Using tap water in a pinch

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Re: Using tap water in a pinch

Post by Wulfman... » Fri Feb 19, 2016 11:10 pm

CASoxFan wrote:It's midnight and I ran out of distiller water for my H5i tub. Can I use tap water in a pinch? Not as a replacement for good. Just until I can get to the store for some distiller tomorrow
Another example of a thread that (almost immediately) went WAAAAAAAY off the original topic/question.


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Re: Using tap water in a pinch

Post by Lucyhere » Fri Feb 19, 2016 11:29 pm

Wulfman... wrote:
CASoxFan wrote:It's midnight and I ran out of distiller water for my H5i tub. Can I use tap water in a pinch? Not as a replacement for good. Just until I can get to the store for some distiller tomorrow
Another example of a thread that (almost immediately) went WAAAAAAAY off the original topic/question.


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Re: Using tap water in a pinch

Post by wilson1821 » Fri Jul 07, 2017 6:20 pm

On a trip we are going to use small bottle of spring water and use our tiny hiking water filter (use a small bottle of water available in most hotels, rest areas, etc) screw on the filter with its spout, then squeeze to put the filtered water into the cpap. It is a Sawyer Mini water filtration system and removes bacteria, protozoa, and cysts. A lot of hikers use this on long hikes to filter out Giardia lamblia and other microscopic bacteria, protozoa, and cysts. If using tap water (dirty), you can use the "dirty bag" that comes with the Sawyer, put the tap water into that, screw on the little sawyer filter and squeeze the clean water into the c pap.

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Re: Using tap water in a pinch

Post by LSAT » Fri Jul 07, 2017 6:49 pm

The original poster was in 2012...This post is taking on a life of it's own.

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Re: Using tap water in a pinch

Post by Goofproof » Fri Jul 07, 2017 8:21 pm

Don't pinch the Tap Water, pinch the Charmin! These old threads will be brought to the front after we are all dead, by people that can't read them! Jim
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Re: Using tap water in a pinch

Post by Goofproof » Sun Jul 09, 2017 11:05 pm

BlackSpinner wrote:
palerider wrote:
lilly747 wrote:Tap Water....I don't like drinking it, bathing in it or breathing in ii, but in a pinch, I would do all three.
I, personally, do my best not to breath in ANY water.... tend to do a lot of choking and coughing afterwards whenever that happens.

as to bathing in it, what DO you bath in? asses milk? are you Cleopatra reincarnated?

Well you know once a year spring bath in melted snow .....
Not using the yellow patches I hope. Jim
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