11-02-2017, 03:04 AM
Mangosteen!
Finally another user of the Sawyer PointOne filters. All my domestic water goes through one and I used to drink it that way. I got concerned about lead from my salvaged roofing and put in an under-counter RO system. So I bathe and brush teeth with the PointOne filtered water and drink the PointOne/RO filtered water.
Sometimes I wonder whether I have just fallen for a sales pitch since I see so few references from everyday users. I know that in the heat of the summer the water in my big catchment tank can get green. If I go too long between back-flushes the pressure drop goes up and when I do back-flush the initial flushate (is that a word? Dunno) is green whereas the filtrate is clear, just less of it, so the filter is doing something.
I bought a $10 lead testing kit from Home Depot and sent a sample from the kitchen tap and a check for $40 off to someplace in Florida. Came back with no lead detected.
Besides drinking and cooking with the RO filtered water I use it in my batteries. Very nice to have an unlimited supply of near-distilled water available for such uses. Be careful though. The new RO filter kits tend to come with a final polishing filter THAT PUTS SOME MINERALS BACK IN for taste.
Finally another user of the Sawyer PointOne filters. All my domestic water goes through one and I used to drink it that way. I got concerned about lead from my salvaged roofing and put in an under-counter RO system. So I bathe and brush teeth with the PointOne filtered water and drink the PointOne/RO filtered water.
Sometimes I wonder whether I have just fallen for a sales pitch since I see so few references from everyday users. I know that in the heat of the summer the water in my big catchment tank can get green. If I go too long between back-flushes the pressure drop goes up and when I do back-flush the initial flushate (is that a word? Dunno) is green whereas the filtrate is clear, just less of it, so the filter is doing something.
I bought a $10 lead testing kit from Home Depot and sent a sample from the kitchen tap and a check for $40 off to someplace in Florida. Came back with no lead detected.
Besides drinking and cooking with the RO filtered water I use it in my batteries. Very nice to have an unlimited supply of near-distilled water available for such uses. Be careful though. The new RO filter kits tend to come with a final polishing filter THAT PUTS SOME MINERALS BACK IN for taste.