@cfg83 I remember being flabbergasted in England the first time I visited. We went to a restaurant and the server asked if I wanted still or sparkling water. That just wasn’t a thing in Cajun town when I was growing up. Now I have it on tap in my house because I love the bubbles.
I just started using a Zero Water filter pitcher that I’ve had for a couple years. It comes with a TDS (total dissolved solids) meter. Our tap water is only 23ppm which is quite good but the filter makes 0ppm water. When it gets to 6ppm you are supposed to change the filter. As project farm says: “Very Impressive!”
He tested it years ago and just retested recently (the brand was bought by Culligan). Same excellent performance.
@tweezak Great test video. After I had municipal water lines run to the house and capped the well, I tried different water filter pitchers to improve the taste, with varied results. My old fridge water pitcher wouldn’t fit in the new compact fridge, so I bought a new one, mostly based on size - a ZeroWater. I also bought a countertop ZeroWater pitcher because it used the same filter as the fridge pitcher, and I didn’t want to stock two different filters. The water tastes great from both as long as I buy the ZW replacement filters. Go figure. Sometimes I seem to make good choices out of sheer dumb luck.
@haydesigner@tweezak lol he does like one 20 minute video a week. He’s not JFK Jr. Not a fight worth picking either way but you would think she’d take one for the team.
It’s like someone who forgot to eat food and drink water all day suddenly downs a gallon of Gatorade to make up for it. (And instead of learning the lesson for tomorrow and just bring snacks to lessen the extreme hunger swings, they continue to skip more and more and just chug Gatorade later and later, up until they’re taking gallons before bed. And then complain why their stomach is always in dizzying pain.)
Why the solution is to get a bigger and bigger mug and not to take more refill breaks is beyond my logic.
@unksol Ian McCollum is commonly referred to as Gun Jesus. That’s what I meant. Not Brandon Herrera. Though I do like him on some issues.
I guess my view is that you’ll never find a politician that you agree with 100% of the time. You just have to hope you get someone who aligns with you on most of the important topics and isn’t afraid to do something.
@tweezak lol I am a fan of adorable rodents but I think I totally missed them other than once. Granted 15 minutes for forgotten weapons is easier that an hour long C&R deap dive
@brennyn I have an under-sink filter, but I don’t have that kind of reaction to our unfiltered stuff (usually). Most of what gets filtered is rust particles.
@brennyn@werehatrack have a 5 micron after the well pressure tank. It’s always loaded with rust. There is another filter I put under the kitchen sink sink to feed the fridge and another tap cause I had the parts. but I’m pretty sure it does nothing. Wasn’t going to pay for fridge filters either way. Our tap water is very good. Well is artesian. No not like that.
We used Brita filters in the past and now use, you guessed it after seeing my previous posts, a Kirkland (Costco brand, for you unfortunates unaware of the name) brand filter. It is in the Brita pitcher, however. I have not done a taste test, but I think it is similar.
After our water company failed to notify us of a quality issue, we’ve completely switched to filtered from the refill machines. One day we’ll get an RO under the sink filter. But until then we lug our jugs.
Well, I have at house a filter in the fridge, in my other place, I have a whole house filter that is close to the water tank underneath my place. BOTH places have well water.
where I live our primary water source is rainwater collected off of our roofs into under-house cisterns. the water is them pumped throughout.
I installed a big whole-house triple filtration system a couple of years back. It removes particulate matter, heavy metals, organic compounds, etc.
i haven’t done any proper testing but I did a series of checks with fish tank testing strips. I tested water from several different sources.
test subjects in order :
untouched strip (control)
bathroom sink tap
kitchen sink tap (with under-sink carbon filter)
fridge dispenser (with built-in carbon filter)
bottled water (Fiji)
bottled water (from a local distributor)
fish tank
I was very pleased with the results. I did find it to be somewhat disturbing that the bottled water from the local distributor was the worst of the drinkable samples as it contained chlorine as well as nitrites!
@milstarr it is difficult to tell but the Fiji water tested quite well. Chlorine was slightly elevated but not as much as the “locally-sourced” bottled water.
where I live our primary water source is rainwater collected off of our roofs into under-house cisterns.
wow… where do you live? I’ve seen that extensively in the Carib but never in the “lower 48”.
I collect rainwater for my vegetable gardening. Series of 5 gallon buckets that live under the eave of the shop. That collected water then goes in a large ‘trash can’ with a lid to keep out mosquitos and a re-purposed sand filter from our pool that started to leak under pressure. There is a mesh covering over the top so I can filter out leaves etc from the 5 gallon buckets into the larger collection unit. A pump lives at the bottom of the ‘cistern’ which gets plugged in to water the veggies.
I have a private well. The aquifer that supplies water to my well is mostly snow melt from the mountains in Colorado and New Mexico. It’s good water but has run through questionable terrain on its way to me. Tests show acceptable levels of Arsenic and other metals. Manganese is the most prevalent and shows up in the toilet tanks as a fine black particulate.
So, my water is run through a whole house filtration system. My drinking and food prep water comes from a RO system. I then filter the RO water through a Brita filter for filling water bottles and the coffee machine.
That is fizzy.
@sillyheathen In Europe, if it isn’t natural, then they call “water with gas”.
@cfg83 I remember being flabbergasted in England the first time I visited. We went to a restaurant and the server asked if I wanted still or sparkling water. That just wasn’t a thing in Cajun town when I was growing up. Now I have it on tap in my house because I love the bubbles.
Out of the high quality filter in my fridge. How is that not one of the options? Lol
Filtered through magic beans
Yes
I can’t drink it straight, or I will forget to drink it, so it is always flavored in some way, aka 70% water + 30% juice or soda.
I just started using a Zero Water filter pitcher that I’ve had for a couple years. It comes with a TDS (total dissolved solids) meter. Our tap water is only 23ppm which is quite good but the filter makes 0ppm water. When it gets to 6ppm you are supposed to change the filter. As project farm says: “Very Impressive!”
He tested it years ago and just retested recently (the brand was bought by Culligan). Same excellent performance.
That was genuinely interesting, @tweezak. Thanks for sharing!
@haydesigner Glad you liked it. He does some really good testing but my wife hates his voice so I don’t watch him much anymore.
@haydesigner @tweezak Absolutely the best tests on YouTube. Tell your wife to go out every Sunday and keep watching his new videos.
@tweezak Great test video. After I had municipal water lines run to the house and capped the well, I tried different water filter pitchers to improve the taste, with varied results. My old fridge water pitcher wouldn’t fit in the new compact fridge, so I bought a new one, mostly based on size - a ZeroWater. I also bought a countertop ZeroWater pitcher because it used the same filter as the fridge pitcher, and I didn’t want to stock two different filters. The water tastes great from both as long as I buy the ZW replacement filters. Go figure. Sometimes I seem to make good choices out of sheer dumb luck.
@haydesigner @tweezak lol he does like one 20 minute video a week. He’s not JFK Jr. Not a fight worth picking either way but you would think she’d take one for the team.
How does she feel about torque test channel lol
@haydesigner @unksol She doesn’t mind TTC because he’s easy to ignore. That’s another favorite along with Taofledermaus.
@haydesigner @tweezak lol are we all the same? A good slug breaking apart on slomo…
Forgotten weapons is nice
@haydesigner @unksol I love listening to Gun Jesus talk gun history.
@tweezak I can enjoy both
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1ODOuFu1vBg6o9C2KunToVjAVRC4x1kD
And think he might be a good candidate for his district. He is running. IDK that I agree with him on everything but. He’s also not representing me.
Just don’t lie to people
And also think our current federal government has lost its mind.
And also love history. Many things can be true
“Overcorrection” (also “overreaction”)
It’s like someone who forgot to eat food and drink water all day suddenly downs a gallon of Gatorade to make up for it. (And instead of learning the lesson for tomorrow and just bring snacks to lessen the extreme hunger swings, they continue to skip more and more and just chug Gatorade later and later, up until they’re taking gallons before bed. And then complain why their stomach is always in dizzying pain.)
Why the solution is to get a bigger and bigger mug and not to take more refill breaks is beyond my logic.
@haydesigner @tweezak
C&R Aresenall is also a whole thing. Maybe a deeper more technical dive than forgotten weapons. 15 minutes vs an hour plus
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClq1dvO44aNovUUy0SiSDOQ
@haydesigner @unksol Mae is the unsung hero of C&Rsenal.
@unksol Ian McCollum is commonly referred to as Gun Jesus. That’s what I meant. Not Brandon Herrera. Though I do like him on some issues.
I guess my view is that you’ll never find a politician that you agree with 100% of the time. You just have to hope you get someone who aligns with you on most of the important topics and isn’t afraid to do something.
@tweezak lol yea it took me a minute for some reason but yes. That haircut. Is a thing. Was continuing down the list of semi related guys
https://foxsanantonio.com/news/yami-investigates/save-big-bend-rally-planned-as-border-wall-fight-shakes-congressional-race
I can give some points there
@tweezak lol I like Mae. And the way she shoots/demonstrates every feature. She definitely has a process/method. She’s smooth.
@unksol Actually, the real stars of C&Rsenal…
@tweezak lol I am a fan of adorable rodents but I think I totally missed them other than once. Granted 15 minutes for forgotten weapons is easier that an hour long C&R deap dive
@haydesigner @tweezak speaking of gun Jesus…
The very first luger.
Under-sink filter. The water in my area tastes fine but if I drink it unfiltered I vomit it back up a few minutes later.
@brennyn I have an under-sink filter, but I don’t have that kind of reaction to our unfiltered stuff (usually). Most of what gets filtered is rust particles.
@brennyn @werehatrack have a 5 micron after the well pressure tank. It’s always loaded with rust. There is another filter I put under the kitchen sink sink to feed the fridge and another tap cause I had the parts. but I’m pretty sure it does nothing. Wasn’t going to pay for fridge filters either way. Our tap water is very good. Well is artesian. No not like that.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artesian_well
Vs some out west where you have to drill 1000 feet. That sucks. Never mind the water table dropping out from under entire counties
RO filter to remove the various over the limit minerals such as uranium. It also takes out the “fishy” taste.
@2many2no Remind me not to move to your neighborhood!
@2many2no @andyw
but think of the money you could save in nightlights!
That goes through a filter UNDER my tap. A Culligan RC-EZ-4.
Delightful water. I hooked one up at work too.
I use a Berkey.
With lemon juice and Splenda
We used Brita filters in the past and now use, you guessed it after seeing my previous posts, a Kirkland (Costco brand, for you unfortunates unaware of the name) brand filter. It is in the Brita pitcher, however. I have not done a taste test, but I think it is similar.
After our water company failed to notify us of a quality issue, we’ve completely switched to filtered from the refill machines. One day we’ll get an RO under the sink filter. But until then we lug our jugs.
Well, I have at house a filter in the fridge, in my other place, I have a whole house filter that is close to the water tank underneath my place. BOTH places have well water.
Filter on the fridge, that cost about $60.
where I live our primary water source is rainwater collected off of our roofs into under-house cisterns. the water is them pumped throughout.
I installed a big whole-house triple filtration system a couple of years back. It removes particulate matter, heavy metals, organic compounds, etc.
i haven’t done any proper testing but I did a series of checks with fish tank testing strips. I tested water from several different sources.
test subjects in order :
I was very pleased with the results. I did find it to be somewhat disturbing that the bottled water from the local distributor was the worst of the drinkable samples as it contained chlorine as well as nitrites!
@visioneer_one Are they all the same except for fish tank? I can’t tell from my tiny phone. I drink Fiji so I’m interested in your results.
@milstarr it is difficult to tell but the Fiji water tested quite well. Chlorine was slightly elevated but not as much as the “locally-sourced” bottled water.
@visioneer_one Thanks for the info!
@milstarr @visioneer_one
wow… where do you live? I’ve seen that extensively in the Carib but never in the “lower 48”.
I collect rainwater for my vegetable gardening. Series of 5 gallon buckets that live under the eave of the shop. That collected water then goes in a large ‘trash can’ with a lid to keep out mosquitos and a re-purposed sand filter from our pool that started to leak under pressure. There is a mesh covering over the top so I can filter out leaves etc from the 5 gallon buckets into the larger collection unit. A pump lives at the bottom of the ‘cistern’ which gets plugged in to water the veggies.
Right out of the tap, which in turn comes straight out of our private well - no filters or treatment necessary.
I have a private well. The aquifer that supplies water to my well is mostly snow melt from the mountains in Colorado and New Mexico. It’s good water but has run through questionable terrain on its way to me. Tests show acceptable levels of Arsenic and other metals. Manganese is the most prevalent and shows up in the toilet tanks as a fine black particulate.
So, my water is run through a whole house filtration system. My drinking and food prep water comes from a RO system. I then filter the RO water through a Brita filter for filling water bottles and the coffee machine.
Have you ever seen a commie drink a glass of water?
Filtered water or when needed tap.
Congrats