Best Survival Water Filters | Tested & Proven

Being able to filter water can save your life. Just ask anyone in a developing country where the popularity of portable and personal water filters has skyrocketed. When you are faced with survival, you want a proven filter that won’t let you down. The best survival water filters will do just that in a compact package without any assistance from electricity or other power sources. There are a slew of brands and types to choose from when it comes to water filters that will actually hold up in a survival situation.

I’ve been testing survival water filters for several years now, starting in 2016. For this review, I’ve measured, taste-tested the filtered water, and even cut apart the filters to find the best.

Continue reading to learn more about the best survival water filters, written by Sean Gold.

Founder & Lead Writer

Sean Gold

I’m Sean Gold, the founder of TruePrepper.

I’m also a husband, dad, and experienced prepper. I view prepping as a personal journey that pushes anyone and everyone to improve themselves and their situation.

Besides being able to share what I’ve learned through TruePrepper, I’ve also learned a lot from it and readers like you.

Check out my prepping guides and my preparedness journey, and thanks for taking the time to visit TruePrepper.

Beyond being a prepper, Sean is uniquely qualified to review a wide range of survival gear and prepping supplies. He’s also published a few things under his nickname and pen name, Rusty.

Sean’s Qualifications
Founder of TruePrepper in 2016
Written over 300 posts on TruePrepper since 2016 that have been read by millions of preppers
USAF Veteran (2007-2013), Enlisted 3E9XX, HazMat Technician, CE Deployment Manager
Degree in Emergency Management (emergencies, disasters, and survival situations)
Degree in Industrial Engineering (manufacturing and quality)
Masters of Business Administration (margin analysis and marketing)
Sean’s Experience
A few things Sean specializes in include:

Bug Out Bags – Since the ‘go-bag’ deployment kits in the military, Sean has been building, maintaining, and perfecting bug out bags, get home bags, and his everyday carry loadout to compliment his home survival kit for decades.

Quality Control – As a manufacturing engineer (Go Pack!) with 10+ years of experience in factories, he is well-versed in material quality, design, and assembly processes. He’s a stickler for scientific approaches to durability analysis, knowing that measurements don’t lie. He brings this quality focus to reviews, using testing equipment to provide data to compare products.
CBRN – With extensive experience with live agents, training thousands of military members on proper PPE wear, and HazMat certification- you would be hard-pressed to find a better CBRN expert.

Disaster Planning – Sean has earned a degree in Emergency Management, holds FEMA, DoD, and USAF certifications, and has contributed to high-impact plans executed for real-world disasters, like Fukushima Daiichi. He can break down large-scope issues and complicated situations.

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