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The CamelBak All Clear UV purification system and Eddy everyday/outdoor bottle offer you two choices in portable liquid haulers. Both bottles consist of all BPA-free and ruggedly-constructed materials.They come with lifetime guarantees that don’t cover damage due to use, just defects – but CamelBak does stand behind their products.
Since the Eddy is the low-tech bottle, let’s take a look at it first. You can get the Eddy in 0.75 or 1L capacities. The only difference is the size of the bottle, the opening/top/straw/bite valve is the same for both. In the picture below you can see the exploded parts:
The bottle is fairly thick and rigid, PBA-free plastic that didn’t seem to mind getting tossed around at all. The straw and bite valve are thick and pliant with some give. According to the marketing materials, the bite value is “medical grade silicone” – which seems plausible. The bite valve requires firm but not insane bite pressure to open. I had no issues sucking down water mid-workout with this thing. The top has the flip down value that the bite valve slips over. It provided a completely spill-proof closure when flipped down. When flipped up, the bite valve provides nearly the same level of spill proof protection, but you can get some drops out if you try hard enough. The loop on top is rugged enough to carry the weight of a full bottle dangling off a carabiner hooked onto your backpack.
You can use the Eddy with the straw, as a bite and sip through the straw bottle. Or you can remove the straw and tilt/pull to drink. Either worked fine. Clean-up was as easy as disassembling everything and tossing it all into the dishwasher. You can freeze the Eddy with liquid it in (leave about a quarter empty to avoid exploding the bottle.) The FAQs warn against using it with hot liquids because it’s not a great idea to suck hot drinks into your mouth.
The All Clear is a little harder for me to figure out. Functionally, it’s made with the same materials as the Eddy, with the same performance. The All Clear comes with two tops – one is a basic screw on lid without any valve or straw – you’re not meant to drink directly out of the All Clear it seems. The other top is the “business end” – it is a fairly bulky UV light with a decent-sized battery. On top is a LCD display showing the charge/battery status. There is an optional pre-filtration cap available for $15 (I did not get a review unit), which I would suggest adding on if you plan on using this in the field.
The UV top charges via USB; the cable is provided, but you must supply AC/Auto to USB power adaptor or use a powered USB port to charge it. Charge times were a few hours with 1A power sources; obviously this may vary if you are using less powerful sources.
Once it’s charged up, you’re ready to go. Fully charged, it delivered twenty 60-second purification cycles before the battery level moved a notch, which was enough to convince me you could expect to be able to process more than 20 litres on a charge – enough for several days away from power. If you are planning a longer stint away from the grid, a solar charger might come in handy.
The All Clear states that it is able to “neutralize microbiological contaminants to EPA standards” in 60 seconds. In order to do that the liquid you are processing must be clear, free of ice, and you must agitate the bottle to move the water to the top of the bottle where the UV light is during the 60 second cycle. The UV light has a hard lifetime of 10,000 cycles – which is several years of daily use. The actual process of purifying water is simple enough and very fast – fill, attach the top, press power, and then flip the All Clear up and down for 60 seconds.
I would trust this to purify tap water, well water, and very clear river/lake water that is known pollution-free, but it won’t take care of pollutants, nor will it filter out anything (hence the suggestion to get the filter add-on.) You’re also going to need to take care to not contaminate the just purified water since the only water that is processed is the water inside the bottle. The low-tech solution to purification is to use any one of a number of tablet systems – these work about as well, but can take up to four hours to safely kill everything in a litre of water. There are other systems that use a combination of ultra-filtration and carbon filtration to remove chemicals and other pollutants in addition to pathogens. With the All Clear you won’t get that second processing step – your water will be free of living critters, but whatever else was dissolved in it will still be present after processing.
The CamelBak bottles provide high quality liquid hauling and purification options for your hydration needs. If you’ve run through several inexpensive drug store water bottles and aren’t happy with how they hold up to daily use, you’ll find Eddy a far more durable bottle. If you do a lot of travelling where there is access to unpolluted but poorly treated water, the All Clear is a relatively compact and fast way to zap your water before drinking it.
| Price: | Eddy .75L $15 (other models vary from $13 to $30); All Clear $99 |
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Tagged: hydration
CamelBak All Clear and Eddy Bottle review originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on October 28, 2012 at 11:00 am.
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Although Microsoft's Windows 8 launch will very likely go down in history as a positive turning point for the company, it wasn't without it glitches. Specifically, the Wall Street Journal reported yesterday that Microsoft reps in Taipei found it difficult to navigate their own OS due to hardware issues with their demo devices -- namely, new all-in-one PCs from Acer and ASUS. There were said to be issues with opening and closing apps, possibly due to the implementation of touch on such large screen sizes of 23-inches and over.
Well, we've just been fingers-on with both the 23-inch Acer Aspire 5600U and the 27-inch 7600U in London, and we can report that the touch interface was totally fluid. Moreover, the LCD displays maintained their natural colors very well when switching from an almost vertical 80-degree orientation to an almost-flat 30 degrees. These models come with Ultrabook innards starting with low-voltage versions of the Core i5 and the NVIDIA 630M, and they also come with HDMI-in and optional TV tuners so they can be used in a living room or kitchen situation. Pricing in Europe begins at 1,000 Euros for the 23-inch model, rising to 2,000 Euros for the full-spec 27-incher. Check out the video after the break and you'll see that we asked our Acer rep for his view on what happened in Taiwan and, although he didn't have first-hand knowledge of the event in question, he insisted that it was a storm in a teacup. Given our experience of the devices so far, we're inclined to believe him.
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Apple have done a great job of marketing their iPad device. Their strategies have gone a long way in convincing consumers that the device is the best on the market when it comes to browsing the Web or watching online streaming videos. The same can be said of connecting with friends via any social networking services according to the manufacturers.
These claims are backed up with some very sophisticated apps, features and services. The overall opinion of many industry pundits is that the device is a worthy competitor to netbooks. They believe that Steve Jobs and his team did a great job in developing the iPad even though there was a lot of scepticism when it was first launched onto the market.
The device is very fast and easy to use. It has built-in, high-speed 802.11a/b/g/n Wi-Fi which makes downloading files and streaming videos a cinch. Even when there is heavy gateway traffic or too many subscribers using the network, the device copes well making the experience a pleasant one. This is all thanks to the beefed-up Safari app and the latest Wi-Fi standard the device uses.
Apple claims that Safari is the fastest browser around which makes browsing the Internet a simple task that happens at lightening speed. One of the great features the iPad offers users is it’s capability to work on Wi-Fi as well as 3G. This means users will always be able to get on the Internet wherever they happen to be and don’t have to rely on ‘hot spots’ to stay connected.
Most Internet providers these days have 3G service and this means that iPad users can seamlessly swap over from Wi-Fi to 3G in an instant when they need to without having to contact another provider in order to do so.
Whenever an iPad user comes to the end of their surfing minutes, there’s an interactive push notification that pops up to let them know they need to either upgrade to the next data plan or switch to the latest Wi-Fi standard in their vicinity. Of course it goes without saying that the device has it’s own app to monitor and manage data usage.
Source: http://tabletbuzzblog.com/how-the-ipad-keeps-you-connected-with-wi-fi-or-3g/
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