@werehatrack reverse osmosis? (electrocuting the water, filtering out everything except the hydrogen and oxygen, then condensing the two together again)
@werehatrack That’s what I have, the dedicated tap installs on the sink where a soap dispenser would normally go. The water from it doesn’t seem a lot better or worse than what I got from a filter pitcher but it’s more convenient because I drink a lot of tea.
@Fuzzalini@Pony Same - we’ve been drinking the (unfiltered, untreated) water from our private well for 27 years. No ill effects to date and it tastes great.
@macromeh@Pony It may taste gross, but my skin has cleared up since we moved here. So, I know there’s nothing wrong with it, probably the lack of chlorine that helps.
@DavidChurchRN@rubenf1 Why not drink it? Are you going to give some carp reason like it strips minerals from your body or messes with the alkaline balance of your stomach?
@Kyeh She spent the first 2 years of her life totally bald. I changed her food, the vet tried everything, nothing would help.
I decided to try changing her water, and after I got her off of tap water, she started to get a little better, then it was just a matter of finding the right water…and it’s Ozarka.
She only lost her hair once since then, when she was grieving the loss of my little dog.
She and her sister are 19 this month.
If I run out and use tap water or another brand, she starts to shed, so…Ozarka, it is!
Weird, huh?
Ozarka should pay me to advertise! lol
@Kyeh Not a clue. She can’t even tolerate other spring water. Other spring water doesn’t affect her hair loss as much, but I do have to watch her for bladder infections.
Since she drinks common water with my other cat and 2 dogs, they all get Ozarka.
It’s expensive, but she’s healthy and it’s cheaper than vet bills.
Also, she can only eat Purina Gentle cat food, though I give her a few Temptation treats every day…but just a few.
Considering she’s made it to 19, I guess we’ll stick with what seems to work.
@Kidsandliz I don’t know what the difference is. I would think if it was just the fluoride, any spring water would do.
I don’t know. I gave up trying to figure it out. lol
@Kyeh I did until this tumor showed up in my abdomen. I can’t lift that much weight now, so I’m buying the cases of 6 one gallon jugs at Sam’s right now. I buy 3 cases at a time. That way I can transfer them one jug at a time.
But usually, yes, I get the 5 gallon jugs and have a pump that goes on top of the jug to dispense it.
@Tadlem43 After reading this, I’m going to grab a couple of gallons of Ozarka to see if it helps to get our three-year-old boycat, Squeaker, to start drinking enough water to maybe help with his urinary crystal issue. He’d had zero problems until recently, and I’m suspicious of the fact that it only cropped up after we were well down through a bag of a previously untried kibble. For the moment, he’s on overpriced gooshy , and it doesn’t seem to be helping very much.
@werehatrack I’d be interested to see if it works, so please let me know.
I’ve never talked with anyone else who tried it.
Also, you might try Purina Gentle food. It’s in a purple bag. It’s for digestion, but my cat doesn’t have as many bladder infections when she eats it vs other foods.
I’d try one and see how it does, and then the other, so you can tell which does the most good.
Good luck! Let me know!!
All the above and then some… Depends on where I am. I’m not picky. (But maybe I should try that trick with the Ozarka water. My thinning hair could use some help!)
I have a question for those of you who drink refrigerator door water?
When was the last time you changed/cleaned the filter?
I won’t even use the refrigerator ice. It’s nasty, even when the frig is relatively new.
Maybe I"m spoiled. So I do buy bottled water. I buy purified for coffee, only 1 of 3 brands usually. And drinking water there are a couple of others I will drink but they are too expensive to put in the coffee maker (Think smart water, when I have few other choices, I will go there. yeah, it’s not perfect, but it doesn’t taste flat)
I am less than a month shy of 70 and my blue collar parents biggest luxury when I was a child was bottled water. Think the old glass 5 gallon bottles. Even when i was a starving student, I did the same. I have tried using Brita or Brita like items, and I don’t drink the water which is bad for me. So I buy bottled water. And life is good, at least for my kidneys.
I have even tried buying the 2 1/2-3 gallon bottles and decanting into a glass, and for whatever mental reason, I don’t drink it
Reverse-osmosis all the way! I’ve done a bunch of systems for myself and friends. A bunch of “tricks” can make it easier to install and maintain, depending on situation.
Possible enhancements:
Additional alkalinizer/re-mineralizer unit to help you get closer to that SmartWater style.
Electric UV sterilizer.
optional extra-large water storage tank — I got a 35 gal one during the Fukushima event so I’d know I had a decent supply or drinking water. (Because of air pressure space that really means about 20 gals usable)
Option to add pressure gauges and TDS meters if you are into nerdy water stuff.
Easy to hook up to multiple places, though I specifically don’t want a refrigerator with in-door stuff.
Is ‘Brita’ your word for filter in general, Meh, or are you for some reason partial to that brand in particular? Because, ya know…
@shahnm
Hand me a Kleenex to wrap this Bandaid I just pulled off…
@chienfou Hang on while I write this on a Post-It and Xerox it…
@shahnm i’m gettin a pepsi from the coke machine
@pskemp2 Well enjoy it in your Jacuzzi, while dinner simmers in the Crock-Pot…
zero
Wet.
Filtered through my refrigerator.
@arieltf does it use a Brita filter? Mine has some manufacturer cheap brand.
@arieltf @hchavers I’d prefer ours used some cheap manufacturer brand. Instead, it uses an expensive manufacturer brand. It works well, but still…
Also there might be better quality options available for the cheap ones that fit the same slot.
Tap water filtered through a Pure brand filter, not Brita.
@heartny PŪR?
@pakopako Ah yes. I was testing to see if anyone was paying attention. You passed!
I use a Berkey.
Mine is filtered through an under-sink canister, and dispensed from a separate tap next to the sink faucet.
@werehatrack reverse osmosis? (electrocuting the water, filtering out everything except the hydrogen and oxygen, then condensing the two together again)
@pakopako Nah. Just a multilayer cartridge.
@werehatrack That’s what I have, the dedicated tap installs on the sink where a soap dispenser would normally go. The water from it doesn’t seem a lot better or worse than what I got from a filter pitcher but it’s more convenient because I drink a lot of tea.
Waiting for the next person to say “straight from the hose along with parental neglect”
@werehatrack I thought I got all of those auto carrots.
@pakopako Otto corrupts everything he can.
Man, I just noticed the screw and rat in the AI water.
Must be from NJ.
@pakopako Extra iron and protein, doncha know!
From our well.
@Pony Our well water tastes gross, even filtered. I buy spring water because it’s all I drink and I like the good stuff.
@Fuzzalini Our well water tastes just fine, fortunately.
@Fuzzalini @Pony Same - we’ve been drinking the (unfiltered, untreated) water from our private well for 27 years. No ill effects to date and it tastes great.
@macromeh @Pony It may taste gross, but my skin has cleared up since we moved here. So, I know there’s nothing wrong with it, probably the lack of chlorine that helps.
distilled
@rubenf1, you shouldn’t be drinking distilled water lol
@DavidChurchRN @rubenf1 Why not drink it? Are you going to give some carp reason like it strips minerals from your body or messes with the alkaline balance of your stomach?
@rubenf1 @yakkoTDI, drinking exclusively distilled water can absolutely cause an electrolyte imbalance. It’s not crap. Also, alkaline water is a hoax
@DavidChurchRN @rubenf1 My electrolyte balance must be way off with the decades of distilled water drinking I have done.
I drink tap, but my animals get Ozarka.
Anything else makes one of my cat’s hair fall out.
But no…they aren’t spoiled!
@Tadlem43 Huh! That’s interesting - how did you figure out that it was the water?
@Kyeh She spent the first 2 years of her life totally bald. I changed her food, the vet tried everything, nothing would help.
I decided to try changing her water, and after I got her off of tap water, she started to get a little better, then it was just a matter of finding the right water…and it’s Ozarka.
She only lost her hair once since then, when she was grieving the loss of my little dog.
She and her sister are 19 this month.
If I run out and use tap water or another brand, she starts to shed, so…Ozarka, it is!
Weird, huh?
Ozarka should pay me to advertise! lol
@Tadlem43 Very strange! What’s different about Ozarka, do you have any idea?
@Kyeh Not a clue. She can’t even tolerate other spring water. Other spring water doesn’t affect her hair loss as much, but I do have to watch her for bladder infections.
Since she drinks common water with my other cat and 2 dogs, they all get Ozarka.
It’s expensive, but she’s healthy and it’s cheaper than vet bills.
Also, she can only eat Purina Gentle cat food, though I give her a few Temptation treats every day…but just a few.
Considering she’s made it to 19, I guess we’ll stick with what seems to work.
@Tadlem43 As many bottled water brands are just repackaged tap water I wonder if Ozarka has no fluoride in it and she can’t handle fluoride?
@Tadlem43 At least you can buy it 5 gal. at a time, I see - is that what you do?
@Kidsandliz I don’t know what the difference is. I would think if it was just the fluoride, any spring water would do.
I don’t know. I gave up trying to figure it out. lol
@Kyeh I did until this tumor showed up in my abdomen. I can’t lift that much weight now, so I’m buying the cases of 6 one gallon jugs at Sam’s right now. I buy 3 cases at a time. That way I can transfer them one jug at a time.
But usually, yes, I get the 5 gallon jugs and have a pump that goes on top of the jug to dispense it.
@Tadlem43 Oh, wow! I hope you’re back to being able to lift the big bottles soon!
@Kyeh Thanks! Me, too!
@Tadlem43 After reading this, I’m going to grab a couple of gallons of Ozarka to see if it helps to get our three-year-old boycat, Squeaker, to start drinking enough water to maybe help with his urinary crystal issue. He’d had zero problems until recently, and I’m suspicious of the fact that it only cropped up after we were well down through a bag of a previously untried kibble. For the moment, he’s on overpriced gooshy , and it doesn’t seem to be helping very much.
@werehatrack I’d be interested to see if it works, so please let me know.
I’ve never talked with anyone else who tried it.
Also, you might try Purina Gentle food. It’s in a purple bag. It’s for digestion, but my cat doesn’t have as many bladder infections when she eats it vs other foods.
I’d try one and see how it does, and then the other, so you can tell which does the most good.
Good luck! Let me know!!
RO
It removes the uranium.
Well, also all the other stuff too.
Countertop RO unit at the office. It takes the tap water from over 400 ppm down to around 10ppm.
Then I muck it back up with bean juice.
https://shirt.woot.com/offers/chonky-kitty-coffee
From a bottle.
City water, filtered through the fridge.
Filtered through refrigerator
Actually use lifestraw - the pitcher version
Fridge water is top tier
Filtered through my refrigerator, which I change the filter whenever it demands.
I fill up jugs at a local water store for my tea.
All the above and then some… Depends on where I am. I’m not picky.
(But maybe I should try that trick with the Ozarka water. My thinning hair could use some help!)
Filtered then sparkled.
Actually around here we often have brown water, no water, then gouging of bottled water…
I have a question for those of you who drink refrigerator door water?
When was the last time you changed/cleaned the filter?
I won’t even use the refrigerator ice. It’s nasty, even when the frig is relatively new.
Maybe I"m spoiled. So I do buy bottled water. I buy purified for coffee, only 1 of 3 brands usually. And drinking water there are a couple of others I will drink but they are too expensive to put in the coffee maker (Think smart water, when I have few other choices, I will go there. yeah, it’s not perfect, but it doesn’t taste flat)
I am less than a month shy of 70 and my blue collar parents biggest luxury when I was a child was bottled water. Think the old glass 5 gallon bottles. Even when i was a starving student, I did the same. I have tried using Brita or Brita like items, and I don’t drink the water which is bad for me. So I buy bottled water. And life is good, at least for my kidneys.
I have even tried buying the 2 1/2-3 gallon bottles and decanting into a glass, and for whatever mental reason, I don’t drink it
Anywho, off for more coffee, because well coffee
Filtered through the fridge as well!
Frozen
Reverse-osmosis all the way! I’ve done a bunch of systems for myself and friends. A bunch of “tricks” can make it easier to install and maintain, depending on situation.
Possible enhancements:
Additional alkalinizer/re-mineralizer unit to help you get closer to that SmartWater style.
Electric UV sterilizer.
optional extra-large water storage tank — I got a 35 gal one during the Fukushima event so I’d know I had a decent supply or drinking water. (Because of air pressure space that really means about 20 gals usable)
Option to add pressure gauges and TDS meters if you are into nerdy water stuff.
Easy to hook up to multiple places, though I specifically don’t want a refrigerator with in-door stuff.
add hops & grains then ferment
drink straight from the well , or pass thru Kinetico softener, RO, then drink it (my well has been tested dontchaknow)
Straight from my Nespresso, combined with double espresso Dolce and a splash of milk.