Water: general tips/issues, and usage poll

[Bypah]

You can see that if you drink a lot, your urin is very clear and does not smell this strong (diluted). If do you drink too little, your urin turns into very (dark) yellow and smells very "strong" (concentrated).

As I read in a military manual somewhere...." Dark urine, DRINK WATER..."

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Also, from my experience, the Micropur tabs from Katadyn are very good.

They work well when used properly, and really shine if you need to take care of a large amount of water at once
1 liter or 100 liters is the same treatment time with chemicals

If your just doing 1 liter or so other methods may make more sense, the example on page 1 of this thread took about 3minutes

Like most things it depends on the situation, a few purification tabs are very light and take almost no space so why not have some