I'm supposed to drink WHAT ?

You are broken down in a remote area with little or no water. If you're lucky you can make a bush still (tastes awful btw), or if there's little vegetation you can drink your own urine (eeew I agree).
Much of the water to be found in the bush can be fairly questionable.
(If a scantily clad bush nymphette delivers a keg of free beer then there isn't much hope...you're too far gone with heat exhaustion and dehydration)

Tonight a friend dipped what appeared to be an empty one of those water bottles that runners etc. use, into a pool of water on some concrete...pretty disgusting stuff. He then poured the water into a plastic cup and said "Here, drink this".

It was clear and clean and didn't smell. But I couldn't bring myself to drink it...so he did.

Some guff about micro filters etc.... blocking all the germs and rubbish inside. Saw the paperwork but still not convinced (he's sending me the guff by email later). Now previous reading mentions filters as one purification method but...

Does anyone know of a similar product in Australia? Are they safe enough? It's a Yank product but didn't say "FDA approved" and that worries me.
I can't see filters getting rid of germs but the paperwork reckons it does.

If they work, I could see me carrying one "just in case."

(You're right, I reeely don't want to drink my own...you know what)

If not, then it's just more snake oil.