>>1744308>fill and treat in <60 seconds*30 minutes. Oh, my god. Have you really been operating on the assumption that your water was ready to drink after only 60 seconds of treatment with bleach?
https://www.cdc.gov/healthywater/drinking/travel/emergency_disinfection.html>you have to mix the 2 parts and wait 5 minutes before pouring it into the water, which totally negates the speed and convenience advantages of chemical over filter, imo.You're talking to people whose pastime is taking "the long way," by foot, to get to their destinations. Is your life really so busy while you are recreating in the woods that you can't make 5 minutes to stop and treat your water? I find that if I have the bottles in my backpack waistbelt pockets, pull them out and mix as soon as I stop, go to the stream and gather water, then take a break to eat an energy bar or snap a few photos, it never feels tedious.
>>1744342>it's the same dealThe tablets are actually a lot more effective than the droplets -- at least at the recommended dosage. Only reason I use the droplets is because of the expense. One pack of droplets will last all season for me, and I re-buy in the spring every year, but when I can see the tablets and count them: one tablet, one liter, it never feels like I have enough and I feel like I'm constantly having to buy more. I can always up the dosage of the drops--or not, depending on the quality of the water source.
