Does anyone have any info on the new water Purifier the MSR Miox, Its the one peice of gear I have left to buy for next years hike, I have not seen but one reveiw, and at 8 ozs. it appears to be the ticket for a water purifier. any info would be very nice. Thank You.
Larry
Larry hansen
I bought one back in April. To this point it’s been great. However, it was quite shocking to discover that the brine solution smells exactly like chlorox. On the up side, it is so diluted that it can barely be tasted. Personally, I think it’s the best purifier on the market straight out of the package. We’ll see how the electronics hold up over time.
Good luck…
Horn
Horn Head
If you want to have lots of purfied water FAST, google “H2O Amigo gravity filter” At 9 ozs. It’s a lot heavier than Aqua Mira, but the water is pure and, (assuming an unclogged filter) right there when you want it. The best news is that it can be back flushed and easily dissaembeled and dried out, greatly increasing filter life.
Razor
Razor
The only experience that I have had with one is from watching another hiker last fall in the smokies. I had my water filtered, dinner cooked, eaten and everything cleaned up and he was still trying to get the little lights on the filter to change color. I don’t know if this is correct but he told me the reason was because you are supposed to use rock salt in the unit and he was using packets of salt that he had from restaurants.
Prospector
Yes, you have to use rock salt, it comes supplied with unit and last a long time, It is the top of the line tech in water purification and it takes seconds to purify 2liters of water, you can double dose your water ready to drink in 30 min. or wait the full 4 hours to kill any kind of contaminates, there is the only draw back, is the wait. But you can treat your water before you sleep at night,then your all set to go in the Morning, for ease of use, weight, You can not go wrong, the cumbersom water filters takes up to much room and its a chore to pump water every day, but we all have our way of doing things.:nerd
Patriot
I use a Bota Bottle water filter.I use the 22 oz bottle with filter.Weight is 5.2 oz.The 32 oz bottle/filter weight is 5.3 oz.The filter is at the top of the bottle.No fuss,no bother,drink and enjoy.Available from "Only the Lightest."I’am sure there are lighter or “better” systems,but it works for me.:boy
OLD & IN THE WAY
you can just use 2 drops of bleach per liter and wait for 30 minutes. chlorinating water doesn’t necessarily require a chemical reaction. fill, drop drop, go. very light and easy… and when you’re thirsty you don’t notice the flavor at all.
then again, i’m cheap.
pj
And you can still get Giaridasis or Crypto as the bleach is ineffective against them, even if you wait days.
I filter and then use Pristine, which is the same as Aqua Mira. Ever see some of the water sources out there (like at the Hall Mt Lean-to on the Maine AT?), they’re so nasty that if I couldn’t filter I’d have gone thirsty.
The MIOX system produces mainly hypochlorous acid (*with some chlorine), which is the most active disinfecting componenet of chlorine bleach. While it appears to be a nice system, There are too many variables for me to worry about. ONce a year I buy some new disinfectant, and I know how much I have left. It’s also only $12, which is 1/10th of the MIOX. It’s chlorine dioxide, which has many of the same properties of the MIOX system disinfectant, but is more unstable as a solution, which is why it’s sold as a 2 part mix.
There are a lot of disinfectants out there, from the Steri-Pen to MIOX to regular chlorine to chlorine dioxide to iodine to crap people haven’t even heard of yet. While each will proclaim theirs is the best, all have limitations and setbacks. So long as you work within these, you’ll be fine. In EVERY case though, each of them requires a clean water source, which usually means some sort of filtering. Sure, you can look at a pond and say it’s “clean”, but no one can see down to 12 microns, so you can’t really tell.
Lawn Sale
I work in the Environemental Engineering field, specializing in water, wastewater, and groundwater treatment, and have delved into the background on many of these “new” systems. If anyone has any questions, I’d be happy to try and answer them for you, just give me a shout.
Many of them, based on the data available, are quite decent and do what they purport, but each also has limitations or restrictions. If I had to choose one, which one would I choose? Being cheap, but also working in the field, I’d choose what I have, which is why I have it. That’s not to say it’s the best for everyone though, as everyone’s needs are different.
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