[countrylv22]

Originally Posted by StaggerLee22

Big Lou...cause you and I go waaaaaaaaay back, I'm gonna help.

If you don't wanna buy a 'system' go to Walmart and buy a Ceramic Countertop Bottled Water Dispenser like this.

Should be about 25-26 bux.
While in Walmart, go and buy a 6 dollar empty 5 gallon water bottle.
Go to the back near the dairy section and fill it up for UNDER 30 CENTS A GALLON!

You can't go wrong.
It's Culligan water that Walmart sells--so u can't go wrong.
...plus it's dirt cheap!
I have 3 water bottles and every time I go to Walmart I just fill one up..always have a spare that way.

Thanks for the info. & post!
I was wondering, does this help clean the water in some way, does it have a filter inside?

If water is not refrigerated, once a bottle is open, I thought it started to go bad, no?

I tried looking up the benefits online of how this works, but could not really find anything. Is this just a dispenser?
Or does the ceramic in some way clean the water?

Thanks for your help!

[PinkString]

Countrylv22, that is just the dispenser for the big water bottle you put on it. No filter in it. Buy a few 5 gallon water bottles from Walmart or other stores that sell them..water stores sell them too.
Fill the water at Glacier dispensers, or inside Walmart and other stores. Then take the lid off, pop the bottle on it. And dispense the water with the spigot. Water will not "go bad." It's water! It will last forever. You will have to clean the dispenser out now and then. Plus clean your water bottles. I clean my dispenser out with baking soda and water. Make a paste, clean it all inside and out. Then rinse well.

[countrylv22]

Originally Posted by PinkString

Countrylv22, that is just the dispenser for the big water bottle you put on it. No filter in it. Buy a few 5 gallon water bottles from Walmart or other stores that sell them..water stores sell them too.
Fill the water at Glacier dispensers, or inside Walmart and other stores. Then take the lid off, pop the bottle on it. And dispense the water with the spigot. Water will not "go bad." It's water! It will last forever. You will have to clean the dispenser out now and then. Plus clean your water bottles. I clean my dispenser out with baking soda and water. Make a paste, clean it all inside and out. Then rinse well.

Hi Pink String,

Thanks so much for your help!
The reason I asked is because over the years, even though I try to be as healthy as possible, every time I travel, whether its to the Midwest, all over the US or out of the country I always get a bit sick. The only water I have never had a problem, is the water in NYC.
So, I started boiling the water, if renting a place while on vacation. And
on 1 of those trips to the islands, I boiled a lot of it. And after 3 days, of the water sitting there, it seemd like tiny bugs were in it and it tasted funny. I would boil the water & leave it out room temperature. So, that is why I was wondering if the water is not refrigerated would it start going bad...
Also, it seemed to me as long as a water bottle is sealed, its ok, but once you open it, if you do not drink it right away, and let it sit around, it also tastes different...

Anyway, thanks for the clarification & help! I think the dispensers are pretty cool

Take care,
Country

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[demoknite]

Originally Posted by countrylv22

Hi Pink String,

Thanks so much for your help!
The reason I asked is because over the years, even though I try to be as healthy as possible, every time I travel, whether its to the Midwest, all over the US or out of the country I always get a bit sick. The only water I have never had a problem, is the water in NYC.
So, I started boiling the water, if renting a place while on vacation. And
on 1 of those trips to the islands, I boiled a lot of it. And after 3 days, of the water sitting there, it seemd like tiny bugs were in it and it tasted funny. I would boil the water & leave it out room temperature. So, that is why I was wondering if the water is not refrigerated would it start going bad...
Also, it seemed to me as long as a water bottle is sealed, its ok, but once you open it, if you do not drink it right away, and let it sit around, it also tastes different...

Anyway, thanks for the clarification & help! I think the dispensers are pretty cool

Take care,
Country

You probably get sick because you dont drink the different waters and challenge your immune system. You might have some other underlying problems, but for most people like what you described that would be the case.

[AbsolutKaz]

I have a question along these lines - if I have a water softener plus a whole house water filtration system installed, can I remove the water filter in our refrigerator for drinking water? Or does that still need to be replaced and maintained? Thanks!

[SportyandMisty]

Originally Posted by AbsolutKaz

I have a question along these lines - if I have a water softener plus a whole house water filtration system installed, can I remove the water filter in our refrigerator for drinking water? Or does that still need to be replaced and maintained? Thanks!

Yes and no.

The whole-house water filtration system will remove sediment. It does not remove things that have been dissolved into the the city water.

Typically, houses are plumbed so that water that goes to your ice maker in the fridge bypasses the water softener -- so it will be hard water. The reason: salt based water softeners typically use sodium chloride (table salt in pellet form) and drinking a lot of water that has salt in it is bad for your blood pressure (at least for some people). SOOoooo... the cold water at your kitchen sink and at the ice maker have not been softened.

Depending how your house is plumbed, the water that goes to the kitchen sink and the ice maker might also bypass the whole house filter. If your whole house filter is plumbed into the same loop as the water softener (such as right next to it so the water that comes out of the whole house filter goes to the input side of the water softener), then most likely the cold water at your kitchen sink and the refrigerator are just raw city water.

AND... there is nothing wrong with that. It just might taste a bit off to you.

The best water & ice from your refrigerator ice maker & water dispenser will come if the water has

1) had sediment filtered, and
2) had chlorine removed.
3) had the hardness removed.

The in-refrigerator filter cartridge surely does #1. It probably does #2 as well (it probably has a carbon filter, and chlorine ions attach the the carbon filter). It does not do anything about #3.

Get a flashlight & look under your kitchen sink. There may be a loop which goes to the refrigerator. If so, then install an under-sink reverse osmosis system and tie it into that loop. Then, install the RO water spigot right above at your sink, and the RO unit will send RO water to the refrigerator. At that point, you no longer need the refrigerator filter.

[Blyzlv]

Hello, I am new to forum and wanted to piggyback this one since it was on the same track. I am planning on adding a RO system in the coming weeks and I wasn't sure how to tap the loop under our sink to send the water to our fridge. Do I have to cut the pipe completely and re-route the water to the RO system or just tap the line and send the ro through it? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Here is a pic.



Thanks again!

[MediocreButArrogant]

You can just buy a fitting to connect onto the existing one that will allow the connection to the sink and the one to the RO filter at the same time. It's pretty much just a brass Tee - one connection going up that goes to the sink, and one out the side to feed the RO filter.

Something like this would do it:



No need to remove the existing fitting.

[Michael-MS]

If you have city water I don't see why you'd waste the money on osmosis products. So expensive and really overkill if you have a filter and a softener. I grew up drinking well water on the East coast which tastes as good as spring water out of the bottle. And the city water (after being filtered through a Samsung Fridge) was not really that bad. We lived with it for about a year. Last week we finally got a water softener put in and I can taste the difference immediately. I would never drink the tap water straight up without a filter so step 1 would be a filtering system and step 2 would be a water softener. If you have those 2 then there's no need for the expensive osmosis. And stay clear of the "filtered softening systems" like NuvoH20... waste of money.