Quote:
Originally Posted by Dutch Star Don
Talk about the ultimate scam. I guess some think those machines contain a water tank inside. Look behind them, they're just filtering the water coming out of the building. Just go buy a filter if you're concerned.
|
We usually buy our water for drinking and cooking from Walmart even though I have a good filtration system of a stainless steel screen for the big gunk, a sediment filter for the little stuff and a charcoal block filter for the tiny stuff plus chlorine which we use for showers, etc.
While purchasing Primo filtered water from several hundred WMs I have only once found the local tap water to have a taste even the Primo system couldn't fix. That was at my local hometown WM. I got into the habit of taking a small swig of the local water before filling my one gallon jugs which are recycled one gallon Lipton tea bottles. We also have a two gallon jug with a spigot sitting on the counter next to the sink for refilling the small recycled plastic bottles we keep in the reefer door.
Primo uses treated municipal tap water followed by a sediment filter followed by an activated charcoal filter followed by reverse osmosis and finally the water passes through an ultraviolet light as it passes into your container. I get a lot of good water for 39¢ a gallon without the hassle of hooking up all my filters.
We like to grind our own coffee and I like to experiment with different coffees and often do some mixing of different types of beans. Consistency of the water is essential for comparing the results of my tinkering.