Recipe for water?

“I have been using my PUR Voyager to filter my water. No death, sickness or other ailments. I just found out that it is no longer EPA approved as a purifier and I can?t get replacement cartridges. Before I spend hours researching how to purify water, I?m gonna ask you guys. Can I just use iodine tablets along with the hiker cartridge, will this kill everything? I know boiling will do it but I don?t want to have to stop and boil water. What is your recipe for purified water?”

“Rabbitman,
I use the Pur hiker for bacteria protection including cryto. I then add iodine tablets for the viruses (it there are any). That should take care of everything. However, iodine tablets alone will not kill cryto. If you filter with a coffee filter or bandana you have to use bleach to kill everything.”

“I usually do not purify, just filter with my MSR Miniworks filters. Recently, I tried those iodine tablets with the neutralizer. They worked amazingly well.”

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To make water, bring snow to a boil, remove from heat and steep 10-15 minutes. Strain into separate airtight container. Make only what is needed and use immediately because it does not keep.











Lately I've been using the PUR hiker and then adding a couple of drops of chlorine bleach per liter.

water treatment link”

“Oh....I had been planning on just using my filter (PUR Hiker) on my upcoming trip. Is that a bad plan? Do I need to also chemically treat everything I filter?”

“Over the years I have just always boiled my water. No filters, no iodine (bad taste) When I finally broke down and went with the filter I guess I just got a little lazy. It is just hard to go back. These filters are new to me and Mrs. Rabbit is going to start bping with me and I just gotta make sure she doesn?t get sick.”

“where?

south america?

no?

then, no.”

“Great link Violin. I just learned something about cryto. I thought I was safe from everything using bleach. Guess not.”

“I used just the PUR Hiker for years without any problems with viruses. I thought I was safe from viruses in North America until I read Joy's post.

I can't stand the taste of iodine so bleach it is.”

“2 parts hydrogen
1 part oxygen

Electrical charge.”

“Iodine tratment or boiling will take care of EVERY nasty we know. I was concerned when I found out that the "purifiers" were not approved by the EPA. I had been using the Sweetwater Guardian for years thinking it would protect against everything.

Rather than worry about it I went to an expert. I asked a doc I know about water treatment (he does research in infectious and viral diseases and worked for the CDC for a while). He said filters are all you need unless you are going into a disaster area (floods, hurricaines and such), you don't have to worry about treating for viruses in the lower 48. If you're concerned about a water source boil or use the iodine (if using iodine FOLLOW the directions and wait the full amount of time).

If you are out of the country don't count on a filter alone. TREAT or BOIL the water and don't ingest anything with or sitting on ice.”

“Please go back to Joy's post. Also, I contracted Hepatitis A twice from contaminated (untreated) water that had sewage flowing into it from a new, suburban development. Where there are people there are viruses - period - saying otherwise is like saying that AIDS and Hepatitis don't exist in North America. Get a First Need.”

“Gremlin, what is a First Need? Does anyone know about the Katydin filters? High dollar but are these the "end all" answer? Spend the $3 bills and be done? My PUR Explorer was supposed to be that, but alas, not so I am told, in spite of their excellent customer service.”

“OK< so I should have checked the Web first. Yahoo search on "FIRST NEED" gives ya all you need to know.”

“You are all obviously gay!”

“Trust me and trust it. It's the only filter that hasn't been recalled, updated, down rated, 'improved' and mine's been working since 1988. I want to change the canister this year, but I've been saying that for quite a while. I purify clear, running Adirondack water with little or no silt and it works just fine. Be carefeul about cross contamination and droping and cracking the matrix. Happy trails.”