Water Purification tablets?

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I am trying to put together a small PSK and I was wondering if there is a difference in water purification tablets, I have noticed that there is quite a diversity of them out there:confused:. Any input would be much appreciated thanks
 
is the way it is packaged, it comes in flat tin foil packets that allow you to put it in a small kit, like a SAS Tin type kit or a small pouch type kit.


RickJ
 
Do yourself a huge favor and use filters over tabs. Get yourself a 20 dollar Ketadyn or Aquamira bottle with the built in charcoal filters. Work like a charm and have a long life. Cheaper per gallon than tabs and water quality is much better. Also more convenient as it doesn't take any prep time, just fill and drink. Iodine wreaks havoc with my digestive system and the chlorine based ones can't be good for you either. The Ketadyn microfilter is also a great piece of gear if you have 2-3 people tagging along with you, filters alot of water real fast and it's about the size of a fist.
 
what's with the micro survival kits? You can't carry a 24 oz water bottle with you when you hike? I'd still rather build myself a teepee filter than use tabs...
 
filter/tabs .... depending on the source water... you might have to go threw many steps to make it safe.... the problem is , that just one system doesnt deliver proper water... if you use tabs you still have to pull out particulate matter... etc... tabs/filter/boiling is what i built a kit around.... and if you cant find water.... but have plenty of trees a transpiration collection system i think collects it faster then a solar still....
 
somberbear said:
a transpiration collection system i think collects it faster then a solar still....
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Sorry, you lost me there - I know solar stills, but though I know the words, I can't imagine a transpiration collection system - could you please explain or provide me with a link (google didn't gave me any result that seemed reasonably close to gaining drinking water).

It is quite hot and humid here, so might be some kind of block on my part ...
 
..... plastic bag , over a tree limb with lots of leaves on it say a large trash bag.... the tree will "breath" out moister trapping it in the bag , running down the in side , and collect at a corner..... i tried it once and in an after noon got a quart and a half i think.... but it was a big trash bag.... and a big tree... its been years sence i tried it so some one might have better ideas...
 
somberbear said:
..... plastic bag , over a tree limb with lots of leaves on it say a large trash bag.... the tree will "breath" out moister trapping it in the bag , running down the in side , and collect at a corner..... i tried it once and in an after noon got a quart and a half i think.... but it was a big trash bag.... and a big tree... its been years sence i tried it so some one might have better ideas...
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:thumbup: thanks, that makes sense to me now
 
now the question is .... how is your water treating you?

dutchtub

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PayetteRucker said:
what's with the micro survival kits? You can't carry a 24 oz water bottle with you when you hike? I'd still rather build myself a teepee filter than use tabs...
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As a rule, I don't hike much - too fat and lazy. Some people carry a micro-kit with them in their pocket as a last ditch survival kit even when they aren't hiking. There are several ways to go about collecting water and making it safe and the tablets offer a compact option. In a perfect world, I would prefer not to use chemicals but we don't always get to choose when, where or what happens. If you saw how much gear I carry in my truck, you would see that the tablets are unlikely to be used unless my truck's cache is taken out of the equation. :)
 
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