On Tue, 03 Dec 2013 15:38:44 -0500, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:

> On 12/3/2013 2:52 PM, Helpful person wrote:
>
> >
> > Unfortunately the water where I live is horrible so I am forced to use bottled,.
> >
>
> Either an RO system or proper filters will pay for itself over bottled.
> You do have choices.

There's more than taste wrong with nasty water and I don't trust a
carbon filter to remove it.

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On 12/3/2013 3:45 PM, sf wrote:
> On Tue, 03 Dec 2013 15:38:44 -0500, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:
>
>> On 12/3/2013 2:52 PM, Helpful person wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Unfortunately the water where I live is horrible so I am forced to use bottled,.
>>>
>>
>> Either an RO system or proper filters will pay for itself over bottled.
>> You do have choices.
>
> There's more than taste wrong with nasty water and I don't trust a
> carbon filter to remove it.

I said "proper" filters Have the water tested to determine what you
need. The bottled water people do that.
>

sf wrote:
>
> On Tue, 03 Dec 2013 15:38:44 -0500, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:
>
> > On 12/3/2013 2:52 PM, Helpful person wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > Unfortunately the water where I live is horrible so I am forced to use bottled,.
> > >
> >
> > Either an RO system or proper filters will pay for itself over bottled.
> > You do have choices.
>
> There's more than taste wrong with nasty water and I don't trust a
> carbon filter to remove it.

A reverse osmosis system is not a "carbon filter", though they do
include a carbon pre-filter to protect the RO membrane since the
chlorine in municipal water will destroy a RO membrane. Do you really
want to drink water that can destroy a RO membrane?