Water Coolers

[gustav_errata]

We have pretty revolting tasting, very hard water here. We've used Brita filters for a while, but a friend gave us a Phox filter system for Christmas. They have a choice of refillable Brita Maxtra style filter, or their own glass jug - which is a lot easier to clean than the plastic Brita ones - and you can get sachets of the activated carbon to refill the filters as needed. No more storying the used filters and then hoping they'll actually get recycled if you drop them off at the designated bin. The taste test was positive, so we'll stick with it for now.

Thanks, the Phox looks nice, plus they have a Brita Maxtra-compatible refillable cartridge if you don't want to get rid of the jug (although tbh the plastic Brita jug can get kind of nasty).

 

[dan m]

We also use a jug filter - ours is from drinksoma.com. An attractive jug and a year’s worth of filters (shipped quarterly) cost $90. Cheap insurance against heavy metals and removes the chlorine smell. They are also a certified B corp. Doesn’t make sense to me to ship water when it’s available at the tap. https://drinksoma.com/products/pitcher

 

[madmike]

Good answers folks....think we'll go for a jug filter. Wife has to drink 2l a day to flush her system during chemo.