Convenient ways to bring water to the parks? Filtering bottles?

[imthatgirl]

I am obsessed with bottle water. This is a hindrance at home, and even worse while at WDW.

I have seen these water bottles that filter tap water as you drink. I'm wondering if anyone has any experience with them? My concern is that they won't take that awful WDW water taste out of the water. Which at that point they would be useless to me.

Also if anyone has any other idea on easy ways to have bottled water in the parks, I'd love to hear them

 

[nchulka]

I think the problem with bottled water is you have to take several and they are heavy. What we did was get each person a stainless steel water bottle and just filled them at the drinking fountain when we were thirsty. We brought packets of flavoring to pour in them. I got some Kool-Aid ones and some Propel ones. It made the water taste so much better

 

[imthatgirl]

I think the problem with bottled water is you have to take several and they are heavy. What we did was get each person a stainless steel water bottle and just filled them at the drinking fountain when we were thirsty. We brought packets of flavoring to pour in them. I got some Kool-Aid ones and some Propel ones. It made the water taste so much better

With kids the flavoring has always been a good idea. For me, I only want water. Plain unflavored water. I'm thinking there has got to be someone out there like me who needs their water, and gets around that horrible taste.
I hope

 

[goofyernmost]

My solution is to just buy a bottle of water or two while in the parks. It is my firm belief that this obsession with massive amounts of water consumption is just silly. It causes one to need to use the facilities far more often and it has little or no real value when done to excess.

We are not living one second longer then out great-grandparents did way before it was fashionable to drag along a 50 gallon drum of water wherever one goes. We get water from the food we eat as well as just constantly sucking on a plastic dispenser. So therein lies my recommendation which I know won't be taken, but for a few dollars a day to not have to drag around that addition weight and end up with tepid water is well worth budgeting the extra cash to buy it, as one needs it.

 

[wezee]

My solution is to just buy a bottle of water or two while in the parks. It is my firm belief that this obsession with massive amounts of water consumption is just silly. It causes one to need to use the facilities far more often and it has little or no real value when done to excess.

We are not living one second longer then out great-grandparents did way before it was fashionable to drag along a 50 gallon drum of water wherever one goes. We get water from the food we eat as well as just constantly sucking on a plastic dispenser. So therein lies my recommendation which I know won't be taken, but for a few dollars a day to not have to drag around that addition weight and end up with tepid water is well worth budgeting the extra cash to buy it, as one needs it.

 

[SilverSynchro919]

A friend of mine has this one:

http://www.google.com/products/cata...log_result&ct=image&resnum=5&ved=0CD8Q8gIwBA#

She really likes it, and she says it works well. The first time you use it, however, you have to clean the filter first!

 

[imthatgirl]

My solution is to just buy a bottle of water or two while in the parks. It is my firm belief that this obsession with massive amounts of water consumption is just silly. It causes one to need to use the facilities far more often and it has little or no real value when done to excess.

We are not living one second longer then out great-grandparents did way before it was fashionable to drag along a 50 gallon drum of water wherever one goes. We get water from the food we eat as well as just constantly sucking on a plastic dispenser. So therein lies my recommendation which I know won't be taken, but for a few dollars a day to not have to drag around that addition weight and end up with tepid water is well worth budgeting the extra cash to buy it, as one needs it.

Some of us just like to drink water. Instead of sodas and fruit juices, that doesn't mean anyone is carrying around tanks of water, don't be absurd. And your naive if you think water isn't the best thing for your body. It's great for your skin and food absorption.

So with your recommendation, how are you getting rid of the awful taste that is wdw water. Which was my question.

 

[imthatgirl]

A friend of mine has this one:

http://www.google.com/products/cata...log_result&ct=image&resnum=5&ved=0CD8Q8gIwBA#

She really likes it, and she says it works well. The first time you use it, however, you have to clean the filter first!

thats exactly what I'm looking for...does it come in a 50 gallon tank
Has she ever used it in WDW, do you know how it makes the water taste? I might just buy it and hope for the best.

 

[goofyernmost]

Some of us just like to drink water. Instead of sodas and fruit juices, that doesn't mean anyone is carrying around tanks of water, don't be absurd. And your naive if you think water isn't the best thing for your body. It's great for your skin and food absorption.

So with your recommendation, how are you getting rid of the awful taste that is wdw water. Which was my question.

I don't believe I mentioned anything about juices or sodas at all. Not sure where you got that from. What I said, and I will repeat is...I wouldn't consider lugging around water all day just to save a few dollars. It isn't worth it to me and I stated (to answer your question) that I would avoid that awful taste of WDW water by purchasing bottled water. I don't think I could have been any clearer or less "absurd".

Carrying around water like a camel in the desert may be your idea of joy...it is not mine. And since you were so nice to call me absurd, I will repeat that to think that it is necessary to be drinking water constantly is equally absurd, except that I stated it a little more politely originally and said it seemed silly to me.

I will repeat my answer to the question of how to avoid that awful taste of WDW water. Buy bottled water. The stuff is good and it's cold.

 

[HHSTigerFan]

We are not living one second longer then out great-grandparents did way before it was fashionable to drag along a 50 gallon drum of water wherever one goes.

Hasn't the average life expectancy gone way up over the last 70 years?

 

[HHSTigerFan]

We freeze bottles the night before, I usually put 6-8 in my pack pack and it works out very well..

 

[pktbMouse]

I tried the bottle with the filter on it last year but it became a pain in the butt also the water still tasted vile....after one day I left it and just bought water...if you ask in any of the restaurants they will give you free ice water anyhow.

 

[Sandysbuddy]

We used the filtered water bottle from ecousable last time we were there and it worked great. It took the bad taste completely out. They are stainless steel and come in two different sizes.

https://www.ecousable.com/collections/filteredbottles.htm

They are a little expensive but work great.

 

[goofyernmost]

Hasn't the average life expectancy gone way up over the last 70 years?

Yup..and that is just an average. It has gone up because infant mortality has gone way down. No plagues or the like. If you do the math someone might live to be 100 and then a child of 1 dies of the multiple things that got them back then and the average life span becomes 50 years old.

I feel pretty confident that if one took a minute to research they would find that a lot of their preceding generations actually lived longer then we are now. My great grand-parents on both sides of my family all lived to be 100 or within a year of that. My grandparents averaged in their late 80's and my parents were 75 and 87. (avg. 81) That still looks well for me but as you can see the length of life has actually shortened in this group. In fact, a number of relatives in my generation have all ready passed on and in their early 60's. We are the group lucky enough to have excellent health care, no massive life threatening viruses and have been informed to drink a minimum of 8 glasses of water a day. Good thing for that or we would have all been dead before our 40th birthday. So it boils down that we are not actually living longer there are just more of us living to old age.

Go back to pre-historic times and you will find the life expectancy of about 30 years, but you have to remember that back then they were an active part of the food chain and not always at the top of it.

 

[IBelieveInTheMagic]

A friend of mine has this one:

http://www.google.com/products/cata...log_result&ct=image&resnum=5&ved=0CD8Q8gIwBA#

She really likes it, and she says it works well. The first time you use it, however, you have to clean the filter first!

We bought this exact water bottle at Target right after Christmas. I haven't tried it yet with unfiltered water but when we go to WDW I plan to try it. We've had good luck with these type in the past so I'm hoping it will be the same at WDW.

Heather

 

[sparks19]

We bring our CamelBack. We fill up the bladder with bottled water and some ice and it lasts hubby and I the whole day usually.

it's not really heavy and you can get ones that have extra pouches if you want to carry stuff in it.

We love ours

 

[DisneyRookie2007]

I purchased 4 Brita water bottles a few years back when I found out they were discontinued and then bought some spare filters on Ebay as well.

We have 2 bottles in circulation right nows and I still have 2 new ones with about 6 spare filters.

We found the WDW water smelled and tasted bad - but using these Brita water bottles it removed it all. It sure does save us lots of $$ by not having to buy the water in the parks.

If the kids wanted flavoured drinks, we just filtered the water through the Brita bottle and into a plain water bottle for them to add the flavour crystals - or the filer would get clogged.

 

[donnyandmelisa]

Why on earth would you bash someone for drinking water? I mean it is not beer or juice or pop etc. Do you not have anything better to do with your time. This boggles my mind. So what if she wants her water to taste good & so what if she wants to drink a lot of it & so what if she likes water. So what if she doesn't want to spend $4 on a bottle of water. I mean some people don't have that money to spend or those of us who do have money to blow like that choose not to because it is ridiculous.

I am sure you have bad habits just like we all have bad habits. But drinking water is NOT a bad habit. So what if it doesn't make her live longer, will it make her die sooner? Ummm NO!

I don't believe I mentioned anything about juices or sodas at all. Not sure where you got that from. What I said, and I will repeat is...I wouldn't consider lugging around water all day just to save a few dollars. It isn't worth it to me and I stated (to answer your question) that I would avoid that awful taste of WDW water by purchasing bottled water. I don't think I could have been any clearer or less "absurd".

Carrying around water like a camel in the desert may be your idea of joy...it is not mine. And since you were so nice to call me absurd, I will repeat that to think that it is necessary to be drinking water constantly is equally absurd, except that I stated it a little more politely originally and said it seemed silly to me.

I will repeat my answer to the question of how to avoid that awful taste of WDW water. Buy bottled water. The stuff is good and it's cold.

 

[grizelda]

The life expectancy is way up and not just b/c of infant mortality. People are healthier now b/c we usually get the right kinds of food, etc. Drinking water is really good for you. I totally disagree with everything the one poster said but thats just my opinion.

I didnt realize brita made a filtered bottle, thanks for the info.

 

[mickeyluv'r]

cargo shorts, refill one bottle each.