Cost Effectivity for Camelback Cleaner vs. Chlorine Dioxide for Cleaning Water Bladders

So the other day I was sitting at REI, looking at a new cleaning kit for the Platypus bladders. I was curious what all was entailed in the Camelback cleaning tabs, since I've always been tempted to buy some to "clean" my bladders. I always scrub them with soap and water, then allow them to air dry or use a MYOG drying system to dry them. When they get really funky because I didn't clean them right away after using some kind of sugared drink mix, I use a MicroPur ClO2 tablet and let it sit overnight to kill everything.



So peering over the label on the Camelback tablets, the main active ingredient is none other than ClO2 tablets repackaged... I grabbed a package of Micropur and compared ingredients... What do you know the only difference is Camelback doesn't tell the concentrations and percentages. Probably indicating that it is a weaker mix not suited for water purification. For $12.95 you get 7 Camelback cleaning tabs, while you can buy a package of 30 Micropur tablets for the exact same price. So overall if you are tempted to buy the overpriced ClO2, go ahead, but realize you can get the same cleaning tablet for a lot cheaper...