This is an interesting question.
I grew up on well water and could never stand the chemical taste of city water. However I also can't stand our well water unless it is very cold thus I drink it from the refrigerator system with ice. We do not keep a filter on the fridge so it's basically like the tap water but I think the temperature difference changes the taste. When I first started college away from my well water I drank mostly bottled water. Once I moved to an apartment I always drank from a Brita filter pitcher. I've never been one to buy bottled water regularly but I'm not above drinking it when it is available. Though there are certain brands with weird tastes/textures that I won't drink Aquafina and Nestlé are the main offenders.
Since I've returned to my childhood home after 7 years of college: I'm even more sensitive to the well water taste. At certain temperatures it is ok but once it gets close to room temperature, it is no longer refreshing. It is very hard, causes my skin to break out, and gave me kidney stones this year.
I've never liked the well water at my grandma's either. It comes through a softener and refrigerator filtration system but it has a thick texture to it that I cannot stand.00 Reply
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Bottled, but the brand doesn't really matter. It's usually just whatever's on sale in the store.
I know that tap is better in so many ways, I just have a borderline-OCD issue with dishes and tap water and it's hard to explain. It defies all the logic I try to throw at it. :/00 Reply
451 opinions shared on Health & Fitness topic. tap, but there's a filter on it. people buying bottled water and thinking it's healthy or whatever are deluding themself and making those water companies rich. penn & teller had a great episode of their show 'bullshit' that dismantled the whole thing. most people couldn't even tell the difference between tap and bottled water, they just buy the commercial hype.
*oh it has a picture of a waterfall on it, it must be real spring water* haha it could just as well be some goober filling the bottle with water from a hose and very few people would know the difference.00 Reply
Sigh.. No option for filtered water. I see someone isn't a huge fan of water.
I have a 3 stage filter that filters the tap water. So.. filtered tap water. It's good. I can't stand unfiltered tap. in my opinion, it's better than the bottled!
Looks like this, goes under the sink.
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Ultimately, this is a cheaper alternative than purchasing bottled water. Additionally cuts down on plastic use.00 Reply
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Brita pour through pitcher water filter, the water in our apartment has kind of an "off" taste to it, like a lot of minerals, hard water type that's been chlorinated. We were both raised on well water which tastes like good bottled water, so when we first tasted the water in our apartment we both almost gagged! I try not to drink a whole lot of bottled water unless it's just purified Rather not have everything taken out of it.
10 ReplyDepends where you live and where that water comes from. If you're fortunate enough to live in a place with surface water as a source (rivers, lakes), the water is usually much fresher and free of dissolved salts and metals. That tastes clean.
If your area depends on groundwater, that water often stinks a little bit and tastes a little funny and/or leaves a residue on your body when you shower. Groundwater is high in dissolved salts and it's more common to drink bottled water in such areas.00 Reply
Anonymous(30-35)+1 yI get bottled water very occasionally on a road trip or something (flavoured water can be nice :) ).. But seriously I think bottled water is ridiculous, there's nothing wrong with tap water. It's such a reflection on capitalist society that something as basic as drinking water is a consumer product :( . And what Nestle are doing in California is just gross
00 ReplyI drink reverse osmosis water that I get from those dispensers outside of grocery stores, and I remineralize it at home.
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I use this liquid mineral supplement:
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It really couldn't be easier. I just put in forty drops for every gallon of water, and that's that.
I drink both types of water. For bottle water I drink any kind except for arrowhead. For me Arrowhead has a bad taste.
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+1 yTap of course, unless I'm somewhere only with access to bottled. That, or if I want mineral water.
01 ReplyBottled. My family usually buys the generic brand that's on sale when they go shopping. But I do drink Fiji from time to time
00 ReplySan Franciscos tap water is safe to drink so I've been drinking that my whole life.
If its bottled I usually get San Pellegrino or Voss.01 Reply
Anonymous(25-29)+1 yI put tap water in jugs and then set it aside, so that the chlorine taste is mostly gone. I'm not sure how it works but it's something my family has been doing for a while.
00 ReplyBottled. Polar springs, Vos water, smart water, and fiji
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+1 yI hate bottled water. I will go out of my way to open a bottle, empty it and refill it with tap water.
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why not just buy a water bottle? also, that bottle of water could've saved 20 kids in africa.
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Wait I'm not 100% sure, but isn't tap water in a lot of American States complete trash? From what I've heard.
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@Other_Tommy_Wiseau I agree with the water bottle, but disagree about the bottle of water saving 20 kids in Africa statement. They have bigger issues than bottles. Primarily, first access to clean water, filtering systems, transporting water to the homes, malaria nets.
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@asker- that was a joke. it's on a few facebook meme pages where you see a picture of food (or not even) and, "say starving kids in africa could've eaten that."
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the tap is fine here. I don't know where it ranks (and i don't care), but it's not toxic or anything like mexico or some 3rd world country (ok, maybe in bumfuck, alabama). but still, i'm just saying you can easily buy a water bottle like below and just refill it instead of buying plastic bottles and literally wasting cases of water for no reason.
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@Other_Tommy_Wiseau Yeah I don't actively buy water bottles lol. I've done it maybe once or twice.
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alright. i feel better. i wouldn't want you wasting your money like that. i don't either. my mom does, though. mainly during the summer and when i did sports.
590 opinions shared on Health & Fitness topic. The new fridge I have provides filtered water.
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+1 yBoth, Tap water at home and bottled water elsewhere
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+1 ybeing me, i just stick my mouth on the bathroom at tap and swallow.
10 Reply1.5K opinions shared on Health & Fitness topic. Bottled water but its the same as tap water only the flavor of plastic!
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+1 yBottled, usually Spa or Chaudfontaine. I dislike Evian, I need like four glasses of it to suppress my thirst.
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Anonymous(30-35)+1 yI drink my love's milky water in the morning. Later I choose a sparking mineral water such as Peligrino.
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Anonymous(30-35)+1 yBottled water of whatever brand available at the store.
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+1 yTap... I get all the medication I need from it.
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+1 yArrowhead water and FIJI water.
00 Replyfiltered and fiji bottled water
00 ReplyBottled carbonated water
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Carbonated. You crazy?
I'm actually about half and half.
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Anonymous(30-35)+1 yseltzer mainly... and piss water :|
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+1 ymostly bottled.
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Wasteful :p
+1 yTap water usually.
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+1 yBottled mostly
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Nestle pure life.
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Nestle Pure Life is acidic pH level. Neutral is around a 7-pH
Nestle Pure Life - acidic 5-pH [yellow]
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