Buying for protection and unsure of when you're exactly going to need a clean water back-up. An Aluminium barrier foil, heat sealed LIFESAVER bottle provides the lowest moisture transition rate available, 80% times slower than standard polyethylene packaging. This protections means the Filter shelf life of this product is extended up to 10 years from the date of manufacture. Store it for longer, use it when you need it most. The LIFESAVER 4000Uf bottle is a microbiological water Filter that uses ultra filtration technology to Filter out viruses, bacteria, cysts and parasites from contaminated water sources to produce clean drinking water. LIFESAVER technology filters out bacteria to a minimum of log 6 (99.9999%), viruses to log 4 (99.99%) and cysts to a minimum of log 3 (99.9%) as specified by ns' protocol 231, based on recommendations of the U.S. Environmental protection agency (pea). this LIFESAVER bottle filters 4,000 liters/1,056 us gallons of clean water and holds up to 750Ml of water at one time, and was designed to store and carry dirty water, once water is cleaned there is risk of recontamination. With the bottle, just Filter water when you want to drink it. No need for measuring, waiting or unpleasant distaste from chemicals such as chlorine or chlorine dioxide.