Comments on: Saving Money On Bottled Water

By: brita water pitcher

brita water pitcher — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 14:43:16 +0000

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By: Mommy

Mommy — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 19:18:30 +0000

our water comes from an underground spring, and tastes really good. Plus the bonus is that it is always ice cold!!

By: Rachel

Rachel — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 08:39:07 +0000

Oh, I forgot to mention: I live in Houston and the water here is actually decent from the tap. I decided to deal with my weirdness about tap water a couple of years back and went for it. It’s been fine!

By: Rachel

Rachel — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 08:34:21 +0000

I’m another wanting to mention the BPA in Nalgene. I know the FDA retracted their statement on it recently, but like someone else said, why take the chance?

I plan to get the Kleen Kanteen style bottles soon. And I’ve seen other brands popping up lately for far less money for what seems to be the same product.

By: Canadian

Canadian — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 18:50:56 +0000

I don’t really like our water straight from the tap. However, I find it tastes a LOT better when it’s very cold. So I fill a pitcher with tap water and keep it in the fridge. We used to buy water but we stopped since we switched to this method (and I won’t go back to bought water for environmental reasons).

By: JayMonster

JayMonster — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 18:46:09 +0000

Our water is actually pretty good here to begin with, but we went with a Reverse Osmosis Filter. It costs more than the charcoal filter systems (but less than buying individual bottles of water), and since it is reverse osmosis, NOTHING gets through except clean water.

Also, another vote here for Kleen Kanteen. So much easier than trying to figure out which plastics are safe or not, which has BPA, etc.

By: noodle

noodle — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 15:06:43 +0000

We have excellent water, so I don’t have to worry about buying. I do like having cold water in the refrigerator, so I wash and reuse glass bottles. Some are the smaller, individual size, but my favorites are the large San Pellegrino bottles.

I could use pitchers of water in the same manner, but the bottles are easier for my children to use. And they look prettier on the dinner table.

By: maudie-mae

maudie-mae — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 04:25:13 +0000

We live in a town with good water. I have several nalgenes and fakegenes that I use constantly. I don’t filter. However my in-laws live in a town where it is mandated that they MUST have a filter for their drinking water. My son goes to school in another place where there is too much sulphur in the water. He buys water.

By: EarthlyJane

EarthlyJane — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 03:52:50 +0000

I live in northern Minnesota, up on the Iron Range. We live in a pretty little town and do have city water and it tastes good to me. I like the mineral-y taste. With out it, I always think, “gee this tastes different.” But if you go 2 hours south the water tastes like bleach. it’s nasty.
When we did live further south, we bought water by the gallon when we went to visit family up here and they would bring some when they came to visit us. If you save the jugs, you can fill each one for $0.15, which was pretty cheap if you ask me.
As for water bottles, they have them at our doller store for $1 each, I just saw them today!

By: Sarah

Sarah — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 02:04:45 +0000

We’re lucky enough to have filtered water through our fridge, but I think our tap water is just fine here in Rock Hill, SC. I’ve always used my nalgeen bottle but now I’m going to check and see if it is one that has BPA, since it is an older one.