RE: [Philmont]: Polar Pure Storage

I tried polar pure for the first time last weekend on our shakedown and
surprisingly, it was very well received by the Scouts. As I learned here, I
am glad someone suggested storing the polar pure in a zip lock bag because
even after tightening it as much as possible, there was leakage inside the
(double) bag.

As usual, the list provided timely information!

Thanks,
Steve Eisinger
Central Florida Council
204 Contingent Expedition 714-S1 / 714-S2
Trek #21
(Formerly of the Verdugo Hills Council, CA T-201)

-----Original Message-----
From: Dr. Bob Klein [mailto:drbob@troop111.org]
Subject: Re: [Philmont]: Polar Pure Storage

Definitely with water. If it's dry, the iodine will sublime (evaporate
out) of the bottle, no matter how tightly you try to seal it. Even
plastic wrap won't stop iodine vapor. If you insist on storing it dry,
invert the bottle and dip it into liquid wax. That's about the only
thing that will work.

BTW, there is no harm to its efficacy if the iodine is left under water,
even for years.

- Dr. Bob

Lou Schwing wrote:
> I received my three bottles of Polar Pure from Campmor last week, and
> took them with us on our backpack. We didn't get to use them because we
> had so much snow (in L.A.!) that we hiked back out on the same day.
> Over a foot of snow in an hour - the trail was disappearing and we had
> expected rain - so none of the drivers had chains.
>
> Anyway....... now that we're back, what's the best way to store the
> Polar Pure? With water? Or without? I filled them before we left,
> should I empty them for long term storage? I didn't see any
> instructions about storage.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Lou
>

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Received on Wed Apr 21 14:17:48 2004