Bottled water

Danger_Ranger

Danger_Ranger

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What's the best bottled water out there? I have town water at my house, and even with a filter on the main water line under my house, and a filter on the fridge, my water still tastes horrible. So, im looking to get a dispenser that uses the 5 gallon jugs. Any recommendations on brand?
 
Go to a store that refills the 5 gallon jugs via reverse osmosis. Lots of grocery stores and dollar generals have them. After you get about 3 containers just make a trip and refill all 3. It’ll save a lot of money and you don’t have to maintain filters

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Danger_Ranger said:
What's the best bottled water out there? I have town water at my house, and even with a filter on the main water line under my house, and a filter on the fridge, my water still tastes horrible. So, im looking to get a dispenser that uses the 5 gallon jugs. Any recommendations on brand?
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I've had home delivery for over a decade, I started with Deer Park, and the delivery part became Ready Refresh, and more recently, Primo Brands.. but ultimately the water is still Deer Park, from the same springs.

The problem here is that primo had been buying up all the springs and delivery companies in the US, to the point that you won't find home delivery that isn't Primo, and as far as I know, you won't find Five gallon bottles in stores that aren't Primo either..

This wouldn't be as bad if they had reliable delivery, and decent pricing, but they don't. I've had delivery delays of over a month, when it's supposed to be once a month delivery! It's gotten better in the last three months, those deliveries have been on time. The pricng on the other hand hasn't gotten better, I'm paying about $130 a month for 30 gallons...

Basically, what I'm getting at is, if you get water delivered, it doesn't matter who you choose, it's probably gonna be Primo...

Go to a store and buy bottle water, and choose the one you like best,, home delivery from that brand is going to be the same water., and going to come from primo, as far as I can tell, the only home delivery out there that isn't Primo is Culligan, and that isn't spring water...I see in your area, you've got LeBleu as well, which is also purified water like Culligan.

As far as water choice, I still like Deer Park.
 
Deer park, primo, etc it’s mostly nestle owned there is no Deere park single source. It will be the source owned by the conglomerate that is closest to the local bottling plant

Deere park here will not be the same as another region

Nestle is the largest corporation in the world by revenue and their #1 product is…
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Primo is a Florida based company and bought the Poland springs brand from nestle recently
 
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Deer Park “springs” laugh able

It’s bottled Just below Columbia sc for the area and flows out of a municipal water tap.

They highlight their chestefield spring on the website…also known as the wateree river that feeds the Columbia municipal water district
 
I have never had my water tested. Never tried a reverse osmosis filter. I just know it tastes terrible and foams up when I fill a cup full of water. I don't think water is supposed to foam up lol.
 
I'm probably not gonna go the delivery route. There is a Dollar General right up the road from me, but I've never even looked to see if they sell the 5 gallon jugs.
 
The machines are usually at the back of a grocery or outside the dollar general near the front door

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I checked my zip and the 2 locations I know near me are accurate
 
Danger_Ranger said:
I have never had my water tested. Never tried a reverse osmosis filter. I just know it tastes terrible and foams up when I fill a cup full of water. I don't think water is supposed to foam up lol.
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If you’re ok with the water for everything except drinking and cooking, you can put a reverse osmosis system at the kitchen sink for a few hundred bucks or so and problem solved. You can get em at LowesDepot or online.
 
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Hokie_YJ said:
We pretty much stopped buy bottled water and bought a Brita pitcher like this and keep it in the fridge. It's a night and day difference between our water straight from the tap and filtering it through this. My wife does still buy jugs of spring water for her sourdough, baking, etc.

EDIT: Forgot the link like a dummy. https://www.amazon.com/Pitcher-Everyday-Filter-Removes-Capacity/dp/B0B3GK9RW6?ref_=ast_sto_dp&th=1
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I forgot this is what we used to do when we lived in Charlotte.
 
jeepinmatt said:
I forgot this is what we used to do when we lived in Charlotte.
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We'd never thought of it until we stayed in an AirBNB in Boone this summer and they had one in the house. We really liked it so we bought one. It's used daily and so far the filter life indicator is still green on the original filter
 
jeepinmatt said:
If you’re ok with the water for everything except drinking and cooking, you can put a reverse osmosis system at the kitchen sink for a few hundred bucks or so and problem solved. You can get em at LowesDepot or online.
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Danger_Ranger said:
I'll look into that.
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FYI we have something similar at my lab at work where we use perfectly clean water.
Its a multi-stage system that has a basic filter, then an RO filter, then a line that goes to a fancy 3-stage thing that de-ionizes then UV cures it. Between the RO filter and the really fancy thing there's a tap we use for drinking water.

Its shocking how good it is. The water there is... questionable at best, but that RO filters does some amazing magic.
Note - most RO systems will need a pressure tank or something to re-pressuring your flow bc of the very slow nature of how RO works so they take up some space and need power.

Side note - technically if you want really, really pure you can drink deionized water. Its weird bc it has zero taste, you can feel your mouth is wet but that it. Kind of "flat" if you will.
 
Dont get a service. Too much expense.
Buy your own fountain ( Amazon) buy a few 5 gal. bottles as you need them.
Some of the BIG roadside 16lb bag ice machines have filtered water at .50 a gallon.
We have sulpher and iron .... no way to get rid of both with one process so we drink bottled.
 
Lizooki said:
We have sulpher and iron
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We had the same problem when we moved in 15 years ago. It was so bad it started turning the washing machine, tub and toilets orange. I installed a water softener and a iron filter under the house. Wasn't cheap but damn what a difference! The water is so good now that we refill a water jug and put it in the fridge right out if the facet! I will never have another house without it. Ever. It's like bathing in bottled water.

This is the best place I've found. Just call and they are very knowledgeable.

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On the reverse osmosis topic, can anyone recommend a good setup? I pretty much drink only Aquafina, but I don't want to be drinking bottled at home, I'd rather save that for work. I looked at the faucet style Brita's but it makes a lot more sense to throw an under sink setup on.

I have easy access to the main lines so in theory I could do a whole house, but I don't see the reason really.
 
Macdaddy4738 said:
On the reverse osmosis topic, can anyone recommend a good setup? I pretty much drink only Aquafina, but I don't want to be drinking bottled at home, I'd rather save that for work. I looked at the faucet style Brita's but it makes a lot more sense to throw an under sink setup on.

I have easy access to the main lines so in theory I could do a whole house, but I don't see the reason really.
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I can’t remember the exact model number but we have one similar to this one under the kitchen sink.

www.apecwater.com

ROES-100 - Essence 5-stage 100 GPD Reverse Osmosis Water Systems for Drinking Water

Discover the ROES-100 Reverse Osmosis System. Explore its advanced features & benefits for superior water filtration, ensuring enhanced quality & safety.
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I would not do a whole house. A) they waste 2/3 of the water they process and B) they strip the chemicals that keep your pipes from corroding and growing gunk
 
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