Comments on: post off: what kind of water do you drink? http://www.shelterrific.com/2007/08/16/post-off-what-kind-of-water-do-you-drink/ where people who love their homes click Mon, 08 Sep 2008 02:47:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Min Guo http://www.shelterrific.com/2007/08/16/post-off-what-kind-of-water-do-you-drink/#comment-160154 Min Guo Thu, 08 Nov 2007 10:24:24 +0000 http://www.shelterrific.com/2007/08/16/post-off-what-kind-of-water-do-you-drink/#comment-160154 In the city I live, Shanghai, China - a developing country, tap water is not drinkable. Local people drink boiled tap water or order purified water. The third option is to install a purify system at home. I know foreign travelers only drink non local bottle water. But I don't know if this makes sense or not since they drink made-in-China soda such as Pepsi or Diet Coke. Aren't they made from local tap water? In the city I live, Shanghai, China - a developing country, tap water is not drinkable. Local people drink boiled tap water or order purified water. The third option is to install a purify system at home. I know foreign travelers only drink non local bottle water.

But I don’t know if this makes sense or not since they drink made-in-China soda such as Pepsi or Diet Coke. Aren’t they made from local tap water?

]]> By: Amy http://www.shelterrific.com/2007/08/16/post-off-what-kind-of-water-do-you-drink/#comment-135928 Amy Sun, 23 Sep 2007 00:59:18 +0000 http://www.shelterrific.com/2007/08/16/post-off-what-kind-of-water-do-you-drink/#comment-135928 OK, this has really been bugging me lately. I got Sigg like containers for our whole family. Mostly we drink filtered water from the fridge. However, I tend to 'lose' my cup often. So I started collecting glass bottles I could use and then if need be recycle at a later date. As if informed to hasten my doom, the companies I was buying glass bottles from have switched to plastic. Also, we drink alot of water and four people out for the day can consume a heavy amount of water. I wanted a filter that was small that I could use to filter tap water out and about and refill our from home bottles. BUT all the on the go water filters I have found come with a plastic bottle!?! The whole thing is making me a bit batty. Have I gone to far? Am I taking this whole icky tap water icky plastic leaching bottle thing to far? Where do I relent? xoxox, Amy OK, this has really been bugging me lately. I got Sigg like containers for our whole family. Mostly we drink filtered water from the fridge. However, I tend to ‘lose’ my cup often. So I started collecting glass bottles I could use and then if need be recycle at a later date.

As if informed to hasten my doom, the companies I was buying glass bottles from have switched to plastic.

Also, we drink alot of water and four people out for the day can consume a heavy amount of water. I wanted a filter that was small that I could use to filter tap water out and about and refill our from home bottles. BUT all the on the go water filters I have found come with a plastic bottle!?!

The whole thing is making me a bit batty.

Have I gone to far? Am I taking this whole icky tap water icky plastic leaching bottle thing to far? Where do I relent?

xoxox,
Amy

]]> By: Jon http://www.shelterrific.com/2007/08/16/post-off-what-kind-of-water-do-you-drink/#comment-122019 Jon Thu, 23 Aug 2007 19:06:36 +0000 http://www.shelterrific.com/2007/08/16/post-off-what-kind-of-water-do-you-drink/#comment-122019 Water from the tap that is filtered via a small little spiket end device (brand ?). In Michigan the beaches get covered with empty water bottles and and spent mylar ballons. Drives me CrAzY ! Water from the tap that is filtered via a small little spiket end device (brand ?). In Michigan the beaches get covered with empty water bottles and and spent mylar ballons. Drives me CrAzY !

]]> By: Jenn http://www.shelterrific.com/2007/08/16/post-off-what-kind-of-water-do-you-drink/#comment-121547 Jenn Wed, 22 Aug 2007 13:43:34 +0000 http://www.shelterrific.com/2007/08/16/post-off-what-kind-of-water-do-you-drink/#comment-121547 I keep a regular old pitcher full of water in the fridge at all times. Our water tastes okay, but I think chilling it makes it taste even better. Even non-so-good tasting water tastes better when cold (think about deliciously cold hose water). I do buy my fair share of bottled water, only because I don't drink soda. You know how some grocery stores have those big water containers that you can refill yourself? Why don't they offer water bottle refilling stations for personal sized water bottles? I would be totally happy to do that. I keep a regular old pitcher full of water in the fridge at all times. Our water tastes okay, but I think chilling it makes it taste even better. Even non-so-good tasting water tastes better when cold (think about deliciously cold hose water).

I do buy my fair share of bottled water, only because I don’t drink soda. You know how some grocery stores have those big water containers that you can refill yourself? Why don’t they offer water bottle refilling stations for personal sized water bottles? I would be totally happy to do that.

]]> By: Suze http://www.shelterrific.com/2007/08/16/post-off-what-kind-of-water-do-you-drink/#comment-120596 Suze Mon, 20 Aug 2007 17:41:41 +0000 http://www.shelterrific.com/2007/08/16/post-off-what-kind-of-water-do-you-drink/#comment-120596 By the way, why the sudden fixation on water bottles by the press? Most soda and juices come in the very same plastic bottles, from the very same companies - so why is the water suddenly the bad guy? Why isn't there a push against all plastic bottled bevs? By the way, why the sudden fixation on water bottles by the press? Most soda and juices come in the very same plastic bottles, from the very same companies - so why is the water suddenly the bad guy? Why isn’t there a push against all plastic bottled bevs?

]]> By: Suze http://www.shelterrific.com/2007/08/16/post-off-what-kind-of-water-do-you-drink/#comment-120591 Suze Mon, 20 Aug 2007 17:36:32 +0000 http://www.shelterrific.com/2007/08/16/post-off-what-kind-of-water-do-you-drink/#comment-120591 Well, I am in LA, the land of really disgusting tasting water....whch is why we all started the fitered water thing here in the US (sorry). Here, you really do have to drink filtered water. If I do buy a bottle of water out somewhere, I recycle or reuse the bottle with filtered (Brita!) tap. Wouldn't this whole problem be alliviated somewhat if they just used glass bottles or sturdier reusable bottles for the water? Some of us don't drink soda or juice because of the excessive sugar content - water is what we drink. Just re-think the packaging. Well, I am in LA, the land of really disgusting tasting water….whch is why we all started the fitered water thing here in the US (sorry). Here, you really do have to drink filtered water. If I do buy a bottle of water out somewhere, I recycle or reuse the bottle with filtered (Brita!) tap.

Wouldn’t this whole problem be alliviated somewhat if they just used glass bottles or sturdier reusable bottles for the water? Some of us don’t drink soda or juice because of the excessive sugar content - water is what we drink. Just re-think the packaging.

]]> By: dancingmorganmouse http://www.shelterrific.com/2007/08/16/post-off-what-kind-of-water-do-you-drink/#comment-120355 dancingmorganmouse Mon, 20 Aug 2007 02:18:44 +0000 http://www.shelterrific.com/2007/08/16/post-off-what-kind-of-water-do-you-drink/#comment-120355 Plain tap water, from a glass - walking too and from the kitchen makes me get up out of my chair during the day. Plain tap water, from a glass - walking too and from the kitchen makes me get up out of my chair during the day.

]]> By: Lowereastsidelady http://www.shelterrific.com/2007/08/16/post-off-what-kind-of-water-do-you-drink/#comment-119470 Lowereastsidelady Fri, 17 Aug 2007 21:47:21 +0000 http://www.shelterrific.com/2007/08/16/post-off-what-kind-of-water-do-you-drink/#comment-119470 Since I'm in NYC I drink Tap and refill my plastic bottles when I'm wandering about. I also drink Tap when at my house outside the city, but run it through a Brita because it takes out the coppery taste that the "I haven't run water for a week through the pipes" leaves. This is a great thing too that I was thinking of purchasing since the bottle won't leach weird things into the water if I leave it in a hot car : http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000H20CPY/ref=ord_cart_shr/002-7952843-1745626?%5Fencoding=UTF8&m=A5XKPBVPAEVAT&v=glance Since I’m in NYC I drink Tap and refill my plastic bottles when I’m wandering about. I also drink Tap when at my house outside the city, but run it through a Brita because it takes out the coppery taste that the “I haven’t run water for a week through the pipes” leaves. This is a great thing too that I was thinking of purchasing since the bottle won’t leach weird things into the water if I leave it in a hot car :
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000H20CPY/ref=ord_cart_shr/002-7952843-1745626?%5Fencoding=UTF8&m=A5XKPBVPAEVAT&v=glance

]]> By: sciencegeek http://www.shelterrific.com/2007/08/16/post-off-what-kind-of-water-do-you-drink/#comment-119133 sciencegeek Fri, 17 Aug 2007 01:25:45 +0000 http://www.shelterrific.com/2007/08/16/post-off-what-kind-of-water-do-you-drink/#comment-119133 Just installed a Brita filter on my kitchen sink about an hour ago, so I can say with a slowly recovering conscience that I drink filtered tap water now but used to drink bottled water. I avoid tap water because the taste is unpleasant where I live and I don't trust the city to actually do its job. At work, we drink distilled deionized water which is what we use for our lab stuff. The water that comes from the taps in the building is frighteningly cloudy whether it is hot or cold. Calling distilled water "glorified tap water" somewhat misses the point. Distillation as a process does remove a number of things from water. Sorry for being somewhat pedantic, but I'm a scientist and I get that way sometimes. Just installed a Brita filter on my kitchen sink about an hour ago, so I can say with a slowly recovering conscience that I drink filtered tap water now but used to drink bottled water. I avoid tap water because the taste is unpleasant where I live and I don’t trust the city to actually do its job.

At work, we drink distilled deionized water which is what we use for our lab stuff. The water that comes from the taps in the building is frighteningly cloudy whether it is hot or cold.

Calling distilled water “glorified tap water” somewhat misses the point. Distillation as a process does remove a number of things from water. Sorry for being somewhat pedantic, but I’m a scientist and I get that way sometimes.

]]> By: Tracey http://www.shelterrific.com/2007/08/16/post-off-what-kind-of-water-do-you-drink/#comment-119075 Tracey Thu, 16 Aug 2007 20:57:41 +0000 http://www.shelterrific.com/2007/08/16/post-off-what-kind-of-water-do-you-drink/#comment-119075 We're all pretty obsessed with using our various SIGG bottles at Delight HQ. We fill them up with Spring Water or Artesian water...pretty much anything that isn't distilled - which is just glorified tap water. And when I dont have a sigg handy I buy anything that's spring water as well (FUJI is my all-time fave) and never ever ever Dasani (they add sodium!) or Aquafina (tap water, and it tastes nasty.) We’re all pretty obsessed with using our various SIGG bottles at Delight HQ. We fill them up with Spring Water or Artesian water…pretty much anything that isn’t distilled - which is just glorified tap water. And when I dont have a sigg handy I buy anything that’s spring water as well (FUJI is my all-time fave) and never ever ever Dasani (they add sodium!) or Aquafina (tap water, and it tastes nasty.)

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