Top critical review
3.0 out of 5 starsGreat option, but WAY too expensive !
Reviewed in the United States on October 2, 2011
I took off TWO stars ... for pricing and "deceptive" marketing.
PROS:
* INDIVIDUAL FOIL PACKAGING (flat perforated encapsulation).
This packaging (flat/foil) is IDEAL for pocket kits, tins, med-kits !
* Much less nasty after-taste than iodine (has a chlorine taste).
* Only one tablet per quart/liter required.
CONS:
* VERY high price per quart ! PROHIBITIVE (IMO).
(Potassium Permanganate Crystals are a more reasonable alternative)
* ONLY 20 Tablets, at this high price !
* Takes FOUR HOURS (in cool temps) before water is safe to drink.
BOTTOM LINE:
This is really the very best and only option for long-term storage in small/flat kits (at whatever price). The durable (individually sealed) flexible foil "card-packs" allow for compact, long-term storage, where no other options can really do quite as well (fit).
At this price-point (per-liter) I would recommend ONLY one package, of these, for your most compact kits .
Caveats: READ ALL WARNINGS VERY CAREFULLY ! DO not touch the tablets or allow any residue to make contact with your eyes !! )
... Wash your hands and do not rub your eyes after *NOT* touching!
ALSO: ... Do not let these foil-packs get too warm, for too long.
(If you have a choice, do not store against your body or on the outside edge of your pack ... In your car? ... Avoid the trunk and go for "under the seat" storage, or even in a mini-cooler, on the floor).
Customer "experience" ... My expectations were IMPROPERLY SET and were sorely dashed !! ... NO QUANTITY INFO PROVIDED !!
First-off, the ad/product-listing DID NOT tell how many tablets that Amazon customers will get, for this exhorbitant price !!
I was forced to enlarge the (lame) product photo and THEN? ... I had to increase my browzer magnification to ~200% until I could *almost* read the QUANTITY on the (intentionally?) fuzzy photo ...
After doing ALL THAT ? ... I *thought* I could read the contents of THIS package as containing THIRTY TABLETS ... *** W R O N G ! ***
Very disappointed to discover that ONLY *TWENTY* tablets were included, for this very high price ... really not worth that much, per quart, when a YEAR's supply of Potassium Parmanganate Crystals only cost a few bucks !!
I have issues with how very many times that these sorts of "ommisions" and "wrong-photos" and "improper listings" and obscured shipping costs occur, here, at Amazon ... I have ordered enough stuff to believe a carefully calculated "statistical trend" (suspicious practices) may be at work, here (at Amazon).
The reason I say this is because of the consistency, of the mis-information, which always (often) seems to "play the margins" of "accidental" rip-offs .
Amazon needs to be more careful, IMO, to verify that customer expectations are properly set and that ALL items ordered DO arrive, without undue "handling" costs, wrong descriptions, and other hidden zingers which (consistently) seem to fail the customer, rather than the vendors ... some of whom may be "fall-guy" type fronts ? ...
... Seems that way ... Nickle and dime ... A little bit here ... A little bit there ... One item THIS month ... another item next month ... Over-night vendors (ACME "this or that") ... Too many "gotchas" ... Just my opinion.
At 8% local tax? ... Brick and mortar is looking batter and better.