The patented filter in the Outdoor Water Filter has been certified to NSF/ANSI standards to remove
up to 99.9999% of fresh water contaminants, including Giardia and
Cryptosporidium, and meets and exceeds NSF/ANSI standards 42 and 53. NSF
42 means that the our Epic Outdoor Filters removes aesthetic
contaminants like taste, odor and visible particles. More importantly,
NSF 53 ensures that it also effectively removes harmful microbiological
contaminants.
The Epic Outdoor Filter has also been
tested to remove: 99.99% of bacteria, cysts and viruses, chlorine
(99.58%), heavy metals, including arsenic, copper, lead, mercury,
aluminium, cadmium (97.5%), iodine (91.67%). It also removes Endrin,
DDD, DDT, Lindane, Heptachlor, PCB’s, Altrazine, Simazine, Nitrite,
Bromodichloromethane, Bromoform, Benzene, Dibromochloromethae, Carbon
Tetrachloride, Ethyl Benzene, Methyl Tert Butyl Ether, Trichloroethane,
Toluene, Xylene, Giardia, Crytoporidium, E. Coli, E. Faecalis, F+RNA.
If you'd still like more, check out our Outdoor Filter Test Results. We are always testing for new contaminants too, so be sure to check back every so often and see our growing list!