Katadyn MicroPur Purification Tablets - In Your Choice of Styles
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Manufacturer: KatadynBrand: Katadyn
Product features:
- Only EPA-registered purification tablets effective against viruses, bacteria and cysts, including
- The same chlorine dioxide treatment used to disinfect municipal water supplies.
- One MicroPur tablet treats 1 full quart of water.
- Available in packs of 20 or 30 tablets.
Sports reviews of Katadyn MicroPur Purification Tablets - In Your Choice of Styles
Customer Review: Comparing chemical treatment methods
Sport shop rating: 5 Stars
The EPA estimates that 90% of the world's fresh water is contaminated and unsuitable for drinking. The days of kneeling down on a hike and sipping from the stream are long gone. Don't make the mistake of thinking that just because water looks clear or tastes good that it is free of contaminants. That includes frozen water, which can house hepatitis A, Salmonella, and Cryptosporidium for months.
There are many options for purifying the water, but this post will compare commercial products that rely on halogen chemical treatments.
Polar Pure - contains iodine crystals, has an almost indefinite shelf life if kept tightly sealed, and very inexpensive per dose cost, requires measuring the dosage using the cap (which can be imprecise).
Potable Aqua - contains iodine tablets, shelf life of up to four years if properly stored - if they've turned a light green don't use, moderately expensive per dose cost, easy to administer doses (two tablets per quart of water).
Micropur MP1 - contains chlorine dioxide tablets, has a shelf life of at least four years, moderately expensive per dose cost, and comes in easy to administer doses (one tablet per quart of water).
Simple household bleach - 2 drops per quart of water (assuming a a bleach solution of 5-6% hypochlorite), may wish to double the dose for cloudy water, shelf life of bleach is only about 6 months, must use a dropper to administer dose, very inexpensive per dose cost.
Tincture of iodine - 5 drops per quart (assuming a 2% iodine solution), may wish to double the dose for cloudy water, almost indefinite shelf life if properly stored, must use a dropper to administer dose, modest per dose cost.
All of the methods are effective at killing bacteria, somewhat effective against viruses, and of limited value against protozoa cysts. Cryptosporidium in particular is resistant to halogen treatments.
Most treatments only require 30 minutes. However, very cold water (i.e., less than 40 degrees F) should be allowed to sit for 2 or more hours, or be treated with a double dose.
As far as taste, all will introduce some chemical taste into the water. In a very unscientific taste test of chemical treatment methods, my own family concluded that iodine-treated water was by far the worst smelling and tasting, bleach-treated was second, and water treated with Micropur MP1 ready-to-use tablets was the least objectionable.
Finally, you can add Kool-aid to treated water to help the taste. Not only will it help to mask the chemical taste, but the ascorbic acid (vitamin C) converts the chlorine or iodine to tasteless chloride and iodide.
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Written by Arthur Bradley, author of "Handbook to Practical Disaster Preparedness for the Family."
Description of Katadyn MicroPur Purification Tablets - In Your Choice of Styles
Easy to use and taking up almost no space at all, MicroPur tablets are ideal water treatment solutions for lightweight backpacking, travel or emergency use. Katadyn's MicroPur Tablets are the only EPA-registered purification tablets on the market effective against bacteria, viruses and cysts, including Giardia and Cryptosporidium. Each MicroPur tablet releases sufficient chlorine dioxide, the substance used throughout the world to disinfect municipal water supplies, to treat 1 full quart of water. MicroPur leaves virtually no taste, so you can enjoy fresh-tasting water. Available in packs of 20 or 30 tablets, the individually-wrapped MicroPur tablets have no expiration date.Water Purifiers
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