Detailed Product Description:

Here’s a purifier that can render water from any source safe to drink.  Bulk water from a lake, a pond, the gutters, swimming pools or spas, even mud puddles can be made potable.

Disaster or earthquake preparation recommendations always start with storing water, but how much water is it practical to store ahead of time?  Depending upon the duration of such an event, you will probably ultimately need to replenish your stock.  With municipal supplies rendered inoperable and/or questionable in their quality in such circumstances, you have to be able to purify water from a variety of bulk sources.  Water may come from the tap for a while, but how trustworthy will it be? What if someone gets sick from bad water, and the hospitals are full of infected people?  Or closed?  Even a common bacterium like Giardia can make you violently ill, sometimes for months.

Leading Edge Technology:

Each year, thousands of new products and breakthrough technologies vie for the attention of editors at Popular Science magazine.  But only the best of the best—those products that inspire awe, envy, and admiration—are awarded inclusion in their category, “Best of What's New.”  Two years ago, the MSR Corporation won the Grand Award in the new General Innovation category for this purifier.  The MIOX Pen has been the recipient of dozens of other awards for technological achievement.

Principles of Operation:

The MIOX Purifier makes water microbiologically safe using ordinary salt and an electrical current.  A small amount of oxidant solution is made by placing a small amount of water in the top of the pen.  Then a tiny amount of ordinary table salt is added.  Shake, and add the solution to water.  Proprietary patented technology converts this tiny batch of saltwater into an oxidant solution which is mixed with your water to destroy microorganisms.

The MIOX uses a chemical reaction called electrolysis to create a powerful disinfectant that will destroy biological contaminants in your water.  It is more effective against microorganisms than chlorine or iodine.  It also features a safety indicator so you can be sure your treated water is safe to drink. 

Features:

The purifier will treat approximately 300 liters of water on one set of batteries.  The purifier can be used over and over, making water treatment an inexpensive procedure.

• The MIOX uses a chemical reaction called electrolysis to create a powerful disinfectant that will destroy biological contaminants in your water.

• More effective against microorganisms than chlorine or iodine.

• Destroys viruses and bacteria in 15 minutes, Giardia in 30 minutes and Cryptosporidium in 4 hours.

• Features a safety indicator so you can be sure your treated water is safe to drink.

• Comes with 1 ounce of salt to treat 300+ liters of water; 2 lithium CR123 batteries; 50 test strips; instruction book; reference card; storage bag

• The MIOX is compact, rugged and submersible

• Purifies water without iodine; no health risk or unpleasant iodine taste.

The large, expensive filters don't work on viruses.  The MIOX kills viruses and everything else, including the hard-to-kill Cryptosporidium.   The disinfectant will inactivate a number of common pathogens, including E. coli, Giardia, and Cryptosporidium, as well as chemical and biological warfare agents.  The purifier has passed the EPA Guide Standard and Protocol for microbiological purifiers, achieving more than 10 times the level of inactivation required, even in the EPA's "worst-case" water.

Mixed oxidants eliminate chlorine taste and odor, do not react with chloramines to cause foul-smelling compounds, improve taste and odor from algae and lake turnovers, precipitate iron that can cause an earthy taste or odor, and they oxidize sulfides, effectively removing the "rotten egg" taste and smell of hydrogen sulfide.

An important feature of using simple salt as the disinfectant source is that salt has an infinite shelf life, so the purifier will still function even if stored without use for long periods of time.  The lithium batteries have a 7-10 year shelf life. 

Even Effective Against Chemical/Biological Warfare Agents

This purifier is used by our troops in Iraq and Afghanistan.  Dugway Proving Grounds, a U.S. Government laboratory, has been testing the MIOX mixed-oxidant solution since the year 2000 on biological and chemical warfare agents.  Findings show high efficacy against all agents, including Anthrax spores.  Mixed oxidants achieved up to 99.99% inactivation of the spore, depending on the dose and contact time.

The mixed-oxidant solution also effectively destroyed the bacteria associated with Plague and the viruses associated with smallpox and polio.  Mixed oxidants were also extremely effective against the nerve agents Soman (GD) and V-Agent (VX) and the blister agent Lewisite (L).

No pumping required— The MIOX® Purifier represents a revolution in water treatment.  It’s ultra light, compact, and easy to use—with no pumping, maintenance, or iodine required.   Just add water, shake, and press a button.

Dwell times—Viruses & bacteria: 15 minutes, Giardia: 30 minutes, Cryptosporidium: 4 hours
Weight—3.5 ounces

Kit includes:  MIOX® Purifier, salt, batteries, safety-indicator strips, instruction booklet, quick-reference card, and storage sack.