The Revolve tap water filter bottle
Here at Gizmag we have looked a number of water filtration
products including the
Life
Straw,
the Solaqua SODIS system,
the Katadyn Vario,
the
Lifesaver and
the Bobble. Another recent entry to the fray is the
Revolve filter bottle – a portable water filtration bottle
designed for use with city tap water.
Revolve (previously known as Sovereign Earth) say that its
bottle will produce, on demand, over 100 gallons of water per
filtration cell. The filtration medium removes up to 99.99% of
all contaminants found in tap water, including chlorine, heavy
metals, industrial pollutants, agricultural runoff chemicals,
trace pharmaceuticals and microbial cysts.
The system utilizes a reusable stainless steel bottle with a
screw cap which houses a flip-up mouthpiece. The heart of the
system is an internal straw with a screw-on replaceable
filtration unit through which water in the bottle is drawn.
My initial thought was that it would be hard work sucking the
water through a filter that claimed the kinds of specifications
this one does, but actually the effort required is minimal and
the water tastes very good.
The filter medium is bacteriostatic and the cap, straw and
filter housing are made from 100% BPA-free polypropylene.
Filters are recyclable via a program in place with Revolve and
anyone who recycles their filter gets a shipping discount on the
replacement. The system is patented and meets a range of
relevant standards.
Social Conscience
While the use of an inline system for filtering water on
demand may not be so novel the overall concept of a recyclable
filter in a reusable stainless steel bottle, with all of the
attendant sustainability benefits, is. Revolve take that
position a step further by committing 1% of sales revenues to
“1% for the Planet”, an alliance of businesses that
understand the necessity of protecting the natural environment
and who support a range of non-profit organizations with the
funds generated. The company is also a founding partner in the
“World Water Relief Project”, a not-for-profit initiative
that distributes water filtration and purification technologies
in the developing world following natural calamities.
Of course we all know that the use of bottled water
has serious environmental consequences due to the huge waste
footprint of discarded bottles, especially considering that it
is estimated that only one in five discarded bottles are ever
recycled. One Revolve filter will produce the equivalent of 800
single use 16 oz bottles of water and the company also has a
filter recycling program.
The appeal of bottled water for many people is the
convenience of having easy, portable access to clean water so
the US$39.95 Revolve bottle may offer a viable alternative.
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