Posted: 6/26/2009 2:20:22 PM EDT
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Im looking for some water tablets for my emergency nalgene bottle kit, and my BOB. The only thing locally is the iodine tablets Walmart sells, and I've heard they will make the water taste like iodine. I've been looking at the micropur ones and then today I ran across these.
Anyone have any experience with them, or anything to say about the other ones? Thanks a lot |
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The potable aqua (or clone) are pretty much the standard. I don't notice an iodine flavor, but if it bothers you, after waiting the required time, you can add Vit C or a drink mix containing VitC,
If you are camping, I recomend a filter followed by a low dose of iodine, but for an emergency kit, there may not be room. |
| Stay away from the walmart ones. I keep the PUR water tablets, they come in a blister pak so you dont have to worry about opening a bottle and the stash going bad. Some ppl actually get sick from the iodine type water pills, so no matter what you buy, test one out at home b4 trying to rely on them in the field, getting sick in the field will compound your problems on many levels. |
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Is there a real shelf life on iodine purification tablets? I probably have some unopened bottles from the early 90s (back before I started putting dates on stuff like that.
+1 on pouring powdered gator aid in the drinking water AFTER the iodine has time to act. However, hiking I have never had a problem drinking ut straight up. It has a taste, but not a  taste. YMMV
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I have been told that as long as the tablets don't change color, there are OK. Of course to check the color, you have to open the bottle :-)
Moisture being the number one reason the tablets go bad. Gatoraid may cover the flavor, but something with Vit C will actually react with any iodine still left and turn it into iodide, eleminating the taste. |