Hot take: those homemade water filters in survival videos are a total scam

I followed a popular YouTube tutorial step by step in my backyard near Atlanta last summer, and after three weeks my filter was full of mold and gave me a nasty stomach bug. Has anyone else tried one of these and ended up sick?

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jessica_dixon3mo ago

That three week timeline got me to actually test one myself.

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jamiegreen3mo ago

Idk if three weeks is enough, the instructions say to wait four.

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