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Potable Aqua Iodine and Taste-Neutralizer Tablets
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Potable Aqua Iodine and Taste-Neutralizer Tablets

Item # 406032

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Potable Aqua iodine tablets kill bacteria, viruses and giardia while taste-neutralizing tablets help rid treated water of the iodine taste.

  • Iodine tablets make most water bacteriologically suitable for drinking, while neutralizing tablets neutralize taste, odor and color
  • Each bottle includes 50 tablets; 2 iodine tablets treat 1 quart of water
  • Each iodine tablet contains 20mg of tetraglycine hydroperiodide, which releases 8 ppm of titratable iodine
  • Potable Aqua tablets require that you wait at least 30 min. before drinking the treated water
  • Unopened bottles of Potable Aqua tablets should remain effective up to 4 years when maintained under controlled temperatures between 60 and 86°F
  • An opened bottle of Potable Aqua should not be kept for more than 1 year
  • Caution: Iodine tablets are not effective against Cryptosporidium

Caution: Iodine is not effective against Cryptosporidium.

Made in USA.

Item 406032

Potable Aqua Iodine and Taste-Neutralizer Tablets Specs

Specification

Description

Weight6 ounces
MaterialIodine
Output25 quarts

Potable Aqua Iodine and Taste-Neutralizer Tablets Customer Reviews

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Potable Aqua Iodine and Taste-Neutralizer Tablets
 
3.7

(based on 6 reviews)

100%

of respondents would recommend this to a friend.

Pros

  • Lightweight (5)

Cons

    Best Uses

    • Backpacking (6)
    • Hiking (3)
    • Reviewer Profile:
    • Avid adventurer (4)

    Reviewed by 6 customers

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    Apr

    15

    2008

    (7 of 7 customers found this review helpful)

     
    4.0

    Light Weight Tastes Great

    By Narrow Latitude

    from San Pedro

    About Me Avid Adventurer

    Pros

    • Lightweight

    Cons

      Best Uses

      • Backpacking

      Comments about Potable Aqua Iodine and Taste-Neutralizer Tablets:

      I've been using this stuff for about ten years now in the Sierra as I pretty much refuse to carry a heavy filter. I use it for treating water on approaches and lower elevations and late inthe season. For over eight years have been drinking untreated water in the high country and even a few lakes without incident, which makes me wonder about sales and promoting water born parisites???

      Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

      (7 of 7 customers found this review helpful)

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      Aug

      18

      2008

      (5 of 5 customers found this review helpful)

       
      3.0

      NOT effective against viruses or crypto

      By DayHiker2008

      from SF Bay Area, CA

      About Me Casual/ Recreational

      Pros

      • Lightweight
      • Low maintenance

      Cons

        Best Uses

        • Backpacking
        • Day trip
        • Hiking

        Comments about Potable Aqua Iodine and Taste-Neutralizer Tablets:

        When I was in the military, they issued us iodine tabs such as these. They're effective for bacteria (modern medicine uses iodine solutions for cleaning wounds & equipment) but as the label warns: " Not intended for use against viruses or the protozoa cyptosporidum ." They are better than nothing, but other products should be reviewed. Some parasites, once ingested and embedded in your GI tract are very, very hard to eliminate.

        Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

        (5 of 5 customers found this review helpful)

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        Oct

        1

        2007

        (4 of 4 customers found this review helpful)

         
        3.0

        Does the job

        By Eric Mad-town

        from Madison, WI

        About Me Casual/ Recreational

        Site Member

        Pros

        • Works as advertised

        Cons

        • Stains hydration pack

        Best Uses

        • Backpacking

        Comments about Potable Aqua Iodine and Taste-Neutralizer Tablets:

        Used these on the John Muir Trail in Yosemite. They provided bacteria free water and the taste wasn't bad either. However, the iodine stains hydration reservoirs a brown color.

        Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

        (4 of 4 customers found this review helpful)

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        Sep

        21

        2007

        (3 of 3 customers found this review helpful)

         
        4.0

        The lightweight option for clean water

        By hikenm

        from Albuquerque, NM

        About Me Avid Adventurer

        Site Member

        Pros

        • Easy to pump
        • Lightweight
        • Low maintenance

        Cons

          Best Uses

          • Backpacking
          • Hiking

          Comments about Potable Aqua Iodine and Taste-Neutralizer Tablets:

          This is the way to go for lightweight backpacking - forget the filter and go with the drops if you want to shed pounds off your back. Only disadvantage is waiting for the chemicals to work (especially if cold or murky water).

          Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

          (3 of 3 customers found this review helpful)

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          Aug

          26

          2008

          (2 of 2 customers found this review helpful)

           
          4.0

          great choice

          By j07

          from breckenridge, co

          About Me Avid Adventurer

          Pros

          • Lightweight

          Cons

            Best Uses

            • Backpacking
            • Day trip
            • Hiking

            Comments about Potable Aqua Iodine and Taste-Neutralizer Tablets:

            sure they dont taste wonderful but no tablets do, it's very bearable. they do the trick and are very lightweight. perfect on any adventure.

            Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

            (2 of 2 customers found this review helpful)

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            Jun

            27

            2009

            (1 of 1 customers found this review helpful)

             
            4.0

            no problems after many years of use

            By yearcher

            from Michigan

            About Me Avid Adventurer

            Pros

            • Lightweight
            • Relatively inexpensive

            Cons

              Best Uses

              • Backpacking
              • Canoe camping

              Comments about Potable Aqua Iodine and Taste-Neutralizer Tablets:

              We do alot of canoe camping. Get our water from the middle of the lake then put the tablets in. We make up 2 1/2 gal. at a time. Doesn't taste bad but we still mix nearly all of our drinking water with tang. Never had any health problems that I'm aware of. Only thing that confuses me a bit though is that for years the label read, "use one tablet per qt. of water". Now it says use two. Was I endangering myself for all those years or is two simply overkill?

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              Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

              (1 of 1 customers found this review helpful)

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