Poll: Can You Taste a Difference in Water?

[TommyMac]

I don't do the bottled water thing, seems to be a waste of money, but I can sure taste the difference between water from my kitchen faucet and the filtered water from my fridge door.

 

[dvldog]

Yes. Lately it tastes like warm motor oil. Can't figure that out.

 

[Relayer]

...but I can sure taste the difference between water from my kitchen faucet and the filtered water from my fridge door.

Same here. My fridge filter does a fine job. The tap water tastes like pool water in comparison.

 

[Chukker Veteran]

It's considered "green-friendly" or "Earth-friendly" to avoid bottled water and that makes sense to me. The plastic bottles don't grow on trees, afterall. I've been to places where the public water tasted bad, but that was unfiltered.

There is just something very wasteful about drinking 12 or 16 ounces of water, then having this plastic bottle left over.

I put using bottled water in the same category as using an electric can opener, or driving a gas guzzler.

 

[rizolltizide]

It's considered "green-friendly" or "Earth-friendly" to avoid bottled water and that makes sense to me. The plastic bottles don't grow on trees, afterall. I've been to places where the public water tasted bad, but that was unfiltered.

There is just something very wasteful about drinking 12 or 16 ounces of water, then having this plastic bottle left over.

I put using bottled water in the same category as using an electric can opener, or driving a gas guzzler.

I've got an incinerator hooked up to my SUV, and when I finish my bottle of water, I just throw the bottle in there and I'm good for the drive home.

My vanity plate reads LOCOMOTIVE BREATH.

 

[CrimsonNan]

I don't drink bottled water. I drink tap water exclusively.

 

[Bamaro]

I've got an incinerator hooked up to my SUV, and when I finish my bottle of water, I just throw the bottle in there and I'm good for the drive home.

My vanity plate reads LOCOMOTIVE BREATH.

I figured you to be more the Aqualung type :wink:

 

[Bama Reb]

It's considered "green-friendly" or "Earth-friendly" to avoid bottled water and that makes sense to me. The plastic bottles don't grow on trees, afterall. I've been to places where the public water tasted bad, but that was unfiltered.

There is just something very wasteful about drinking 12 or 16 ounces of water, then having this plastic bottle left over.

I put using bottled water in the same category as using an electric can opener, or driving a gas guzzler.

Take along a cooler of iced water. When your plastic bottle is empty, refill it from the jug. It's great in the summer when you need a lot of water, and it helps you to stay away from the soft drinks. :biggrin2:

 

[TommyMac]

You know, this thread made me realize that you don't see many water fountains around any more. Are they going to join VCRs on the scrapheap of history? :conf3:

 

[THE BAMA IRISHMAN]

I filter all my drinking water. I buy only bottled water. Several places in Florida have horrible drinking water. Key West has good to excellent drinking water but it taste even better after its filtered.

 

[bamanut_aj]

I like tap water and a jug full of it to work with me.

 

[ValuJet]

Looks like this one's already had a six pack of Dr. Pepper or something:

 

["Rudy"]

we gota well out on the back porch the water is purdy brown but ittaste purdy good

 

[BamaJeff]

I don't drink bottled water. I drink tap water exclusively.

Growing up we never had bottled water and we did just fine drinking ordinary tap water. Still does fine by me!

 

[banjeaux]

I not get the bottled water fad. Tap water tastes fine to me.

Dat's me too, RJ. Rekin sum folks got mo dollars dan dey dew cents.

 

[RJ YellowHammer]

Tap water quality depends on where you live. Luckily, in Memphis our tap water comes from an underground aquifer. There's no need for me to buy the bottled stuff unless I'm out and about.

 

[CrimsonNan]

I don't drink bottled water. Why should I when we have the best water there is in Birmingham, Alabama.

 

[jthomas666]

Tap water in Central PA is borderline undrinkable due to the high mineral content.

 

[It's On A Slab]

The wife and I were having this discussion the other day, because when she comes home from grocery shopping, she always buys Nestle Water, which is just awful. She buys it because it's the cheapest, but to me it has a plastic taste. And I'm not someone who cares how much the drink cost. I'm fine with Sam's Choice water, it tastes about as good as any water I've found.

But, she's convinced that all water tastes the same, and I just don't think that's true. I equate it to water that comes out of the faucet. It rarely tastes the same as water that comes in a bottle. To which she replies, "Well that's because they put minerals and stuff in the water at the treatment plants to purify it." Uh... that's what they do at the bottling plants too right?

Anyway, Simple yes or no will do. :biggrin2:

BTW, I guess I should have clarified. I'm asking if you can taste a difference between bottled waters. Example, does a bottle of Nestle Water taste different than a bottle of Dasani water?

Definitely yes.

Tap water's taste varies from place to place.

 

[cbi1972]

At home, I refill a Gatorade bottle with ice and water from my refrigerator, which has a filter on it. It has a slightly wider mouth that I can fit the ice cubes through.

At work, I use ice from the freezer, which I can't normally taste, but sometimes it gets an odor to it, and water from the water cooler, which I guess is filtered.

If the tap water is cold, I can't tell a difference between that and filtered water, but I use filtered water anyway. I don't buy bottled water unless I'm out somewhere like on a road trip or at the zoo, though.