Apparently with any (overseas) purchase over about £16.00 import taxes are due, but Amazon/Ebay automatically add this to the total that you pay. So the total for the above purchase worked out at about £63.40 including delivery and import taxes etc, and that equates to £15.85 all in for each filter.
Delivery is estimated at 8-14 days, so I'll let you know how it all goes when they arrive
You can order single versions of the Sawyer from the US via Amazon/Ebay for about £22 all in.... and there is no import taxes on a single one because the value of the product is less than £16.00 (postage takes it up to £22)
For me they are the way to go as you can use them as both a straw and also your main water filtration device and the filtration standard is higher than the Survapure and for that matter the Katadyn Water Filters!
Well the Sawyer's that I order last Thursday from Amazon.com have arrived today!! So thats pretty good going with them being delivered from the states within 7 days and at half the price of buying them from the UK even after taking import taxes into account!!
I think I'll be checking prices on Amazon.com a bit more often in the future
The plastic water bottle is really high quality malleable plastic and the filter is chunky, which personally I find comforting because I know there is plenty of carbon between me and the microbials!
The plastic water bottle is really high quality malleable plastic and the filter is chunky, which personally I find comforting because I know there is plenty of carbon between me and the microbials!
but ......
