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Water Bottles with Filters? - mattkime - 10-05-2006
I was wondering if anyone out there has experience/opinions on water bottles with built in filters. I've started bringing water with me on my bike rides to and from work. I really prefer filtered water. Working out seems to make me more sensitive to the difference in taste. Is there a difference among various filters or bottles? I don't need anything fancy, just something that works.
Re: Water Bottles with Filters? - grad - 10-05-2006
Do not buy a water bottle with a filter in it.
Just buy a Brita Jug for work and keep it at your desk and fill it up before you leave work.
(I am assuming you already have filtered water at home).
Re: Water Bottles with Filters? - mattkime - 10-05-2006
>>Do not buy a water bottle with a filter in it.
Why not?
Unforunately most of my work is in a home office so i'm avoiding asking my employer to keep something like that in his fridge.
Re: Water Bottles with Filters? - Racer X - 10-05-2006
most of those purifying straws, or bottles with one built in are good for 150 bottles (or is it gallons) It would end up being about 35-50 cents a bottle for the filter, but you wouldn't have to store bottles of water. That's still half or better than bottles. Be concerned about life expectancy once you start to use them.
I don't know too much about them, but there are a number of ones available. Look more towards the filtration aspect than the purification aspect. Some of the ultra purification ones have a short life span and a much lower max quantity. But if I were in a survival situation where I didn't know how many water buffalo and natives were peeing and crapping upstream....
The sawyer one looks good
I saw it in a few mail-order/on-line surplus and military supply places as well. In a catalog about 12-18 months old, it was $30. The Sawyer 6/4. 32 ounces, and 250 gallons life. (1000 fills is pretty damn good) Cleaner water will extend the filter life, and nasty will cut it way down.
Re: Water Bottles with Filters? - BigGuynRusty - 10-05-2006
[quote Racer X] It would end up being about 35-50 cents a bottle for the filter, but you wouldn't have to store bottles of water. That's still half or better than bottles..
Holy Crap RX!
How much you paying for bottled water?
I am paying only $10 for 105 half liter bottles. (35 bottles X 3 cases) of Crystal Geyser, that works out to a little less than ten cents a bottle.
No tax, and I get the CRV fee back.
BGnR
Buy Lexan bottles, no baddies will grow on them.
Re: Water Bottles with Filters? - Racer X - 10-05-2006
That was based on some of the really expensive ceramic filters with a low max gallon throughput, not bottled water in general.
We use Brita pitchers, and since the water in Seattle is pretty good to begin with, the filters last about twice as long as the average, and at $40 for 10 at Costco, well, 5-7 cents a gallon? We do it to get rid of the chlorine taste, which messes with coffee and tea. Huge difference with tea when made with filtered water vs tap.
Re: Water Bottles with Filters? - volcs0 - 10-05-2006
Bottled water is mostly tap water.
At least according to Penn and Teller.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-38689228117046242&q=penn+and+teller+water
Re: Water Bottles with Filters? - Paul F. - 10-05-2006
That's what YOU think... you obviously havent' let them sit long enough
Re: Water Bottles with Filters? - BigGuynRusty - 10-05-2006
[quote volcs0]Bottled water is mostly tap water.
At least according to Penn and Teller.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-38689228117046242&q=penn+and+teller+water
Actually only 25% by volume.
Discussed before in the forum, from my post in the thread.:
"What a coincidence!
Just saw a History Channel, "Modern Marvels" show about "Water", it is brand new.
Statistics from the show, 25% of bottled water comes from HIGHLY ozone filtered and processed municipal water, in fact they take the dissolved minerals down to 1 part per million, and they have to add minerals back in for taste. The two major bottle waters from city water are Dasani, and the other is Aquafina (thanks RX! ). But 75% are from spring sources."
BGnR
Re: Water Bottles with Filters? - mattkime - 10-05-2006
I'm not talking about a survival situation. I just want the chlorine taste taken away.