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Potable Aqua Iodine and Taste-Neutralizer Tablets

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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.

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Potable Aqua Iodine and Taste-Neutralizer Tablets Customer Reviews

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Potable Aqua Iodine and Taste-Neutralizer Tablets

3.9

(based on 10 reviews)

100%

of respondents would recommend this to a friend.

Pros

Lightweight (8)
Maintenance (3)

Cons

Best Uses

Backpacking (9)
Hiking (6)
Day trip (3)

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Apr

2008

(11 of 12 customers found this review helpful)

4.0

Light Weight Tastes Great

By Narrow Latitude

from San Pedro, CA

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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???

Aug

2008

(7 of 7 customers found this review helpful)

3.0

NOT effective against viruses or crypto

By DayHiker2008

from SF Bay Area, CA

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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.

Oct

2007

(7 of 7 customers found this review helpful)

3.0

Does the job

By Eric Mad-town

from Madison, WI

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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.

Sep

2007

(5 of 5 customers found this review helpful)

4.0

The lightweight option for clean water

By hikenm

from Albuquerque, NM

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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).

Jun

2009

(3 of 3 customers found this review helpful)

4.0

no problems after many years of use

By yearcher

from Michigan

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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?

Aug

2008

(3 of 3 customers found this review helpful)

4.0

great choice

By j07

from breckenridge, co

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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.

Sep

2010

(2 of 2 customers found this review helpful)

4.0

If the water turns cloudy, it failed.

By old member

from Redondo Beach, CA

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Car Camping
Day trip
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Comments about Potable Aqua Iodine and Taste-Neutralizer Tablets:

I used iodine in Pakistan and noticed the water turned curiously cloudy. Next day I had diarrhea. I mentioned the odd water and learned it is a sign the iodine -- opened once about 2 months earlier -- was no longer good. Use it within 1 month of opening or toss it.
Tastes better than chlorine though.

Sep

2010

(1 of 1 customers found this review helpful)

5.0

Forget the filter

By Dawntreader

from ColoSpgs, CO

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Pros

Lightweight
Low maintenance

Cons

Best Uses

Backpacking
Hiking

Comments about Potable Aqua Iodine and Taste-Neutralizer Tablets:

My water filter has collected a lot of dust since I found these bad boys. This is all I take on overnight trips to summit 14ers. Yes, they'll stain your water bladder, but I'll take that over the bulkiness of a filter system and having to squat and pump next to freezing water. I typically add an Camelbak Elixir tablet (orange or lemon lime) to hide any weird tastes.

Jun

2011

3.0

OK in the US

By ESweet

from Lima, NY

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Pros

Lightweight

Cons

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Comments about Potable Aqua Iodine and Taste-Neutralizer Tablets:

These things are great in the US when you don't have to worry about too much. However, I am a frequent traveler to Central/South America and these things aren't enough. Unfortunately, something bigger and bulkier is needed out of the country [SteriPen is unreliable], but these are great in the US/Canada.

Apr

2011

5.0

Brown Town!

By Jacksonomer

from Monterey, CA

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Pros

Compact
Delicious
Durable
Lightweight

Cons

Best Uses

Backpacking
Car Camping
Everything
High Altitude
Hiking

Comments about Potable Aqua Iodine and Taste-Neutralizer Tablets:

This stuff is great! I've been using it the entire time I've been backpacking. I am a minimalist, so it goes along well with my style of packing. Weighs practically nothing. I don't use the taste neutralizers, just the iodine. It does stain the water reservoir but I think brown is a much cooler color. It adds character.