Lifestraw Giveaway!
By April. Filed in Giveaways |Tags: best invention of the year, eartheasy, giveaway, hiking, lifestraw, personal water filter, traveling, water filter
Congratulations to Danielle Rutkowski, the winner of this giveaway!!
I’m so excited to announce this giveaway! eartheasy has provided Primitive Mommy with a Lifestraw to give away to one lucky reader. If you haven’t heard of Lifestraw, it is one of the coolest inventions to come across my radar for a long time. Why is it so important? This simple invention is providing clean water to those less fortunate who live where the water supply isn’t clean. An estimated 884 million people in the world still use unimproved sources of drinking water. This lack of access to safe drinking water contributes to diarrheal diseases worldwide, particularly affecting the young, the immunocompromised and the poor. Almost one in five child deaths – about 1.5 million each year – is due to diarrhea. According to UNICEF and WHO, diarrhea kills more young children than AIDS, malaria and measles combined. Approximately 43% of the global population is deprived of household, safe piped water.
Lifestraw’s can also benefit those fortunate enough to have clean water because it is ideal for camping or even carrying in a purse or car for emergencies. We love ours! I keep mine in my car for emergencies and can’t wait to try it while hiking!
From eartheasy’s website:
“The LifeStraw personal water filter, the “Best Invention of the Year” (Time magazine, 2005), enables users to drink water safely from contaminated water sources. LifeStraw is ideal for homeowners during emergencies such as local flooding which can contaminate drinking water supplies. LifeStraw is also ideal for campers and hikers who may be drinking from rivers or lakes and are unsure of the water safety. Because LifeStraw is lightweight and compact, it is also great for travelers who do not want to rely on the quality of local water.
Features & Benefits
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Filters up to 1,000 liters (264 gallons) of water
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Removes 99.9999% of waterborne bacteria (>LOG 6 reduction)
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Removes 99.9% of waterborne protozoan parasites (>LOG 3 reduction)
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Reduces turbidity, filtering down to 0.2 microns
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Ultralight: weighs only 2 oz!
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Contains no chemicals (and is BPA-free), uses no batteries, has no moving parts
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Very high flow rate
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Easy to clean
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Very durable
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Used worldwide in harsh conditions since 2005
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Award winning & internationally recognized
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1 year warranty
The winner of this give away will get a Lifestraw of their very own!
How to Enter:
I have made it so simple to enter! 2 steps only!
The Giveaway starts today and runs through midnight, pacific standard time, on Thursday, October 4, 2012
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You must be a subscriber of the blog through Feedburner to participate. You can subscribe through the Feedburner box on the right of the page of the blog.
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Leave a comment about why you would love to win a Lifestraw of your very own. You must leave a comment HERE on the blog (Not on Facebook) so I can find you when you win. Please only one comment. They have to be approved so be patient if it doesn’t appear immediately.
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Share this giveaway with your friends on your Facebook page…this isn’t mandatory.
The winner will be chosen by Random.org and announced here on the blog on Friday October 5, 2012. The winner will have 48 hours once I contact them to email me to claim their prize or another winner will be selected. This Giveaway is open to Continental US readers only.
Monday, October 1st 2012 at 6:46 am |
I would like a Lifestraw because we have already gone through two diasters in the past year first a major flood and second a tornado. We were without power and water for two weeks each time, and both times had to bug out on foot. This would be perfect for our bug out back.
Monday, October 1st 2012 at 6:48 am |
I’d like to use a life straw for camping. Thanks!!!
Monday, October 1st 2012 at 6:52 am |
Would love to add this to our hiking backpack! We’re always out and about with the little ones and then we could drink that way instead of packing water with us.
Monday, October 1st 2012 at 6:52 am |
I would love to win one of these because I enjoy hiking and spending time outdoors a lot. Being able to quickly and safely drink fresh water would be lovely.
Monday, October 1st 2012 at 6:59 am |
This is really cool. I’d love to have one for hiking or if we go on long horseback rides as well as for our survival/prepping gear! I’d love to try one out.
Monday, October 1st 2012 at 7:01 am |
Would love to have this!
Monday, October 1st 2012 at 7:11 am |
Life straw would be a good item to have for anyone, like myself, who lives in the rural parts of the wild country with beautiful waters and rivers which are continuously being contaminated by fracking and industrialization. Consciousness arises first, then anger and the fire within to do your part in fighting what you believe in. Next step is self-preservation.
Monday, October 1st 2012 at 7:14 am |
What an amazing concept. I would use it when traveling anywhere. Great safety net!
Monday, October 1st 2012 at 7:15 am |
We have been eyeing these- we are an adventuring family (me, hubby, and 3 kids) so something like this would be awesome to have!!
Monday, October 1st 2012 at 7:31 am |
I would absolutely love to win one of these. It would be great for my emergency bag.
Monday, October 1st 2012 at 7:33 am |
I would love love love to Erin one of these! I’m establishing emergency prep supplies and this would be awesome to add to it. Thanks!
Monday, October 1st 2012 at 7:41 am |
I would love to have one of these for hiking! There are many springs around my commmunity that would be great to drink from after a little filtration!
Monday, October 1st 2012 at 7:43 am |
This would be such an great score! What an awesome product. I’m always wondering what the next great thing will be and I think I’ve found it. Thank you Primitive Mommy for bringing this giveaway to us and thank you even more Eartheasy for offering this giveaway! I would totally love to win this because when I’m out and about I don’t keep as hydrated as I should. At home I use a Berkey system and feel totally trust worthy but when I’m out I’m always thinking of the what-ifs, this would stop all that!
Monday, October 1st 2012 at 7:51 am |
Wow this would be so awesome to take on hikes and on camping trips. I don’t have a filter yet, and this is so compact….I love it!
Monday, October 1st 2012 at 7:52 am |
I would LOVE to win this for my family. We do a lot of hiking and backpackig trips, and using iodine tablets is time consuming and our large filtration system is too big to bring when we backpack.
Absolutely love your posts- I follow you through Facebook. So thanks for all the great tips!!!
Monday, October 1st 2012 at 7:52 am |
This would be the greatest addition to my emergency bag! Fingers crossed!:-)
Monday, October 1st 2012 at 7:55 am |
I would really love to have one in a family emergency kit in our house and would definitely take it when traveling. Thanks for the chance to win one!
Monday, October 1st 2012 at 8:21 am |
Oooooh I neeed one!!! I would bring this thing EVERYwhere with me. I drink almost nothing but water. Bottled water almost always tastes like plastic to me, so I either filter water from the tap, or travel to a local spring and bottle it myself in gallon glass jugs. BUT I also do a lot of camping. And my family is planning a trip to our remote property where we will build our off grid home. The well there is not drinkable. So many uses…
Monday, October 1st 2012 at 8:22 am |
This would be handy for emergencies! I’ve been trying to be more prepared if something happened, and clean water is a must!
Monday, October 1st 2012 at 8:22 am |
I am a Mama of two boys and have a wonderful husband, we love things all out doors. And are a water drinking family! We would love to have this amazing invention, and know with certainty our water we are drinking is clean and purified!
Monday, October 1st 2012 at 8:27 am |
I have heard good things about this filter and would love to try it out ! Thank you for hosting a great givesway’
Monday, October 1st 2012 at 6:10 pm |
This is awesome! We go camping all the time and this would be so much more eco-friendly than bringing a bunch of water jugs and is much more compact than a berkey filter.
Monday, October 1st 2012 at 7:20 pm |
I would love to use this for homesteading and camping. My family spends lots of time outside in the wilderness and places far from running water, and this would be really helpful!
Monday, October 1st 2012 at 10:12 pm |
I could use one of these for when we are out and about with our little one! Looks great for camping!
Tuesday, October 2nd 2012 at 2:17 am |
This would be awesome, my husband and I are very into hiking. This year we pulled out the summer hiking box and the water filter was broken! This one seems even better and we would be grateful to have!
Tuesday, October 2nd 2012 at 6:50 am |
What an awesome opportunity! We have been wanting a lifestaw for our family of seven, since we heard about them! We are about to buy land to begin our homestead and one of these would be an amazing blessing!
Wednesday, October 3rd 2012 at 4:51 am |
I would love to win this because one if my biggest fears about distaste striking is how to have enough clean water stored for my large family! This would take a lot if stress off!