User Review: MSR Miox
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Rating: ![]()
Price Paid: $99
Upsides: It works and is lightweight, and kills some nasties that iodine tablets don't kill. When I'm hiking anywhere that there's good-tasting water available (e.g. the Sierra Nevada), this is what I take to handle purification duties. The chlorine taste is similar to many cities' water and is far less annoying than iodine taste. Consumables are cheap. There's no moving parts to break or wear out.
Downsides: It's not a filter, so doesn't improve the taste of the water (aside from removing tannins, that icky "dead leaf" taste, which however does use a lot of chlorine so overchlorinate) and doesn't remove floaties from the water. If you're hiking somewhere that the majority of water is scummy cow tank water, carry the extra pound of scrubbable ceramic-based filter with you (with a coffee filter prefilter), your taste buds will thank you.
A bit fussy with the residual chlorine strips (though you'll mostly use them for less-than-prestine water where you want to know how much to overchlorinate). Too expensive if you only go hiking a few times a year, you can get chlorine dioxide tablets that do the same thing. Does use batteries, and the batteries do need to be kept warm in cold weather for this thing to work right.
Where to Buy
Buy Online We found the Miox at 11 online stores:
| Store | Product Description | Price |
Moosejaw | Miox Purifier With Battery (Fall 2008) | $139.95 | Buy Now |
Backcountry.com | MIOX Purifier w/ Batteries | $139.90 | Buy Now |
Altrec Outdoors 2 purchase options: | Miox Water Purifier (Fall 07) | $139.95 | Buy Now |
| Miox Water Purifier | $139.95 | Buy Now |
CampSaver.com | MSR MIOX Water Purifier | $139.95 | Buy Now |
REI | MIOX Water Purifier | $139.95 | Buy Now |
RockCreek | Miox Water Purifier | $139.95 | Buy Now |
Ramsey Outdoor | Miox? | $139.95 | Buy Now |
Oregon Mountain Community | MIOX Purifier | $124.95 | Buy Now |
EMS | Miox Purifier | $139.95 | Buy Now |
Gear for Adventure | Miox Pump Free Water Purifier | $139.95 | Buy Now |
US Outdoor Store | MIOX® Purifier | $139.95 | Buy Now |
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