ConsumerREVIEW.com launched CHOICE Awards to honor the favorite products of the more than 2 million consumers who frequent ConsumerREVIEW.com's network of consumer review websites. Of the 50,000 products available for review on ConsumerREVIEW.com web sites, approximately 550 were singled out as CHOICE picks.
General Ecology, Inc. is proud to accept a 2000 ConsumerREVIEW.com for First Need Deluxe Portable Water Purifier, reviewed and praised on OutdoorReview.com by unbiased outdoor enthusiasts among the 200,000 consumer-generated reviews on the ConsumerREVIEW.com network.

Consumer Consensus: This "fantastic" combined filter and purifier produces "excellent tasting water," even "from mud puddles," with about 35-40 strokes per quart. The design is "basic,", but reviewers say the "long-standing, proven design works," so why change it? "Reliable" and "convenient," outdoor enthusiasts like the First Need's ability to "filter out viruses without iodine" and remove chemicals. "You don't hear a lot about this company, but they make a great product," say reviewers. The First Need "never fails" and for the money, "this is the best filter around."

Thank you! General Ecology, Inc. appreciates and thanks the consumers for their unbiased feedback on First Need Deluxe Portable Water Purifier Clarification: We note that the review refers to General Ecology Inc.'s First Need Deluxe as a "water filter", although it is common to refer to all devices as water filters, First Need Deluxe is a water purifier, much more than a filter, purifying water of viruses, bacteria, cysts in addition to many chemical and aesthetic contaminants. First Need Portable Water Purifier is independently certified to meet EPA Microbiological Purification Standard against Viruses, Bacteria and Cysts, the only portable purifier to do so without chemicals, hold-time or double pumping.