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Potable Aqua Water Purification, Water Treatment Tablets - 50 count Bottle

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Size: 50 Tablets - Single Pack


Features

  • One bottle of 50 count Potable Aqua Water Purification Tablets
  • Water treatment tablets, providing water purification for camping, hiking, traveling and emergency water preparedness situations
  • Potable Aqua emergency water purification tablets for drinking water are effective against Giardia lamblia when used as directed
  • Travel water purification tablets make questionable water bacteriologically suitable to drink, even in emergency water purification situations.
  • Water treatment tablets offer emergency water purification for hiking, travel, and natural disasters, and ideal to keep with camping accessories

Description

Potable Aqua Water Purification Tablets are essential for outdoor adventure, camping, hiking and emergency water preparedness. These travel water purification tablets make questionable water bacteriologically suitable to drink, even in emergency water purification situations. These water purification tablets for drinking water, are effective against Giardia lamblia when used as directed. Easy to use, ready in just 35 minutes. 50 tablets per bottle treats 25 quarts of water. When it comes to water treatment tablets and emergency water purification, Potable Aqua is a trusted name in water treatment for drinking water. Use portable water purification tablets for travel and disaster preparedness as directed on the label. From the Manufacturer About Potable AquaPotable Aqua iodine water disinfection tablets were developed by Harvard University in conjunction with the U.S. Army in the 1940s, and have been used by the military for emergency drinking water disinfection for more than 50 years. Pharmacal currently supplies the U.S. Military with Potable Aqua for its emergency drinking water needs. Potable Aqua is also widely used by campers, backpackers, and various other militaries around the world. With the addition of the Potable Aqua Traveler and Chlorine Dioxide Water Purification Tablets, Potable Aqua continues to meet the ever- changing needs of today's outdoor enthusiast.

Brand: potable aqua


Special Feature: Portable Water Purification Tablets


Product Dimensions: 3.63"L x 1"W x 5.75"H


Package Information: Bottle


Model Name: 2G


Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No


Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 3.63 x 1 x 5.75 inches; 1.4 ounces


Item model number ‏ : ‎ 2G


Department ‏ : ‎ unisex-adult


Date First Available ‏ : ‎ July 28, 2007


Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ Wisconsin Pharmacal


Country of Origin ‏ : ‎ USA


Best Sellers Rank: #124 in Sports & Outdoors (See Top 100 in Sports & Outdoors) #4 in Camping & Hiking Water Purifiers


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Top Amazon Reviews

    • Great product, taste is barely noticeable.
Size: 50 Tablets - Single Pack
There are two major approaches to purifying contaminated water: you can try to trap sediment and microorganisms via a filter, or you can use various methods to sterilize the water by killing anything living in it. For absolute safety, some recommend doing both, so I'm not going to sit and compare tablets to a pump filter, as they are different mechanisms of purification that aren't necessarily competitors. In fact, regardless of how you kill the bugs in your water, I recommend at the very least running the water through a cloth/bandana first as a first step in removing dirt and larger microorganisms. That gives these tablets three major competitors... The first, and cheapest, competitor is good old-fashioned boiling of water. In fact, boiling kills most things that some chemicals might not even get to. The downside, of course, is the need to start a fire, wait, and boil water. Good if you're camping overnight and prepping for the next day, but not so great if you need to fill up in the middle of a several-hour trek. If you're the kind of person who carries a mini-burner and a stove-top anyway, you probably don't need these tablets. The second, and most expensive, competitors are the UV light devices that sterilize using light. It sounds like nonsense, but it does in fact work. The problem is the cost and reliability. Sure, it can be argued that if you break down the cost per liter of water of a sterilizing pen is actually lower than using tablets, but that's only assuming that you actually get the maximum number of cycles that the manufacturer claims it is good for, and it ignores the cost of the batteries and the reliability of the products. From my experience (luckily, not with gear that I had to pay for), the SteriPEN is finicky from time to time. Unless you're doing light day-hikes, I wouldn't rely on batteries and electronics to hold up. Especially over years of hard use and being banged around in a backpack. It's nice having neat technology to show off, but nobody will be impressed when your magic light is broken and you're crapping your pants (literally). The third source of competition is other tablets/drops. There are several types, and while some tout better flavor, more effectiveness, etc, it really comes down to whether it'll kill the bugs in whatever area you're hiking. In other words: most of them are the same unless you're headed to an area with a very specific rare microorganism that certain tablets won't kill. These have held up for me through years of trekking on four different continents. That's quite good enough for me. The taste, sure, is a bit off, but it's nothing unbearable. Between tablets, I don't have much of a preference, but I do prefer tablets over liquid drops, as they're easier to carry and use. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on December 26, 2013 by Andrew Oh
    • Quality brand; perform as advertised!
Size: 50 Tablets - Single Pack
Quality brand; perform as advertised
Reviewed in the United States on October 13, 2023 by Christopher R Adams
    • Does Its Job
Size: 50 Tablets - Single Pack
These do what they're supposed to do. Before I give a review, I'll quote the box on a few points. 1. For use only when drinking water is suspected or known to be bacteriologically substandard. Not to be used on a continuous basis. (Their website suggests a six-week limit.) 2. Unopened bottles should remain effective for four years. (Look at the bottom of this review for how to date your tablets.) 3. We recommend that you do not keep an opened bottle for more than one year. 4. 2 tablets make one quart of bacteriologically water suitable to drink. 5. Proven effective against Giarda Lamblia when used as directed. 6. Has not been shown to inactivate Cryptosporidium cysts. In a nutshell, use according to the directions and you'll be just fine. The bottle contains 50 tablets; you use two per quart of water. In really murky water, I use three. The active ingredient is Tetraglycine Hydroperiodide 16.7% and each tablet contains 6.68% of Titratable Iodine. This is the same stuff that I used in the military, but just to be sure, I opened a bottle and got three quarts of water from the Ohio River. Murky stuff. The first quart was treated with just the Potable Aqua (2-1/2 tablets). The second quart was boiled for ten minutes. The third quart was boiled for ten minutes, then given two tablets of Potable Aqua. All water was filtered through an untreated handkerchief first to remove debris and sediment. I'll note that my measurements were three quarts before boiling, so I'm sure some of the water was lost in the last two quarts due to the boiling process. The results? While none of the water was as good as tap water, I'm still alive. The first batch (just Potable Aqua) was okay. I remember Potable Aqua having a bad taste; so bad that they included a separate bottle of pills to add that made the taste more bearable. That other bottle is unnecessary here. The water definitely had a chemical taste, but I could drink the minimum of a gallon a day if I needed to. The second batch (just boiling, no pills) tasted better, but smelled bad. I would be hesitant to drink any more than necessary. The third batch (boiled, then treated with Potable Aqua) was obviously the best. Considering that boiling only took ten minutes and a metal water bottle, this is the best option. Remember that all of the water was filtered through a handkerchief first to get rid of any sediment, debris, bugs, etc. I'll guess that if you filter the water, then boil, then use the tablets, you can use only one tablet. I'm not a doctor, dietician, or representative of the company, but I do have extensive training in SERE operations and I've been using these tablets for over fifteen years. How can you find out when your pills were made? Each bottle has a series of numbers imprinted. For example: 403127. The first number is the month; in this case, the fourth month is April. The second and third numbers are the last two of the year; in this case, 2003. These pills were made in April of 2003. The last three numbers (127) indicate that this was the 127th batch made in that time frame. The code can be five or six numbers long; the first three numbers always denote the month and year; the last two or three always denote the batch number. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on March 12, 2012 by JNieporte
    • excellent back up on the trail.
Size: 50 Tablets - Single Pack
I have not used these, but they are a great back up in case of a filter failure on the trail.
Reviewed in the United States on December 17, 2023 by Steven C.
    • Not what I was looking for
Size: 50 Tablets - Single Pack
I'm sure thus stuff works great but I've never needed, or used anything like this before. Definitely will hang in to it and give it a try.
Reviewed in the United States on December 14, 2023 by Edwin Blue
    • Water purification
Size: 50 Tablets - Single Pack
Worked good
Reviewed in the United States on December 5, 2023 by Sara B.
    • why wouldnt you have this...
Size: 50 Tablets - Single Pack
purchased this in case good o USA fails or our town becomes a "Flint MI " town. figured its a good idea to have this in case we cant boil water.
Reviewed in the United States on September 22, 2023 by Patrick
    • Emergency use, horrible taste, long shelf life
As emergencies go, this is a must have item. I have a steripen that I can charge from my USB solar charger, but there may come a time when I need water, but have no charge and no sunlight. For this kind of scenario, a manual water cleaning process is a must have. And for that, a water purifier with a long shelf life is definitely the way to go. These tablet taste horrible, but get the job done, and when you need water, there's simply no faulting a product like this. The ones that were sent to me had an expiration date of 2020, and that's more than enough for me. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on March 20, 2012 by Tetsu Noguchi

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