best alternative to delivered water?

[mtquinn]

We drink SO much water in our house, and the bill is rising. Now it's up to $58/month for six five-gallon bottles of spring water and it's ticking me off! Sadly, though, I really do love the taste of it. We live in the burbs of Philly and the tap water is icky.

Can any give me the name of their favorite in-home filtered water treatment? Is it the pitcher kind or the one that attaches to the sink? Have you figured out how much it actually costs you with the replacement filters? I need one that is easy, convenient and really makes the water taste GOOD, not just a small step up from tap.

Thanks!!

 

[rangermom]

We have a Brita gallon dispenser that we keep in the fridge. We just got and I'm going to get the new filters this week, but i think the filters are about $10 and they last 3 months. We like it and it fits nicely in the fridge ans water stays cold.

 

[thebeesknees]

I have a Brita pitcher for the fridge, as well, and really like it. I get my filters at Sam's Club. I don't remember off-hand how much a package of 6 costs, but I know it is significantly cheaper than buying them at Walmart or Target.

 

[ohanaMAMA]

definatly a fridge pitcher. sooo thankful we have great well water.

 

[Luvchefmic]

I just saw a commercial for a product put out by Filtrete (same company that has the a/c filters I buy) that has 4 water bottles attached to it. Looks good have no idea what it costs. That or a filter directly on the faucet. We don't have well water but I don't like the taste here either.

 

[MEM]

We have TWO Pur pitchers that we keep in the fridge. We used to use Brita, and while it worked and tasted fine, we like the taste of water from the Pur pitcher much better. Whatever pitcher you get, make sure it doesn't filter out the fluoride.

 

[Kae]

I just saw a commercial for a product put out by Filtrete (same company that has the a/c filters I buy) that has 4 water bottles attached to it. Looks good have no idea what it costs. That or a filter directly on the faucet. We don't have well water but I don't like the taste here either.

I saw that last night, I thought that looks cool. We have a filter on our Water that comes out of the fridge. But we have decent city water. Most of my friends use the brita pitcher.

Kae

 

[hambirg]

We use a Brita pitcher. It works great for us, but we actually have very good city water here. Still we prefer the Brita over the tap water for drinking. I think it is worth the cost to try it. We have delivered water at work and it doesn't taste any better than the Brita.

There are two other options that I can think of. We have a place here called Water-2-Go. It's basically the same as delivered water, but they don't deliver. You have to go to their store and get your water jugs, but it's cheaper. The other option is some grocery stores have those spring water dispensers. You bring your own gallons or bigger water cooler jugs and fill them at the store. I don't know what it costs, but I see lots of people using those. Maybe somebody else here is more familiar with that. I know my mom uses that when she's in Arizona. She just fills a gallon jug, but it's cheaper than buying the gallon jugs off the shelf. HTH

 

[csharpwv]

You already have floorspace carved out for a water cooler I assume - so what you may want to do is buy a water cooler that does not have a bottle! Instead you plumb it into your existing pipes (with a do it yourself saddle style punch screw that mounts right on the pipe and is impossible to mess up!) and it filters your tap water - and you don't have to worry about filling it - refilling it - having a pitcher that takes up valuable fridge space etc etc etc -
They look like a regular water cooler - except they don't have a bottle!
You can even get them with a small fridge on the bottom. There are free standing models and there are ones that sit on the counter!

Just google "bottleless water cooler"!

We would have one for our house - but we just don't have the floorspace for one!

OR you could also get one that mounts on the counter underneath your sink - only catch there is it isn't COLD water. But who knows they may make them that dispense chilled water - I just haven't seen one!

 

[Noah]

You may consider Aquarain or Big Berkey. Both are filtration devices that uses ceramic filters and carbon filters. The Aquarain seems to be better at filtration.