Aquamira Water Treatment Drops

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The Water Treatment Drops is a chemical water treatment made by Aquamira. It has an average rating of 4.5 stars (out of 5), based on 5 user reviews.

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From Oregon Mountain Community:
"Aquamira Water Treatment Drops are a great and inexpensive way to treat water while hiking or traveling, also great as an emergency back up. Aquamira uses stabilized chlorine dioxide, a more effective germicide than iodine, and is free of iodine's unpleasant taste. Treats up to 30 gallons (120 liters). Water Treatment is stabilized chlorine dioxide and contains no chlorine or iodine.Formula works quickly and efficiently by releasing oxygen in a highly active form to kill odor-causing bacteria without unpleasant taste or odor."

From Ramsey Outdoor:
"Aquamira? Water Treatment offers a safe and highly effective way to treat drinking water using stabilized chlorine dioxide as a germicidal agent. The 1 oz. kits are compact enough to fit in a shirt pocket. NOTE: Aquamira is not EPA approved."

From EMS:
"A water treatment that kills bacteria and enhances the taste of stored potable water. Aquamira is Ideal for hiking, camping, fishing, boating, travel, emergencies, and more. Treats up to 30 gallons (120 liters) of water. No aftertaste. 2% aqueous solution of chlorine dioxide. Includes Part A and Part B drops which must be pre-mixed before adding to water. Each bottle contains 1 fluid ounce (30ml): Part A and Part B."

From Tahoe Mountain Sports:
"Aquamira drops are great water treatment drops that offer a chlorine solution vs an iodine solution | Comes with 2 little bottles that perform when combined | Treats up to 30 gallons of water | No aftertaste | 2 Percent Aqueous Solution of chlorine dioxide | Kills odor causing bacteria and enhances the taste of stored potable water | Takes about 15 minutes"

User Reviews

Water Treatment Drops
Reviewed by Ono, Oct 24, 2007

"Pros- light, easy, simple, can't break. pair of droppers lasts 25 days in the field. best chemical treatment I've seen- slight chlorine taste is still waaay better than most city tap water.

Cons- well, one- the chemicals can be nasty if spilled- mixed or unmixed."

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Water Treatment Drops
Reviewed by Ska-T, Jun 27, 2007

"Aquamira Water Treatment Drops is a great product: convenient, lightweight, has minimal to no taste, and is trouble free. The product comes in two 30 ml (1 fl oz) bottles. To activate chlorine dioxide, you mix Parts A and B 1:1 and wait 5 min. I usually perform this step before I get my water container(s) out of the backpack, chug the remaining water, and fill up at the water source."

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Water Treatment Drops
Reviewed by TropX, Jun 27, 2007

"Overall, this is a good product with a couple of drawbacks. It's a decent solution for gram-counting solo backpackers but is not really suited to large groups. My biggest gripe is the caustic nature of the unmixed chemicals, combined with leaky bottles."

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Water Treatment Drops
Reviewed by TropX, Aug 16, 2006

"I've used Aquamira for a couple of years now. It works as advertised (well, I haven't gotten the nasties, anyway), though the lengthy mix-and-wait process is cumbersome. Also, beware of leaky bottles; the chemicals ate right through one of my silnylon stuff sacks and ruined it."

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Water Treatment Drops
Reviewed by Pianodirt, Jan 18, 2005

"What's it for: Treating clear water with suspected pathogens like giardia, lyptosporosis, crypto; winter-time water treatment

Pros: lightweight, compact, usable in freezing weather, no pumping, no batteries required

Cons: not good for water with lots of silt/dirt (unless you like drinking that stuff even though it's sterilized) or water with man-made chemicals (such as being downstream from a farming area)--use a filter for these situations; small 5-minute wait time for chemicals to react before dumping into water, slight chlorine taste

I've messed with a variety of filters from hand-pumped to gravity fed and I'm happy to say I'm done with that for the most part."

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