Testing water filter results under a microscope 🔬

[@ethereal369]

As a medical laboratory technologist specializing in microbiology, I really appreciate that you went to these lengths to show people what could possibly be in unknown water sources. Filtration and chemical treatment are vital. Especially in a situation where medical intervention isn't available. The illness these lifeforms can cause is not something you want to be dealing with, particularly in a shtf situation.

[@TinotendaHunda-ib2nu]

Like I heard the could be a brain eating amoeba in these water sources

[@earendiIeur]

​@@TinotendaHunda-ib2nu these can be found anywhere but the risk of infection is very low. Still of you get infected the risk of death is like 99.99% so I would be careful

[@JoeMama-sx4qz]

Im going to school to study in that field ☺️

[@aren-u4t]

@@JoeMama-sx4qzedit this comment when you pass

[@cece3194]

most of those only come through the TV​@@TinotendaHunda-ib2nu

[@ImNotJust]

Im surprised that I never got sick as a child swimming in less than ideal swimming holes.

[@BigMikeMcBastard]

Mostly the risk is in accidentally drinking too much pond water and getting giardiasis or something.

[@SirPraiseSun]

​​@@BigMikeMcBastard no proof of giardia causing anything just msm propaganda so u poison ur self w meds and detergents

[@skywatcher458]

​@Raffael900me the sounds of your ignorance will be the beacon for extraterrestrial to find Humanity.

[@justamicrowave2572]

@@SirPraiseSun Are you daft? What kind of mental gymnastics did you have to do to arrive at that conclusion?

[@godCobain]

@@SirPraiseSun oh buddy... 😂

[@ajackass5950]

All the little buddies stuck in the filter

[@codyboudreau2838]

That's what I'm thinking

[@wilcoxtactical3716]

@@ajackass5950 they'll die in 24 hrs and if they stay there that's doing its job. As long as it's not in your water.

[@Zei33]

You replace the filter after a certain amount of use. They are disposable.

[@Poonkin]

We have to save them!

[@delta8989]

@@Poonkinno, we are not adding microorganisms to the list.

[@777uptown2]

That filter really did it's job. Wow that water was crispy clear.🎉

[@danholmesfilm]

crispy

[@rose-t2l6z]

Um how does water get…crispy exactly?

[@rose-t2l6z]

@@danholmesfilmFr

[@nofrbls3640]

@@rose-t2l6z someones never had crispy water

[@rose-t2l6z]

@@nofrbls3640 Exactly what does this comment mean.

[@Alvan81]

This was cool, but irl a coffee filter first, could help a lot and prolong the life of the filter straw.

[@Undomaranel]

A shirt or sock would do as well, some simple and reusable cloth.

[@Alvan81]

@@Undomaranel I like reusable, but it would need to be specific kinds of fabric. I think my grams used cheesecloth for making wine/beer? Besides, sock-flavored stew?? 🤢😁 And folded coffee filters take up basically no space at all.

[@Undomaranel]

@@Alvan81 Dude, come on. A cheesecloth is designed to filter curds and whey, which is far larger than pond scum and microbiology. And is it really so difficult to keep a spare crew sock for it's thick, woven filtration possibilities? Even if nothing else you could gently dip it in the water, watching the water travel up the sock via capillary action, then wring out scrum free water. And yes, in a survival situation, I'd rather my boiled water have a little toe jam (if I was stupid enough to not properly prepare) than chunks of moss and algae. Boiled giardia is better without pond salad.

[@Alvan81]

@@Undomaranel I wasn't pushing cheesecloth. I was speculating on what kind of cloth would be good/similar to coffee filters. So cut me some slack, I haven't seen a piece of cheesecloth in 30 years. My socks and tshirts are fairly coarse woven; because I live in warm climate. I don't think they would work the way you think. Good luck.

[@vanq86]

@@Alvan81 just about any fabric would work as a pre-filter if your intent was to keep your filter from clogging up.

[@elizabethstump4077]

Adding a drop of iodine after filtering also helps make sure nothing is left to infect you, if boiling is not an option.

[@a.j.williams195]

Salt?

[@elizabethstump4077]

@@a.j.williams195 They put iodine in salt, but it's minuscule amounts. You need to get iodine in a small bottle with a dropper. It's liquid and when you get it on the skin leaves a yellowish-brown color. Same stuff the doctor swabs the skin around a cut if you need stitches.

[@dannygarden464]

Bleach is easily available and works, 2 drops for 1 liter and 8 for a gallon.

[@selwyn13]

I'm assuming u'd find that at REI, maybe even Academy? Do they also make it in the tablet form (looks kinda like Alka Seltzer)?

[@docrobinson558]

GREAT suggestion. Thanks for your input. This is what the Internet was meant to provide. I always try to support providers like this.

[@ikegaming1404]

I never knew how many creatures where in a creek until I saw this video

[@sammy_wills]

Damn. Your profile picture just took me all the way back to the xbox 360 days.

[@zatrusofnietzche2281]

LIFESTRAW good for something like 200k gallons or 5 yrs of safe water even from brackish or sewage water . Id absolutely trust my life ,thats why i still have two

[@dannygarden464]

I'm sorry but you did a mistake, your right about its good for 1 person for 5 years ( depending on the model it's between 1000 - 4000) but it's not 200k it's around 4000 L, at 1 liter a day per person, most I've seen is 1500L good for 2 person at 1 liter a day for a year.

[@jmd3748]

0.2 micron lets too much through. I'll keep using my 0.02 micron filter. I don't trust Lifestraw at all.

[@dannygarden464]

@@jmd3748 Sorry it's the opposite lol, lifestraw membrane ultra filter is 0.02, that's exactly why I took and still using them.

[@ANGELIMICHALIS]

@@jmd3748what brands do you suggest?

[@shell_leigh]

I'm so glad you showed this. I really wanted to know how much it does filter.

[@Dooraemonn]

Don't hope too much, its only when the filter is clean or new

[@jakubkopak9954]

@@DooraemonnWhen it’s new it just filters at a faster rate. Effectiveness doesn’t get worse.

[@NautHere]

Same same, it's great info to get to have visually at the micro level.

[@BrassBashers]

Major fact that people need to realize about the cheap filters like the Life Straw: they do NOT filter out viruses!!! So make sure to still boil or spend a bit more money and buy one that filters viruses. The Survival Filter is great because you can either electronically or hand pump large amounts of water with it very easily.

[@Travige57]

I am really appreciating your video's more and more. Keep them coming. 🙃

[@Skull_geek123]

Drink it for the vine🗿 -2015 guy

[@oprophetisfake9482]

Thanks for the demo.

[@Undomaranel]

Might I suggest a coyote well? Dig a hole a few feet from the water source. If it's mud/ dirt/ clay your water will have self filtered as it's part of the water table, not the scummy pond. Then lifestraw that.

[@bigbackforlifeee-g1n]

Tbh the bacteria and creaturs swimming around looks adorable.

[@NZCLUB_reals]

Boil it - Cant go wrong. I've swam in all sorts of gungy water holes, farm run-offs, dirty farm water reserves full of stagnant stuff probably with dead animals 😂 never got sick but I guess if you drink it then it becomes a problem

[@Brayn126]

Why did you do that?

[@kateps1874]

I'm glad you did this, definitely great to know...my dad said in case of prepping, even boiling or distilling doesn't get rid of chemicals but boiling is as good as we can get.

[@redknight07_]

Boiling water makes it _safe_ enough to drink most of the time. Safe, not _clean_

[@amaze3727]

Not really, chemical treatment is just as good. Water filtration plants don't boil your water bro, the tap water you drink isn't boiled and it's perfectly fine

[@ethereal369]

Distillation actually does remove a lot of chemicals, organic compounds, VOCs, pesticides, heavy metals, in addition to biological contaminants. But inorganic compounds and large molecular weight non-VOCs will remain, if present.

[@ana419]

Good point. I wonder if this straw filter or Lifestraw filter out invisible chemicals, too.

[@ignatiusmartin7477]

Please post more videos like these. Very very educational, to keep us in good health.

[@Wise_King_Solomon]

It did a really good job filtering out the debris and macro's (the bigger things like ciliates, rotifers and the twisty spinny bois) but like you said, you still need to boil/treat the filtered water! I work in an algae lab, and we look at algae under decent magnification, but even then we arent close to being able to see bacteria! Diseases can get through those filters easier than worms, macroalgaes and other stuff, so filtered pond water is not necessarily safe water!

[@105thBattalion]

you see bad neighbors, I see additional proteins

[@NautHere]

seems that little filter does a damn fine job

[@zanelee-ns4eo]

the thing I found with those straw things is its hard to dry them out to use again. They are almost a one use deal.

[@vanq86]

You don't really need to dry them out, though you might want to pass some alcohol through them when you get home to kill any of the critters the filter caught if you're worried they might start growing inside it. Best bet is to back flush with distilled water to push out all the debris.

[@dannygarden464]

​@@vanq86Try in winter in north Canada lol, it's a pain but if you can keep it close to your body it won't freeze and cleaning is easy, when your done filtering take a sip and blow it back, I do that 2-3 time after each use and never had a problem.

[@NobzLovesOutdoors]

Me: A city slicker who will never go camping but watching all videos on this channel for the interest 😂😂😂

[@adamclifford7987]

Ive used a life straw quite a bit out in the wild and have NEVER gotten sick. I think they work pretty darn good!

[@henriquesouza8704]

It would be cool to see the water on the microscope after just boiling, to see if it really killed everything, and if it did, to know if they are still there, just dead, or completely destroyed.

[@sweetnarryfairy]

I'd still say BOIL IT after the filtering 😂

[@watersbey25]

Always boil over a fire and forget all expensive filters

[@wilcoxtactical3716]

There is no point of filtering then.. boiling will kill everything already. Boiling also takes more resources and time.. an H20Go is a better option if you wanted another level of purification without boiling. The device uses salt to create chlorine

[@siaratan9982]

There are also the smaller things that you can't easily catch under a microscope as well, like bacteria and such. The water may be filtered, but it is not disinfected. You can add bleach to the water to disinfect it in case you can't boil it or want to go an extra step, 2 drops per liter is the recommended amount. If no way of disinfecting or properly filtering the water exists, and tou are in dire need, symptoms from waterborne illnesses usually show after 2-3 days, so it is better to drink unsafe water than to die of thirst (3-4 days without water), possibly giving you a day or two to find help. However this should, obviously, only be a last resort against certain death.

[@velt1212]

no way you said add bleach to water

[@siaratan9982]

@@velt1212 I did. It is a real and used method for disinfecting water, look it up.

[@pedrobz]

@@velt1212 Yes, is correct, bleach (sodium hypochlorite) can be used at 2 or 3 drops per liter as a drinking water disinfectant. Make sure that the bleach does not contain additives such as perfumes, thickeners or other bleaching agents.

[@Xizario2]

Like I am going to carry bleach in the woods. Moreover you need to wait 12 hours until the chlorine gasses off after puting these 2 drops. If boiling is not an option, just leave the water in the sun for few hours. UV rays kills of all bacteria and viruses. Hopefully the filter is good enough for bigger stuff like parasites.

[@keven8047]

I NEVER drink water and I'm still alive.......

[@Wolf_Unknown001]

Lil bros are majestically spinning and twisting 😂

[@imzackson]

Awesome test!!

[@BooBuKittyPhuk]

Always wanted to see this, to really see if those things work... very glad he did this!

[@Malachite_Jab]

That Dirty Water Under A Microscope Looks Like The Sea With Little Creatures

[@kozag-realityauditor7075]

An appreciated test, I'd love to see this with other brands of filtration straw and how they stack up towards the end of their listed 'maximum volume of filtered water' and a control source of Unfiltered tap water.

[@elma292]

Remember clear water can be deadly and dirty water can be safe

[@livinglavvu]

Nice to know. Been using this set up for 2yrs straight, no boiling either. Never had an issue 🖖🏕️

[@alysiafurr5190]

Did I see a microscopic crab

[@okeanosokeanos2716]

It looked like it had a head, thorax and abdomen and it also looked like it had joints in its legs. WHAT.THE.FUCK

[@cocojambo6270]

Most likely plankton

[@erichbreckoff3405]

As a kid we always did drink water as long from a running source. One of them had cowpasture upstream. May explain why i got ironcast Immunsystem

[@superocker06]

man drinking sewer water💀

[@amaze3727]

Too bad you wasted all your naive T cells so good luck with your immune system when it ages

[@keven8047]

Probably why you're dumb now

[@ImpossibleEvan]

When your water has calories

[@sejembalm]

I knew a friend who was rock climbing in the Rocky Mountains in Colorado, decades ago, and he drank from a crystal clear stream. Unbeknownst to him, further up the mountain, some beavers were living in and crapping in the stream. My friend developed a cripplingly horrendous case of giardia, a microscopic parasite that causes a malady similar to amoebic dysentery. My poor friend was deathly ill, puking and crapping his life away on the toilet for two weeks with nightmare diarrhea. No joke! The giardia microbes are large enough to be strained off with the cheapest water filter, so the moral of the story is to filter your water in the wild (and/or boil it) before drinking it. Hopefully he did not later take vengeance upon those mountain rodents by going on an anti-beaver pogrom as he threatened to do.

[@NightWear21]

The microbiology alone deserves a comment and life.

[@NautHere]

??? it has life, just don't need to be alive in the water we intend to drink, you sober?

[@Josh_ua]

​@@NautHere lol i realize your comment is 11 months old but they probably were going for "comment and like" not "life" I cannot say however if they were sober or not 😁

[@johnreese0117]

Water “Disinfection”, not “Purification”…. Significantly different. People frequently think these two procedures are synonymous, and they are not. Thanks for the info that you share! Just want people to know there is a difference.

[@SeanMahoneyfitnessandart]

I once got lost on a hike .... it was only planed to be an hour or 2 and I only had a small 12oz bottle of water with me... it was a hot day and that was gone quick. Fast forward and its 9pm and getting dark... id since lost my dog on top of getting lost myself and had been blindly tearing through the dense forest for hours and hours... I was sooooo unbelievably thirsty... I was hiking around a lake... I figured worst case scenario I'd be out there over night and get rescued in the morning, and knowing most water born pathogens take 24-48hrs to make you sick, I figured I'd be home by then and decoded to risk drinking from the lake. The water tasted fresh and clean and I drank my fill... a lot... probably a half gallon.... miraculously I never got sick at all, I got rescued that night around 1am and yes I did get my dog back... eventually... he was gone for 10 days and showed up 16 miles away.... ON A ROAD WHERE WE USED TO LIVE!! I still have him to this day, he will be 14 in November. He is still in good health, walks 2-3 miles a day with me and I'm sure still has a few good years left in him.

[@NautHere]

Not all natural water sources out there will make you sick, but yea lake water is always kind of a gamble. Glad you pulled through and are here today!

[@renaldsunset]

I enjoyed reading your comment

[@SeanMahoneyfitnessandart]

@@renaldsunset thanks 🙂

[@MagklJellyBeanPastelLucidDream]

Go doggo, go!! 😊🥰

[@ItsCeels]

Imagine there are parasites living in your stomach still just chillin there

[@tennesseesmoky9012]

Excellent demonstration highlighting the need to filter and or chemically treat water gathered from a pond or stream. This water is full of microbes that can make you very sick or even in extreme situations kill you. The Clean Sip Filter Straw in this video seems to be effective on filtering the microbes. However, for safety it is still important to boil your water after filtering. I am not sure if this filter product is set up to collect water for boiling?

[@Bgh583]

Never say no to free proteins

[@christophercranford2071]

These types of filters are similar to what many water treatment plants use today, and will filter out any water-borne pathogen and filter out most, if not all harmful compounds.

[@ChibiQilin]

"A flowing watersource is usually gonna be better" it would've been nice if we had a sample of that for comparison too.

[@randomargument972]

First filter, than cook. Filter removes ~99% debree and microorganisms. Boiling removes 99.99999%

[@wonder528]

Always boil regardless of the filtering system. There isn't one one the market that produces “fresh” water I wouldn't boil.

[@dibibob1474]

Have you cleaned your plastic bottle? If it is not clean, it may negatively affect your test.

[@Magickitten4944]

If you place the thin glass sheet down on the specimen at around a 45 degree drop it should help remove the bubbles.

[@ronaldrose7593]

Thank you for sharing this informative video. I always pre-filter, Sawyer water 💦 filter, then boil it. Stay safe out there. 🤗 👋

[@GodBearOutoors]

It'd be interesting to see this same test done with a life straw. Thanks cool video! 👍👍💯

[@Readysalespro]

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[@dee2505]

Think they are pretty much the same. My friend in Africa who ran an orphanage used the life straw system only a large one, that used the same filter process. It did an amazing job filtering the horrible water they used.

[@Menzu1]

Damn, huge difference

[@nathnjac5444]

Won't see viruses with that microscope, nor do I expect the filter will remove 20nm organisms

[@EXPOSING_UNREALITY]

i would honestly boil before filtering, then boil afterwards. just to be 100% safe. and if u are in the wild and dont have one of these straws, all u need is sand, gravel and charcoal to make a primitive filter.

[@rathosalpha]

Some of those are nematodes also called parasitic worms

[@pixelapse9613]

Or more worse brain eater amoeba

[@OGRDawg]

Working for one of our states Wild Life Divisions, those actually work in an emergency situation.

[@pascalgoutier7162]

Id like to see a comparison of pond water, river water, and a waterfall.

[@DavidGelvin-q6e]

Boiling water in a liquor bottle keeps the water 💦 from absorbing the odors of smoke.

[@wishiwasneverbornblack]

bubble is likely a black hole , the kind that only exists when in an environment where such micro life forms can be found and filtered into . hope that made sense

[@gorschill8456]

So should you boil the water before or after filtration? I'm guessing after filtration because the filter itself could harbour microorganisms, especially if it's already been used to filter unboiled water

[@lizsurbanroost3624]

I would love to see a test for a moving water source vs a stagnant, also purified and boiled, for both the moving and stagnant water, think that would be really cool

[@codyboudreau2838]

So now the filter is loaded with microbes

[@mervmartin2112]

Bacteria and spores- 1 micron Virus - sub micron How fine does your filter filter. Purification - iodine, chlorine, and boiling kill what's left over after you filter

[@TheCian19]

Always boil the water for at least 10-15 min even if you filter it

[@nikosfilipino]

you don't need to boil that long. Once you've reached a full boil (100C/212F) 99% of microorganisms are killed

[@amaze3727]

Or use P&G chemical treatment + Filter, which is just as good as boiling. Water filtration plants don't boil your water bro, the tap water you drink isn't boiled and it's perfectly fine

[@JoshdaKnight]

That was way better than what I was expecting

[@Su-jk5ve]

Now I know why early humans and modern animals drink flowing water instead of stagnant water now

[@barsozuguler4300]

That's still Impressive though. But they are still a last resort when you are in a climate that is too rainy to have a firepit. Boiling is primary but this product would be a contingency to dehydration

[@GamgamGorillaYT]

Water can be so "nasty" if not treated properly

[@VllKlNG]

I'm curious how many bugs you'd see if you analyzed my spit...

[@doesntmatter9833]

My dog loves pond water, and I’m now surprised she never gets ill from it

[@SalvagedCowboy]

Filter AND boil. I agree.

[@ThrillaWhale]

Damn… that straw ain’t no lie.

[@rudetoy8264]

We need more content like this as it always better to expect the unexpected.

[@babajaiy8246]

Even with filters....they last much longer if you can get the water from the most clear source as possible.

[@mloxard]

I recognize most of these from my Biology class! lol

[@robertmiller2367]

Missed something like microplastics that end up in even your reproductive system...

[@Jason-o5s]

Cheer~~a porous device for removing impurities or solid particles from a liquid or gas passed through it.😊

[@Z-Cskunk]

Try testing flowing water next!

[@kevinfelton689]

Filtering should only be relied on when boiling isn't an option. Even the best filter can fail without you knowing it.

[@lorim2000]

So basically it worked perfectly

[@dwayneholiday2167]

This would be a better utensil if it removed chemicals as well.

[@pncka]

The guys in the dirty water are adorable!

[@Nethermind-ln3yo]

Drink? I wouldn't even want to step in that water with shoes on. Heebee Jeebee!

[@Playstone77]

Always wanted to see this thanks!

[@barkovdaniil31121998]

Remember. Pure water can be deadly ©

[@Setapartbytheking]

Whoa! I need to test my pond lol, although it stays flowing

[@KatZwe]

Thats not nasty water, but a healthy eco-system. But if you need to drink it, yes, better use a filter.

[@TheRealMake-Make]

That debris in the filtered water could be endotoxins. Best to get yourself some horseshoe crab juice to be sure. Small quantities are acceptable.

[@davidklein1667]

To extend the total output prefilter really yucky water!! I use either T shirt material or a coffee filter then filter....less gunk will clog the ceramic filter

[@Bubba_Fett_]

How the heck I’ve lived so long is beyond me!! I’ve swam in a nasty ponds- thank you for the nightmares now!! 😂

[@HandsomeManNamedTony]

In a pinch that could save a life

[@harleyjudy2850]

Why didnt you dry and stain the water on the slide to see if it still had bacteria?

[@gmunoz5163]

there's a whole world in a drop of dirty water

[@EP_mrnoob]

NEW COMPETITOR!: LIFESTRAW

[@xxcommentator]

The filter of this one seems to be much better than the lifestraw that was also been tested under a microscope.

[@leahr.2620]

important not to get in that water either😉

[@redcerato1439]

Crazy how us humans can’t drink water unless filtered yet animals don’t care and can

[@MiloMortimer]

Bro erased my Spore game. 💀

[@Ash_G]

I hope that when the aliens come, they will drink our pond water and eat Monsanto-pesticide laced veggies. Instant ☠️⚰️.

[@ellistonvallarino1836]

Very good microscope!! You have ciliates, rotifers, dafnia, nematodes and much more in that slide!!!!

[@childishdreams]

I used to swim in mud holes…. Glad I never got anything inside me 😭😭