Wouldn't the LifeStraw would clog up rather quickly?

Opinions, folks?

-- Craig

Earlier filtration straws were an overhyped failure. I've heard anecdotaly some of the latest offerings are much better. The straws clog mostly with particulate matter. This shouldn't pose a problem if the straws can be shaken out. My concern is how the user knows when it is no longer useable. Western aid tends to dump stuff on the 'Third World' with sometimes poor followup information.The reports of indian women wearing birth control pills on necklaces as talismans for example. Not that the 'educated' west isn't equally guilty. Anyone who has worked retail knows this. I'll never forget the customer returning a ficus tree because it didn't grow in spite of water and fertilizing. It pained me to explain it was a artificial plant <img src="/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

Hey ! mine are not artificial ones... and they don't grow either...

I have to say I only sparcely give them water .... <img src="/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" />

Please tell me you are kidding.

I know you're telling the truth. My wife worked retail in the past. The stories she told boggled the mind....

-- Craig

No joke on the stupidy of some....one guy bought a bolt action rifle and promptly returned it as he said it was broken. He went on to "prove it" by opening the bolt to show the "broken piece that falls out"....it was the empty casing....G_D help us.