Before and afters.. I'm confused.

[Ruth]

At the place that I buy my water from I get them to test the TDS of their RO water (which they do regularly anyway). It comes out at less than 1ppm consistantly.

[OCDP]

Originally Posted by Ruth

At the place that I buy my water from I get them to test the TDS of their RO water (which they do regularly anyway). It comes out at less than 1ppm consistantly.

That's good to know...

We're talking about RO water you can get from grocery stores and what not, correct?

What's the (rough) cost to fill a jug of RO water? (the bigger jugs they have) I top up with about half a gallon per day, and I'd like to try and calculate my costs if possible..

[Ruth]

I pay around $3.25 for a 5 gallon jug but you might be able to get it cheaper down there. One thing I would recommend is that you get it direct from a water store and not the grocery type store as who knows how often they change their filters etc. Also a water store is more likely to have testing equipment right there that they can use on the water. I know in some of the bigger centers (probably Calgary) that you can get door to door delivery.

[OCDP]

That was my main concern with buying from a grocery store.

I'll have to look into this a little further. Thanks for the suggestion

[Richard_Dicosimo]

you could still get a Ro/Di unit, all u need is a male screw on fitting on your sink tap. You could just setup your ro system whenever u needed water, and then just keep a 5 gal jug full so that u dont have to pull out your ro system that often. Then just store it when your not using it. but if u did go this route your supposed to let the ro unit run for about 20 minutes to get rid of any built up nitrates from sitting stagnant.

Richard

[ed99]

Originally Posted by Richard_Dicosimo

you could still get a Ro/Di unit, all u need is a male screw on fitting on your sink tap. You could just setup your ro system whenever u needed water, and then just keep a 5 gal jug full so that u dont have to pull out your ro system that often. Then just store it when your not using it. but if u did go this route your supposed to let the ro unit run for about 20 minutes to get rid of any built up nitrates from sitting stagnant.

Richard

Another source could be in your laundry room. In my old house I tee'd off the source for the washing machine and added a tap.

[andsoitgoes]

I just tossed my unit in the bathroom in a cupboard, you can tie it in so it's a low profile (trust me, we have NO room) and it'll pay for itself in a few water changes - never need to go for expensive bottled drinking water again!!

110 bucks is a small, small price to pay!

[Der_Iron_Chef]

I mentioned before that I buy my water from Superstore. If you decided to go that route, they do sell two kinds. One of them guarantees >10ppm, which is pretty good to me! And refilling those 5G jugs costs around $3.

[adidas]

Originally Posted by Ruth

At the place that I buy my water from I get them to test the TDS of their RO water (which they do regularly anyway). It comes out at less than 1ppm consistantly.

wow thats good..my RO filter water comes out at 14

[danny zubot]

I too have been pondering the pros and cons of RODi versus tap water lately. Yes, there are cons to RoDi water, it is totally void of any minerality. That is a good thing right? Maybe, maybe not.