacteria and 99.9999% of
protozoa/cysts.
This
powerful and convenient bag-to-bag gravity system with 0.02 micron absolute
filtration doesn’t require any pumping. Just hang the system from any source
off the ground, and gravity does all the work quickly — effortlessly purifying
up to 4 liters of water in about 10 minutes.
NO REPLACEMENT FILTERS OR
CARTRIDGES ARE NECESSARY.
How It Works
Gravity Does the
Work
- Take the gray reservoir and fill it up with water from any source — lake,
stream, faucet, etc. After filling, hang the gray bag from a tree, the back of
your pack, or simply hold it up with your hand. Connect the color-coordinated
gray tube into the gray reservoir and clip the other tube end into the Point
ZeroTwo filter.
Connect
the blue tube into the blue reservoir, or directly into a water bottle, cooking
pot, or other container. You’ll have 4 liters of fresh, clean, and virus-free
water in about 10 minutes — ready to drink, to cook with, or fill water
bottles.
0.02 Micron Absolute
Filtration
Our
water filters contain a high number of tiny ‘U’ shaped hollow fiber micro-tubes
that trap contaminants while allowing decontaminated water to freely pass
through at a high flow rate — eliminating the need to store water and reducing
the possibility of water contamination after the filtration process.
Certified
for 0.02 micron absolute filtration, the Point ZeroTwo Purifier has no pore
size larger than 0.02 micron in size — enabling it to remove 99.997% of viruses
(exceeding EPA and NSF recommendations). It also effectively removes harmful
bacteria (like salmonella), protozoa, or cysts like E. coli, Giardia, Vibrio
cholerae, and Salmonella typhi.
A Lifetime of Clean
Water
The
Point ZeroTwo Purifier’s filtering membranes are sturdy enough to withstand
backwashing using the included syringe, restoring up to 98.5% of the filter’s
flow rate.
The
Point ZeroTwo system can be cleaned and reused almost indefinitely with no
expensive cartridges to replace… ever. We recommend backwashing and sanitizing
the filter after every outing for optimized use.
Fully
field maintainable, the Gravity Purification System includes a faucet adapter
for a more thorough backwash when you get back home.
Specifications
LONGEVITY: Lifetime Warranty
VOLUME: 4 Liters
FILTER
MATERIAL: 0.02 Micron Absolute Hollow
Fiber Membrane
REMOVES: Viruses, Bacteria, Protozoa, and Cysts
Lifetime Warranty
If
you have purchased any of the Sawyer water filtration products that came with their
One Million Gallon Guarantee. They will
of course honor that commitment to you.
However
recently that guarantee was challenged by one of their competitors by filing a
complaint with the National Advertising Division of the U.S. Better Business
Bureau. They challenged their ability to support that claim
scientifically. Unfortunately the data
which Sawyer feels support the claim contains proprietary information that they
were unwilling to share. Therefore while
these products are exactly the same, they will now come with a revised
warranty; which is a Lifetime Warranty against any manufacturing defects. The
filters contain a code such that Sawyer will know under which warranty you
purchased the product.
Sawyer
is proud to say that throughout the millions of filters which they have shipped
in the U.S. retail market and throughout the world for disaster relief and for
home use in developing nations very few have ever been returned for damage to
the filter as a result of their handling or in distribution. Each of Sawyers filters is tested 3 times to
insure that they will work as claimed.
Not some random statistical testing but every single filter is tested
three times at three different quality control points throughout its assembly
process.
Sawyer Products
Statements Concerning Their Filters
To
help you enjoy your filter experience let us share with you the three most
common issues which arise with these filters.
1) “The filter is so clogged that it must be
defective”. We have yet to receive a
filter or be unable to talk a customer through the process to clean and fully
restore a clogged filter. Consumers
often confuse our filters with other brand hollow fiber membrane filters which
cannot be cleaned as aggressively as our filters can. If you follow the cleaning and storing
instructions you will be able to fully enjoy the Sawyer filters for a lifetime.
2) “It
leaks at the intake”. The intake side of
the screw on filters come with a washer to buffer a snug fit with the dirty
water vessel. Some people are prone to
over tightening the connection (and you know who you are) and thus they unseat
the washer either causing it to jam up into the filter or fall out. With just a reasonable tightening of the
filter to the vessel, this will not happen.
The washers are replaceable if you damage or loose one.
3) “I froze the filter, is it still good”? The simple answer is no. There is no way to know if the fibers were
damaged when frozen. The test to find
out is very expensive and far greater than the value of the filter. Therefore, it is best to replace the
filter. The instructions clearly states
that freezing the filter after wetting voids the warranty. If a filter has never been used then freezing
will not affect the fibers. But once water is introduced to the filter, it will
never completely dry out.
We
hope these tips help you enjoy and use your Sawyer filter safely and to the
full extent of its capabilities.
Please
contact Sawyer Customer Service before sending in a filter or product for
review. Sawyer reserves the right to deny service to any or all products
recieved that are improperly packaged, non-warrantied models, sent in without
prior approval, and/or sent in during weather that could further damage the
product. Products sent in for review without authorization, sufficient contact
information, or remain unclaimed for 30 days will be disposed of.
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