Re: [Philmont]: Hydration (was Gear)

Polar-Pur is no longer a Philmont option, so what's your point? The new
water treatment procedures - MicroPur - are different. The real topic
was about water containers. The current recommended procedure is to
fill larger containers from your one liter bottles after purification.

Gary Boyd
Georgetown, Texas

Doug Kemp wrote:

> > The MicroPur tablets are measured to treat one liter of water and
> although more tablets can be used for larger containers it becomes
> something of a guesstimate/overkill situation. If you have a three
> quart container, for instance, you'll need three tablets and that is a
> bit of an overdose.
>
> A liter is approximately a quart, so what's the big deal?
> I completely doubt that we ever got it "just right" with Polar-Pur,
> either, or if we did it was accidental. I have seen the miniscus in a
> capful of Polar-Pur vary significantly as has the actual fill level in
> a gallon container and the amount of sediment floating in the water.
> Does anyone really expect the temperature indicator on the side of the
> bottle to be accurate? And is the temperature of the water we just
> collected from the stream the same as the bottle of Polar-Pur we
> carried in our pack all day, anywho? And doesn't one expect that the
> concentration of soluble iodine in Polar-Pur to vary with the
> temperature of the solution in the bottle? And does anyone ever add
> just a little extra to be on the safe side?
> I think you have to put this into practical perspective. I've seen
> Polar-Pur treated water that I mistook for orange Kool-Aid. Might
> have been a bit less tastey, but it didn't harm anyone and the margin
> of safety from a disinfecting standpoint was not compromised.
>
> YiS
> Doug
> 2000, 2002, 2004
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Received on Tue Jan 10 11:25:32 2006