Water filter

[deadbeat]

My well water leaves a heavy limescale deposit on the sink and the taps which is why I have never used it. Always used bottled water.

I have been looking at water filters but there are many types and manufacturers all with different designs and methods.

Can anyone reccomend a good product that they have used successfully?

 

Cheers

 

[Dante99]

Do you want to filter drinking water or household water?

[FolkGuitar]

A 'Reverse Osmosis' system will remove all the minerals from the water. But that can be a problem for drinking water... The body needs minerals so you'll have to supplement for better health.

You can buy (and have installed for free) an under-counter system for under 7,000 Baht in most home centers.

[save the frogs]

11 hours ago, FolkGuitar said:

A 'Reverse Osmosis' system will remove all the minerals from the water. But that can be a problem for drinking water... The body needs minerals so you'll have to supplement for better health.

 

If you can afford it, the best way to hydrate the body is not only relying on simple filtered water.

 

Maybe the best way to stay hydrated is a combination of filtered water with bottled mineral water, coconut water (which contains electrolytes), fruit juice, watermelon ... 

 

 

[quake]

You get all the  minerals you need from the food you eat. 

 

[carlyai]

9 hours ago, deadbeat said:

My well water leaves a heavy limescale deposit on the sink and the taps which is why I have never used it. Always used bottled water.

I have been looking at water filters but there are many types and manufacturers all with different designs and methods.

Can anyone reccomend a good product that they have used successfully?

 

Cheers

 

You need a holistic approach.

First go to your local university water testing mob and see what's in your water then design your filter system around that.

We have a 60 m bore pump with a pump controller. From there to a 3000L sediment or storage tank, then to  two big blue filters one with Echo Glass and the other with active carbon. From there to a Big Blue sediment filter then the water splits to the outside and yard and to the house reverse osmosis filter unit under the sink.

We got a guy from Khon Kaen to do the initial job.

Check out Echo Glass as one of your filter mediums.

 

[FolkGuitar]

19 minutes ago, FolkGuitar said:

A 'Reverse Osmosis' system will remove all the minerals from the water. But that can be a problem for drinking water... The body needs minerals so you'll have to supplement for better health.

You can buy (and have installed for free) an under-counter system for under 7,000 Baht in most home centers.

 

7 minutes ago, save the frogs said:

 

If you can afford it, the best way to hydrate the body is not only relying on simple filtered water.

 

Maybe the best way to stay hydrated is a combination of filtered water with bottled mineral water, coconut water (which contains electrolytes), fruit juice, watermelon ... 

 

 

 

That's the best way to add minerals to the diet, but many people don't eat enough variety of fruit to cover all the bases. 

Leafy green veggies, avocados, coconuts, etc. are all great sources of minerals, but are not necessarily 'complete' mineral sources. 
These days, you can find mineral supplements in every drug store or health food shop. Even Decathlon sells packets of minerals for electrolyte replacement.

 

2 minutes ago, quake said:

You get all the  minerals you need from the food you eat. 

... unless you eat a processed-food diet, fast-food diet, or just not an adventurous eater, so you only eat the same things every day.

[JBChiangRai]

Everyone is assuming you're talking about drinking water.

 

Would that be right?

 

If I had your problem I would be looking at whole house solutions.  A water softener is the cheapest way to go, a whole house reverse osmosis system is the ultimate but likely to be about 150k baht installed.

[carlyai]

30 minutes ago, JBChiangRai said:

Everyone is assuming you're talking about drinking water.

 

Would that be right?

 

If I had your problem I would be looking at whole house solutions.  A water softener is the cheapest way to go, a whole house reverse osmosis system is the ultimate but likely to be about 150k baht installed.

You missed my post. ;(