The ramen flavor packets are easier than bullion cubes to pack, IMO, and if the thing gets soaked, I don't have everything smelling like chicken soup. And you can get so many flavors now, it isn't funny.

As for iodine vs clorine, it's a choice for me. I can't swim in pools becuase the smell of chlorine makes me gag. I know it doesn't do much if anything to kill crypto, but what good is potable water that you can't keep down. The neutralizer is there becuase of the people who might be with me, if they don't have thier kits, one feels about iodine based tablets like I do, and the water does taste better.