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Katadyn Survivor 06 Desalinator
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| List Price: | $1,195.00 |
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Average customer review:
(2 customer reviews)
Product Description
The smallest hand-operated emergency desalinator in the world. Compact and lightweight. Recommended for emergency life-rafts and individual survival kits. Trusted by military and individuals around the globe.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #58625 in Sports & Outdoors
- Brand: Katadyn
- Model: 8013418
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 5.00" h x 8.00" w x 12.00" l, 1.60 pounds
Features
- Hand-operated emergency water pump for emergency kits, life rafts
- Produces 1.2 gallons of drinking water in 1 hour
- Enough for a life raft with up to 8 people
- Weighs 7 pounds
Editorial Reviews
Amazon.com Product Description
At 2.5 pounds, the Katadyn Survivor 06 is the world's smallest hand-operated desalinator and can easily fit into an emergency kit. It removes bacteria, viruses and other contaminants, and can make 1 ounce of drinking water in less than two minutes (nearly 2 pints per hour) with an average pump rate of 40 strokes per minute. This compact, lightweight unit is designed for one to two person use in liferafts or a ditch bag. It's a trusted device used by the US Navy, US Coast Guard, US Air Force and is essential equipment for any offshore cruising vessel.
- Water Production (+/- 15 percent): 1 oz/2 min (890 ml/hour)
- Weight: 2.5 lbs (1.1 kg)
- Dimensions: 5" x 8" x 2.5" (12.7 x 20.3 x 6.4 cm)
- Salt Rejection: 98.4 percent average (95.3 percent minimum)
- Average Pump Rate: 40 strokes/minute
- US Coast Guard Approval Number: 160.058/7/0
About Katadyn
Katadyn of Switzerland has been producing high quality portable water systems since 1928. Their history has been one of innovation and durability. Katadyn products are used by militaries, health organizations and outdoor adventurers world-wide. No other water system provides higher quality or longer lasting performance. Katadyn is the global leader in portable water treatment. With subsidiaries in the United States, Germany, France, and Singapore; Katadyn develops, produces and distributes high quality products which are used whenever safe drinking water isn't available--for travel, camping and humanitarian operations.
Customer Reviews
Most helpful customer reviews
11 of 14 people found the following review helpful.
Obviously I've never used it in a survival situation, but this is the standard desalinator for liferafts
By Michael A. Duvernois
I tested one once drinking the water after desalinating ocean water. Works fine by my test, but also by many tests from the Coast Guard and Navy, etc.
This is the device for lifeboat survival for 1-2 people. Probably would work fine for a larger number, and the advertising copy does mention 6 or even 8 people in various places. Though it's expensive, drinking water is the big limiting factor in lifeboat survival...
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.
good
By Lee
[Good]
Katadyn is a good brand that people can trust. This product is no exception, since this product and its bigger cousin the Katadyn Survivor 35 Desalinator are standard in most life rafts. If you're looking to make salt water drinkable, you need this product.
[Bad]
Maintenance: Whether or not you use this, you will have to maintain it with some special fluid. If you don't do this, this product will either not work or as well, or not at all. Moreover if after you use it, you think there will be some time before it's used again, you have to flush out all the salt in order to keep it working well. There are more points to know related to maintenance. If you want to know what they are, I believe Katadyn has the manual for it online on their website. If you buy this product, YOU WILL NEED TO READ THE MANUAL, then again that's probably the case for virtually any real water filter.
Not Versatile: For people familiar with desalinators, this is obvious: it's only for filtering out salt from the water and not much else. If you're looking to filter out bacteria and other microscopic stuff from fresh water, you need to get another filter. I could be wrong but I don't think this filters out chemicals either. Then again most water filters don't do that either.
