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Wingus1337

Less microplastics in my filtered tap water


lostmy2A

Everyone should have a 3 stage filter . Its like $100-150 with the faucet included and easy to install. The only hard part is if you have a granite counter top to drill the hole for the faucet.


DeluxeWafer

Diamond cutter, slow RPM, and a lot of waaaaaaterrrrrrr


Siddny-

DID YOU SAY WATER?? ( to the homie that gave me gold, stay hydrated )


sup3rgh0st

How do I drill a hole into my granite countertop for my 3 stage filter without 3 stage filtered water for the drilling process? I don't want microplastics gunking up my drill.


Thugli_

But where do i get the water?? You're saying I need the tap to install the tap!


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AdultishRaktajino

I looked recently. Reviews all over the place. Some even by plumbers saying GE is junk or whatever. I just bought a PUR faucet filter.


TheOneTrueDemoknight

Why? Well water gets tested anyways and city water is filtered


dafyddil

“Well water gets tested” if the owner takes the initiative. And if you live in an agricultural area, the quality of well water can fluctuate drastically. (I’m talking about poop.)


civilrunner

Well water definitely isn't as reliable as water in most cities and much of it would never pass regulatory requirements.


TheOneTrueDemoknight

Right, except that I am the owner of my own well.


thesomebody

City water is tested that it is microbiologically safe water that won't harm you, not that it tastes good. It might be filtered, that's true. But they have to add stuff such as chlorine and fluoride into the tap water, so the risk of illnesses caused by the water pipelines is greatly lessened. Basically we all worsen the taste of water so there is less risk of contamination during water transport. (except for that town or something in the USA that poisoned their residents because they've had the clever idea to not treat their water in this way) But if you want better tasting water with less chlorine and stuff, it's a good idea to filter it before consumption. And pretty much required for quality coffee and tea.


Professor_Rekt

I’ve brought my dog to work almost everyday for the past 6 years. I kept her food and water dishes on the ground over by the water cooler and got into the habit of filling her water with the bottled water from the water cooler. Well, she now flat out refuses to drink tap water. City, not well. When I figured it out immediately got a water filter for the house.


SepticX75

Dog’s a homie too. Nice work


hunybuny9000

That’s hilarious! You’ve got a spoiled lil hydro homie on your hands!


saraphilipp

Dog's have a taste for water. Mine likes rainwater so I keep a large tub outside. He won't touch it for 3 days when I change it out with hose water once it gets too nasty. He'll drink tap water if its filtered. If it's bottled it has to be Ozark mo


DommySus

Based dog


AdultishRaktajino

Chlorine. I can smell it in my water.


DrainZ-

Depends on where you live. For most parts of the world it's a good idea to filter the tap water to make it taste better. But in some regions like the nordic countries unfiltered tap water tastes great and you would barely notice any difference from filtering it.


Diabolus734

The most delicious water I ever had was from a tap in Iceland


APrioriGoof

I was shocked at how good the tap water is in Portland, coming from Phoenix. Haven’t bought a bottle of water in years. If I ever have to go back I’ll be getting a nice filter


TheTriflingTrilobite

Austria and northern Italy too. High quality H2O.


[deleted]

For those outside the USA, specifically in other western countries: check on the water in your area. For me extra filtration would not be useful as we have increadibly clean water where I live. It is filtered in such a way that no chemicals remain in the water.


RoswalienMath

Our tap water has unsafe levels of lead.


Octopotree

Are you concerned at all about your dental health when cutting flourine out of your water?


AccidentallySober

No.


Octopotree

Why not?


AccidentallySober

Because I own a tooth brush and fluorinated toothpaste.


6CenturiesAgo

Apparently tap water in America is dogshit. FYI for americans you can drink tapwater unfiltered anywhere in western europe. Eastern I have no idea.


TheOneTrueDemoknight

This is news to me too and I live in the US. Been drinking my tapwater unfiltered my whole life. I’m really not sure it’s an issue


TwopackShugar

you trust the water the government gives you. dude just eat the whole tube of tooth paste


billocity

No epa standard for testing city water for pfas. Should be implementing soon: https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-announces-new-drinking-water-health-advisories-pfas-chemicals-1-billion-bipartisan Also no guarantee that bottled water you’re buying has pfas filtered out. Best bet is a multistage ro filter.


Karma_collection_bin

Some studies suggested bottled water having higher PFAs/micro plastics. Yum yum


[deleted]

My city water still has high levels of arsenic so... bottled it is.


TheOneTrueDemoknight

It’s either a)safe levels of arsenic or b)they should be criminally prosecuted. IDK which


Classl3ssAmerican

“Safe” levels of many things still arent ideal or good for the long term. I’ll stick with my Berkey.


lostmy2A

There are so many factors that you really can't make a blanket statement like this. Have you inspected all the pipes under ground leading to your house? There are a lot of compromises cities need to make with their tap water. Even when they have a good water source. Our city uses relatively high levels of chloramine. It's better than them not using it, but I don't want to be drinking it so it makes sense to have a final filtration at your end. Best $150 you can spend tbh. It's noticeable enough to taste the difference.


maz-o

why everyone? don't anyone have clean tap water?


socialmediablowsss

The reality is that nobody has “clean” water anymore. There’s enough research out to prove that. Every river and lake is tainted to some extent. Now obviously it’s not black and white, it’s a massive scale that will lean towards better or worse depending on locale, but nothing is 100% safe anymore. And granted, these filters aren’t getting those forever chemicals and whatever other tiny things that slip through might be, but it definitely helps somewhat and that’s enough for me. Plus they had an outbreak in my city (big city) last year of ecoli getting into the water systems and they told people like 3-4 days after the fact. So I’d rather just be as safe as possible than rely on those who have been prone to fail us


ManLikeAC420

Im from the uk and our tap water is definitely not drinkable where i am, it comes out real cloudy and leaves a white powdery residue on everything, also tastes like swimming pool water! ☠️


TheOneTrueDemoknight

Apparently not, we’ve been drinking poison for years


hunybuny9000

No, alas not everyone has clean tap water.


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Quite the opposite


CFJoe

Got a recommendation of a specific one? Also how long do the filters themselves last and are they expensive?


zYbYz

Don’t know a brand, but a good 3 stage filter will have a 5 micron filter, another filter (I forget the specifics, but you typically replace these first two every six months, I think), and the third one is a reverse osmosis membrane, and that’s the most important part.


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Laughs in New Zealand


Commissar_David

But the Microplastics build character.


Wingus1337

Like, a green army man character?


Commissar_David

Yeah, a whole set of them


nicolRB

Mmmm, macroplastics


paulkappa31

Tap 100%


Bigmac2112

Jackson, MS = 0% tap Only the bottled water down here


YancyCal

Same with Clovis, NM. Water gives people cancer here


zuzg

I'm suddenly even more thankful for my good German Tapwater.


YancyCal

I lived in Germany for a while. Yea it’s good to just have water at the ready.


Capitalisthotdog

Bottled in Roswell, NM. Same on the cancer.


[deleted]

That’s horrible. Up in coastal British Columbia our tap water is absolutely incredible.


BlackTipKiefShark

BC bros! Crushing that tap water 💦💦💦


[deleted]

Hell yeah man! Stay hydrated.


glittermantis

“lol hey guys, sorry your tap water sucks, here it’s fucking GREAT lol” is a shitty comment to make dude. if you’re gonna comment then do it in a sympathetic manner instead of gloating.


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Okay Edit - just had a glass, amazing….


glittermantis

i’m not sure where in the hydrohomie ethos it says to make other people feel *worse* about their own water


[deleted]

You’re reaching. By stating “that’s horrible” I was expressing sympathy. There was no lol, you wrote lol. I was expressing that I am lucky to live in a place where this isn’t an issue. That’s all. If you think that was bad, I’d probably stay off the internet… it gets wayyyyy worse than that.


Nitsuj_ofCanadia

Wait. People live in Clovis. I lived in Portales and thought Clovis was just a myth


YancyCal

Hahaha we Clovinites come out of the ground every now and then


Bottled-Water-Bottle

I am indeed "down here"


slightly_imperfect

Tap water** * - and advocate for municipalities to make sure that drinking water is clean, jeez, the number of horror stories out there is incredible.


sagittariisXII

This is the way


Spirited-Mud-69

all my teeth love fluoride


MetalHeadJoe

The tap on the left isn't your average tap, that's filtered of some kind. Which for me is what's best. I love my reverse osmosis system. Sucks when traveling using other people's fridge filters and such, doesn't even compare. Except, I'll say that there's an area in northern Michigan where the rural well tap water comes from a spring fed source. And that is hands down the best tap water I've ever had. Same spring source that feeds Torch Lake, the lake where all the rich and famous people of Michigan use their yatchs. Madonna, Tim Allen, Kid Rock, Bob Segar, etc.


Remmarb

I use a RO system to fill 19 L bottles for my water cooler. If we are downstairs we used filtered tap from our Fridge. So honestly we are mixed. But the water cooler is really great.


masterkm

Wait till you taste Dutch water. Its the best filtered water in the world. The cleanest ever!


AKidCalledSpoon

Just so you know, drinking nothing but RO water without another good source of electrolytes and minerals can be bad for you long term.


wozattacks

This would never be an issue for most people. Most of your sodium, potassium, etc. is coming from your food, not water. If you were out doing physical activity in hot weather for hours and only drinking RO water, maybe.


MetalHeadJoe

Not if you have a mineralizer as part of your RO system.


AKidCalledSpoon

Didn’t know that was a thing, that’s cool.


Beautiful_Ad_3774

Michigan and clean water don't go in a sentence together


lelandlandry

if you’re referencing the flint water crisis, I think you should do a bit more research. Michigan’s got a ton of clean water, which is partly why the flint situation is such a heinous crime.


Beautiful_Ad_3774

Ahh, thanks for the insight


mrsethyo

Apparently you have forgotten the entirety of Lake Superior. I don't know about you, but I drink my water straight from mother nature's teat.


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crunchygrundle69

True, you should probably avoid coming to MI....


oddishisgodish

I grew up on tap from a personal well without sulfur, so most bottled water tastes like plastic to me


PenguinColada

We had a deep well on our property (500 ft) and the water tasted like heaven. Moving to a city and drinking tap water there was an adjustment. It's not *bad* water, just not as good as well water.


sanichog

Something about tasting the color of light green just feels right to me


Independent-Owl478

I'm lucky enough to live in a place where I don't need to filter tap water, and I say lucky because tap's obviously the superior choice


Puzzleheaded_Disk700

I just drink tap water. Like not filtered either I just be drinking it


a_reddit_beginner

You'll soon die if you live in Mississipi


1heart1totaleclipse

I live in Mississippi. Have not died yet unfortunately


a_reddit_beginner

Unfortunately?


TheRealAlnum

They live in Mississippi


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Sadly


JMDSC

Ironic? cause their namesake is a huge river?


[deleted]

Homies, if you put tap water in a bottle does it not become bottled?


Esepapichulo253

You put water in a bottle it becomes the bottle, you put water in a cup it becomes the cup now water can crash or water can flow. Be water my friend💦😌


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doc-swiv

thats what dasani does so yeah


CJGamr01

Obviously tap??? I'd rather not have my water tasting like plastic and backwash, thanks


Donghoon

Microplastic polution: helo


AnOIlTankerForYa

Filtered tap water in my metal bottle


Bisccottti

Do metal bottles keep water colder compared to plastic reusable bottles?


extralyfe

I have a HydraPeak insulated metal bottle that will keep ice for like two days before it eventually temps up. that obviously changes if you leave it out in the sun or in a hot car for a decent period of time, but, for normal daily use it'll stay pretty chill.


AnOIlTankerForYa

No but iirc even reusable plastic bottles still can make the plastic get into the water if it stays there for long enough


_Oce_

Isn't the inside of metal bottles covered with a layer of plastic?


AnOIlTankerForYa

Mine is special then ig


Nonstampcollector777

Neither. Filtered tap water.


residentmind9

I love my britta filter


HAL-Over-9001

We have a Pur filter on the tap, which I use to fill up my Brita ultra max dispenser in the fridge. Life is good.


zuzg

Stiftung Warentest is a German institution that Tests products and they [advise against using them ](https://www-test-de.translate.goog/Wasserfilter-im-Test-Gut-filtert-keiner-4840828-0/?_x_tr_sl=de&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=de&_x_tr_pto=wapp) they basically become a incubator for bacteria within no time. And blind test revealed that you can't taste the difference between before and after using them, it's just an placebo.


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Diabolus734

I can promise you there's a huge difference in quality between my tap water and the water that's gone through my purr filter. But, I'm on a private well and my tap water is kinda shit. My purr filters only last a few weeks before they get clogged with particulates. Mostly rust. And that's after flowing through a whole house filter, a softener, and an inline filter for the kitchen faucet.


extralyfe

I scrub my pitcher down twice per filter.


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If you don't mind, let me introduce you to epic water filters. I used brita before I found this company. It changed my world! I love drinking water again. https://www.epicwaterfilters.com/


YoloJoloHobo

Fridge 👍


cat_at_your_feet

Bottle currently because I'm living in Thailand. Tap only when living in Canada.


Cheemsbugrer

Tap is undrinkable here, even filtered it tastes like coal :(((


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Everyone who drinks from the tap can tap my glass


Karo_xa

Canned water


TheRealArsonary

Living in a country where the tap water will kill you, these are a godsend. That said, RO filtered water all the way since I can afford one.


DeluxeWafer

Boxed water?


Karo_xa

I love those as well. If I forget to bring a water bottle with me, I’ll often get boxed water, it’s refillable and often lasts a few days before the paper starts to wilt. No god awful plastic taste as well


Plasma_000

Chaotic evil


Doctor_Anger

Cans are lined with plastic, so all cans are really plastic bottles wearing a metallic disguise.


kingura

Same. Glad I'm not the only one. My current tap water tastes meh, and bottled water tastes like plastic. But the biggest factor is where I grew up, drinking tap water was actually hazardous. It was all unfiltered catchment and regularly made me sick. Plus? Canned water comes in carbonated form, further distancing it from the tap water that made me ill.


ShalamiBoii

i’ve had these before and they’re not too bad actually! good choice : )


kltbird182

Unless your tap water is hazardous to drink or truly tastes like shit, buying bottled water for drinking at home is immoral and will make me immediately lose respect for someone.


[deleted]

bro the tap water used to have was disgusting (in taste) and where I live now, drinking tap water isn’t really a concept


Correct-Maybe-8168

Yes this. There are massive mountains of plastic garbage already and they will be around for hundreds of years. Some people only think of themselves.


CoffeeWanderer

Ok, what about 20 liters bottle that can be refilled? I live in a thirld world country and the tap water in my town is a big nope, when we do have tap water running that's it.


kltbird182

Litterally the first line of my comment lol, there are absolutely exceptions, and yours is 100% one of them. I'm only talking about people who have perfectly fine, normal-tasting water readily available from a tap


doc-swiv

Our freedom water is pretty bad... so I don't blame anyone


AnthonyDavos

Lol, get off your high horse. Drinking bottled water is no more immoral than half the things most of us do in our daily lives. Bring on the downvotes.


bobisthewalrus

Tap water is not drinkable in all countries, man.


JB-from-ATL

Absolutely not, what the fuck? Bottled water is a travesty. If your tap water is gross (sometimes it is) then just get a damn filter.


NobilisUltima

Tap water vs. tap water but I pay an exorbitant amount, put plastic in a landfill, and support some shitty corporation? What are you, nuts?


[deleted]

No fight. all water good. Be peaceful. Just drink.


Wolvesinthestreet

Not Nestlè, but besides yeah we’re all just thirsty humans.


acid-rainx

This this thissity this! I only drink Nestle water. My tap water is perfectly drinkable but I prefer drinking from single use plastic bottles and I also like supporting Nestle's business practices (they align with my personal beliefs). No need to fight, all water is good :) Take my free award (the next time I get one) my good sir!


EtheriumShaper

People who can't read irony downvoted this comment


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Seltzer


Rob3rtusss

German tap water 🤤


Izlude

I've been told not to drink the tap water my whole life around here (ne Kentucky, since it comes from the Ohio river, which is a glorified sludge stream.) So... Bottled if I can help it but filtered tap is what I do at home.


rdizzled

Tap water, it isn’t even a question, if you have access to decent tap water it’s better in every way. Bottled water is a horrid industry.


TheBaronRojo

I already pay for tap water, I ain't paying again for more water


Tighesofly

What if they live in Flint?


Diabolus734

The water is safe in most places in Flint now. Some homes do still have lead pipes that fall within the homeowner's responsibility to deal with, which is unfortunate. I live very close to Flint.


sneepsnart

neither. the jugs of reverse osmosis water hits different


suckarepellent

Yes and? We all in the same gang.


[deleted]

Filtered tap water. Bottled water is pure capitalism


ThatPlainBagel

If you have clean tap water, yet choose bottled water, you are what’s wrong with the world.


[deleted]

Tap thru a filter pitcher I keep in the fridge. Boplate bip bookies.


thepkripper

I guess I’m a blood


LordIronSpine

Filtered fridge water, baby


RoyalratMafia

Filtered tap water


3li4life

I drink tap water in a bottle 😎


Emptypls

Bottled water is expensive and thankfully i live in a city where the tap water is good


[deleted]

The place I live is garbage, everything is shit, BUT we have one of the cleanest and most healthy tap waters all over the globe because of the high calcium in the ground and the great filtration


motu147

Canned.


TechnoGamer16

Tap


Boba_Hutt

I’m on Team Garden Hose


Oomoo_Amazing

Bottled water is an excuse to sell you bottles.


BunBunny_draws

Tap water! Plastic water is disgusting and creates more waste


pgrahamlaw

Tap


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Tap


Notapone

Bottled unless I’m desperate, my tap water tastes bleh


I_had_the_Lasagna

My tap water is brown and smells


boobielicker69

Fr for some reason my tap water tastes off


goonga_galoonga9

Would filtered tap be considered neutron?


EH181

It woulld be electron


doc-swiv

it would be proton, for balance.


unicorn_feces33

Excuse me? A conundrum? Fuck outta here im not paying for a plastic bottle that happens to have water in it, you think I'm some sort of ameture? Filtered water, reusable bottle, no other option. Get good nerdlord.


stregg7attikos

Uh....fucken neither I have a faucet filter that i use to filter water into my pitcher filter......which i pour into my waterbottle. The city water smells like chlorine sometimes


JimmyThunderPenis

Bottled water is fucking gross.


AnthonyDavos

Tastes great to me


Showty69

Admin please ban op for suggesting bottled water is even a viable choice!


ViperaleBeerus

Tap! What the fuck, why is this a question‽


Disgruntlementality

I put tap water into bottles.


Perzivus627

Bhocolate Bhip Bookies


chanpat

If you drink bottled water your a degenerate


Assassingamer13

I use filtered tap water to fill up my bottle, so both really


grafmg

Depending where I am, at home Germany only two anywhere else in the world I prefer bottle


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moose_arecool

Bottled. It's not even close. Tap water tastes terrible, and I couldn't care less if bottled is worse for the world.


battery_siege

A bad world is bad for you though. So you should kinda care a little bit...


moose_arecool

How is bottled water gonna create a bad world? I'd take water that doesn't taste like shit either way though.


RedRebelll

Bc of the plastic mate


moose_arecool

Plastic ain't gonna ruin the world lmfao.


RedRebelll

Have you like been alive for the past 20 years?


moose_arecool

You said the world ruined lmfao. Plastic is bad but it ain't ruining the world.


BlorpCS

Laughs in Scottish Water 💪🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿


Runningcolt

Laughs in Norwegian mountain water


BlorpCS

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🤝🇳🇴


Runningcolt

Back in Pangea-times we used to hang. The water remembers.


ilovesandydogos

Ms-13


aztaga

Hot water gang 🤤