The new AquaStar Plus water purifier is a UV-C portable spectracidal treatment solution appropriate for use in all climates and settings. Offering an improved timing circuit, better weather sealing, added shock protection, and a built-in camping lantern function, but still adding only about 3 ounces of weight (with batteries) to a standard water bottle, this year's model is still the best product available in its class for the ultralight enthusiast, survival kit, or outback explorer. The unit may now be safely carried outside of its bottle and incorporates one of the brightest Nichia CS grade 5mm LEDs for use as a flashlight or table lantern. Campers, hikers, emergency crews, and families who depend on having clean water, depend on Aquastar. Using a pair of international standard CR-123 batteries, the AquaStar can safely and quickly treat a liter of water in 80 seconds. Lightweight, rugged and simple to operate, everyone should have an AquaStar Plus packed in their survival kit.



These common microgrganisms are destroyed by the Aquastar Plus:
Bacillus anthracis, Shigella dysentariae (dysentery), Corynebacterium diphtheriae, Shigella flexneri (dysentery), Dysentary bacilli (diarrhea), Staphylococcus epidermidis, Escherichia coli (diarrhea), Streptococcus faecaelis, Legionella pneumophilia, Vibro commo (cholera), Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Bacteriophage (E. Coli), Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Hepatitis, Salmonella (food poisoning), Influenza, Salmonella paratyphi (enteric fever), Poliovirus (poliomyelitis), Salmonella typhosa (typhoid fever), Baker's yeast.

How does UV purify water?
UV light destroys DNA and thereby prevents microbes from reproducing. Germicidal U.V. light – between about 240nm and 290nm – acts on thymine, one of the four base nucleotides in DNA. When a germicidal UV photon is absorbed by a thymine molecule that is adjacent to another thymine within the DNA strand, a covalent bond or dymer, between the molecules is created. This thymine dymer prevents enzymes from “reading” the DNA and copying it. Without the ability to replicate DNA, the microbe cannot reproduce and is rendered harmless.

SPECIFICATIONS:
- 2 Year Warranty
- Including 1L Polycarbonate Bottle (As shipped): 8.75” h x 3.5” w (22.2 cm x 9 cm)
- Displacement Volume (in full bottle): 2.6 ounces (78 mL)
- Batteries: 2 x Type 123 (DL123A, CR123A, EL123A, PL123A or similar), 3Volt Photo Battery. These batteries are available at most drug stores and supermarkets.
- UV-C Tube: Philips TUV4T5 Germicidal 4W UV-C (254 nm) Sterilamp, hot-cathode, low-voltage. Rated useful life (to 85% efficiency) = 6,000 hours.
- Bottle: Polycarbonate plastic (equivalent to LEXAN brand), 32 ounce (1L) wide-mouth.
- Dosage Time: 80 seconds per liter (1 cycle). Below 40 ° F (5 ° C), dosage time should be doubled (2 cycles per liter).
- >99.999% effective against protozoa (including Giardia, Entamoebic Dysentery, and Cryptosporidium)
- >99.9999% effective against bacteria (including Cholera, Shigella, Salmonella, and E. coli)
- >99.999% effective against viruses (including Enterovirus, Rotavirus, Hepatitis, and Poliovirus)
- EPA Information EPA Est. 82431-CO-001