Thought I just had to share this

[Rockstar]

Originally Posted by Skybird

Now, those size and type of tailors I did see a lot of. Mostly when the whole family went bicycle camping and by those who enjoyed a little luxury during their travels. Usually carried pot pans, kitchen sink and like equipment in those as well as small children and maybe a few books.





btw I think it was you Skybird that once brought up concerns over portable water filters. I have a First Need XLE water 'purifier'. It retains 0.4 micron particulates, bacteria, virus and specific toxic and carcinogenic chemicals. Kinda expensive, filters are 70.00 U.S. and because of what they filter dont last long. I usually change them out after 150 gallons. Good emergency purifier when crap hits the fan





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[Skybird]

Originally Posted by Rockstar

btw I think it was you Skybird that once brought up concerns over portable water filters.

That solsunds as if I said somethign again st the in egneral, for primnci8ple reaosns. That I certainloy have not said, I just think the toppicv needs some thought and is a bit complex -. one really needs to know what goes and what not for what kind of water source. There are people out there thinking that with a coffee filter full of charcoal they could turn just any of dirty water into pure, clean water. Such naivety is dangerous to the health, very.



My concern is that if electricity would blackout for lets say a week or so, it would take amyn mroe days to to bring the power back into the grid everywhere, and then water supply would be out for many more weeks in places after they managed ti get the powergrid back to work, because all pipes bringing water to the houses as well as much of the sewage system would be infected (or clogged) and would need to be cleaned out first (desinfected in case of sweet water pipes), also the bacteria in the purifying stations that are bred for cleaning he dirty water in the bassins would need to be cultivated again and set out into the bassins again because much of the previously existing ones would have died or gotten contaminated.


Outdoor filters for the backpack usually only work against biological threats, but need good care-taking and cleaning and drying. They do not filter chemical pollutions. Thats what many people miss. Heravy metals, waste from agriculture, chemical and heavy industry, gasoline, diesel... A river flowing through an town, city or alongside fields, must be counted as sewage. "Pocxket fiulters" I would only use in very natural, abandoned regions up in the mountains of Northern Europe, rivers near their spring that did not get close to urban, industrialised regions with no agriculture done along their riverbeds. You may find such water sources in big cioutnries with huge natural reserves, like the US, Scnadinavia, Russia, playes that are free of human presence. In Germany, I would not try to win drinking water from rivers or standing lakes, not a slong as I am not really very desperate. I mean even rain water is already contaminated with the stuff it has washed out of the sky. It is no distilled water anymore. That it only is high up in the sky before the cloud starts raining down.



What I mean: use filters if you think you must: but know what you are doing! For me they are mostly for a scenario when public water supply via pipes may have been off for days and weeks maybe, and the water comes back: to bridge the first days or weeks until they have cleaned all the pipes.

[Jimbuna]

Some very innovative work on display here.

[Kapitan]

skybird have you ever seen this? now this is what i call a proper go anywhere campervan (more so the older one than the new one)

[Skybird]

Originally Posted by Kapitan

skybird have you ever seen this? now this is what i call a proper go anywhere campervan (more so the older one than the new one)

The video cannot be played in Germany, I only see the title image, but Unimogs rule. A truly universal base. They bring you to where many others fail, they keep rolling where quite some others quit.

I like this one. Due to its weight restrictions (below 7.5 tons, much is aluminium), it can be driven without a truck license, ordinary car license is sufficient. Its dimension is small and it has what it needs, includign solar panels, lithium phosphate batteries and electric stove, not gas, even the wooden parts are bamboo (its lighter than wood). The only thing I do not like is the price. 350 thousand is quite a house number, though I understand whate the money got into. They say it drives comfortably and very agile. Well, all Unimogs are said to be "agile" for their class.




For travelling, of course, not for living in it constantly. The Unimog base of course os Mercedes, but the cabin is from company Hellgeth. Its all ultra lightweight (due to the driving license, its a big plus I think).

[Jimbuna]

^ Wouldn't mind one of them myself.