Pritchard's stock of 1,000 bottles sold out within four hours of his presentation. Since then the Lifesaver bottle or can has been present in most of the world's catastrophes,such as the 2010 earthquake in Haiti. The actual mechanism of the can or bottle very simple. It uses a disposable carbon filter that can process 0.71 liters of water in 20 seconds. To filter the water, one puts contaminated water in the back of the bottle, and then screws the lid on. The lid has a built in pump that is operated manually. The pumping action forces the contaminated water through the nano-filter