#273939 - 01/26/15 02:08 AM
Re: For chemically purified water ...
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Carpal Tunnel
Registered: 11/09/06
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I 'm not using iodine but aquapure tablets. I still think the powdered flavoring may help increase the palatability of chemically treated water.
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#273947 - 01/26/15 08:50 AM
Re: For chemically purified water ...
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Pooh-Bah
Registered: 04/08/02
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Who in this day and age still uses Iodine to treat water? I have not seen anyone in at least 15 years carry Iodine. There are much better modern alternatives out there such as Aquatabs, Kataydn Micropur and Pristine CLO2 to name a few. Of these, I have personally used Aquatab to treat untold numbers of bottles of water.
If anyone insists on still using Iodine, consider getting some Nuun electrolyte replacement tablets to mask the Iodine taste. These tablets are usually packaged in a vial of 12 and in different fruit flavors. I'm fully converted to filters. Too much non-biological junk in the water and no chemcial taste. I do still have two bottles of polarpure wrapped in allumnium foil and mylar in storage for emergencies. (that stuff eats through regular ziplocs and mylar bags).
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#273954 - 01/26/15 03:31 PM
Re: For chemically purified water ...
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I like chlorine tablets for convenience, too. But keep in mind they don't help much against chemical pollutants. Though to be honest, neither does boiling or most other conventional methods other than quality filters. A little off topic but I have experimented lately with the Lifestraw: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LifeStrawInteresting concept and seems to work well so far. Should be pretty effective at what it does if the advertised info can be trusted. In any case, it comes in a fairly compact package and the water tastes just fine.
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#273956 - 01/26/15 04:24 PM
Re: For chemically purified water ...
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I like chlorine tablets for convenience, too. But keep in mind they don't help much against chemical pollutants. Though to be honest, neither does boiling or most other conventional methods other than quality filters. Absolutely right. As I understand it, ceramic filters won't eliminate chemical impurities without other filter elements.
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#273957 - 01/26/15 05:28 PM
Re: For chemically purified water ...
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What "quality filters" are effective for chemicals - which chemicals?
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#273963 - 01/26/15 06:02 PM
Re: For chemically purified water ...
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Who in this day and age still uses Iodine to treat water? I have not seen anyone in at least 15 years carry Iodine. There are much better modern alternatives out there such as Aquatabs, Kataydn Micropur and Pristine CLO2 to name a few. Of these, I have personally used Aquatab to treat untold numbers of bottles of water.
If anyone insists on still using Iodine, consider getting some Nuun electrolyte replacement tablets to mask the Iodine taste. These tablets are usually packaged in a vial of 12 and in different fruit flavors. The EU banned the sale of Iodine for water treatment purposes in 2009.
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#273971 - 01/26/15 07:28 PM
Re: For chemically purified water ...
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A very fine mesh nano membrane in combination with an activated carbon filter should remove a high percentage of many common pesticides and toxic heavy metals (lead, cadmium, strontium, uranium...).
I've used Lifesaver (the bottle version), which is supposedly among the more effective portable filters. Silverline also makes similar products, some portable and some intended for home/stationary use.
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#273978 - 01/26/15 11:14 PM
Re: For chemically purified water ...
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Registered: 10/14/08
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Hikermor, I have one of these, but I have not used it yet: Renovo Water It claims to be able to do some chemicals, and has easily replaceable components. I just need time to research the normal contaminants in the ground water in our area, and a lab that is willing to test for me without charging an arm and a leg.
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#273983 - 01/26/15 11:58 PM
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Crazy Canuck
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Who in this day and age still uses Iodine to treat water? Not my first choice, but the Coghlans version is still available, even in little stores in very out of the way places. It's the two-step set, so no need for iced tea crystals. I was waxing nostalgic, sort of.  Why would that matter? Well, I've seen a few situations where the ability to augment my mini-kit would be worthwhile. This includes work situations where a field office job morphs into remote site visits without warning. Fortunately the chlorine tabs are also increasingly available.
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