dd wrote:

So, does anyone drink RO water? How does the taste compare with spring
water, such as Poland Springs? Does anyone have a particular system to
recommend?


That is what I drink all the time... It tastes fine to me. I also like
plain old well water, but ours can have a bit of sulphury taste on
occasion which I find unpleasant. Chances are good that some of the
'spring water' or bottled water you are buying is also RO purified. I
know that a lot of bottlers just fill up from their local municipal
supply (not RO, of course). Anyway, I can't really tell the difference,
and for the price I will continue to drink RO at home.

Can't recommend a system to you. Rather I can highly recommend my
system, which was professionally installed by one our newgroup
frequenters (John Talpa), but I'm pretty sure he won't go out to the
East Coast and put it in... *grin* But for those of you near Kalamazoo,
MI (yes, there really is a Kalamazoo), by all means give him a call.

If you are buying all of your cooking and drinking water bottled, then
run, don't walk to the phone and call a qualified water specialist. You
will save money and your back. I recommend a professional mainly
because while it is reasonably easy to set this stuff up, if you are
like me you would spend more time in trips to the hardware store for
miscellaneous parts than it is worth. You get what you pay for.

Rob

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