RO water, where do you get yours?
 

So i have been buying my RO from the Water Store up in the NE as I'm usually up there once a week, their refills are only $2 for 5g, also i know Pisces gets it from them. I have been noticing phosphorus in my tanks so after a few wc and adding phosguard they didn't change. I just tested my ro water from them & found it to be close to 20ppb or .06 ppm of phosphate.

Now i do get it from the vending machine so i plan on going in and asking them whats up? But just in case I'm looking for an inexpensive option, prefer something in the west end where i live.

And before you all say just buy a rodi unit its not in the budget at this time.

How is it not in the budget? You spend 2$ for 5 gallons?? Thats crazy. Add that up. Sounds way more expensive to me. You can find a used cheap RO for like 50$

in another thread calculated my total ro/di water costs for evaporating 2g/day and 60g/month in water changes, used a 4:1 waste ratio and included the ro/di unit price taking in account filters/di/membrane changes and it worked out to 2 cent per gallon. Add in not having to carry around 5g jugs of water, just doesn't make sense not to have your own home system.

yes in the long run it is far more cost affective to buy an RO/DI unit. I can see in the short term using it as a solution but, I fill up my 20 Gal ATO container twice a week and I just can't see me hauling that much water around, never mind the price.

Having an 8 gallon & 15 gallon tank equals out to about 3 gallons a week i changes so my thought process is @ $ $80 a year was not worth spending from what i thought would be over $400 installed for a 5 stage unit with reservoir & labour.

Used cheap one for $50, where? And would i still have to buy filters for it that cost how much for 5 filters, better off with a new one. Like i said, its just nit in the budget @ this time.

I bought my system off eBay for $200. 5 stage filter that is portable and hooks right up to your faucet. Came with many carbon/filter/etc replacements as well. I get 0 TDS every time. Although it takes about 2 hours to fill a 5 gallon jug, this is the best solution in my opinion for a smaller tank.

Got my 4 stage for 60$ with newfilters

http://www.aquasafecanada.com/store/...e-ro-di-system

I got this nice deal! I'm not sure what you guys are take on aquasafe.

wasn't me that said $50.

btw, I'm still using the aquasafecanada unit I bought back around 2005. Other than filter/di changes only other things replaced was the ASOV, a check valve and o-rings. Not like there's much to go wrong but no complaints re: quality.