tap, distilled, filtered, bottled?

spaceys
spaceys Posts: 58
edited November 11 in Food and Nutrition
what do you drink?

tap here. but i have one of those Brita bottles on my wish list.
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  • DanielleDavids
    DanielleDavids Posts: 96 Member
    I usually roll with tap. We have a Brita jug but I'm too cheap to buy new filters for it so I just fill it up with tap water. My boyfriend HATES the taste of our cities water & only drinks bottled.

    Those Brita bottles seem really cool!
  • nod. i just drank this tap that had been sitting out awhile and it got nasty. only decent right out of the tap i guess!

    also, i thought i'd be more specific, i do get a bottled water every week or so and just refill it with tap to save on waste.
  • mixedfeelings
    mixedfeelings Posts: 904 Member
    I don't really mind but I do buy and drink bottled water more because it's easy at the moment. I tend to buy whatever is cheapest.
  • aippolito1
    aippolito1 Posts: 4,894 Member
    I drink filtered at work and whatever comes out of my fridge at home, and tap at school.
  • tap, our drinking water is good as here (in NZ)
  • I live in Virginia, and we have well water. As far as taste it is incredible. So fresh tasting and nothing has compared to it....The mineral are hard on the hair though!
  • skywa
    skywa Posts: 901 Member
    tap. the water here is very clean.
  • Le_Joy
    Le_Joy Posts: 549 Member
    Filtered. Have brita and pur filter pitchers and filter water bottles, not sure of the brand. Got them cheap on woot. I am ok with tap depending on where I am. Last place I lived I wouldn't even boil macaroni in the tap water if it hadn't been filtered. It was gross. Here the water tastes better, but I still filter it...
  • SueD66
    SueD66 Posts: 405 Member
    tap at home but bottled at work
  • robot_potato
    robot_potato Posts: 1,535 Member
    I have a family size brita in the fridge and a bobble bottle for when I am out. We have really clean tap water but I prefer the taste of filtered.
  • raylenebrooks
    raylenebrooks Posts: 137 Member
    only bottled ummm should try brita again but I buy 2 cases of whatever is cheapest with a few exceptions that I dont care for
  • Artemis_Acorn
    Artemis_Acorn Posts: 836 Member
    Tap, filtered or bottled please. I live in an area where the tap water is absolutely amazingly delicious and tests out clean (My son sells bottled water for a living and tests it for me), so no hesitation in drinking it. I usually drink the filtered water from my fridge or RO unit, but if I'm out and forgot to bring water, I'll buy the bottled stuff. Distilled tastes disgusting to me.
  • JanetLM73
    JanetLM73 Posts: 1,226 Member
    reverse osmosis, I don't even really know what it means...It's cedar springs. :laugh: I don't pay for it, so it's all good!
  • BlueStar1989
    BlueStar1989 Posts: 130 Member
    filtered water for me tap if I'm cooking with it
  • 3laine75
    3laine75 Posts: 3,069 Member
    tap, nice 'soft' water in Scotland. buy a bottle once a week tho too, so i've something to put it in :D
  • I have thought about testing my tap. I wonder how much that costs?
  • capriciousmoon
    capriciousmoon Posts: 1,263 Member
    I use a Brita water bottle and really like it. It's cheaper and less wasteful than buying bottled ($7 for a two pack of filters) and I can take it with me to fill up when I'm away from home. :D
  • toniRAD
    toniRAD Posts: 196 Member
    My fiance & I spend wayy too much on water lol, but I seriously can't stand tap water & neither can he.

    I drink Poland Springs as my main source & Smartwater a few times a week because it's amazing, ha.
  • L2M1D52
    L2M1D52 Posts: 616 Member
    filtered and bottled
  • 1Timothy4v8
    1Timothy4v8 Posts: 503 Member
    I've got the brita filter on my sink, it has saved me SOOOO much money! and my animals love it, Floride is very dangerous for them =(

    I refuse to drink tap water cause of the floride
  • bcampbell54
    bcampbell54 Posts: 932 Member
    Tap, or Brita (pitcher or individual bottle).
    Local water has a bit too much magnesium flavor, but it will do
  • SammyPacks
    SammyPacks Posts: 697 Member
    Filtered tap. :)
  • islandjumper
    islandjumper Posts: 369 Member
    I have a britta jug, but if I'm on the go I'll drink tap
  • sunshine421969
    sunshine421969 Posts: 273 Member
    I have well water (which doesn't taste good at all) so my family and I use to buy bottled water.Well, a few months ago we bought a Brita picther and that takes the bad taste away.It came with two bottles to take where you may go.(NICE) it was only $25.00 and had 3 filters with it..We just bought one for our faucet,but haven't hooked it up yet. So I love the Brita picther and use my tap water..
  • Giraffe33991
    Giraffe33991 Posts: 430 Member
    Only bottled Spring Water for me. I live in SW FL & I'm on a well. Tastes like crap & City water is nasty too.

    Best tap water I've had is from Bend. Oregon!
  • JenAiMarres
    JenAiMarres Posts: 743 Member
    I use purified water mostly...but I cycle it with distilled to really filter my system...i work for a water company and am a total water nerd!!!!
  • IvoryParchment
    IvoryParchment Posts: 651 Member
    The tap water here doesn't taste that great. The city adds a chemical to raise the pH so it doesn't leach lead out of the pipes in the old houses around here. It gives it a faint bitter taste. A lot of restaurants add a slice of lemon to offset that.
  • I just went here http://www.bestplaces.net/find/

    Typed in my ZIP Code, clicked on Search. Then on the next page clicked on Health.

    Says my water quality is 37 out of 100!
  • Our tap is horrible :( So i stick to arrowhead water. Though I am considering a Britta too.
  • samcee
    samcee Posts: 307
    I use to drink bottled but its too much hassle carrying them back home so switched to filtered now.
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