This LifeStraw portable water filter is a lifesaver

The LifeStraw Portable Water Filter ($14.99) from Amazon.

I’m not one for Ted talks, but I’ll never get over that 2009 TEDGlobal video "How to make filthy water drinkable" where LifeStraw inventor, Michael Pritchard, drinks a bunch of disease-infested water to demonstrate the effectiveness of his revolutionary water-purification system.

More than a decade later and Pritchard's lifesaving filter has evolved into the LifeStraw Personal Water Filter; a portable straw that filters water as you drink it.

An essential for camping trips, remote getaways, and emergency situations where clean drinking water is limited, LifeStraw uses an internal microfiltration membrane to remove up to 99.999% of waterborne bacteria and parasites like E. coli, salmonella, giardia, and cryptosporidium from water — not to mention microplastics.

Made to provide water to developing communities LifeStraw's microbiological filter is able to clean up to 1,000 gallons of water before it needs replacing.

At $14.99, this LifeStraw Personal Water Filter is 50% off its original price.