I just drink the tap water. It's ok. Letting it sit for a few hours to let the chlorine escape helps the taste. I haven't thought those pitchers to be any good but who knows. If I really wanted to filter the water, I'd look at an MSR gravity filter or similar.
An absurd amalgamation of a 4 part while house filter, a softener, and an under sink reverse osmosis thing for drinking water.
The water here has enough dissolved solids in it that before I put in that stuff if the pipes got a pinhole leak in them it would seal itself within a couple hours at the expense of everything having a white crust on it.
I'm based in London, the water is really hard and drinking water, and more importantly tea is so much better with any sort of filtration.
I use a refillable filter called Phox—they're a smaller UK brand that offers three types of refills: one that just filters, one that filters and softens (my choice), and one called the Alkaline pack which maintains calcium and adds magnesium and ups the pH.
I used to use Brita filters and the amount of plastic waste would really bug me. I'd definitely get a filtration system installed if I owned my own home but Phox feels like a good solution in the meantime.
...not that owning my own place in London is going to happen, but a poor little wage slave can dream.
Zerowater. It’s alright. I like the taste, but the replacement filters are pretty expensive.
We had some construction a few years back where they replaced the water pipes across our area of the city. For about two years while the project was going on, our water would randomly turn brown or orange for days… we used to drink straight tap water, but not any more.
I used to use them. They're cheapest if you order directly from their website in bulk. And subscribe to their emails. I think around January and February they usually have like 10 for 120$ or something.
Hey, got an email today. They have 25% off their entire site with the code water25. Good until the 7th. Their prices for filters went up like everything else but you can get 16 for 150$ with that code.
Yup agreed. I’ve tried brita and pur, and pur tastes the closest to NYC water to me, which is my benchmark for the best-tasting water. Definitely not as good as NYC, but closest I’ve come.
I don’t drink water. I fill my tea kettle from the tap, as chlorine evaporates rapidly and completely from hot water. I usually drink two pints this way (one coffee and one herbal tea), and I drink a can of fizzy water at lunch, and maybe a beer with dinner.
I use the Aarke filter, mostly because it has hardly any plastic, and works fantastically. I'm considering getting the water2 installed so all my taps are filtered clean water, with the rise of micro plastic concerns, I use filtered water even for cooking.
My water doesn't really need filtering, but I dated someone who didn't want to take the risk (and for a really good reason) we just used a brita branded one.
It just tends to be a small amount of chlorine that you can't taste when you're used to it. I'm from the Alps and our water is actually not chlorinated and I often say I can taste the chlorine in the water but the locals will usually be like 'what are you talking about?' Examples where I tasted chlorine but locals didn't are Scotland, Germany, Italy, France
interesting. we had our own well when i grew up, and i've had allergic reactions to chlorinated water before so i'm super sensitive to it. i remember the water tasting off in london and eastern germany but it doesn't at home and it didn't when i visited austria. last time i was in north america and unprepaired for the tap water, it made me gag.
Austria is where I'm from :) yeah England and Germany aren't too bad, I taste the chlorine, but I'll still drink the water. I begrudgingly opted for bottled water in North America too, though. Couldn't handle it. Even the chlorine smell during a shower was annoying, I had never noticed that anywhere else.
You should try non-filtered water with your coffee machine and see if it makes a difference in taste. Some coffee aficionados actually re-add minerals after filtering the water
Yes, I have actually tried it. For my coffee machine I don't notice a difference.
But at work we have a really nice espresso machine where we added a filter that adds magnesium to the water. There it really made a difference.
I live in a country with world's cleanest tap water, so none.
France?Just noticed your instance. So, England?
Finland
I installed a RO system when I moved into my house
I just drink the tap water. It's ok. Letting it sit for a few hours to let the chlorine escape helps the taste. I haven't thought those pitchers to be any good but who knows. If I really wanted to filter the water, I'd look at an MSR gravity filter or similar.
An absurd amalgamation of a 4 part while house filter, a softener, and an under sink reverse osmosis thing for drinking water.
The water here has enough dissolved solids in it that before I put in that stuff if the pipes got a pinhole leak in them it would seal itself within a couple hours at the expense of everything having a white crust on it.
None, we have potable water here.
I'm based in London, the water is really hard and drinking water, and more importantly tea is so much better with any sort of filtration.
I use a refillable filter called Phox—they're a smaller UK brand that offers three types of refills: one that just filters, one that filters and softens (my choice), and one called the Alkaline pack which maintains calcium and adds magnesium and ups the pH.
I used to use Brita filters and the amount of plastic waste would really bug me. I'd definitely get a filtration system installed if I owned my own home but Phox feels like a good solution in the meantime.
...not that owning my own place in London is going to happen, but a poor little wage slave can dream.
Zerowater. It’s alright. I like the taste, but the replacement filters are pretty expensive.
We had some construction a few years back where they replaced the water pipes across our area of the city. For about two years while the project was going on, our water would randomly turn brown or orange for days… we used to drink straight tap water, but not any more.
I used to use them. They're cheapest if you order directly from their website in bulk. And subscribe to their emails. I think around January and February they usually have like 10 for 120$ or something.
I had no idea. Thanks for tip! Definitely going to look into it!
Hey, got an email today. They have 25% off their entire site with the code water25. Good until the 7th. Their prices for filters went up like everything else but you can get 16 for 150$ with that code.
It worked! Wow, thank you so much! Seriously, you are awesome.
I like the taste of PUR the best. I keep one of these in my fridge and replace the filter with one of these every few months.
Yup agreed. I’ve tried brita and pur, and pur tastes the closest to NYC water to me, which is my benchmark for the best-tasting water. Definitely not as good as NYC, but closest I’ve come.
I don’t drink water. I fill my tea kettle from the tap, as chlorine evaporates rapidly and completely from hot water. I usually drink two pints this way (one coffee and one herbal tea), and I drink a can of fizzy water at lunch, and maybe a beer with dinner.
Most things won't get rid of color. Usually RO systems are needed for that. Does depend on what is causing the color though.
I use a Brita tank but the filters are generic made to fit in Brita water tanks.
Same. I just buy store brand generic filters for my Brita.
I use the Aarke filter, mostly because it has hardly any plastic, and works fantastically. I'm considering getting the water2 installed so all my taps are filtered clean water, with the rise of micro plastic concerns, I use filtered water even for cooking.
My water doesn't really need filtering, but I dated someone who didn't want to take the risk (and for a really good reason) we just used a brita branded one.
I use a britta-type generica, but inky for the water that goes in the coffee machine. All drinking water goes through a local water carbon filter.
https://thelocalwater.com
I don't. My filter is on the tap.
Same, except I'm raw dogging my tap water unfiltered.
Non I have a soft water supply
I'm a big fan of my Lifestraw pitcher! It's got a great filter.
Same. Water tastes great, and I like the company. Tap water I drink too, but the pitcher we keep in the refrigerator and mmm, cold filtered water.
Milli-Q water filter
most of europe doesn't do at-home filtration. we don't chlorinate the water.
Not true https://www.lenntech.com/processes/disinfection/regulation-eu/eu-water-disinfection-regulation.htm#:~:text=In%20Europe%2C%20most%20drinking%20water,primary%20disinfectant%20in%20most%20cases.
It just tends to be a small amount of chlorine that you can't taste when you're used to it. I'm from the Alps and our water is actually not chlorinated and I often say I can taste the chlorine in the water but the locals will usually be like 'what are you talking about?' Examples where I tasted chlorine but locals didn't are Scotland, Germany, Italy, France
interesting. we had our own well when i grew up, and i've had allergic reactions to chlorinated water before so i'm super sensitive to it. i remember the water tasting off in london and eastern germany but it doesn't at home and it didn't when i visited austria. last time i was in north america and unprepaired for the tap water, it made me gag.
Austria is where I'm from :) yeah England and Germany aren't too bad, I taste the chlorine, but I'll still drink the water. I begrudgingly opted for bottled water in North America too, though. Couldn't handle it. Even the chlorine smell during a shower was annoying, I had never noticed that anywhere else.
Zerowater removes all dissolved minerals from the water, which is actually bad for you if you only drink that.
Brita is European...
I have a Brita. But I only use it for my coffee machine and my steamer so I don't have to descale them so often.
You should try non-filtered water with your coffee machine and see if it makes a difference in taste. Some coffee aficionados actually re-add minerals after filtering the water
Yes, I have actually tried it. For my coffee machine I don't notice a difference. But at work we have a really nice espresso machine where we added a filter that adds magnesium to the water. There it really made a difference.