AquaMira drops

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Sisyphus is still at it …

I carry AquaMira drops and the Aquamira Frontier Straw (2 microns and 0.7oz).
When I get to what I consider a clean water source I camel up (drink) about 12 oz using the straw. The straw only gets 99.9% of the Cryptosporidium and Giardia, but that is usually good enough. Then I fill my bottles and treat with AquaMira drops. I won't need the treated water for an hour and if I let it air a little before I drink I hardly taste anything. I also carry less weight because the water I drink with the straw is inside of me right where I need it.

So I guess there is no solution..no matter how I try i will just keep failing and have to repeat it forever?
Guess I just suck it up and continue to use the sawyer squeeze..and keep aquamira as my backup system. No chemicals to mess with my water or psych.

I also carry less weight because the water I drink with the straw is inside of me right where I need it.

I'm not, like, a physicist or nothing, but somehow, I don't think that is how it works.

well, there's boiling…

aaarrggh..yes, boiling. Heck no!! Maybe in winter to melt some snow/ice. It looks like for now I stick with my system, it works and it tastes good. Sometimes there is no easier better way. Its definatly not the most miserable system…

Don't knock boiling! I was having way too much fun one time and decided to take several extra days fishing along my route in the Sierra. Because I had counted out my aqua mira to the exact drops I originally thought I would need (being a dumb-ass UL wanker!) I of course ran out. Fortunately I was not able to measure out the exact amount of canister gas so I had plenty, and I was surprised at how quick and easy the process was with my Jetboil. This was especially urgent because I ran out just as I was approaching "civilization" (in this case one particular high sierra pack camp) and started finding mule shit near, and even in, the water access points.

Some people seem to be able to taste the AM – I can not taste it at all. However, the initial reaction of the reagents produces some chlorine gas, so that may be some of what you experience. It *always* smells a bit of Cl the first time you crack the seal after the treatment as the gas has had no place to go. Try letting the bottle breathe for several minutes (like a fine wine, and for essentially the same reason) the first time you open it after the treatment and see if that helps.

"I was not able to measure out the exact amount of canister gas so I had plenty"

Measure weight of canister before and after each trip, divide by number of days, get a good number for ounces per day. I normally do a little less than 1 ounce per day.

Then weigh canister before each trip and divide by ounces per day and you can select a canister with just the right amount of fuel for your trip.

Then, you'll run out of both AM and canister fuel : )

or, you could get a large platypus or similar, treat the next day's water all in one go and let it sit all night. The
taste of chlorine dioxide dissipates over time.

So you think if I let it "air out" it will help? Maybe I will give it another try..outside this time..and let it breath a bit after the initial mix n shake..I'll give it a try. Thanks for advice..

I just use the tablets, and some online reading suggests that the dosage for tablets might be less than for the drops, hence less taste. I don't understand the comments about "pre-mixing" the drops in solution, because I think it is the release of gas that does the work (not a fact, just my guess). I also have the impression that off-gassing overnight helps the taste.

It's definatly not the most miserable system…

Thank goodness for iodine.

Why use Aqua Mira drops when Katadyn chlorine dioxide tablets are available?

Aqua Mira drops are SO 20th centuty. ;o)

The drops are the lowest price for chlorine dioxide.

"Aqua Mira drops are SO 20th centuty. ;o) "

So are keyboards that actually work.

–B.G.–

If aqua mira treated water is too smelly for you, don't ever put a pea under your mattress, or you'll get bruises. Personally I can detect no odors in aqua mira treated water.

I have a few Platys and two 64 ounce Gatorade bottles that have used for 7 or 8 years. I have treated hundreds of liters water in these containers with CL02 tablets. Yes, there is a slight odor — even if I rinse them out and air dry them for several days. I ignore the odor; or more precisely I just don't think about it or even notice it. This weekend I filled the Gatorade bottles with tap water and did a trip with a friend. He mentioned he could smell something "chemical" when I poured a quart of water into a pot. No concerns on my part.

As for the taste…

Yes, I suppose there is a little bit of a chlorine taste. I am amazed that people complain about taste; the same people who will admit they hated their first beer, their first glass of wine, or their first shot of whiskey. But somehow, some way, they willingly acquired a taste for these "awful tasting" beverages.

I am confused.

Almost 40 years ago now (wow, that seems weird to write!) I went through USAF survival school somewhere in the woods around Spokane, WA.

Part of the training involved 'confidence-building' in the efficacy of iodine tabs – no ClO2 then! – for water treatment. Our instructor directed us to dip our canteens into some the most filthy, putrid manky semi-liquid any human has ever been forced to ingest, drop in a tab and wait for half an hour, then drink the resulting swill. Nobody got sick, as I recall.

Compared to that, a slight chlorine odor doesn't bother me in the least.

But I do love that spring water coming straight out of the rocks in the Catskills.

It sounds like the same murky water that we had in Fort Polk, Louisiana. The military is good about that.

–B.G.–

I am just like you. I absolutely love water and not tap but filtered pure water. Luckily i live on a natural spring and can drink unfiltered water all day. When i first started drinking Aqua Mira i thought it was gonna be terrible but reluctantly it wasn't to bad, out in nature near water sources. So hopefully youll like it