[pct-l] Water Treatment

[Jim & Jane Moody]

Joyce, 

No, I am not saying to treat twice.  My mistake for not making that clear.  AM solutions, AM tabs, and Micropur tabs all use chlorine dioxide as the basic ingredient for purification but different treatment methods, times, ionization catalysts, etc.  If I were a chemist, I could explain it better, but I'm not. 



I used AM solution some of the time last year, and Micropur tabs sometimes.  Wait times and willingness to take the extra times to mix solutions and wait (AM) were the primary reasons to choose one methoid over the other.  I used both (not at the same time) and never got sick. 



You didn't ask, but ... concerning giardia, a non-clinical-trial survey several years concluded that poor personal hygiene and sharing food or utensils with other hikers may be responsible for about half of all confirmed giardisis cases.  Using alcohol gel or wipes after each poop is strongly recommended. 



Mango 





----- Original Message ----- 
From: "J M" <evilempress2003 at yahoo.com> 
To: "Jim & Jane Moody" <moodyjj at comcast.net>, dnielsen at djmurphycompany.com 
Cc: pct-l at backcountry.net 
Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2011 12:25:41 PM 
Subject: Re: [pct-l] Water Treatment 




Mango,  
Chlorine Dioxide is the active ingredient in Aquamira. Are you saying treat the water twice with chlorine dioxide?  
Joyce 
  


"Good work. Sleep well. I'll most likely kill you in the morning."   

www.explorationmonkey.blogspot.com 





From: Jim & Jane Moody <moodyjj at comcast.net> 
To: dnielsen at djmurphycompany.com 
Cc: pct-l at backcountry.net 
Sent: Mon, March 21, 2011 7:18:09 PM 
Subject: Re: [pct-l] Water Treatment 



I'll probably be hammered, but I recommend you consider chlorine dioxide tabs along with aqua mira.  Tabs take longer (30 min to 4 hours, depending on temp and turbidity) and are more expensive, but they're much more convenient and lighter.  You can get quantity discounts if you work at it. 



A bandana ( when necessary) and Aqua Mira should be adequate for killing the bad stuff. 

Mango 




>I am trying to shed some weight and am thinking of leaving my 1lb MSR Mini 
>Works water filter behind and going just bandana filter and aquamira.  I 
>don't think I am going to experiment with a lighter filter or Steri Pen.  It 
>is either in or out at this point.  Any comments suggestions? 

  

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