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So, my water bottle just ran out of water, and I want to make sure that I can have the
cleanest water possible, to be drinking. Now, what I'm going to show you, is about water
tablets. Now, these are very, very, important, if you have them in your survival kit. It's
a great way to purify water. What you're going to do, is I have a creek right here, that
I'm going to fill up my water bottle. Now, this is a one liter water bottle. Water tablets
work in one liter to one quart of water, depending on how many tablets you actually want to put
in there, so I filled up my water bottle here. I have my water tablets. I'm going to show
you how to use these things. Now, you can buy these at any REI, Sports Authority, Sports
Chalet. Any place like that you can buy these water tablets. What we're going to do, is
we're going to take our water tablets, that you can get at REI, Sports Authority. I got
these at Sports Chalet. Once you open these up, you'll notice that like a lot of medicine
tablets, it comes with a little cotton piece right here. Make sure not to throw this away.
This is very important for starting fires, and other things like that, so you never want
to throw away anything, that you have taken from the community, so what we have here,
a couple of water tablets. We're going to be using two, for one liter of water. You
can use two for one liter, or one quart of water. Don't use up too many, because you
never know when you're going to need them again. What we're going to do now, we're going
to take these two water tablets, and we're going to put them inside our water bottle.
One, two. Make sure to put everything back together, and keep it off to the side. Now,
now that our water tablets are in there, this takes a little while, but it's well worth
it, to make sure that all the bacteria, is outside of the water. You're going to close
the cap, but you're going to want to make sure it's a little bit loose, so there's some
leakage in there. Now, you're going to let this sit alone, freestanding, for five minutes.
Now, after you have let it sit there for five minutes, you're going to loosen it just a
little bit more, and you're going to shake it, as best you can. A little bit is going
to come out. It's not a big deal. You want to make sure that it can breathe. Shake it
up as much as you can, for about two to three minutes. Once you're done shaking it, close
it up just a little bit more. Allow for the leakage to be in there, a little bit more.
See how gross that looks? Now, you're going to let it sit for a half an hour, and you
can't rush this, even if you're in dire need of water. One half hour is not going to kill
you, but the bacteria in it could, so make sure you wait a full half hour, before you
drink this water, and then you'll know, that it's completely bacteria free, and ok to drink.
One thing to note, these water tablets don't get out all virus's and stuff, so if you're
in a regular pond or lake in a wilderness area, especially in the United States. It's
going to get rid of 99.9 percent of any thing you're ever going to be scared of. It's when
you get in to tropic areas, where you're going to have a viral problem, but in everyday use,
this is a very good, very easy way to purify your water.