How soon will I receive my product?
Our workshop is open Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Many products that are ordered before 16:00 on these days can be prepared and shipped the same day.
Can I also pick up my order?
It is possible to pick up your order yourself in Heerde. Our workshop is open on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday from 10:00 to 17:30.
As soon as your order is ready for you, we will contact you by phone or email for an appointment.
How many liters of water can a Ceramic filter like Travel-Mate purify?
Although many manufacturers claim that their filter can purify a certain amount of water. Is this often difficult to verify and measure?
The amount of water that can be filtered is strongly dependent on the degree of pollution of the water. And then there is also the question of where do you test the water. Bacteria reduction or other potentially harmful substances?
The Travel-Mate has been tested for bacterial reduction with at least 6000 liters of water, no reduced effect is yet visible.
With this filter we supply a sandpaper with which the ceramic can be sanded clean every now and then. If this becomes too thin (measure with the supplied jig) the filter needs to be replaced.
How many liters of water can your filter purify?
How long the filter will last is a good question and to be honest we don't have a concrete answer to this.
This is very difficult to measure. filters with Ultra-membranes such as the siphon In principle do not allow bacteria to pass through. However, the Ultra membranes do become saturated at a certain point, so that they will then let less or no water through. This is a sign that the filter needs to be replaced.
How quickly the filter is saturated depends on the degree of pollution of the water. Water with visible pollution from mud or other materials, for example, will cause the filter to close faster than when using clear water.
In practice, the Siphon filters that we use for development work often provide a family with water every day for 2 years.
Why treat a filter element with Nano Silver?
For extra Bacteria reduction, the Filter elements consisting of Ceramic or activated carbon but without Ultra membranes are treated with Nano-Silver. With the C-Ultra filters, this is not immediately necessary due to the extra high filtration of the ultra-membranes, because in principle the ultra-membranes do not allow bacteria to pass through. However, if desired, it is also possible to give the activated carbon blocks of these filter elements a Nano Silver treatment. This inhibits possible bacterial growth in the activated carbon and can therefore extend the life of the filter. These filters are then referred to as CS-Ultra.
What is Colloidal Silver?
Colloidal silver consists of pure water in which nano silver particles are dissolved. A colloid is a molecular particle (in this case silver) with a size of 1 nanometer or smaller.
Because the particles are so small, they can be dissolved in water (suspension) in a special process. In that case, these particles remain in solution and will not separate (sediment).
How does Colloidal silver work
Because silver colloids are so small, they have a strong (positive) ionic charge. This positive charge always looks for a negative discharge.
When colloidal silver comes into contact with (pathogenic) micro-organisms, the positively charged silver colloids will bind to the negatively charged enzymes from these micro-organisms. As a result, these (aerobic) organisms can no longer produce oxygen and thus die without being able to multiply.
