NFT: Reverse Osmosis Water System - anyone have one?

so I put it in and its high quality H2O.

For our kitchen sink. This is our primary drinking water. Also had whole home big ass carbon filters installed. The water in my area is (or was, rather) highly contaminated for decades due to the use of fire suppressant foam at a nearby Navy base. As for the RO system, it seems to be working properly. Produces tasteless odorless clean water that has been tested post-install and is non-detect for PFC’s (which is the contaminant du jour in my area). Make sure it has a post filtration limestone filter to get the Ph right. I was a bit skeptical (based on a WHO report, conducted in a foreign country) that drinking water stripped of basically all dissolved particles would leave me vitamin or nutrient deficient, but I think whatever true risk there may be there is outweighed (for me) by the risk of deadly chemicals potentially lurking in our tap water. Lastly, confirm the rate of waste produced by the RO system. A high quality one should be a 3:1 ratio. Apparently some lesser quality ones can be as high as 10:1 or worse, which is obviously wasteful and will jack up your water bill. I’m positively no expert, just sharing my very recent experience.

My wife has MS and read Bob Cafaro's book "when the music stopped". Bob's health deteriorated to the point where he could no longer play.

He significantly changed his diet and put in a RO system.

His health improved significantly.
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In my opinion. We have one and it’s great.

It produces incredibly sweet highly alkaline water. You can install it yourself if you're a good diy'er otherwise the price of a service call from a plumber or water expert.
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I have had APEC for 3 years. It's significantly less contaminated that filtered water from the fridge. There actually wasn't much difference between filtered refrigerator water and water from the sink where I stay at.

just be advised it's slow as molasses and creates a lot of wastewater. The latter won't be an issue for you if you're not running on a septic system or not concerned about your water bill.

and this Egyptian princess sees it and gets it out of the water. There's a baby in basket, she say

who are you, and why is this basket so heavy

and the baby says, i can answer both your questions in one word

OS-MOSIS

1. If you can install it yourself you save a ton.

2. If you're on city water it needs a carbon pre-filter to reduce Cl. Most decent ones have this already.

3. If you're on a well, a sediment pre-filter is recommended instead (if it comes with carbon that will usually do).

4. Look into the cost of replacement membranes and filters for the brands you are looking at. Some brands offer a low price to buy and then they get you on replacement filters.

5. It's a low volume high quality filter that will give you Dasani (they use RO). So if you like their bottled water you should get something close to that.

*** If you want you can test your water for TDS (total dissolved solids). The lower that is, the longer your membranes will last.

and most of the homes in the area where I am looking have a RO system. To me, the largest benefit is removing the harmful ingredients from the water. Your skin is a sponge. Absorbing the chlorine and everything else that is found in unfiltered water can do a lot of damage.

Filter in the kitchen and Propur shower heads in our bathrooms. What a difference in the taste of the water vs tap obviously but also compared to the water that comes from our refrigerator filter.

It made a lot of waste water. Do the home units use the waste water (maybe for laundry, dishwasher, irrigation? Otherwise, it would seem like a lot of waste.

I had a well when I lived in Monmouth county. We had a chlorinator dosing pump, and a carbon post filter. It worked well, but I have to say, the water in Florida (at least the parts that I have been in) tastes nasty.

I couldn't imagine drinking anything like that.

And a reverse osmosis for under my kitchen sink. I put it in because of lead service lines which eventually my city replaced.

I really like both systems. I have an express water system for reverse osmosis and an aquasana for the whole house system.

I use a countertop 5 filter RO system. Have to change the filters every 12 months or so. We keep two gallon jugs filled with filtered water on our counter top. When it's working properly I have between 0 and 3 ppm of particulate matter in the water. Without it -- there's 300 ppm.

I'm a big believer in them, but it does waste a lot of water, and it is slow. We have our own well and use the waste water to rinse the dishes. The under the sink models use a pressure tank so you can have water on demand. I've watched some youtube videos on it and think it is not impossible to do it yourself, but I don't think I have enough room under my sink for one.

In comment 14471459 Zeke's Alibi said:

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I couldn't imagine drinking anything like that.

Huh?