Using Polar Pure
Polar Equipment utilizes a unique bottle design featuring a particle trap to prevent loss of iodine crystals during decanting for water treatment. Your bottle cap is used to measure the required amount of Polar Pure for each quart of water.
BOTTLE CROSS SECTION -- DELIVERY SYSTEM
PLEASE NOTE
**Polar Equipment recommends that each person carry his or her own bottle of Polar Pure to ensure sufficient quantities of safe drinking water.
**For proper water disinfection, you must use a water container that can be tightly closed to eliminate possible iodine vaporization. Quart or liter sized bottles with screw tops are recommended.
DIRECTIONS
Step One:
PREPARE SOLUTION -- Fill your Polar Pure bottle with water. Set aside. Solution will be ready to use in one hour. It is best to have your Polar Pure bottle filled and ready to use when needed.
Step Two:
TREAT YOUR WATER -- When your Polar Pure solution is ready, pour the required capfuls of solution into your quart container of water. A green dot on the DOSAGE TABLE on the bottle of POLAR PURE indicates the amount of solution required per QUART / LITER of water.
Let treated water stand (tightly covered) for 20 minutes before use. Water that is colder than 68° F will take longer.
**Temperature / Dosage Table We periodically receive requests for a conversion chart for temperature of solution as related to dosage required. Please click here to view table.
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Step Three:
REFILL YOUR POLAR PURE BOTTLE -- Refill your Polar Pure bottle with water and tightly cap. The solution will be ready to use in one hour.
USES FOR POLAR PURE
Polar Pure Water Disinfectant can be used for:
- Backpacking
- Camping
- Hiking
- Water sports
- Bicycling
- Foreign travel
- Hunting and fishing
- Emergency kits
The small size and easy use make Polar Pure the choice of many outdoors enthusiasts and those concerned with emergency preparedness.
HELPFUL HINTS
Maximizing the use of Polar Pure:
One bottle of Polar Pure is capable of treating between two and six quarts of water at one time before refilling. The amount of Polar Pure needed varies with the solution temperature. Warmer solution will have a higher concentration of iodine and fewer capfuls will be required.
One way to maximize the use of the saturated solution is to warm the bottle of Polar Pure. This can be achieved by placing the bottle in a dry, sunny spot prior to use.
Holding a piece of fabric over the mouth of your quart container when filling with water is recommended to act as a pre-filter blocking large organic particles (bugs, leaves, etc.), thereby increasing the efficiency of POLAR PURE.
Eliminating iodine taste / smell:
Iodine taste (actually odor, sensed in the nose) is usually unnoticed below 2-3 ppm (parts per million). Any flavoring, sugar, or vitamin C can be added to the water AFTER the necessary disinfection time. Iodine reacts with such additions to become "tasteless" iodide.
Protect filled bottle of Polar Pure from freezing:
Once your Polar Pure bottle is filled with water, it is important to avoid freezing. The bottle could break due to expansion of the liquid inside if frozen. If you are hiking in freezing conditions, keep the bottle in an inside pocket close to your body or with you in your sleeping bag.
Store your bottle of Polar Pure where it will not freeze between uses. You may empty the bottle between uses if you prefer. Emptying the bottle is not necessary and it is best to have it filled and ready to use when needed. Some liquid will be retained in the bottle when emptied.
NOTE -- The effectiveness of the iodine in your Polar Pure bottle is not altered by freezing.
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