Guest guest Posted December 4, 2003 Report Share Posted December 4, 2003 We bought a RO unit at Sam's for I believe $75, Premier brand. My mom and dad paid almost $2000 for theirs, but their water is 99 grains hard and they have to have a membrane calibrated for 60 gallons a day. Our RO unit only makes about 4 gallons a day, but we are on city water so it does fine. It tastes wonderful! So the cost can vary depending on your needs...but if your water is a reasonable hardness I would really recommend this little RO unit. For the cost that you would have in buying water on a consistent basis you could pay for the system fairly quickly. The only maintence cost we have is filters. We just buy replacement filters at Lowe's every six months for about $25, fairly reasonable for so many gallons of water and good health. I also bought a shower and faucet filter at Lowe's, no more bathing and washing dishes in a swimming pool. But neither of them remove flouride. I am looking into buying a KDF filter for my shower next (as this one has sprung a terrible leak and is out of warranty...) but I have not studied as to wether it removes flouride yet or not. A friend was telling me that a KDF filter is better than the one I bought at Lowe's though, and since the price is similiar online in some places I thought I would look into it. To me having a shower filter is almost as important as filtering my drinking water. In one shower you can inhale and absorb as much chlorine (if you have town water, not well water...) as if you had drank 20 gallons. Very scary. If your budget allows it is something I highly recommend considering...Caitlin Lorraine Hi Patti, I have been looking into methods of removing fluoride from my home water supply, and reverse osmosis is one of my few options. Can you give me some info on how you use this method? ie. do you buy the water that way, is the process done at your home, is it terribly expensive... I would appreciate any input! Thanks, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 5, 2003 Report Share Posted December 5, 2003 Thanks Caitlin Lorraine, Alobar, and Patti! I'm looking into it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 27, 2005 Report Share Posted October 27, 2005 I have been using reverse osmosis water now for about 8 years and am very happy with it. Much less expensive than bottled water. R-O water lacks minerals but water supplies a very small amount of trhe mionerals we need daily. I eat sea veggies which supply a lot of water, and I also supplement with minerals. Alobar On 10/27/05, jeanne_simons@... <jeanne_simons@...> wrote: > Any opinions? I thought that RO water was supposed to be good,now I hear otherwise. Distilled is void of minerals so what is the safest water to drink? I buy bottled water but heard that quality isn't consistent. > > Jeanne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 27, 2005 Report Share Posted October 27, 2005 Any opinions? I thought that RO water was supposed to be good,now I hear otherwise. Distilled is void of minerals so what is the safest water to drink? I buy bottled water but heard that quality isn't consistent. I do use a reverse osmosis filter, but certainly our most precious commodity is under threat. I'm not sure what the latest objection is to RO water. I use a Purani system. It's the best I can do. I would rather have rainwater, but we don't have rainwater tanks. Whatever you have nowadays seems to have to go through plastic, whether plastic containers or plastic pipes. Apparently, also, the reusable plastic bottles used for distilled water must by law be cleaned with a particular chemical to disinfect. Probably the best option is to distill your own, but it takes time and effort. Or take glass bottles and jars to a spring you know is safe. Not an option for most people. And anyway, who knows what is raining down on us in the water passing through a polluted atmosphere, no matter which corner of the globe we live in? I use distilled for making colloidal silver, and drink the RO, and bath and wash in chlorinated, fluoridated water from the tap. Yes, I know about filters for the shower. I just don't have one. Progress, eh? Rowena Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 28, 2005 Report Share Posted October 28, 2005 > Any opinions? I thought that RO water was supposed to be good,now I hear > otherwise. Distilled is void of minerals so what is the safest water to > drink? I buy bottled water but heard that quality isn't consistent. > > Jeanne RO water is fine in some areas; the proposal that distilled water leaches minerals from the body is rubbish; all reactions are controlled. However, RO doesn't get out all of the arsenic - only the Code Blue filter can do that: http://eyicom.com/?key=welcome Duncan Crow http://members.shaw.ca/duncancrow/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 29, 2005 Report Share Posted October 29, 2005 From: Duncan Crow <duncancrow@...> However, RO doesn't get out all of the arsenic - only the Code Blue filter can do that: http://eyicom.com/?key=welcome ==================== What is a code blue filter? This link does not work for me. Does the code blue filter also remove chlorine and fluoride? What about minerals? Does it keep the minerals in? Carol ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Would you benefit from a more effective and healthy immune system? Organic, wholefood, supplements provide nutrients essential for the health of people, pets and plants. http://www.bluegreensolutions.com For a FREE health article, " Standard vs. Wholefood Supplements " , send a blank email to: mailto:wholefoodsupplements@... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 20, 2008 Report Share Posted August 20, 2008 We just use reverse osmosis water. Only recently could they tolerate juice. Honey won't feed the yeast but if generally chemically sensitive they likely will not tolerate it...like here. I am curious, do tell of the tea. I do a gut healing juice for me: 1 grapfruit, 2 oranges and 1 lemon in the juicer. Organic. It aids digestion. Downside is it slows the liver. > > Janice, I like your ideas and suggestions. I am just wondering if the tea > is safe for a 3 yo. My son is 3, 3.5 in November. We took him off milk in > January as we started the GFCF diet and to get a variety of liquids in him > has been a challenge. Where do you get the gut healing licorice tea? I > guess honey won't hurt him, and you are right, it won't feed the yeast. > > Thanks for your suggestions. Sometimes I get SOOOOOO overwhelmed with all > this. > > Ann Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 6, 2011 Report Share Posted July 6, 2011 I'm putting this question out to a couple of groups, so if your receive it more than once, my apologies. I'm looking into getting a whole house water filter system and wondered about reverse osmosis water. I read recently that it tastes pretty flat if you don't add mineral drops before drinking it. I also know that I would need to add minerals to make my water kefir. My question is whether this is the best filtration system. I don't want totally flat water, and have simply used a Pur tap filter lately, since I can turn it on or off, but that doesn't do my showers or baths, etc. which is where the chlorine really affects you. I've been going around with this for quite a while. Which is the best approach to water filtration? I love my water kefir, and actually considered bringing water inside from an outside tap that wasn't filtered as an option, then I read about reverse osmosis water tasting flat, and now I'm confused. Please help! Thanks to anyone who can give me some advice. in Oregon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 6, 2011 Report Share Posted July 6, 2011 , I don't know about it tasting flat as I've been drinking it for so long. At first it tastes strange compared to tap water, but then it is wonderful (at least to me). It is one way of getting fluoride out of your drinking water. For my showers, I use a shower filter I get from http://www.purewaterproducts.com/. I also got my reverse osmosis unit from them as it was so cheap compared to Culligan. Hope this helps. H. At 08:30 AM 7/6/2011, you wrote: > > >I'm putting this question out to a couple of groups, so if your >receive it more >than once, my apologies. > >I'm looking into getting a whole house water filter system and wondered about >reverse osmosis water. I read recently that it tastes pretty flat if >you don't >add mineral drops before drinking it. I also know that I would need to add >minerals to make my water kefir. My question is whether this is the best >filtration system. I don't want totally flat water, and have simply >used a Pur >tap filter lately, since I can turn it on or off, but that doesn't do my >showers or baths, etc. which is where the chlorine really affects you. I've >been going around with this for quite a while. Which is the best approach to >water filtration? I love my water kefir, and actually considered >bringing water >inside from an outside tap that wasn't filtered as an option, then I >read about >reverse osmosis water tasting flat, and now I'm confused. Please help! > >Thanks to anyone who can give me some advice. > > in Oregon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 6, 2011 Report Share Posted July 6, 2011 http://www.waterbenefitshealth.com/reverse-osmosis-water.html I know it isn't good for aquariums but your not a fish. Like everything else on the internet the more research you do the more confused you get. If I were going to do this the first thing I would do is get a copy of my water report. Then I would decide on what I want to filter out and what filter is the best for doing it. Harry From: Cowan <fnxyb@...> Subject: Re: Reverse Osmosis Water Date: Wednesday, July 6, 2011, 11:30 AM  I'm putting this question out to a couple of groups, so if your receive it more than once, my apologies. I'm looking into getting a whole house water filter system and wondered about reverse osmosis water. I read recently that it tastes pretty flat if you don't add mineral drops before drinking it. I also know that I would need to add minerals to make my water kefir. My question is whether this is the best filtration system. I don't want totally flat water, and have simply used a Pur tap filter lately, since I can turn it on or off, but that doesn't do my showers or baths, etc. which is where the chlorine really affects you. I've been going around with this for quite a while. Which is the best approach to water filtration? I love my water kefir, and actually considered bringing water inside from an outside tap that wasn't filtered as an option, then I read about reverse osmosis water tasting flat, and now I'm confused. Please help! Thanks to anyone who can give me some advice. in Oregon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 7, 2011 Report Share Posted July 7, 2011 Reverse osmosis takes a lot of water to make a little - I read one statistic that only 5-15% of the water is returned as purified and the rest is waste water. If you had a whole house filtration system using that....imagine the water waste. My husband put in a 2 stage filter for our house. The first filter removes big impurities and is a cheaper filter to replace. The second filter is more specific - but the entire set up was purchased at home depot. You could research what gets rid of chlorine and buy that kind of filter for the second filter. We use ro for drinking water only since we live on a well and it smells pretty bad unless we purify it. On 7/6/2011 10:30 AM, Cowan wrote: > > I'm putting this question out to a couple of groups, so if your > receive it more > than once, my apologies. > > I'm looking into getting a whole house water filter system and > wondered about > reverse osmosis water. > -snip- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 7, 2011 Report Share Posted July 7, 2011 We have Reverse Osmosis (RO) at our kitchen sink and we use it for all drinking purposes (anytime the water is not heated) and for our coffee/tea. Our water is so sediment and bacteria heavy that it was making us sick to drink it. (We live along a salt-water marsh so I am sure that has something to do with it.) A full-house system was way more money than we wanted and didnt seem to make sense. We have well water so dont need to worry about added flouride or chlorine -just the natural stuff that there was too much of. We do want to add filters for our showers (you absorb a lot through your skin when you shower) but havent gotten to that yet. After a LOT of research, we got a unit from H2RO.com and have been using it for 4 years now -we LOVE it. For Water Kefir, you do have to add back in minerals but that is easy. As of now I just add an eggshell and the grains still seem quite happy and are growing well and giving me WK regularly. At some point I want to try some of the Ocean Solution through Marilyn but havent gotten there yet either! When I first started with my WK, I did 1/2 tap/well water and 1/2 RO as I wasnt sure how I wanted to add back in the minerals and thought that maybe the probiotics in the WK would kill any of the bad bacteria in the well water. The grains did well (grew and multiplied) but it took 48 hours instead of 24. So I experimented and switched to all RO and an eggshell and I now get my WK after just 24 hours. So... depending on your needs (city vs well), I hope that helps some! (And just for clarity... Our water is SO sediment heavy that we have to replace the 1st filter in our system every 3-4 MONTHS instead of every 3 YEARS as usually recommended. Joe at h2ro has never seen water as bad as ours and yet this system handles it perfectly!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 7, 2011 Report Share Posted July 7, 2011 But the filters sold in Home Depot do NOT filter flouride. I have researched and have found that only RO will remove flouride and for me that is most important. We've had a countertop (Shaklee brand) RO filter for over 20 years and have been very happy with it and the quality of water. Shari Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 7, 2011 Report Share Posted July 7, 2011 Actually, they DO remove flouride. Home Depo actually sells 2 different brands of actual RO systems. We were just there yesterday. (At least ours does) We were there getting a part to install our new RO system. I have been trying to follow this RO conversation closely because of this. What will I have to add in with my water, sugar and grains? - Sent via DROID on Verizon Wireless Re: Reverse Osmosis Water But the filters sold in Home Depot do NOT filter flouride. I have researched and have found that only RO will remove flouride and for me that is most important. We've had a countertop (Shaklee brand) RO filter for over 20 years and have been very happy with it and the quality of water. Shari Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 7, 2011 Report Share Posted July 7, 2011 Actually, activated alumina also removes fluoride. There are whole house filters available. I'm hoping to get one when I have the $ to spare. I believe there are also bone char filter too but I haven't looked at them too closely. Kathleen > > But the filters sold in Home Depot do NOT filter flouride. I have researched and have found that only RO will remove flouride and for me that is most important. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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