[at-l] Re: at-l-digest V1 #1197

[PaddyBeer@aol.com]

In a message dated 7/12/1999 1:02:37 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
owner-at-l-digest@majordomo.hack.net writes:

<< Guess I've been spoiled by all the springs on the AT. For future 
 reference, will iodine work in toad ponds, beaver ponds, and 
 motorboat-infested lakes? If not, it's back to the filter...
  >>

There is a better answer, at least I think so.  While I had gone from a Pur 
Hiker to the iodine tablets in an effort to lose weight, I realized that it 
meant hauling a liter or so of water one half hour, which usually gets you to 
the next water source.  That means that the weight savings of getting rid of 
the filter cost me one liter of water or around 2 lb.  Not too good there.  
Instead of going back to the Pur Hiker, I now use the Safewateranywhere 
Inline microfilter, which you basically put in the middle of the hose that 
goes from the water bladder to the nozzle at the end of the hose.  It weighs 
but two ounces and allows for instant drinking. 

I also carry one half liter as an emergency water source.  That is now 
carried in one of newer filter bottles on the market, the Exstream one half 
liter.  This is different from the Safewater in a couple of ways.  First, it 
is filled from the top so you do not put the "business end" in the water 
source to fill it.  Second, unlike the Pur Hiker and the Safewater Anywhere 
products, the Exstream is also a purifier that has both an iodine area to 
kill the suckers and then a post filter to remove that taste, which really 
never bothered me too much anyway.  

We have a great deal on both of these if anyone is interested.

Kevin
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