[at-l] Bladders, Was water purification

[greyowl at rcn.com (greyowl@rcn.com)]

Hate them,  Hard to clean, especially if one carries a sugary 
drink.  One ends up with fungus in the tubing.  Hate straws 
and I don't want to suck water thru a tube.  Can also have an 
odor.  Eventually they will start to leak.  Nalgene bottles 
for me.

Grey Owl


---- Original message ----
>Date: Thu, 28 Oct 2004 13:17:31 -0400
>From: "Beth Harper" <harper_red7@hotmail.com>  
>Subject: RE: [at-l] water purification  
>To: askowronek@mindspring.com, Rcalkins@worldbank.org
>Cc: at-l@backcountry.net
>
>And now a question about hydration bladders: Nalgene, 
Platypus, other?  
>Pros/cons of each?
>
>Beth
>
>>From: Amy Skowronek <askowronek@mindspring.com>
>>To: Rcalkins@worldbank.org
>>CC: at-l@backcountry.net
>>Subject: [at-l] water purification
>>Date: Thu, 28 Oct 2004 11:32:01 -0400
>>
>>
>>On Oct 28, 2004, at 11:13 AM, Rcalkins@worldbank.org wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>       So, next on-topic question -- in line with getting 
my pack weight 
>>>down: I
>>>can save significant weight and space if I give up my Pur 
filter and 
>>>related
>>>paraphernalia, but need to know what type of purification 
pills/drops work 
>>>best,
>>>and how to use them, advantages/disadvantages, and all 
those "lessons of
>>>experience" that come from actual use (like, can I use 
them directly into 
>>>my
>>>camelback hydration bladder?  how long do I have to wait 
before drinking?  
>>>what
>>>about "after taste"? )
>>>
>>
>>I like aqua mira best.  No aftertaste.  It's more 
complicated than iodine 
>>in
>>that you have to mix a specific number of drops from two 
bottles, let them
>>sit for a bit (five minutes?) and then you have to wait to 
drink after you 
>>put
>>it in the water (fifteen or twenty?  I forget.)
>>
>>With iodine you put the tab in the water and you're on your 
way, but you
>>have to wait a similar amount of time to drink.  I add 
vitamin C tabs after
>>that time to take care of the taste, but there's still a 
little bit of 
>>aftertaste.
>>I love watching the C work though.  It's like magic.  Swirl 
a little and 
>>the
>>water turns all clear.
>>
>>I use Platypus, not Camelback, so I can't comment on your 
hydration 
>>bladder.
>>I put the pills or drops straight into the Platypus.
>>
>>>       Also, I bought one of those plastic bottles with a 
filter in it 
>>>(don't
>>>have the brand name handy here at the office) that allows 
you to scoop up 
>>>water
>>>from a stream and drink it directly.  Any experience with 
those?  If I 
>>>combine
>>>that with purification tablets, then I can hydrate 
immediately while the 
>>>larger
>>>container is "cookin" with the pills/drops and keep on 
hiking.
>>>
>>
>>I bought one of those but have never actually used it.  
It's just too darn 
>>heavy.
>>
>>-amy
>>
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