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Purifying Water

dartanyon

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I felt like starting another thread about purifying water.

I got one of these after searching portable water purifiers:

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We can use purifying tablets, lots of different purifying gadgets ... some home made and some bought ... at the end of the day we need water thats not going to make us sick.

What does water with iodine added taste like?

Maybe some home made purification tips? And there's the portable desalination purifiers ... any feedback on these?
 
The only filter I currently have is my old tried and true Pur Hiker model (now called the Katyden Hiker)

I have yet to try any of the chemicals that you can add to water to make it potable. Though they would be much lighter to pack then a filter.

What model filter is that in the picture?
 
I used aN MSR filter for years, still have it. However for purification (which differs from filtration) I use the MSR Miox unit. This thing works great and weighs little and takes up practicaly no space. The solution it makes up has no real flavor and kills off every type of bug and virus that we nweed to worry about.
 
I like the idea of the desalinators but as for purification I still feel boiling is the best long term option and am just set up for that.
 
Wow ... some important points coming out here. I think more on the filter/purification side of drinkable water will be helpful.

The filter I show is one I got from ebay and another name for it was a soldiers water purifier.

I'm thinking translation of the words filter and purifier from chinese to english is causing confusion?

The portable water deSalinator was something I researched without much success due to most of the information I discovered was for devices bigger than a motorbike or car. I've heard of units than are in lifeboats although I havent found useable references.
 
Funny how MSR claims, regarding the MIOX unit, that it uses, "Advanced Technology: Pocket-sized adaptation of municipal grade purification system." However, looking at the specs, they freely claim that there's no protection against particulate matter or chemical toxins. Having worked in water treatment and distribution for 26 years, nobody in this industry...in their right mind, would claim that the water is purified. All marketing BS. You can filter, you can disinfect, but you can't purify (well, with enough money anything can be done). And once the water leaves the "purification" unit, it becomes immediately susceptible to contamination. This is why municipal water agencies add chlorine to maintain a long lasting disinfection residual. Some of the marketing language used by these companies is really deceptive. Sorry for the rant, just get tired of hearing the deceptive claims that these companies put out.
 
Iodine tastes like bandaids, but I kinda like it...
I'm using either a gravity filter or UV treatment nowdays though
 
I use a Katadyn Pocket Filter [still going strong and on the same cartridge since 1995]. When clean crisp, mountain water is available, I use Katadyn tablets and leave the filter at home.
 
JCavSD said:
Funny how MSR claims, regarding the MIOX unit, that it uses, "Advanced Technology: Pocket-sized adaptation of municipal grade purification system." However, looking at the specs, they freely claim that there's no protection against particulate matter or chemical toxins. Having worked in water treatment and distribution for 26 years, nobody in this industry...in their right mind, would claim that the water is purified. All marketing BS. You can filter, you can disinfect, but you can't purify (well, with enough money anything can be done). And once the water leaves the "purification" unit, it becomes immediately susceptible to contamination. This is why municipal water agencies add chlorine to maintain a long lasting disinfection residual. Some of the marketing language used by these companies is really deceptive. Sorry for the rant, just get tired of hearing the deceptive claims that these companies put out.
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Is there a way to take out chemical pollutants - such as distillation, or is that a job that has to be left to the municipalities?
 
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