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Potable Aqua Water Purification, Water Treatment Tablets - 50 count Bottle
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Brand | potable aqua |
Special Feature | Portable Water Purification Tablets |
Product Dimensions | 3.63"L x 1"W x 5.75"H |
Package Information | Bottle |
Model Name | 2G |
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About this item
- One bottle of 50 count Potable Aqua Water Purification Tablets
- Water treatment tablets, providing water purification for camping, hiking, traveling and emergency water preparedness situations
- Potable Aqua emergency water purification tablets for drinking water are effective against Giardia lamblia when used as directed
- Travel water purification tablets make questionable water bacteriologically suitable to drink, even in emergency water purification situations.
- Water treatment tablets offer emergency water purification for hiking, travel, and natural disasters, and ideal to keep with camping accessories
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Product details
- Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
- Product Dimensions : 3.63 x 1 x 5.75 inches; 1.4 ounces
- Item model number : 2G
- Department : unisex-adult
- Date First Available : July 28, 2007
- Manufacturer : Wisconsin Pharmacal
- ASIN : B001949TKS
- Country of Origin : USA
- Best Sellers Rank: #162 in Sports & Outdoors (See Top 100 in Sports & Outdoors)
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Product Description
Product Description
Potable Aqua Water Purification Tablets are essential for outdoor adventure, camping, hiking and emergency water preparedness. These travel water purification tablets make questionable water bacteriologically suitable to drink, even in emergency water purification situations. These water purification tablets for drinking water, are effective against Giardia lamblia when used as directed. Easy to use, ready in just 35 minutes. 50 tablets per bottle treats 25 quarts of water. When it comes to water treatment tablets and emergency water purification, Potable Aqua is a trusted name in water treatment for drinking water. Use portable water purification tablets for travel and disaster preparedness as directed on the label.
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About Potable Aqua
Potable Aqua iodine water disinfection tablets were developed by Harvard University in conjunction with the U.S. Army in the 1940s, and have been used by the military for emergency drinking water disinfection for more than 50 years. Pharmacal currently supplies the U.S. Military with Potable Aqua for its emergency drinking water needs. Potable Aqua is also widely used by campers, backpackers, and various other militaries around the world. With the addition of the Potable Aqua Traveler and Chlorine Dioxide Water Purification Tablets, Potable Aqua continues to meet the ever-changing needs of today's outdoor enthusiast.
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Potable Aqua Water Purification 50 Tablets
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Potable Aqua Water Purification disinfects contaminated drinking water in any situation. Potable Aqua is used worldwide by campers, hikers, militaries, emergency organizations and anyone needing to drink water of questionable bacteriological quality. For use only when drinking water is suspected or known to be bacteriologically substandard. Don't be caught without a source of potable water. Potable Aqua is a lightweight backup to your personal water filter straw, gravity filter, or hand pump water filter.
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Customers like the quality, portability, value, and size of the water purifier. For example, they mention it works well, is easy to carry, and is perfect for carrying in case of emergencies. That said, some complain about the aftertaste.
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Customers are satisfied with the quality of the product. They mention that it is effective, inexpensive, and has a very long shelf life. Some are happy with the results and impressed with its capabilities. Overall, customers recommend the product for its reliability and long shelf-life.
"Quality brand; perform as advertised" Read more
"...5. Proven effective against Giarda Lamblia when used as directed.6. Has not been shown to inactivate Cryptosporidium cysts...." Read more
"...Product worked great, there are just better options out there." Read more
"...The shelf life is 4 years unopened, 1 year after opened. These are recommended...." Read more
Customers find the water bottle easy to carry around in small kits. They say it's convenient and lightweight, making it perfect for carrying in case of emergencies. Customers also say it fits in a little corner of their bag and is a good item to keep in your vehicle.
"...but I do prefer tablets over liquid drops, as they're easier to carry and use." Read more
"...Again it's tiny and doesn't weigh much so they'll fit in a little corner of your bag and not add noticeable weight...." Read more
"...They are also nice to carry around in small kits, especially on vacations where you are limited in space and weight as to what you can bring with you..." Read more
"Small, light, and easy to carry, this product a must have even if you use a water filter. I look at this product as an extra layer of protection...." Read more
Customers appreciate the value of the product. They mention that it is a good price and worth every penny.
"...-Iron tasteSo overall the product was great since it was cheap and did what it was suppose to do...." Read more
"...regular cost of $6.95 for 50 tablets isn't too bad, and will be worth every penny if and when we need to use them." Read more
"...Could smell a tiny bit of Iodine which is the major ingredient. Price was very good and cheaper than anything..." Read more
"...Its a great thing to have in your dop kit and very very fair price...." Read more
Customers like the size of the water bottle. They say it's easy to carry along in their back-pack, has a small footprint, and is excellent for hiking as an emergency water. Customers also mention that the package is small and light, excellent for camping as an alternative to bottled water, and a space saver.
"...Not to mention it takes up a lot of space and is heavy. These are tiny and will provide more water if you run out of the bottled stuff...." Read more
"Small, light, and easy to carry, this product a must have even if you use a water filter. I look at this product as an extra layer of protection...." Read more
"Super easy to use these. Take up little space and weight very little so great add to my pack...." Read more
"...The bottle is quite small and lightweight, so adding it to any survival kit will greatly increase your chance of survival should you need clean water..." Read more
Customers are satisfied with the water quality of the water purification tablets. They say that the tablets really do sanitize water, and are an important part of clean water when hiking. The water purifier treatment is excellent, and the overall water quality was clean and healthy. The tablets are easy to carry and are perfect as an emergency source of purifying water. They also mention that the water does not taste great, but it is safe and treats potable water for bacteria, giardia, and other contaminants.
"...Boil it for 20-30 minutes and bam! Safe water to drink. But it's a huge waste of fuel and it brings a whole different kind of taste to the water...." Read more
"Small easy to carry bottle that assures germ free water when there is no bottled water available. A must for wilderness or bug out time...." Read more
"...these are not meant to treat saltwater, they are for killing harmful organisms in fresh water." Read more
"...[it doesn't taste good but you'll get used to it] - but it WILL make your water drinkable!..." Read more
Customers find the product excellent in an emergency kit as an antiseptic for cuts. They say it's useful in a survival situation and a good addition to any survival kit. Customers also say it will make a great addition to their homemade emergency kit and if they need it, it will be a life saver in tough situations.
"...I look at this product as an extra layer of protection. Often many forget to use filtered drinking water to clean dishes or for personal hygiene...." Read more
"...They were a life saver!I got these for our family's emergency preparedness kit, hopefully we will not have to use them...." Read more
"...No excuses there. Their usefulness in a survival situation is without question...." Read more
"Pros:- Great for emergency. Keep a bottle with a canteen in my truck at all times.- Small, lightweight and effective-..." Read more
Customers find the water filter easy to use. They mention the instructions are simple, and the product is small and easily transportable. The tablets are easy to get into and last a long time. They say the directions are printed on the packaging and on the bottle itself, and it takes only a short time to work and make the water safe.
"Very easy-to-use feature for hiking fans, good to have with you on two-day hikes when water refill is a needed thing...." Read more
"I love these tablets. They are portable to carry around, and easy to use...." Read more
"Super easy to use these. Take up little space and weight very little so great add to my pack...." Read more
"...you use a quality filtration/purification system, but the tablets are simple enough to use, are reliable, and the taste was ok if you made the..." Read more
Customers dislike the aftertaste of the outdoor recreation product. They say it has a slight taste to it once it dissolves in the water.
"...That other bottle is unnecessary here. The water definitely had a chemical taste, but I could drink the minimum of a gallon a day if I needed..." Read more
"...These tablet taste horrible, but get the job done, and when you need water, there's simply no faulting a product like this...." Read more
"...but the tablets are simple enough to use, are reliable, and the taste was ok if you made the solution the night before." Read more
"...A little minus - water tasted really different and possibly you won’t like it. Try it anyway to decide" Read more
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For absolute safety, some recommend doing both, so I'm not going to sit and compare tablets to a pump filter, as they are different mechanisms of purification that aren't necessarily competitors. In fact, regardless of how you kill the bugs in your water, I recommend at the very least running the water through a cloth/bandana first as a first step in removing dirt and larger microorganisms.
That gives these tablets three major competitors...
The first, and cheapest, competitor is good old-fashioned boiling of water. In fact, boiling kills most things that some chemicals might not even get to. The downside, of course, is the need to start a fire, wait, and boil water. Good if you're camping overnight and prepping for the next day, but not so great if you need to fill up in the middle of a several-hour trek. If you're the kind of person who carries a mini-burner and a stove-top anyway, you probably don't need these tablets.
The second, and most expensive, competitors are the UV light devices that sterilize using light. It sounds like nonsense, but it does in fact work. The problem is the cost and reliability. Sure, it can be argued that if you break down the cost per liter of water of a sterilizing pen is actually lower than using tablets, but that's only assuming that you actually get the maximum number of cycles that the manufacturer claims it is good for, and it ignores the cost of the batteries and the reliability of the products. From my experience (luckily, not with gear that I had to pay for), the SteriPEN is finicky from time to time. Unless you're doing light day-hikes, I wouldn't rely on batteries and electronics to hold up. Especially over years of hard use and being banged around in a backpack. It's nice having neat technology to show off, but nobody will be impressed when your magic light is broken and you're crapping your pants (literally).
The third source of competition is other tablets/drops. There are several types, and while some tout better flavor, more effectiveness, etc, it really comes down to whether it'll kill the bugs in whatever area you're hiking. In other words: most of them are the same unless you're headed to an area with a very specific rare microorganism that certain tablets won't kill. These have held up for me through years of trekking on four different continents. That's quite good enough for me. The taste, sure, is a bit off, but it's nothing unbearable. Between tablets, I don't have much of a preference, but I do prefer tablets over liquid drops, as they're easier to carry and use.
1. For use only when drinking water is suspected or known to be bacteriologically substandard. Not to be used on a continuous basis. (Their website suggests a six-week limit.)
2. Unopened bottles should remain effective for four years. (Look at the bottom of this review for how to date your tablets.)
3. We recommend that you do not keep an opened bottle for more than one year.
4. 2 tablets make one quart of bacteriologically water suitable to drink.
5. Proven effective against Giarda Lamblia when used as directed.
6. Has not been shown to inactivate Cryptosporidium cysts.
In a nutshell, use according to the directions and you'll be just fine. The bottle contains 50 tablets; you use two per quart of water. In really murky water, I use three. The active ingredient is Tetraglycine Hydroperiodide 16.7% and each tablet contains 6.68% of Titratable Iodine. This is the same stuff that I used in the military, but just to be sure, I opened a bottle and got three quarts of water from the Ohio River. Murky stuff. The first quart was treated with just the Potable Aqua (2-1/2 tablets). The second quart was boiled for ten minutes. The third quart was boiled for ten minutes, then given two tablets of Potable Aqua. All water was filtered through an untreated handkerchief first to remove debris and sediment. I'll note that my measurements were three quarts before boiling, so I'm sure some of the water was lost in the last two quarts due to the boiling process. The results?
While none of the water was as good as tap water, I'm still alive. The first batch (just Potable Aqua) was okay. I remember Potable Aqua having a bad taste; so bad that they included a separate bottle of pills to add that made the taste more bearable. That other bottle is unnecessary here. The water definitely had a chemical taste, but I could drink the minimum of a gallon a day if I needed to.
The second batch (just boiling, no pills) tasted better, but smelled bad. I would be hesitant to drink any more than necessary.
The third batch (boiled, then treated with Potable Aqua) was obviously the best. Considering that boiling only took ten minutes and a metal water bottle, this is the best option. Remember that all of the water was filtered through a handkerchief first to get rid of any sediment, debris, bugs, etc.
I'll guess that if you filter the water, then boil, then use the tablets, you can use only one tablet. I'm not a doctor, dietician, or representative of the company, but I do have extensive training in SERE operations and I've been using these tablets for over fifteen years.
How can you find out when your pills were made? Each bottle has a series of numbers imprinted. For example: 403127. The first number is the month; in this case, the fourth month is April. The second and third numbers are the last two of the year; in this case, 2003. These pills were made in April of 2003. The last three numbers (127) indicate that this was the 127th batch made in that time frame. The code can be five or six numbers long; the first three numbers always denote the month and year; the last two or three always denote the batch number.
I have a steripen that I can charge from my USB solar charger, but there may come a time when I need water, but have no charge and no sunlight. For this kind of scenario, a manual water cleaning process is a must have. And for that, a water purifier with a long shelf life is definitely the way to go.
These tablet taste horrible, but get the job done, and when you need water, there's simply no faulting a product like this.
The ones that were sent to me had an expiration date of 2020, and that's more than enough for me.
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The chemical name for vitamin C is ascorbic acid. When Iodine and ascorbic acid are combined in solution, a chemical reaction takes place. In this chemical reaction, the ascorbic acid molecule loses electrons, which are transferred to the iodine molecule. Chemists call this type of reaction an oxidation/reduction reaction (or redox reaction for short). The ascorbic acid is oxidized to dehydroascorbic acid, and the iodine is reduced to Iodide ions. Oxidation-reduction reactions always occur in pairs like this. The molecule that loses electrons is oxidized, and the molecule that accepts the electrons is reduced.
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Guess what else - it is an instantaneous chemical reaction. The ascorbic acid complexes the iodine on contact, removing both taste and color. Try it in a clear container. Watch the color disappear entirely before your eyes in a heartbeat when you invert the container to mix it. That color change tells you it's done.
There is an important caveat: it only takes a VERY tiny amount (fits easily on the tip of a knife blade) of ground-up vitamin C tablet to do this in an entire gallon of water. Be advised that you will always add more than you really needed. No big deal UNLESS you forget to thoroughly rinse the water container before you add iodine the next time.