[pct-l] Water treatment: AquaMira and...?

[meghan west]

Unless you are carrying wide-mouthed water bottles like the typical
Nalgenes, I'd stay away from the steripen.  I tried it once, but it required
such a large mouth to fit the pen inside the container, that I couldn't use
it on my water bottles (They may have slimmed down since I tried mine, but
definitely test it before buying one if you can.). Expensive, but another
option is the MIOX purifier (
http://www.survivalschool.com/products/Water_Filters/MIOX_Water_Purifier.htm)...
might be too complicated, but does get crypto.  AM worked great for my whole
trip though.  I filtered water once using a coffee filter and hairband (slow
but very effective).  Good luck finding the right combo!
-bling

On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 12:18 AM, Kea <keahiker at gmail.com> wrote:

> Check out  http://www.ula-equipment.com/amigopro.asp   It is light but the
> weight has been left off there last web-page incarnation.
>
> Kea
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> 2009/7/20 Mike Ronstadt <threeeasysteps at live.com>
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> > I've always used AM but I can't find anything definitive online about it
> > being able to treat cryptosporidium so I'm looking at buying a Steripen
> as
> > well (I'll still use the AM for clearing up cloudy water).  Will the
> > combination of the two be enough?  What lightweight water treatments work
> > best on the PCT?
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> > summermike
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