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Filtering the flocculent -- the technical term PUR uses to describethe clumped putridity -- was a pain. I worked with a friend near ourcampfire for 20 minutes, pouring the water through a cloth that keptclogging up. The cotton caught the flocculent fine, though it allowedonly a small stream of clean water through its tight fabric weave andinto the replica Corum watches vessel below. Another annoyance: The collapsible buckets that come with the CleanDrinking Water Kit have small openings, pouring and filteringslow. The foldable containers are difficult to clean, too, as deepaccordion creases in the plastic catch and hold flocculent thats thennearly impossible to wash out.

But after some struggle, the PUR method yielded water that wasindeed quite clean. In front of my eyes, the final product transformedfrom a container of gloppy river water into a gallon of sparkling,crisp H2O that seemed siphoned from a spring. PUR sells two Purifier of Waterproducts, including the kit I tested as well as a $14.99 package replica Ulysse Nardin watch thathas chemicals for six treatments and a cotton filter clothe, though nocontainers. While the process is cumbersome, Purifier of Water is a superior wayto clean large quantities of suspect liquid. My main beef was with theClean Drinking Water Kits containers. The chemical reaction in dirtywater was amazing to watch, and the mix-and-stir process is easy tofollow and manageable if you have a half-hour or so to work with yourwater in camp.

Next time, Ill use a custom configuration of buckets,vessels and a larger cotton cloth to speed the mixing and filteringsteps. Compared to pumps and other traditional chemical treatments likeiodine, PURs system is purportedly the most thorough. There is replica Zenith watch almostno smell or chemical aftertaste, just hydrogen and oxygen mixed andpure, sloshing, swirling and ready to drink in a bucket below.-- Stephen Regenold writes The Gear Junkie column for several U.S.newss; see for video gear reviews, a daily blog, and an archive of Regenolds work.