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Potter: Surviving thirst (but don’t expect tasty)

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Water.

It’s a survivalist essential.

That’s why I carry a water bottle with me everywhere I go. I keep it in my survival bag that always hangs on my shoulder. That bottle is key element of my water preparedness.

Always having access to water sounds like a obvious thing to do. But it was surprisingly difficult for me to get in the habit of not just carrying the bottle with me, but filling it up every time I found myself near a faucet or drinking fountain.

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But I did it, and because of the habit, no matter the situation I have fallen into, I’ve nearly always had, at the very least, a bottle of water. Of course, my surefire method of water preparedness has a downside.

What happens in the wild when that single solitary water bottle runs out and I don’t have access to clean water?

The answer of course is water purification.

This week I compare three methods of filtering and purifying river water in case you ever find your water bottle empty in the wild.

Watch the experiment in the fantastic video above — as I compare the benefits and downsides of boiling, filtration straws and purification tablets.

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