Anyone tried to install a Pur water filter on your in room sink?

[ellimeno]

My DH is picky about drinking water. Instead of buying bottled water I was wondering if I could bring one of those Pur water filters that screws onto the faucet. This is the kind that toggles so you can run the water regularly or thru the filter. I happen to have an extra one. Anyone know if it will fit?

 

[TnRobin]

I am not sure of the set up of that filter, but I would be afraid that there is not enough clearance between the faucet and the bottom of the sink for the filter and a glass.

Tell DH all the water is technically filtered on the ship. They go through an extensive filteration process to convert the sea water to drinking water. I am a bottle water junkie and I would just use the water out of the drink machines on deck 9

 

[MN_Cruz'n]

You might be surprised by the quality of the ship's water.

The water used on the ship is made from ocean water. The would desalinate it, of course, but the run it through a bunch of filtration as well to remove any ocean "things".

It is definitely better than any of the water you would get from a tap at WDW! Last time we were on the Magic, we had no issues with it. Certainly not enough to justify haul on bottled water, or the expense of buying in on board.

I'm sure others will offer opinions as well...

 

[tvguy]

It's the cleanest, most highly purified water you will ever drink. So leave the filter at home and just fill up your water bottles.

 

[Downrivermama]

I had one on my kitchen tap at home for awhile. I don't think you would have enough clearance in the sink. I also don't think the faucet is the kind you could screw it onto.

 

[been2marceline]

The filter would have nothing to filter - the water is condensed from the air and pure way beyond what the filter could do.

 

[Capt_BJ]

Technical stuff

If you read the label of many of your bottled waters you'll see that they are purified via a process called 'reverse osmosis'

Most ships today product their "potable" (fit for consumption) water via the RO process. Some ships still use a direct flash evaporative process (boil salt water, collect the steam, cool it 'til it turns back to water and collect that), some use a combination of both.

In either case one of the problems with keeping live plants on a ship is the fact the potable water produced is TOO CLEAN. Everything a plant needs to grow is gone! Well, 'cept the water ... no minerals.

TASTE however is a different and very subjective issue. What you won't taste on a ship is impurity ... what tastes funny is the LACK of it!

If not convinced consider bringing a Brita pitcher

http://www.brita.com/us/products/water-pitchers/

 

[msmith07101]

The water on the ship was good...we sailed on the Magic in May and had no issues with the water.

 

[atinkerbellmom]

The ship's water is a triple RO (Reverse Osmosis filtration sytem. As filtered as you can get. Better than any Pur or Brita filter could do. Actually better than your Ice Mountain & Nestle. Dasani adds a little minerals and sodium to the water, so I do not compare them. We are very picky water drinkers and love the water on the ship. Many times I have Room Service or my SRH even bring me pitchers of ICEwater. It is wonderful... Leave your filter at home; it does not have a spicket on the sink, the sinks are too small and too low as well. Relax and know that you are getting better water than MOST bottled companies.

 

[hgon76]

Funny, 1st day on Magic the water tasted & smelled a little like chlorine. My friend thought the same thing. After a couple days it tasted fine and I didn't even smell it anymore. Don't know if I just got used to it or if anything changed. I did drink it the whole cruise though. Definitely don't think a water filter would work on that sink.

 

[HooKooDooKu]

It's the cleanest, most highly purified water you will ever drink. So leave the filter at home and just fill up your water bottles.

Then why is the water yellow?

I noticed that when I filled the bath tub to rinse some stuff of salt water, that the water in the tub had a yellow hue to it. Not enough that you would notice in a glass of water... but when the tub was full, it was easy to see a yellow hue.

And just because the water is triple RO filtered doesn't say anything about the cleanlyness of the tanks used to store it and the pipes used to run it. Especially over time, it's possible for "stuff" to grow in there (did you see the news report a few years back about tests done on the water storage tanks of airplanes?).

Now I am in no way saying the water on DCL is bad in any way. I feel perfectly safe (as a healthy adult) drinking their tap water. But when we brought an infant on board with us, I did decide to be extra causious and brink my (back-country hiking) water filter with be to give the water one last filtering before using it to mix with powdered formula.

BTW, because of the possibility of "stuff" growing in the tanks and plumbing, it would make perfect sense if DCL does indeed add chlorine (just like most public water works systems do) to the water to insure the safety of their water.

 

[tvguy]

Then why is the water yellow?

I noticed that when I filled the bath tub to rinse some stuff of salt water, that the water in the tub had a yellow hue to it. Not enough that you would notice in a glass of water... but when the tub was full, it was easy to see a yellow hue.

And just because the water is triple RO filtered doesn't say anything about the cleanlyness of the tanks used to store it and the pipes used to run it. Especially over time, it's possible for "stuff" to grow in there (did you see the news report a few years back about tests done on the water storage tanks of airplanes?).

Now I am in no way saying the water on DCL is bad in any way. I feel perfectly safe (as a healthy adult) drinking their tap water. But when we brought an infant on board with us, I did decide to be extra causious and brink my (back-country hiking) water filter with be to give the water one last filtering before using it to mix with powdered formula.

BTW, because of the possibility of "stuff" growing in the tanks and plumbing, it would make perfect sense if DCL does indeed add chlorine (just like most public water works systems do) to the water to insure the safety of their water.

Never heard of yellow water, anyone else have that problem?

Yes they add chlorine, it's required by law.

Can't hurt to use your back country water filter for the piece of mind, but Consumer Reports failed to find one that actually did much filtering. I do understand you concern about powered formula. DW always bought distilled water and boiled it for 10 minutes before using it for our kids formula......for traveling we always brought the ready to serve canned formula since boiling wasn't practical.
Of course now the "latest" (for at least this week) research is we over sterilize our food and surroundings, so we don't build up immunity, so we end up sicker more often.