ok, I'm intrigued

This website claims it is made in the USA.

This website stands out because it is a dedicated website for the product, but doesn't have other hallmarks suggesting that they are the manufacturer. The owner of the site did repost the specs on an ezine but that doesn't mean anything.

Allegedly survival straw is a trademark, and the device is patent pending, but neither turned up anything

I can find references to the survival straw as far back as 1998 linking to survival straw.com , but that URL is dead and owned by Russians.

Unfortunately, web.archive.org has nothing about survivalstraw.com

The whole thing is really odd.