/ck/ - Food & Cooking

>>19731240
Zero water + a sprinkle of Himalayan salt. Everything else is bullshit

Yes and no. Yes in that it doesn't remove the most dangerous things even though you might assume it would (moulds, for example) and no because water does taste nicer after.

>>19731245
ok

>>19731240
yes lol

>>19731259
retard

>>19731275
yo mama

>>19731240
Yes.

>>19731240
Yea they grow mold in the corners of the jug and the filters are extremely expensive. Someone recommended I buy a reverse osmosis filter for my house in another unrelated thread and initially though they were retarded. They were actually right. The cost/benefit checks out.

>>19731297
They grow mold/bacteria in the filters too. The filters don't last very long before the water starts tasting... off.

>>19731240
you haven't lived until you had filtered milk. I love it with a shot of orange vodka.

my tap water tastes like shit if I let it sit for like 2 hours but zero water tastes fine even like a week later in a bottle or something.
>>19731297
also this. the water from my zero water basin started tasting like cat piss after like a month of light use which was definitely from the filter being submerged in water 24 hours a day for weeks. the system is designed to fail and cause you to buy more filters.

Buy a reverse osmosis filtration system. Whole-house or just a smaller under the sink unit if you're a renter.
>>19731376
You're supposed to replace them every couple of years. It's overall much cheaper than britta filters.

>>19731245
>Zero water
What

>>19731411
it's just a bottle of air.

>>19731394
>Whole-house
this. if you are afraid to drink your water then you shouldn't bathe in it either

>>19731411
>solving a captcha instead of typing your question into jewgle
i fucking hate you "people".

>>19731394
Oh, I meant the Brita/Pur filters grow mold/bacteria, not the reverse osmosis ones.
They say they last an average family two months but in my experience the water starts tasting off (and not like tap water) after a couple of weeks.

>>19731456
I'm just gonna use a brita filter then

>>19731297
Yeah..That was me...probably.
I'll poast 'em again:
https://www.isopurewater.com/blogs/news/diy-reverse-osmosis-system
https://youtu.be/JIS4_CYZDKo
Do yourself a favor and splash out for the dispenser faucet and the 3 gallon tank...
t. Am Retreaded--but i can has cleen waters

>>19731391
Don't do this, it makes cheese crystals.

>>19731240
I love Britta

>>19731240
>>19731245
My Zero Water started to smell after a few months. Supposedly it's due to the water.

>>19731557
look at your instruction manual again.
It alleges that even a TDS of the range 002-050 will only yield 40 gallons.
I'll give it to them that the design is top notch, but you still end up buying a new filter every month (or less) just like Brita.
and the filters are $17.50 a piece.
RO systems only swap out the pre-filter, and that lasts for 1500 gallons.

Forgot to mention, most systems have 2 filters, 9other than the membrane,) and they are ~$8.50 a piece. (you only usually swap out the pre-membrane filter.)

>>19731586
One trick I've seen to extend filters is using two Zero Water containers, just keep the old filter in the first container and run that water through the new filter.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIw7eyk9MXM

>>19731650
yeah it can work if you know what the problem with your local area is. In Tucson other than having god awful fucking tap water it is astronomically high in chlorine which is what goes first in my filters. I keep a gallon jug on the counter and let it gas off for a day or two before I put it in the filter

>>19731650
seems like a lot of space and bullshit to deal with when the RO system I posted earlier negates all that, and at a cost saving over time.
If it's what you gotta do to save money, and it works for you, good enough, but if the pitchers are $40 each($80 now for both,) and the filters are $35 for a two pack,(80 gallons at best) you are looking at $80+$35+$35+$35+$35+$35 per year. That's $255 already, and for only~500 gallons.
Why not just buy all the RO stuff and only change the pre-filter once a year for ~$8.50??
A 3.2 Gal. pressurized tank is $60 that and the membrane,(~$28-$70, depending,) is the bulk of your cost. You can take it with you if you rent or move to another house too.
This is one marshmallow test you don't want to fuck up.

>>19731394
Yeah I have one of these. They said replace the filters once a year. Far cheaper than this stupid filter i bought that wants me tot pay the entire price of the fucking pitcher for every filter replacement.

>>19731297
>extremely expensive
you have to be over 12 to post on this board

The problem is that there isn't much of an alternative. You need an expensive reverse osmosis filter to really get the water that you need. What are you gonna do otherwise? Drink out of (((water bottles)))? Yes, please have another helping of microplastics.

I use PUR, but the lil change filter light keeps going out

Boy I'm glad I live in an area that gives a shit about its municipal water.

>>19731750
> change the pre-filter once a year for ~$8.50
What the fuck are you going on about? The most basic RO system will run you at least a hundred per year in replacements.

>>19731462
I change my brita filter once every 3 months and have never had this problem. i keep it in the fridge though, if you keep it at room temp maybe it does grow stuff.

>>19732306
The pitcher was free. You just paid for the filter. That said, whenever pitchers go on offer, I buy one and either give away the pitcher or use it for other shit and keep the filters since it's legitimately cheaper to buy on-sale pitchers that come with filters than it is to buy filters themselves which never go on special.

>>19732452
This retard rolls into a thread, doesn't even read the WHOPPING 35 poasts and comments.
>>19731517
I feel bad for you getting scammed and all...
But I can see why you did, you ignorant fuck...

just in case anyone is wondering if I'm bullshitting--for SOME stupid reason..
https://www.isopurewater.com/products/kx-technologies-06-250-10-matrikx-10-x-2-5-matrikx-pb1-0-5-micron-chlorine-chloramine-voc-cyst-lead-filter

>>19731240
It filters your filthy water and makes it clean. How is that a scam?

>>19731297
>Yea they grow mold in the corners of the jug

There' s this thing called "cleaning". Maybe you' ve heard of it.

I have a Lifestraw water jug, thoughts on this compared to Britta?

I love on an area with actual good tap water though

>>19731450
>if you are afraid to drink your water
I am not afraid to drink my water. I just don't like it.

>>19733117
Not funny passive aggressive faggot alert

>>19733180
Can you try that in english again?

>>19733125
Lifestraw is 100X better than Brita.
The ONLY thing Brita filters are is activated carbon filters with either Sand or some kind of ion-exchange resin particles.
https://youtu.be/8NgdBHzHZTo
Lifestraws are able to take brackish bacteria infested water and make it potable--you would NOT want to try that with a Brita filter; they are ONLY for use with already potable water that is deemed safe to drink. It ONLY removes bad tastes.
You could probably get similar results by setting tap water out overnight to off-gas chlorination, then spray a couple shots of Pooph™ on it.
Brita is truly just another consooomer scam to get you in with mis-representation,(They literally SAY"Protect your family",) then have you purchasing overpriced filters for the rest of your life.
Only drawback with the Lifestraw jug, is the cost over time...
Which one do you have specifically?
https://lifestraw.com/pages/compare
It seems many of them don't remove chlorine or improve taste,(Active Charcoal's main benefit)

My tap water smells like chlorine and it doesn't after filtering, so it's worth it for me.

I use it to make my English tap water less hard and scummy for my tea and it makes a huge difference, at least visually.

>>19731297
>>19733117
>>19733180
A solution to this that I've found is putting a .9999 silver oz. in the pitcher/dispenser.
Another possibilty, is UV-C light. With Gorrona and all, there were tons of UV-C battery powered disinfection wands for sale. Most of them are now under $10 since nobody cares about it anymore,(Wait for it, they will again sooon.)
UV-C does nothing for chemicals like chlorine, PFAS, or the myriad Pharma residuals, but it is incredibly effective at killing biological contaminants. You can even buy UV-C flow through disinfectors pretty cheap.
https://www.ebay.com/p/1962020305?iid=112207681646
If you have a cistern tank, you could always use one of these submersibles,
>pic
but there are inline ones as well. UV-C doesn't CARE whether you are a fish or a human, the water gets disinfected all the same.

>>19731391
based filtered milk enjoyer

>>19733227
>>19733229
To be fair...This is all it's designed for.
I don't know if it'd be cheaper, but you could easily make a superior filter just out of aquarium Activated charcoal and coffee filters in a threaded cap cylinder.
Curious to me that they don't make "Refillable" inserts for these pitchers. I mean, they make them for all the Kuerig machines. It would just be charcoal instead of coffee.

>>19733084
None of those change the fact I stated, retard.

>>19731411

>19733605
This Fucking HAS to be a B0T...
NOBODY is this fucking stupid, and still breathing.

>>19731411
have you never heard of light water? there's zero water as well

>>19731240
i've been using the same one for about 4 years so i'd say i got my money's worth

>>19733220
I have the Lifestraw home 7 cup, it has an active charcoal filter as well as the straw itself, looks like that's one of the better ones listed.

It is pricey though to replace the filters regularly

If you own your own place you should have your water tested to see if it's actually potable every few years or so, and if not then have a proper filter installed in your kitchen sink.

If you rent or something and your landlord won't do that for you then I that's pretty much what you should use a brita filter for.

>>19731586
The only reason ZeroWater is even remotely cost effective for me is that my mom finds tons of the filters new in box at Goodwill.

>>19731297
Costco has Kirkland filters that go with Brita stuff. Not expensive at all, you get like 12 in a pack, that'll last you like 2 fucking years (replace every 2 months as per instructions)

>>19737508
My pitcher has a light indicator saying when to replace it. It goes from green to yellow to red. I would guess that it counts pours and/or pour-time but idk.

>>19737584
It's less about how often it's used and more about how long it takes mold to start growing. Personally I keep my filter pitcher in the fridge and get ~8 months out of them before the water starts tasting off.

>>19731416
lol

>>19736246
Based mamasboy
What's the going to be like down in the basement this week, it must change with the season

>>19738123
Speaking of which, my fridge has a filter. I replace it as necessary, but I noticed literal mould in the ice from the ice maker so we've stopped drinking that water or using that ice maker until we can figure out how to clean the ice maker and all parts of the water intake and tap so we use a Brita pitcher now.
Any tips for cleaning mould from a water dispensing/ice making fridge?

>>19731750
How does the system handle clogging of the membrane? How do they handle the formation of a biofilm on the membrane? How long will it actually last?
Large systems reverse the flow to clean the membrane and optimize flow to reduce bio accumulation. Although by the look of the module they probably use a hollow fiber membrane which might be alright for prolonged use at least for a single tap not a whole house. Also do you just drink the water straight or is there another module to reintroduce certain ions like Mg, Ca etc?

>>19731586
>water
>instruction manual
zoomers are something else..

>>19731240
I can tell the difference between my tap water, which does contain some chlorine, but is generally okay, and my brita filtered water.

It doesn't taste as good as quality bottled water, but it's a noticeable difference for a fraction of the cost.

>>19731240
I've got one of these for my sink and I'm fairly happy with it, even if it's a little bit annoying to change the filters out every couple of months. Quite possibly a placebo but the water quality in my area is generally very good anyway so it's probably less impactful than it would be if I lived in a shithole.

>>19731240
We have pretty high quality tap water here but I still prefer the taste of britta filtered water.

>>19740166
depending on the quality of your tap water, can get away with 4-6 months per filter

>>19731586
>look at your instruction manual again.
>It alleges that even a TDS of the range 002-050 will only yield 40 gallons.
Everyone wants to blame Trump for everything. Trump Derangement Syndrome will be the end of us.
That being said, I think it makes far more sense to use sink filters vs pitcher filters. At least with the sink filters you aren't constantly dipping your filthy filter into your potable water.

Reverse osmosis is the best filtration tech you can get for your home. Poorfags need not apply.

>>19731554
Based Community enjoyer

My tap water tastes better after using one. It's perfectly safe to drink without it, but the filter just makes it taste a little nicer. Worth it? Up to you, but I like it.

>>19731240
My water comes out pretty rusty and it at least appears to filter most of it out.

> Still drinks water straight from the garden hose.

Hardcore!

>>19742049
if there are hard cores in your hosewater you have some kind of issue

>>19731240
>are Britta filters a scam?

I think so. I bought the pitcher and never bought another filter for it again. Did it taste better? I don't even remember. Was it healthier? Probably not. Is it a gimmick? yeah.

>>19731394
I might look into this. Water in my city is super hard, and I get sediments on fucking everything. Fuck, I even need to water my plants with Britta-filtered water, otherwise they start to wilt from the minerals buildup.

My local water treatment switches from chlorine to chloramine every year.
Chlorine is bad enough but chloramine includes ammonia and unlike Chlorine is a lot harder to remove from water.

>>19742049
>boomers
>We use to drink straight from the water hose and we never had an issue
>also boomers
>I don't know how I got stomach and bladder cancer

why is this shit thread still up

brita is a fucking SCAM

>>19731554
oh Britta's in this thread?

>>19731240
You guys surely live in a first world country that has regular safe tap water right?

Are you okay over there?

>>19743595
They're in the beginning stages of a lawsuit for it right now, so maybe.

>>19743616
NTA but US water standards vary wildly by area. It can get pretty fucking bad, and the federal standards are dogshit, so most carcinogenic chemicals aren't even tested for outside basic heavy metals, bacteria, cryptosporidium, and a handful of pfas.

>>19731450
This is retard logic, drinking compromised water is always riskier than bathing in it.

imagine if our taxes got us clean, drinkable water

>>19744297
LOL, says John Stossel, LMAO, as he reaches out to govenment agency for comment.

The filter pitchers suck because you have to clean them, and the filters grow mold because they're always stagnating in water, and they make the water taste like plastic, and they make the water taste like your fridge, and if you run out of water in one, it takes a long time to wait for it to refill so you can drink more. They also waste space inside your fridge and make your water be too cold.

The faucet filter solves all of these problems. You're drinking the freshest filtered water every time you turn it on, with the bare minimum time spent touching plastic.

>>19731394
>>19731297
I had a reverse osmosis system and setting it up was a big pain but it was rewarding. Honestly it tasted better than the small filters like Britta.

I bought a filter from alex jones do they actually work or are they just placebo?

>>19744297
Chances are unless you live in area with a lot of heavy industry the drinking water is clean and drinkable and you're just a giant fucking faggot who doesn't think it tastes good enough.

>>19744773
he doesnt actually make the filters but sells popular brands you glownigger, so it depends entirely on what brand you bought

Depending on where you live they may or may not be worth it. My friend is from Las Vegas where the water quality is garbage and I kept trying to explain to him that the water quality in our town is not poor enough to justify buying bottled water all the time. Eventually I got sick of explaining to him that he was basically flushing his money down the toilet and just got him a brita filter for his wedding. Bottled water is the real scam.

>>19731240
I guess it depends on where you live.
>people in my country who refuse to drink tap water
>buy water from the shop
>that water actually comes from the same groundwater out tap water is from

>>19731411
Water, without all those empty calories.

>>19740166
>>19740169

i bought one of those when my friends came to stay with me for a week so we wouldnt ahve to go keep buying water and the filter died like a couple days after they left lmao

>>19731240
They don't remove flouride. Distillation or reverse osmosis is the only way to remove flouride.

>>19731240
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>>19748026
Oh shit wrong board lol duhh water is cool guys, just get it at your local water store

>>19733272
Been using an 18 cup Brita tank in the fridge for a few years. Instead of using .999 silver I used a few coils of new bare copper wire as an anti-microbial along with a mesh pouch of white calcium sulfite balls to further remove chlorine.

The brita filters are rated for some 40-60 gallons but I go through water fast and get about 7-8 months out of them before I start seeing cloudy tank water and replacing the filter. It's around $17 for 3 filters lasting 21-24 months.

The water doesn't have any taste or any smell from the brita tank and it beats hauling gallons of water home every few weeks.