Don´t Just Take Our Word,
Take Theirs.

Here are a few quotes from some of the adventurers who´ve utilized First Need® portables while on their expeditions. S

"First Need systems have provided our team with the security and confidence that the water is free of organisms, and significantly reduces our overall pack weight.  [It] has provided us with an extremely lightweight, fully functional water purification system.  First Need had virtually eliminated our fears in questionable situations."

LARRY W. HOWELL, President/Commander, Southern Colorado High Angle Rescue Team, Inc.

"General Ecology´s products performed and stood up to all of their claims, if not surpassing them."

LOREN LEE UPTON,
Through the Gap, The Taking of the Windmill (Panama)
Greg Child

Greg Child using the
First Need® Trav-L®-Pure.
One Foot on the Road to Everest Expedition.

"[The units] were very useful in traveling, particularly through Tibet where water is often totally unfit for human consumption."

TOM WHITTAKER, GREG CHILD, ALLISON HARGREAVES & LEO DICKINSON, One Foot on the Road to Everest Expedition
U.N. Soldier

The First Need® Trav-L®-Pure... used by U.N and U.S forces in Somalia, medical and emergency response teams in Kobe, Japan and around the world.

"The First Need is lightweight insurance against the worst of the ills a trekker can get — the `Quick Step´.  The First Need´s design is ergonomically efficient and practically klutz-proof!  It performed flawlessly for two years´ training climbs in the U.S. and during our 28 days in Nepal."

BOB COOLBAUGH, Coordinator, Continental Himalayan Expedition

"First Need water purifiers are the best and most useful purifiers currently on the market.  We strongly recommend their use on any trek, climb, or visit to any areas..."

DON McINTYRE, Albuquerque Mountain Rescue Council

"I always travel in the wilderness now with a water filter, and my filter of choice is First Need.  It´s effective, small, and easy to use.  Whether I´m guiding in the mountains of Wyoming, Alaska or Canada, or climbing in the Himalaya my travel gear ALWAYS includes the First Need."

JEB SCHENCK, High Altitude Team Leader, Cowboys on Everest, Wyoming Centennial Everest Expedition.

First Need®
Expedition Proven.

Two upcoming Expeditions using the First Need® Deluxe:

Simon Dyer & Darryl Riches
Walk for Wilderness `99
(Beginning June 1999)
Jasper National Park, Canada, to the Mexican Border (3400 miles.) 		Benjamin Wade, "Kayak Extremist"
Solo Kayak Expedition
(Beginning Dec. 5, 1998)
Orinoco River, Venezuela  (2200 miles).

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