Our tap water isn’t great. Also want a completely zero-plastic solution. What do you do for your water?

24 points

We use a reverse osmosis water filter for our house and it works great. The canisters are usually aluminum and the tubing is typically silicone.

If there’s a better type of home filter I don’t know it it.

permalink
report
reply
7 points

Most use plastic filters and filter housings. I’ve never seen one that didn’t use plastic before.

permalink
report
parent
reply
6 points

Ours are aluminum, maybe I generalized too much

permalink
report
parent
reply
14 points

Where I live I’ve got perfectly good tap water, but in general you want a charcoal filter.

https://a.co/d/0tZHtzQ

I know some people who have well water and they use something like that.

Unfortunately I don’t know that you’re going to get effective filters that have no plastic due to it being too cost effective for a disposable component.
You can’t use paper or cardboard because it’s water permeable, and metal would drive up the price of the filter drastically.

permalink
report
reply
7 points

I’ve been happy with Epic Water, it filters PFAS. Filters are pricey but can last longer than they say

permalink
report
reply
3 points

Epic is the only solution that didn’t need a plumber that gets the toxic stuff that’s in my water out, some kind of probably common pesticide or herbicide at like 50x the EPA limit. You can taste and feel the difference. They seem really good. And you never know what’s in that water before hand.

permalink
report
parent
reply
1 point

It’s made of plastic.

permalink
report
parent
reply
6 points

But why don’t you want microplastics? It’s what plants crave!

permalink
report
reply
3 points

It’s got electrolytes

permalink
report
parent
reply
3 points

I’ve been looking for exactly the same thing. Sadly most filters I found are made of plastic, which I find outrageous.

permalink
report
reply

Ask Lemmy

!asklemmy@lemmy.world

Create post

A Fediverse community for open-ended, thought provoking questions


Rules: (interactive)


1) Be nice and; have fun

Doxxing, trolling, sealioning, racism, and toxicity are not welcomed in AskLemmy. Remember what your mother said: if you can’t say something nice, don’t say anything at all. In addition, the site-wide Lemmy.world terms of service also apply here. Please familiarize yourself with them


2) All posts must end with a '?'

This is sort of like Jeopardy. Please phrase all post titles in the form of a proper question ending with ?


3) No spam

Please do not flood the community with nonsense. Actual suspected spammers will be banned on site. No astroturfing.


4) NSFW is okay, within reason

Just remember to tag posts with either a content warning or a [NSFW] tag. Overtly sexual posts are not allowed, please direct them to either !asklemmyafterdark@lemmy.world or !asklemmynsfw@lemmynsfw.com. NSFW comments should be restricted to posts tagged [NSFW].


5) This is not a support community.

It is not a place for ‘how do I?’, type questions. If you have any questions regarding the site itself or would like to report a community, please direct them to Lemmy.world Support or email info@lemmy.world. For other questions check our partnered communities list, or use the search function.


Reminder: The terms of service apply here too.

Partnered Communities:

Tech Support

No Stupid Questions

You Should Know

Reddit

Jokes

Ask Ouija


Logo design credit goes to: tubbadu


Community stats

  • 9.4K

    Monthly active users

  • 4K

    Posts

  • 219K

    Comments