Water Filters

How important is it to have a water filter these days?

Are these home systems just for taste or will they stop me turning gay from estrogen water?

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  1. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    I have one, I don't even know if it works and the filter needs replacing all the fricking time.

  2. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    You have to get a zerowater pitcher/filter. Brita only filters like 40% of the shit in the water

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      Germanon here, I live in an area with very hard water and the filter definitely does something against all the limescale deposits, my electric kettle can attest to that.
      Also they started replacing the pipes under the street and my water turned milky white and foamy, the filter helped against that too.

      I use Brita, are they really that inneficient?

      What's a water filter I can hook up directly to the kitchen tap?
      Also, price?

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        >water from the tap is white and foamy
        >oh well, tapwater in germany is high quality so I'll drink it anyway
        >but i filtered it so it's okay

        what the frick is wrong with you klaus? that would have me buying bottled water so fricking fast, and for a long time going forward

        regards t. haven't-drunk-tap-in-years

        • 1 year ago
          Anonymous

          I don't trust bottled water either.
          I figured filtering it myself would be better.
          We drank water out of a clear forest stream as a kid or from a well, I miss those days.

          • 1 year ago
            Anonymous

            >I figured filtering it myself would be better.
            i would be concerned with whatever chemicals being in there slipping through. i imagine the filters are great at capturing larger particles but anything roughly the size or smaller than water should slip right through, including whatever other liquids there are. but yeah, who knows what the frick the bottled water has been through

            >We drank water out of a clear forest stream as a kid or from a well, I miss those days.
            those used to be the days. the free-to-use spring water taps that used to be available in the valleys around where I was raised, are now gone, either from overuse or over safety concerns for cleanliness now. it's a sad state of affairs

            • 1 year ago
              Anonymous

              My family stopped using the streams after the water turned muddy due to all the three cutting jobs in the woods

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        https://sklep.osmoza.pl/reverse-osmosis-system-ro6-p-635.html

        • 1 year ago
          Anonymous

          >pl
          Thanks neighbour
          1000€ here in Germany, holy shit

          • 1 year ago
            Anonymous

            I'm from Denmark actually. Our water quality is high but here on Sjælland it's so hard it's borderline hazardous, so my gf got a Brita to avoid having to descale her tea kettle every other day. It did great for that but our house is from the 1800s and the pipes are probably not good. There's a lot of sediment in our water that the Brita didn't filter out for some reason. In my exasperation I got that RO system but I should have probably done a bit more research beforehand.
            For one, it's one of their passive systems which means its efficiency is dependent on your house water pressure. Cold water also makes it less efficient. You can make it wildly more efficient by buying a permeate pump, which they also sell. Second: the tank is not just a tank but a special air cushioned shell that provides the pressure, meaning it can break. Depending on your use it might be better to invest in a pump-driven system up front. The downside to a pumped system is that it needs power to give you water and the RO membranes are a larger and much more expensive size.
            I was going for cheap at the time. It's a really good system mind you and I'm very happy with it. The tank even came in handy when there was an unexpected water shutoff a few months ago.

            • 1 year ago
              Anonymous

              Also, I linked to 6 stage system with the remineralizer. They're kind of a scam. They don't actually add any significant amount of minerals back into the water but they do prevent the water from reacting with CO2 in the air making it more acidic the longer it's exposed, which improves the flavor somewhat. The slightly cheaper 5-stage systems are more than enough.

            • 1 year ago
              Anonymous

              Also, I linked to 6 stage system with the remineralizer. They're kind of a scam. They don't actually add any significant amount of minerals back into the water but they do prevent the water from reacting with CO2 in the air making it more acidic the longer it's exposed, which improves the flavor somewhat. The slightly cheaper 5-stage systems are more than enough.

              I'm convinced hard water is hazardous, the amount of patients with kidney stones we have is huge.
              By your description, I can only assume you have a system for your entire house, that's a no go for me, I'm renting a small apartment and I dont wanna invest any money in it, I would like a small removable system taht I can hook up to my kitchen and that I can remove when I have to move.
              Water pressure isn't a problem, but size could be, would it all fit under a sink?

              • 1 year ago
                Anonymous

                lol no, I have it on a separate tap in the kitchen. My parents got a whole-house ion exchange unit when they built their new house. I rent so I'm not dropping that kind of cash. The system I linked is pretty small. Pic related. I keep the tank in the adjacent cabinet because I already use it to store the gas tank for the stove and it fit in neatly behind. It would have fit just fine in the same cabinet.

              • 1 year ago
                Anonymous

                Looks just like what I need, thanks for explaining it all to me.

  3. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    They're a decent solution to water contaminants that your water company can't be bothered to filter like birth control, they reduce micro plastics to an extent which is always a bonus, many target unnecessary chemicals like chlorine/fluoride. The best solutions is a home well or a reverse osmosis set up.

    So I would say yes, through lack of government intervention to stop microplastics and hormones changing chemicals ending up in the water, healthy water itself has become an $15 a month DLC add on.

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      I spend the equivalent of $22 per year on my RO setup, which I only got because our water comes with crunchy bits and the Brita (that we got to get all the calcium out instead of having to acid wash the kettle every other day) for some reason didn't filter all of it out.

  4. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    if I got a water filter would I even notice it? Seems like a scam because I dont remember having to replace filters back in the day

  5. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    >keeping your water in a plastic pitcher
    >filtering your water with a plastic filter

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      Also this.
      Although it wont be exposed to UV in fridge.

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      >he thinks he can escape plastic

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      It takes like 5min to filter, you can then put it in a glass bottle if you want.

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        It's not a perfect solution but water corrodes, why haven't these companies just made an affordable glass or metal pitcher yet?

  6. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    I'll probably end up getting one of these for some peace of mind then.
    I wouldn't be surprised if water suppliers are cutting corners in most countries.

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      Brita filters suck and are expensive. It's cheaper by far to get a small RO setup.

  7. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    Either 3 stage reverse osmosis filter or don't waste your time. 5 stage if you have the money for it. All pitcher filters don't remove fluoride and only filter out things like chlorine and metallics.

  8. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    The Berkey and the Alexapure are some of the highest rated against PUFAs. That Brita in your pic will do nothing for that

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      I'm guessing you mean PFOAs

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        >he doesn't run barrels of sneed oil through a 6 gallon Crown Berkey filter unit to save money on olive oil

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        PFAS actually damn these acronyms. Microplastics

  9. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    To actually get the gay shit out you are going to need a more serious set up. It all depends what you are worried about though. I have well water and worry more about ag chems than anything else.

  10. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    I literally live in a college with other students. What do I do?

  11. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    Imagine paying money to drink something that's free.

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