Last week i was cruising around windward mall and came across a new store called soul trex.  Apparently they been open for about 6-8 months and sell equipment geared to the outdoor individual.  They sell backpacking bags, fire tools, filtration gear, food rations, rock climbing stuff.  Pretty neat store.  If any of you are in the area go check it out.  The owner is a lady from waimanalo, talked with her for a bit, really cool lady that knows her stuff.  Im hoping that they will start to bring in more gear and offer more of a variety of stuff.
Heres a link to their website.
http://soultrexinc.com/

Been shopping there for awhile already.  They are so-so in price, but when they get sale its worth it.  I was surprised to see full on climbing gear for sale there.

Thanks for the info.  I would have never known.

The store is kinda a mash up for me.  A lot of it seems like general kind of stuff.

Will pick up a filter though and test it out soon against lepstosprosis.
What kind of stuff do you grab kala if you dont mind me asking?

The store is kinda a mash up for me.  A lot of it seems like general kind of stuff.

Will pick up a filter though and test it out soon against lepstosprosis.
What kind of stuff do you grab kala if you dont mind me asking?

How are you going to test this?

Its not 100% fool proof but what i was planning to do is buy one and take a bucket of stream water from Makiki and sample it.  No guarentee there is lepsto in it though.  Another spot i was going to try water from is Kawainui Marsh.  Another bucket full and drink.  Again not absolutly sure there is any there, but willing to try it out.  Maybe manoa stream, but depends how brave im feeling that day.  Like i said, not a perfect 100% method because i dont know if its there before hand but im willing to try it and if i get sick at least i can tell the doctors ive possibly had exposure. 

On a little side note, i believe theres staph at Kawainui marsh.  After working in there i broke out into sores on my legs, almost puss like pimples, inflamed and sensitive, so the waters kinda, funky i guess you could say.  No open sores, just wet jeans rubbing against my leg.  Enough i assume to allow entry for the staphers.

If anyone got a suggestion or better idea im down to listen.  Ill post up when its all going down too

Its not 100% fool proof but what i was planning to do is buy one and take a bucket of stream water from Makiki and sample it.  No guarentee there is lepsto in it though.  Another spot i was going to try water from is Kawainui Marsh.  Another bucket full and drink.  Again not absolutly sure there is any there, but willing to try it out.  Maybe manoa stream, but depends how brave im feeling that day.  Like i said, not a perfect 100% method because i dont know if its there before hand but im willing to try it and if i get sick at least i can tell the doctors ive possibly had exposure. 

On a little side note, i believe theres staph at Kawainui marsh.  After working in there i broke out into sores on my legs, almost puss like pimples, inflamed and sensitive, so the waters kinda, funky i guess you could say.  No open sores, just wet jeans rubbing against my leg.  Enough i assume to allow entry for the staphers.

If anyone got a suggestion or better idea im down to listen.  Ill post up when its all going down too

Hahaha, bass you're hilarious.

You're really going to drink a bunch of doodoo water from around the island to test your water filter?

That's awesome.

The store is kinda a mash up for me.  A lot of it seems like general kind of stuff.

Will pick up a filter though and test it out soon against lepstosprosis.
What kind of stuff do you grab kala if you dont mind me asking?

Monkey,

I don't mind sharing what I bought.  It was when Windward Mall had that Gift of Giving promotion thing going on.  The more you spent the larger your discount was.  Anyways I picked up two MOLLE rapid response bags to add modularity to my backpack, a Fenix headlight and a Fenix angled flashlight both for work, and two sets of hiking poles for my brother and his wife.  My wife wanted to go shopping today and I bought a pair of DaKine shorts for her and for me from the 60% sale rack.  When you can get stuff on sale from there the prices area really good.  I was tempted to buy the solar UV water purifier kit but figured I better come home and do some research first.

Which purifying kit did you buy?  I can't wait to see your results on your personal tests.  I would think the further up mauka you get your water the less harmful chemical pollutants you'd encounter, but not too sure about the creepy crawly guys.  I used to be an elementary school teacher before I made a career change and one of the places we went to almost every year was the Sumida watercress farm by Pearl Ridge.  They sit on an natural artesian freshwater spring.  The owner scoops water straight from the spring and drinks it.  I've tried and the water on a few excursions it is cold and super refreshing.  I didn't get sick.  I think it might have to do with positive pressure caused by the spring pushing out the dirtier surrounding water you would associate with that area.  The owner says he attributes his health to the spring.  Anyways that's just my thoughts on water collection.