water. blah blah blah our bodies are mostly water, we need 8 cups of day, no scratch that, it’s more like your body weight divided by some number i can’t remember, drink it with lemon, drink it hot, drink it cold, drink it room temperature, bpa-free only, no bpa-free is bad, glass only, don’t drink it bottled, blah blah blah.
there’s a lot of things written about water.
i’m about to write one more!
at our house, we drink our water from a brita filter (originating from, of course, our kitchen tap). nothing earth-shattering and certainly can be improved upon. i had searched high and low for a glass brita option but no such luck. which, i think, is pretty stupid. surely there is a market for a glass filter with the ease of a brita? poor consumer research, people!
but, to be honest, i don’t love it. i don’t love that it’s plastic, i don’t love that i’m not exactly sure when to change the filter, i don’t love that i’m not really sure that the filter is even doing a whole lot, i don’t love that our town puts a few things into the water that i’d really like the option to take if i so choose, and i don’t love those tiny charcoal balls that end up at the bottom of my glass. i’d love a system for the whole home (which i think comes in around a whopping $1000-plus). so, that’s not happening any time soon. i’ve heard great things about this company but really don’t have the place for a big free-standing water apparatus in my kitchen. though, thumbs up to the stainless steel option which is second only to glass in my opinion.
so what to do? i guess i’m still not sure. i do think it’s really important. it’s water, we drink it constantly, and we like to think that it’s good for us one hundred percent of the time. is it?
what do you do at your house?
(side note: this is not meant to be any sort of fear-mongering post because honestly i hate those and often eye roll them because–for the love!!–we are all doing the best we can and now i’ve got you convinced you’re drinking poison?! i hope not. any water is better than no water. cheers!)
to read more about the filter/purifier that, i’m pretty sure, is at the top of its game and to see how it compares against other filters (!!) check this out.
also: not sponsored!
I have a berkey and we stopped using because it can be a pain once we got a fridge with filter. What about an under the sink with a spout beside the faucet for a reverse osmosis filter. Delicious water and probably 300-400 on Amazon or lowes
thank you rachel! have heard good things about reverse osmosis but haven't done enough reading on it. thank you for the link too.
http://m.costco.com/Premier-Zero-Waste-Reverse-Osmosis-System.product.10034720.html
rachel, i checked that link out, thank you! question–can you get it to come out of your normal tap or does the second smaller tap have to be installed?
We have a carboy with a water dispenser and we get it filled at a grocery store that has reverse osmosis water. Ever since we have done this I can't drink tap water without being grossed out by the taste.
I grew up on a well, so our city water tastes like chlorine to me. Blech. Never mind any potential health issues (or not), I just don't like the way it tastes. I'd also like one of those whole house filters, but you're right, tooootally not in the budget. We did the brita route until we got a new fridge with a filter built in, and now we use that. The fridge tells you when it needs changing, which is nice. I've heard good things about the under-the-sink options, too, though.
Of course, you could always move to Iceland, where you can drink the water straight out of the streams. It's pretty amazing 😉
i like the iceland idea.
and we don't love the taste of our water either–even less since moving!
We installed a reverse osmosis water system in our sink. It is awesome… we use it for a glass of water, to make tea, cooking… anything. And it was pretty simple to install.
Here is the link below:
http://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B00HRHHFPW/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o09_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Hope you find something that works for your sweet family 🙂
My parents are against reverse osmosis water because there aren't any minerals and your body needs minerals yadda yadda. But we got one for free with our water softener (a must when you live by a copper mine!!) and I'm so in love with the taste!! And a year later I don't feel any bad effects from less minerals in my water. I try to use the tap water when I'm cooking so that maybe we still get some of the good stuff?
We do the whole brita thing too and I am over it. I've been hearing great things about Soma. Not sure I want to pay for a subscription though. It's glass and looks pretty cool though. http://just.drinksoma.com/t2ab/?ref_id=adwords_brand_soma_water_ex&gclid=CNOe6u-ensMCFVI6gQodkG4AEg
I like the idea of moving to iceland a lot.
We used to filter our water with a Britta too but after reading something about hygiene, bacteria growing and pollution I'm not sure at all. Germany is supposed to have some good potable water – but I'm far away from being an expert on chemistry or whatever skills you might need to be an expert on drinking water at all 😉 – so for now in lack of any alternative in our budgets 😉 I'm just hoping that it is really ok and without any too bad ingredients (it is really hard and not really tasteful though)
We use the type of Brita filter that you mount directly on the tap, and then use it to fill a glass pitcher which we keep in the fridge. We were trying to avoid plastic too and this was the best (affordable) solution we came up with for the time being. The other plus is that there's no waiting for the water to filter through the pitcher, so we use the (filtered) water from the tap for cooking, feeding the pets, etc.
We use a Brita now and agree, I hate it. Expensive filters, plastic container, constantly feel the need to scrub it. (I disassemble it and throw the whole thing in the dishwasher 1x a week but still icky!) I've been researching using a plain ol' charcoal stick that you use in your desired glass pitcher. Sounds uber simple, straightforward and may be the way to go for us. We are renting our house so can't invest in any big water filtration system. http://www.readingmytealeaves.com/2013/09/binchotan-charcoal-water-purifier.html?m=1
Have you not heard of a Soma?https://www.drinksoma.com/ It's made from glass and the filter is made out of coconuts.
We have a reverse osmosis and love it! I use it for everything and we take a trace minerals supplement just for good measure since we use the system for all of our water. Thanks for the post it was the first I heard of Soma and that seems really interesting too!
I'm doomed, my kids are doomed and well, we just drink water right from the tap cause to me it tastes way better than the filtered water from the Brita….gasp!!!
I totally with you. We've always had just tap water. Our pipeline is to Lake Michigan and I think it tastes better than filtered water. The best was when my parents had a 70 foot well at our cottage in northern Wisconsin — I loved the taste of the hard minerals in the water.
I agree too! I actually prefer it from the tap! I also like it when we go to the lake and drink well water. Most people think it's gross…I love it.
Julie – I live in WI so I guess WI just has some great drinking water!!! Just something about the taste of tap water…delicious!
I'm doomed with Liz. I drink water straight from the tap. Tastes fine to me, and that comes from someone who drank Brita water growing up. Did you know Boston has some of the best tasting municipal drinking water in the country? http://voices.nationalgeographic.com/2014/06/18/boston-wins-annual-tap-water-taste-contest/
i want a berkey so badly! one day.
Berkey's are absolutely the best. Worth the investment. We've never looked back.
Not sure if my original comment went through, but just in case – we use the new wave enviro 10 stage water filter. Got it at my co-op, which I totally trust, but Amazon sells it. It's small, sits on the counter, and is easy to instal. I love that it is tap temperature, as I've heard it's better to have room temp water (says Ayurveda at least…). Highly recommend!
We have a well at our house with hard water. We have a reverse osmosis system but the water still tastes like crap. So we buy 5 gallon bottles of Polar water. $10 a bottle which includes at $5 deposit that you get back when you return the bottle to the store. Much better tasting!
We use a soma water carafe (www.drinksoma.com) It's a glass carafe and the filter is biodegradable. It's beautiful and works well!
We live in Colorado so we just drink it out of the tap. 🙂
Love my Berkey, it's really not too bad on the counter. 🙂
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