From: Brian Gannon (bgannon@cox.rr.com)
Date: Wed Mar 13 2002 - 19:53:35 CST
> Out of curiosity, why did Philmont go to the Polar Pure water
> purification? The Iodine tablets worked well for all of the trips I
> took into the back country in the 80's. When I went in 95 it was my
> first contact with Polar Pure. I had my bottles of iodine tablets
> with me and found them to be faster and easier to use.
Polar Pure runs something like $9 a bottle and each bottle can treat
2000 quarts, if I remember correctly. That's probably a lot cheaper
than tablets are. Polar Pure is convenient because when you run out,
you simply fill the bottle with water and in an hour it's good to go
again. If you run out of tablets, you're out of luck. In my opinion,
it works just fine and, like Coop, I prefer it over filters simply
because of the time saved versus pumping water for everyone in the crew.
Brian
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