Will you help me choose my home water purification plan?

I like “aquasana” products because they restrict the flow much less than others I’ve tried, and we have lousy water pressure (~35psi).
The least invasive would be their countertop system, which would not be too hard to take with you.

From what I’ve read you are correct that de-mineralized water will pull vital minerals out of you.

Why not just use tap water?

I bought an expensive machine that worked, but it was only for one faucet. I could not afford to get a whole house system (I wish I could have). PM me for the details.

@Rarebear Tap water can be pretty nasty. In one of our houses, the water smelled so bad, I used to shudder when I had to take a bath or shower. It was even worse drinking it.

@snowberry Well, if it’s an issue of taste, then I can totally agree. Our tap water tastes bad also, but it’s not unhealthy.

We have a water softener and a reverse osmosis system. But it also takes fluoride out of the water so we had to give our daughter fluoride supplements.

@Rarebear Well to each his own. But if it tastes like sh*t, it probably is. Something’s in there that shouldn’t be, and it can’t be healthy. But if you like your tap water, go for it!

@snowberry Bad tasting water is generally from minerals. Municipal water in the U.S. (and most of the developed world) is perfectly safe to drink. It’s why I’m so opposed to bottled water which is more expensive than gasoline and horrible for the environment. Most bottled water is bottled municipal water anyway.

@Rarebear Considering that where we lived, the water didn’t just taste bad, it SMELLED bad, and it was not sulfur. Considering that Delaware where we lived had one of the highest cancer rates in the country, and that our county alone had about 500 toxic waste dumps…I don’t think so. Just because it’s culinary water, doesn’t mean it’s safe to drink long term. But as I said, if you like your water, go for it. But please don’t assume you know how to keep my family safe, because you don’t know the details.

Let’s agree to disagree and stop here please. Peace.

@snowberry Wow. Okay. I’m not telling you how to keep your family safe—I have absolutely no idea from where you got that from. I was talking about generalities here. Drink bottled water if it floats your boat. Just recycle the plastic, please.

@Rarebear In general, I do not drink bottled water, although my family prefers it for going out and about. I actually agree with you about bottled water (carbon footprint), but if you recycle everything as I do, the footprint is much smaller.