I recently visited a local army surplus store. Of course, they also had a buch of outdoorsey stuff that was not mil surplus. I noticed that they had packages of water purification tabs. The chemical name did not mention iodine, and I believe that it stated that it was chlorine purification. The package led me to believe that this was the same stuff given to soldiers. However, as I have never been in the military, I cannot verify this. What I thought was interesting what that is was under $9.00 for 30 tabs.

Does anybody know how this stuff might compare to MP-1 tabs? The price is certainly MUCH better. I was hoping that it might be the same chemical as MP-1, just with a generic name brand.