Great product, Terrible Customer Service
Great product, bad service.
I bought a BeFree water filter (RRP £50). I love it, it's perfect for the Scottish hills as there is always water around and this makes it safe to drink. However the soft flask developed a tiny pinhole so I reached out to Katadyn who punted me to LYON (their UK distributer). It took 3 emails to get a (snippy) response which was that they don't do replacement bags and I should buy a different model of bag which was compatible. I asked about their:
"BEYOND LIFETIME GUARANTEE
WE GO ABOVE AND BEYOND WITH EVERY PRODUCT WE MAKE, OUR WARRANTY IS NO DIFFERENT.
If you experience any failures due to the product's manufacturing or materials, we'll repair or replace the item for free - for life. Whatever it takes for you to keep the adventure going."
However their customer service advised me that the pinhole in the bag could not directly be attributed to a manufacturing defect so they wouldn't replace it. A new bag along will be another £26 + £4.90 postage.
It appears that their guarantee doesn't stand for much and they don't value their loyal customers so I won't purchase anything else from Katadyn.








