[pct-l] CDC recommendations for water treatment

[jcil000-pctchat at yahoo.com]

Thanks for posting to further the discussion.

Could you give some feedback on your use of Aqua Mira? I've not used the product 
myself.

Some dislike the cost and some dislike the expiration dates which add to the 
cost. I've heard
complaints about the four hours to kill crypto, but I figure thats a manageable 
time if a hiker
doesn't wait until the last second before resupply of his water.




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From: giniajim <jplynch at crosslink.net>
To: pct-l at backcountry.net
Sent: Thu, October 21, 2010 9:13:10 PM
Subject: Re: [pct-l] CDC recommendations for water treatment

I've never used it, but I noticed that its mentioned in the article that I just 
sent out.  I was always a do-nothing guy, everything in the back country is 
fine; then I filtered; and the last couple of years I've switched to Aqua Mira.  
Still kicking!
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Joshua Pinedo 
  To: giniajim 
  Cc: pct-l at backcountry.net 
  Sent: Friday, October 22, 2010 12:11 AM
  Subject: Re: [pct-l] CDC recommendations for water treatment


  hello,

  I'm new the the forum, but what does everyone think about polar pure?

  -JP


  On 22 October 2010 00:08, giniajim <jplynch at crosslink.net> wrote:

    Also, for what its worth, here's a link to an article from Backpacking 
Light, Spring 2005, that I found on the Aqua Mira web site: 
http://aquamira.com/BPL_2_Efficacy-of-Water.pdf


     ----- Original Message -----
     From: David Thibault
     To: pct-l at backcountry.net
     Sent: Thursday, October 21, 2010 11:59 PM
     Subject: Re: [pct-l] CDC recommendations for water treatment



     All you ever want to know about cypto

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptosporidium


     Basically,  filters and boiling work,  chlorine doesn't,  No mention of 
Aqua
     Mira which uses free Oxygen but I suspect it should work - just not sure of
     the required wait time.

     Even if I knew the wait time for Aqua Mira I doubt it would make any
     difference  -- I am just barely waiting 20 minutes or else I can wait hours
     it depends on my thirst when I hit a water source.

     There is generally no effective treatment - it eventually goes away.

     Day-Late



     > Did they say anything about Aqua Mira?  (which I don't think is the same 
as
     > the REI product?  (Happy to be corrected on this point)).
     >
     >
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