Water Purifier

[Mole]

Anyone have experience with RO water purifier?

When I looked at homepro, there were so many options to chose. From cheap 2000+ bt to 5000-7000 bt.

I plan to use it with the tab water you get here in Chaweng.

Is it clean enough that I won't need those 5-6 step fancy expensive purifiers?

Is UV necessary at all?

I know of course that logically the more filtering steps, the cleaner the water will get. But if the water is already drinkable, going for an expensive purifier may be overkill and waste of money (and electricity) and also the cost of changing filters.

Please share your experiences.

[motocrosser]

You best bet to get a water machine from home pro and get the water from just past petrol station on the ring road going out of chawengvery good water,comes from Surat,50b for a big one,saves alot of money.and very good water.

[Mole]

That's more or less what I'm doing at the moment.

But sometimes I forget to order and run out of water and I'd like to have the convenience to have it readily whenever I want.

Also, sometimes I'm not quite sure just how clean the water in those tanks really are.

Once I got a tank which really smelled of petrol when I opened it.

Also, often I'd get tanks with a kind of smell to it.

[Tropicalevo]

I am not a chemist but....

As I understand it, RO removes all impurities. Unfortunately our bodies need some of these (in the form of minerals).

So - when you drink RO processed water, you actually flush natural minerals out of your body. This is NOT good. That is why mineral water is good for you. It has minerals in it .

(It's a bit like the old days in the UK when we were all told NOT to drink distilled water - it is bad for you. Good for irons and car radiators, but bad for people.)

Of course - the people selling the RO equipment will disagree.

Hopefully, someone can add some real knowledge on this one.

[joe84330]

just pick up some seaweed off of your local beach and let it steep in your RO water for a few hours and you'll be fine.

[John 1]

Buy the 3 step filter it's a resin then charcoal then a cartridge I've been using this type on well water for over 20years seems OK. Except I've got 2 head's now but I suppose that's normal.

[BigC]

that catologe grigerline does them.

for a cool 1 u neen a few thousand bahts