Goodbye Aquamira!

[Aron Snyder]

Just tested the next tablets from MSR on some nasty water, and I'm a happy man!

30 minute purification time.....no mess.. light weight and $12!

THESE ARE AWESOME!

 

[armyjoe]

Hmm interesting. The aquamira tablets I never really liked because tthey took forever!

How much lighter are they then the Aqua drops?

 

[hammer0419]

Cool. Gonna grab some tomorrow.

 

[Darren Best]

(*Aquatabs® are not effective against Cryptosporidium.)

 

[Aron Snyder]

Neither is Aquamira.....

 

[Matt Cashell]

I thought chlorine treatments would get to crypto if you gave it enough time? Like 4 hours or something?

 

[Jdog]

Aqua Mira also kills cryptosporidium, if you are in an area where this critter infests water.

That's an advantage over iodine, which does not kill cryptosporidium.

 

[Aron Snyder]

I called MSR on this and they said something to that nature, but couldn't promise anything. The guy said that the safest bet (to put on the package anyway) was that it wouldn't kill it.

 

[Ryan Avery]

If you haven't had Beaver Fever your not a true backpack hunter, HA HA! It was the best diet plan I have ever been on

 

[littlebuf]

30 minutes is longer than the drops. 15 min for most water conditions on the aquamira drops. I hate waiting to drink my water. I usually drink by 10 min.

 

[Floorguy]

If you haven't had Beaver Fever your not a true backpack hunter, HA HA! It was the best diet plan I have ever been on

That's what I hear, they also say its a diet they never want to go on again.

 

[Rockhopper]

If you haven't had Beaver Fever your not a true backpack hunter, HA HA! It was the best diet plan I have ever been on

It defenantly is one heck of a diet but it can be worse, it put me in the hospital for 3 days.

 

[Ryan Avery]

I will use the pills. littlebuf, I thought the drops said wait 4 hours. It doesn't matter really, I hate using the drops. Most of the time I just fill the bladder up and go. It's only bitten me in the ass one time

 

[Aron Snyder]

Lets look at this in a "real world" perspective....

For Pills:
Open pills, drop in water and wait.....DONE

For Aquamira:
Take part A and add 7 drops per liter....Take part B and do the same......wait 5 minutes for them to cure......add to water and wait 15 more minutes.


So, I would say (and Ive already tested this), that the pills are much faster and easier, but who knows, maybe mixing 2 parts in a tiny bottle that likes to spill is easier than adding pills.


and please don't tell me to stay calm again

It just seams you dive in before looking at the big picture sometimes

30 minutes is longer than the drops. 15 min for most water conditions on the aquamira drops. I hate waiting to drink my water. I usually drink by 10 min.

 

[Cabman]

Thanks Aron, I am very interested in this as I am tired of carrying around 1 lb. worth of water filter, but I have never been sick either. I bought some Aquamira (I think) tabs a couple years ago but never used them but I would like to go the tablet rout this year. I assume you use some sort of coffee filter to strain out the big stuff? I will miss being able to pump water out of a little hole though and might have to carry a small length of siphon tube?

 

[Yellowknife]

I assume you use some sort of coffee filter to strain out the big stuff? I will miss being able to pump water out of a little hole though and might have to carry a small length of siphon tube?

Filter the big stuff out? Nah... The vitamins and minerals are good for ya (I'm pretty sure anyway), and the protein never hurts.

This was what my water holes looked like for most of last week. Kinda funny colored, but on the positive side I couldn't really taste the iodine flavor. This was a swamp hole, but the running creeks looked the same.



I'll keep an eye out for the MSR stuff though. My water doesn't always look like that, and it would be nice not to have to pull my bladder out and add the neutralizer tabs.

Yk

 

[Cabman]

http://aquamira.com/consumer/aquamira-water-treatment-drops/using_cysts_final.pdf

Been looking around the net. See above link, my eyes glaze over reading this stuff, but it looks like maybe it is effective against Crypto?

 

[Aron Snyder]

I've called them, and maybe is what I got for an answer

From talking with both companies, it sounds like they are pretty close to identical in what they offer.

http://aquamira.com/consumer/aquamira-water-treatment-drops/using_cysts_final.pdf

Been looking around the net. See above link, my eyes glaze over reading this stuff, but it looks like maybe it is effective against Crypto?

 

[littlebuf]

not diving in I just happened to have a pack of the drops sitting on my bench here and 15 min is shorter than 30 that's all (feel free to correct my math if need be). in reality filtering is faster than both but I don't like to carry a filter either.

 

[Aron Snyder]

not diving in I just happened to have a pack of the drops sitting on my bench here and 15 min is shorter than 30 that's all (feel free to correct my math if need be). in reality filtering is faster than both but I don't like to carry a filter either.

Take it easy big fella

Like I said....you're not taking the entire process into consideration.