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Potable Aqua Tablets |  | Brand: POTABLE AQUA
Category: Sports
Buy New: $4.95
as of 7/29/2010 06:03 CDT details
New (17) from $4.95
Seller: Rescue Essentials
Rating:  11 reviews
Sales Rank: 788
Media: Misc.
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.1
Dimensions (in): 5.9 x 3.6 x 1
MPN: 301
UPC: 368093003019
EAN: 0368093003019
ASIN: B001949TKS
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Potable Aqua Water Purification Iodine Tablets (50 Tablets) | | • | Iodine tablets designed to make contaminated water suitable for drinking | | • | Tablets prove effective against Giardia lamblia when used as directed | | • | Intended for short-term or limited emergency use only | | • | Water is ready within 30 minutes; neutralizes iodine aftertaste and color | | • | Ideal for campers, travelers, hikers, militaries, and emergency organizations |
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Product Description
Potable Aqua Tablets An Iodine Based Tablet That Works On All Bacteriologically Impure Water. One Bottle Contains 50 Tablets And Will Purify 25 To 50 Quarts Of Water, Depending On Source Of Water. An Iodine Based Tablet That Works On All Bacteriologically Impure Water. One Bottle Contains 50 Tablets And Will Purify 25 To 50 Quarts Of Water, Depending On Source Of Water. This Item Is In Category: Emergency Essentials > Water Purification Brand: Potable Aqua
Amazon.com Product Description
Used worldwide by campers, hikers, militaries, emergency organizations, and anyone else who needs to drink water of questionable quality, these Portable Aqua iodine tablets will disinfect contaminated drinking water in a pinch. The tablets--which are intended for short-term or limited emergency use only--make most water bacteriologically suitable for drinking, proving effective against Giardia lamblia when used as directed. Each Potable Aqua tablet contains 20 mg of Tetraglycine Hydroperiodide (TGHP), which liberates 8 mg of titratable iodine when released into water. Within 30 minutes, the iodine will have penetrated the cell walls of the microorganisms, rendering them inactive and making the water safe to drink. Potable Aqua tablets also neutralize the iodine aftertaste and color, helping your drinking water taste better. About Potable Aqua
Potable 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.
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 11
 Not what I expected June 5, 2010
Gordon E. Tate (USA)
Having used water purification tablets before, I expected this product to be similar. It is not. It has some crazy mixing formula that needs to be followed.
 Dont buy March 16, 2010
R. soto (CA)
5 out of 7 found this review helpful
The seller for this product is rasing the price on what should be an inexpensive product. Take the time and google search the product online and you will see that this should be sold for half the price of what it is listed for on here. Save some money and buy elsewere.
Far too Pricy March 12, 2010
Richard Ward (Pennsylvania)
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
Save your money. You can find these exact tablets in Wal-Mart cheaper and there's no shipping. Amazon should figure a way to combine shipping costs better to sell the small things like this. Unless you live a hundred miles off the beaten path, go to a major retailer and get these. On the plus side, these are excellent in an emergency kit as anticeptic for cuts. Just take a couple of tablets and dilute them in a little water and you can sterilize minor wounds.
 Emergency H2O Purification, Get Some! March 9, 2010
David Michael (Hawaii)
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
* I'm trying different 'purification' products, until I review them all and will be posting my findings sometime this year. There are different Water Purification methods and approaches that have already been discussed on Reviews & the Forums, so I hope to be more "Region-specific", since I live in the Tropics. I'm also reviewing some Emergency Water Filtration products and I'm really interested in the Good to Excellent Filtering + Small form factor + Lightweight product lines, so if any of you have any 'real-world' recommendations, please share your info here. Thanks!
Wretched, putrid, vile.... February 25, 2010
A photographer (Planet Earth)
1 out of 8 found this review helpful
Twenty-five plus years ago I bought a bottle of these vile little tablets to take on a weekend backpacking trip. Water was plentiful in the area but the quality was unknown. I filled my first canteen from a stream and added "Non-potable Aqua". The result was so unpleasant, I would have preferred dehydration or diarrhea to the taste of the water treated with this awful stuff.
These things make water foul, putrid, undrinkable. Luckily I had no ill effects from drinking raw stream water during my weekend. I could not handle the iodized pill-water. Immediately upon returning home, I bought a filtration system and used it for the remainder of my backpacking endeavors. The canteen I used with these pills never lost the iodine smell so I had to trash it.
I could be overly sensitive to the iodine taste. I don't know. I do know I will never forget the experience and I will NEVER EVER EVER EVER allow these pills anywhere near me again. Immediately do an Amazon search for portable water filtration systems and buy one of those instead of these horrible pills.
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