>>2843911Boiling isn’t pragmatic for hiking. Chemicals are ok but there’s a cadence to using them. The instructions say to mix them and wait. What a lot of people do is buy tiny dropper bottles and mix the two parts well beforehand.
When you stop for water, they’re activated and ready. You add them and mix more for the next stop.
Because Aquamira takes a while to be fully effective, hikers have one clean bottle (that was treated a while back) and one dirty or working bottle (that has been treated more recently and isn’t ready yet). It works pretty well.
Honestly I think the entire issue is blown way out of proportion. We’re told we have to filter everything or we’re absolutely going to get sick, like it’s a guarantee that every water source is infected with bacteria. Also you should always wear a condom because you’ll catch HIV though vaginal sex if you don’t, amirite?
Most people who get sick on hikes are catching norovirus from discussing privies.
