[pct-l] Aqua Mira CONS/alternatives

[shutterbugg313 at yahoo.com (Shutterbug steiner)]

I tried a new product that is very similiar to Aqua Mira for my section hike of E last week.  According to a biologist friend his only complaint with Aqua Mira is the 5% PHOSPHORIC ACID in part B.   He claims that not only will this kill just about everything it will all potentially kill all the GOOD bacteria in our colons.  This is especially harmful when using this for say months straight on a THRU hike.
 
The new product that I tried was AD Goodloes "Aerobic 07".  According to my Biologist firend this has almost the exact ingredients as Aqua Mira  without the Phosphoric Acid.  The claims according to 'their' research' are identical in that they kill all bacteria - giardia et al.  Other advantages is that it does NOT have a two part system, there is only a 2 1/2 minute delay rather than a 20 minute delay, just the one bottle claims to be able to treat 70 gallons rather than AM 30, and the cost is comparable $15.  The taste was very similar to Aqua MIra (none).
 
I used it about half the time in mostly in almost spring like water streams in the Mojave.  Under normal circumstances I would have only treated the water once or twice in questionable streams but wanted to try this new product out.  FURTHERMORE - no diarrea and no death as of yet! 
 
The label claims an "Authentic Formula since 1971" so it has been around for a while.  I found this product through a freind of mine who is INTO the multilevel marketing/ health and wellness craze in an extreme sort of way.

Any thoughts/experiences from the any BioTech's out there.  
 
SHUTTERBUGG
 
disclaimer:  I am not a biologist NOR am I crazy about Multilevel marketing nor the Alternative Health/welness craze.

Ron Smith <ronyon@comcast.net> wrote:
I've been using Aqua Mira for years and have never tasted it in my
water. Why? I think it's because I use a hydration system, hence my nose
is never involved in "tasting" the water. Here's evidence: On a trip to
the Sierras with my brother, we both used Aqua Mira. I was using my
Platypus system, as usual, but he was using a wide-mouth Nalgene bottle.
He almost always tasted it when he drank, but I never did. At first I
thought he was just taunting me since he was tired of hearing me
constantly praising the merits of Aqua Mira, but then he commented one
day that he noticed that whenever his water bottle was completely full
he couldn't taste the Aqua Mira. You can draw your own conclusions, but
mine is that the taste is entirely or almost entirely produced from the
chlorine dioxide gas released from the water, and not from the water
itself. This should be an easy experiment to try out yourselves.
Solutions¡©Platypus bag, nose clip, allowing the chlorine dioxide gas to
escape from container before drinking, acquiring a smell for chlorine
dioxide, or, as others have suggested, using a filter instead.
-Ron
>
> Can anyone who's used the water treatment Aqua Mira during
> an extended hike comment on whether or not it is normal to
> detect an odor and taste when treating water at the standard
> 7 drop dosage?

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