Steripen Classic 3 UV Water Purifier, Camping, Travel, Hunting, Preparedness

It works well.

Dennis This (thing) cost $100.00 really!!! This is only a light bulb receptacle and a bulb, and a nice looking case $100.00??? Plus the reviews are not looking good! Purchased5/20/26.

As someone who already owns a lot of NiMH batteries, I wanted to buy this sterilizer over the other version with a built in Li-Ion battery. The user manual said I should be able to get 100 uses out of a set of 4 NiMH’s before needing a recharge, however, once I got the unit, I realized that I could only get 25 uses until the batteries require a recharge. I’ve learned that this unit requires a high discharge rate out of batteries, which NiMH or Alkaline are not great at. Lithium batteries are ideal for high discharge rates (and they are conveniently lighter than 4 AA NiMH’s). I think the only reason to get this version over the lithium ion version, is that this one can accept single use lithium batteries. Single use lithiums can handle extremely high and low temperatures, making them versatile for backpackers who work outside of the ideal working temp ranges of lithium rechargable.

Works well. Instructions easy to follow. Size and weight right for travel.

This was quite handy to have for my Amazon Adventure in Ecuador! Super lightweight and easy to use

I bought my unit when they first came out for backpacking and trips to less developed areas of the world and it served me very well. I got sick and had to stop travelling for 5 years. I recently brought the unit out for travel again and it is still fully functional. I tested the result on an agar plate and got no growth after 5 days. I admit they are fragile and you can't rely on it in rough country as your sole purification just because it is glass, but with much travel behind me it's never broken I am really happy with the product, though recent editions may have changed.

I purchased this as insurance for a long hike in the Andes of Peru. Fortunately I never needed to use it. I had packaged it with padding inside a water bottle. After the trip was over I removed it from the bottle. I heard strange rattling coming from it. I opened the battery chamber and found loose springs, loose battery contact metal pieces, and loose broken pins that held a round piece in place at the bottom of the battery chamber. The springs were to hold the batteries. Batteries were never installed after I removed them in preparation for the trip. I had purchased too many weeks before the trip to be eligible for return or replacement.

This is my 3rd or 4th Steripen. If I recall, at least one of the unit's UV bulb burned out, which is to be expected after thousands of uses. Others I damaged, including the one just replaced. The turnaround from order to receipt was 24 hours, shipping from Colorado to New York with standard shipping. Hats off to Certified Brands! My product comment refers to the original pen having flatter sides, rather than the newer models being somewhat rounded. This doesn't affect me too much for household use, but I wonder about outdoors people trying to treat water drawn from a stream, and while gathering the water, the pen rolls off the streamside rock it was resting on. The old flat-sided design would be more stable at rest on irregular, tilted surfaces.

Ideal para no cargar con agua de más

An dem Gerät gibt es optisch nichts auszusetzen. Es könnte leichter sein, aber dafür gibt es vom Hersteller auch eine Alternative. Die Bedienungsanleitung weist auf alles wichtige hin. Soweit alles in Ordnung. Zur wirklichen Funktion kann man als Laie nicht viel sagen. Da muss man den Aussagen von Fachspezies glauben. Ein Vorfilter zusätzlich ist sehr wichtig, da das zu bestrahlende Wasser klar sein muss. Die Kombination aus gutem Filter und diesem UV Licht sollte schon trinkbares Wasser gewährleisten. Die UV Lampe allein tut auch sicher gute Dienste im Ausland, wo eine nicht so gute Wasserqualität wie bei uns ist.

This is a compact and useful device to have when traveling. I have a micron hiking filter the filters out bacteria and particulate matter but not viruses. Using this device will kill the viruses making the water very safe to drink. Yes, the water could still have chemical contaminants but at least I will not get violently ill from infections. This makes a one / two punch for safety.

Très efficace pour le traitement de l’eau. Point négatif: utilise beaucoup de batterie

I used the purifier 2 times, after that the pen indicated that the batteries are out of order, I changed, but it still keeps indicating the same and does not work.