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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 ; Potable Aqua Chlorine Dioxide tablets (sold separately) are effective against Cryptosporidium
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Potable Aqua Iodine and Taste-Neutralizer Tablets Customer Reviews
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by PowerReviewsPros
- Lightweight (9)
- Maintenance (3)
Cons
Best Uses
- Backpacking (10)
- Hiking (7)
- Day trip (3)
- Reviewer Profile:
- Avid adventurer (8), Casual/ recreational (3)
- Was this a gift?:
- No (5)
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Pros
- Compact
- Lightweight
Cons
Best Uses
- Backpacking
- Bicycle touring
- High Altitude
- Hiking
Comments about Potable Aqua Iodine and Taste-Neutralizer Tablets:
Does exactly what it says. I didn't die and the water didn't taste like iodine so I consider that an A++++!
- What Is Your Gear Style:
- Comfort Driven
- Was this a gift?:
- No
Pros
- Lightweight
Cons
Best Uses
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.
- What Is Your Gear Style:
- Minimalist
- Was this a gift?:
- No
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.
- What Is Your Gear Style:
- Minimalist
- Was this a gift?:
- No
Pros
Cons
Best Uses
- Backpacking
- Car Camping
- Day trip
- Hiking
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.
- Was this a gift?:
- No
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.
- Was this a gift?:
- No
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?
- Gift:
- No
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.
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.
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???
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.
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