Adventures with water filtration
I've had Poland Spring water delivery for years. Recently, I decided it's not worth the hassle (I always forget to put out the empties and change my delivery order to something more sane than four bottles a month while using two) and I could use the space in the basement for something more interesting than empty water bottles. So I canceled my delivery and just now (about five months later) ran out of the stockpile of water I built up over the months.
Most of my friends seem to use and like the Brita filters. Why not, I went ahead (to my local, unfriendly Target) and purchased the large dispenser kind. The instructions to use the thing are dirt simple. Any idiot could do it. An idiot could, but apparently I cannot.
They tell you to throw out the first batch of water. Great, I can do that. Apparently I can, all over my kitchen floor completely missing the sink. (I'm talented that way).
Half hour later, after I mopped the floor, dried and consoled one of the cats and threw out a brand new roll of paper towels (which managed to absorb about a gallon of water, hey those bounty towels really do absorb!) I filled the dispenser with water, once again, put it in the refrigerator and happily went on with my life.
Half hour later, came to the kitchen to get some water... my refrigerator.. flooded. How? I forgot to turn off the bloody little spigot that looks to be off when it's really on and it flooded my cage-free-hen eggs, my baby carrots and a couple of cucumbers.
Sometimes I wonder how I managed to stay alive as long as I have. This kind of things happens to me all the time.
The water tastes fine.
Comments
An honorary blonde?
Posted by: Steve | November 13, 2002 08:23 PM
I like these $40 Kenmore filters
They are much less hassle than Brita filters,
though the water isn't cold, but then the only
water I drink is in my coffee :)
Posted by: Gavin | November 13, 2002 09:21 PM
At least the water wasn't salty...
I'd go with a 5 gallon RO unit that hooks up inline to your sink's water supply. 200 bones for a great setup. It's what i really want. We deal with the Brita shit, and it gets to be a pain if you use it for kool-aid and lemonade and stuff. Plus, if you happen to have a nano-reef, 5 gallons is great for doing water changes.
Plus, an RO unit is more efficeint than Brita Brand Charcoal.
Posted by: Dan Isaacs | November 13, 2002 10:09 PM
Too funny. I spent > 6 months using a brita with the top on backwards and spilling water and swearing regularly.
Brita != HumanFactors
Posted by: Scott Johnson | November 14, 2002 03:56 PM
I let the nice people at MDC filter my water for me...:-)
Posted by: Techie2000 | November 14, 2002 03:57 PM
Wow, I've owned several Brita filters. Never had a problem with figuring them out.
Maybe the ones on the east coast are, uhm, special? :-)
Posted by: Jeremy Zawodny | November 17, 2002 11:52 AM
I was always worried about the water being contaminated. Then I talked with a friend and he stated that he always puts a shot of Bourbon into any water he is ingesting.
I gave up on purified water and began the bourbon added to H2O and I have never been so relaxed and happy in years...and I'm also sleeping better! I am always looking forward to the next day, as I don't recall the last one.
Posted by: J. D. Miller | November 30, 2002 10:26 AM
Proof positive, geeks everywhere have the survival skills to wade their way through lines of code, miles of CAT5 and other technical gobbly gook, but most of us can barely survive the real world... Man, I'd hate to see what would happen if you got stuck on a desert island with nothing but a Brita to get your water. ;)
Posted by: badmagicnumber | December 3, 2002 04:30 PM
I found a site that might shed a little light on the whole water filtration thing.. I've ordered quite a few filters from them..
anyways.. the site is http://www.100-Best-Water-Filters.com
Hopefully it will help someone out..
Posted by: thegreatgenoian | November 17, 2003 03:13 PM