Emergency Water: PortaWell High-Volume Portable Water Filter Review

[@bearrivermama6414]

This thing is amazing! This would be incredibly handy for remote (island) camping!!! Hauling water into the remote locations is a struggle. I think this would be a game changer! Plus you have it for emergency use! I see a ton of potential for this filter system!! It always amazes me how wilderness adventures and prepping over lap! Before I ever gave prepping a thought I was and outdoor adventurer, once I began to see the need to become more prepared I realized that my lifetime of hunting, camping, fishing had us quite well set for many difficult situations. Such a blessing. Thank you for sharing this with us. It’s fabulous! I can see this in my future.😉👍🏻

[@anchorageprepper9008]

I really like their product. With the replacement filters readily available at your local hardware store makes it a great deal to me. 👍👍

[@timbutler3213]

I own a big berkey and their filters are fantastic.

[@oldschooljeremy8124]

Yep. But at $83 each you could get 4 of these Portawell 1,000 gal. filters for the price of one Berkey black filter, or 4,000 gals. to the Berkey's 3,000. ( Though I have gotten a lot more than 3,000 gals. out of my Berkey filters so YMMV. ) And of course the Berkey doesn't need electric power...

[@citygirlhomestead]

I have been looking into a filtering system I live really close to the river but cannot afford an expensive system if the shtf seen an ad for this one and bookmarked it so glad to see you do this on this one. Think I will save up to get this one very impressed. Thanks for doing this one.

[@yukonsmomma3562]

Jonathan thanks for presenting a product that I wasn't familiar with. I appreciate the time you put into keeping us informed.

[@suemayes5710]

I knew you would love the Portawell. Thank you for doing the review, well done. We sure love our portawell.-Sue

[@kmunson7544]

Great idea. Thanks for all your generous ideas.

[@bittehiereinfugen7723]

Just last week I told my kids that I wanted a water filter for my birthday next month. Not the great thing you presented today (my kids aren't making that much money right now), plus I'd rather have a hand pump filter. I trust my son that he will get involved in the technical possibilities and then make a good decision - and let myself be surprised ☺️

[@OffgridVictory]

This is why I love watching you guys. Unlike most selfish 🦞 preppers I know, you prep for others as well😊. Shalom

[@Muggalomaniac]

It is wise to prepare to have to take on at least a few extra survivors during a crisis as the extra sets of hands might prove to be valuable. 😀

[@floraswennie5833]

Make another video showing how to clean and put it back together

[@jeffreyrodgers5186]

Another good video with a not so popular but good product. Thanks for sharing. We maintain a 1 month supply of water. After that, assuming we did not or could not make it to our vacation/bug out location we have the ability to filter 12,000 gallons. The nearby lake does have a lot of algae and would need to be well filtered to be safe. We would start by putting the water in water jugs, using coffee filters to filter as much of the large contaminant's as possible. We would next run the water through a sawyer mini. We would then use pool shock to provide bleach disinfectant. Then a Katadyn pocket filter with an active carbon filter. Then finally we would run it through the Berkey water filter with both the black filters and arsenic filters. (I have a friend that works in the water quality lab in my city. This is probably overkill, but it will certainly get the job done. :)

[@SlackersIndustry]

This is awesome, maybe have some extra of those 4 DLLs filters to try to make the others ones last a bit more especially if really dirty water. 7 mins is nothing for that amount of water. Great video

[@kimcroe]

If you buy one of these recommend that you immediately order at least 10’ of 3/8” id 1/2” od plastic tubing. The tubing that comes with the filter is really not enough to conveniently draw water directly from a source and pump water into a 5 gallon container without holding the filter. You will need at least 2 feet to 3 feet of clean filtered water tubing to fill your potable water container. You will need 8 feet to 7 feet of tubing to draw water from your source unless you plan to dip water out the source with a bucket.

[@hootowlholler3760]

Looks like an awesome filtration system. Thank you for introducing it.

[@dennisgeroux4483]

I like the system, 1micron filter is definitely a fine filtering system along with the carbon after that. My source of water are the many springs up in the mountains and some are leaking right out of the ground. We will have to take our SXS up there but it’s not that far away. Also streams if they’re running and the Colorado River but that is a little farther away.

[@Trid2bnrml1]

WHAT REALLY NEEDS TO BE DONE IS, THAT SAME FILTER SET-UP, ONLY WITH A MANUAL HAND-CRANK PUMP BETWEEN THE TWO FILTERS (LIKE A JACKRABBIT) - THAT IS A REAL EMERGENCY WATER FILTRATION SYSTEM. I already have that same Pro-Max water filter setup, so now I'm going to adapt it to work by a hand pump. Thanks.

[@verdexj160]

You might want to check the psi requirements. I doubt the jackrabbit can get sufficient psi to push the water through the filters. Also, after 4 minutes your arm is going to get tired and you wish you had a back up pump as a better alternative.

[@user-yf4gx4rf8h]

I like the idea of a back up hand crank option, in case you can recharge the battery or the motor burns outs. Given it's a survival tool redundancy would be a huge plus.

[@marygallagher3428]

Looks like a good filtration system for a large family or group :-)

[@weidnerconcretellc6480]

Great video demonstration!

[@Utah_Mike]

Thx I will be investigating this!

[@DownGridSurvival]

Nice video. I released my video on the PortaWell last week. Its a nice system.

[@rudyvazquez8230]

Thank you 🙏🏼

[@moshelehmann7539]

Or you can use a jump starter power brick to power the pump. Possiblity even buy a dedicated one to keep in the bucket.

[@richardbates1993]

I'm in a very urban area. That pump seemed very noisy. Gravity filtering is a better option for me. I've also often wondered how effective distillation under partial vacuum would be.

[@inbedduringcovid3005]

I love this. Its like reverse osmosis. Is it reverse osmosis? Because if it is that's the only thing that can clean even other liquids in extreme emergencies. Always wanted a reverse osmosis system. Love this. A gallon a minute? Wow

[@verdexj160]

You can buy a reverse osmosis system and use an RV pump. I highly recommend an RO system.

[@inbedduringcovid3005]

@@steveb855 thank you.

[@inbedduringcovid3005]

@@verdexj160 yes I agree. Can it do salt water too?

[@tkcdac]

An RO system has waste water outlet as well as cleaned. When using a limited supply, you do not want to discard 1/2 of your water. In the example used above, it would be perfect, as your throwing the waste away. You do need to consider that the water must be VERY clean before using RODI or RO systems to not clog your membrane.

[@williamdavis675]

Need to see extension kit video (2 additional filter holder) that attaches to portawell.

[@tornado3583]

Hello, I will be using tap water for my 55 gallon water drums for storage. Should I run the tap thru my Alexapure filters first, then add bleach for long term shortage? Or fill up the barrels, add bleach and then run the water thru the Alexapure when ready to drink? Thank you so much

[@verdexj160]

My recommendation is to filter the water when you pull it out of your barrel. The water will go bad in the barrel. Flush them periodically, sanitize them and filter the water you pump out.

[@kmunson7544]

I am interested to know if this unit will purify hottub water as is or if additional treatment is needed. I emailed them for an answer.

[@dennisgeroux4483]

Good one, so important.

[@MichaelR58]

Good review , thanks for sharing , God bless !

[@txrose3809]

i have this water filter on my well, u can buy it at lowes, called whole house filter

[@ms7227]

Excellent

[@cabinfevernanna5897]

Which power station brand are you showing there?

[@miriambrenneman7004]

Don't see 'new' one on website. Do you know if they have come out with it yet?

[@barbarahorsch508]

I have a Buon Vino Mini Jet Wine filter system. Filter pads can be as low as .5 microns. Will that work?

[@susanvance2585]

Would this work with the water out of our hot tub?

[@prayingitup3297]

I'm just curious how this would be better than a Berkey filter system?

[@verdexj160]

You can filter higher volumes of water. This will provide large quantities of drinkable water. The Berkeley will remove more contamination.

[@Sum1snrg]

Did the 3 filter system ever make it to market?

[@calin0]

May favorit fillter pp 5 or pp1 , gac+kdf , cto or pp1 ceramic , cto. Or pp1 , gac , cermaic+carbin active. Optionals uf 0.02 all combination

[@heatherlambert8660]

How did it hold up in shipping in the bucket? How was packaging? Thanks

[@Tjensen999]

If the PortaWell pump achieves 60 bars, they can essentially use the proper membrane filters and use RO to desalinate salt/sea water. ❤️

[@MarkSandy-u5j]

Did you mean six bar. Sixty is high pressure!

[@marypeterson3512]

Nice!

[@cookinmum]

Can I use it for rain water?

[@dclarke792]

Way too expensive.

[@laurab8547]

Hey, what about a taste test? That would have been the perfect way to end the video!

[@shariburns6263]

What is an FAE plug? At least that's what I think you were saying.

[@jonmaughan2138]

The plug is a standard SAE connection

[@hollykostera7826]

Hey guys! Off topic, but, is it safe to vacuum seal cornmeal? Is the moisture content low enough? What about popcorn? Thanks!

[@hollykostera7826]

@@TheProvidentPrepper thank you!!

[@AnnBearForFreedom]

I may have to buy one of these for my church ward's disaster stash. Thanks for the inspiration. Is there any way I can give you guys a goose with my purchase?

[@AnnBearForFreedom]

@@TheProvidentPrepper You are so silly! I meant "goose" as in 'poke', 'nudge', as in 'credit for my purchase'! Although these days a honk-honk goose would probably be more helpful. Fresh out of honk-honk geese here at the mo', but the new yard cat did just have her last litter of kittens. Would one of those do?

[@AnnBearForFreedom]

@@TheProvidentPrepper Careful, cuz I got kittens! Although getting it to you would be terrorizing for the little mouser, so maybe not. Kittens are EVERYwhere this time of year, so if I might suggest adopting one....? 'Adopt and save a life', is my new motto. I have a houseful (all fixed) and a yardful (all fixed except one---well, four if you include her babies.....sigh, more work to be done). I am at my financial limit as far as caring for animals, no matter how cute and fuzzy they are, yanno...? Going through 60 pounds of kibble twice a month does take its toll. Never mind! We have babies! And yes, I'm on the water filter purchase ASAP, thank you for the link. Headbonks!

[@AnnBearForFreedom]

@@TheProvidentPrepper So far, I've been able to find the dry food that doesn't make everyone throw up. (Less work, that ;) ) Hsave you seen the canned food shortages??? There is ZERO to be found, ANYwhere. So I'm browning the big 3 pounds rolls of ground turkey, mixing with some cooked rice, and both sets of cats...indoor and feral yard cats...seem to be thriving. Gosh, kids are expensive! But I guess you know that, huh? Hugs and headbonks around!

[@lunatremolsaries8027]

First here thanks

[@wiremanibew]

Why don't you test it on Real Contaminated water

[@saasione]

Why would anyone in their right mind pay $399.99 for this 2 stage water filter when you can go to any Home Depot or Lowes and get a 3 stage whole home water filter that includes the sediment filter, ceramic filter and carbon filter for $103.99 and get a 12 volt water pump for $38.99. You can build your own 3 stage filter for far less than what this company wants to charge for a 2 stage filter! What a SCAM!!

[@ИванИванов-м6ч1о]

Dang, I would be hesitant to drink that water even if it was filtered by an RO system with a 98% rejection rate, unless it was two stage, and you are selling this BS. Aren't you afraid of getting sued?