bottled water vs. tap water?

[Crash]

tap water all day. i've never noticed much of a difference in taste between bottled vs tap, but i have good water so maybe that's why? i have a 48oz water bottle that i refill constantly throughout the day

 

[Halloqueen]

sounds fake but i can taste the difference between bottled and tap water and i really don't like the latter.

I can also taste the difference and also prefer bottled (depending on the brand, they have their own unique flavors as well).

That said, I've been drinking more tap water as of this year for dental health purposes.

 

[Cosmic_Crossfade]

obvi there's situations where tap water is NOT potable, so in that case, do you opt for buying single use water bottles still or the large water 5 gallon+ refillable jugs?

I greatly prefer bottled water as it's purified for the most part. I will usually only drink tap water if there is no bottled water.

 

[DarkDesertFox]

Tap water tastes like **** to me. I use single use bottles which we throw in our recycle bin for the most part. Sometimes we'll get the bigger gallon drinks.

 

[LadyDestani]

Well, I'm not a fan of the poll options because even though I use bottled water I recycle the bottles because I do care very much about the environment. I have to use them, though, because our tap water is terrible. I'm not even sure that a filter would make it drinkable. It's often brown and nasty and filled with sediment.

When I'm at work, which I haven't been since March thanks to the virus, I use my reuseable plastic cup because the water they provide there is much better.

 

[Damniel]

bottled water has such a gross aftertaste. haven't had bottled water in years since I committed to not doing it for a New Year's Resolution. But of course I understand its a privilege to live in an area with easily accessible clean drinking water

I enjoy filtered ice water (my fave drink). at home I use my fridge filter, but on the go I use a hydroflask

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also guava what kinda wording are these poll options uwu

 

[Mayor Ng]

i mean these but i forgot what they were called
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It's called a water dispensar. NL have it as an orderable item, not sure about NH though since I don't have it

In my household, we have all the above. We have single use mineral water bottles and water dispensars that uses reusable water bottles that are delivered to our house and we return the empty water bottles. I however have a 2L reusable water bottle that I fill with filtered tap water. The tap water in my country is not drinkable and high in chlorine. In my house, we have two water pipes, one from the main water pipeline supplied by the national water company with chlorinated water and another brings water pumped from a local well, the water is hard water. Hence, any water from the tap needs to be filtered before it is drinkable.

I like the conveniency of single use water bottles but I don't like the idea of how our planet is polluted with it. We actually recycled the single use water bottles in our house and we source for biodegradable water bottles (slightly pricier but worth it).

 

[Reginald Fairfield]

Bottled not by choice. Our local tap water tasted like Bleach for a while.

 

[Mariah]

I think my tap water tastes super gross but I’m comparing it to electrolyte water because that’s all I drink. I grew up drinking tap water and it was fine.

 

[Pupperina]

Bottled water because it’s always been the most convenient for my family. My only dilemma is when I use my hydro flask and I have to decide between dumping bottled water inside or tap/fridge water

 

[jenboston22]

Tap water, but filtered. It's great for the environment, cost-efficient, and tastes great!

 

[rosabelle]

Tap water here is dirty unless filtered. But we buy the ones in gallons and I just have my kleen kanteen with me.

 

[Alienfish]

If I need water out I usually buy a smaller bottle and make sure I recycle it afterwards. Since we have good tap water where I live I try using that whenever I'm home though and sometimes I take that out in a bottle, it depends.

I've re-used plastic bottles in the past but they can get kinda greasy, so nah not often unfortunately.

 

[Xara]

bottled water has usually been the only kind to be brought into my household and that’s what i’ve grown up with - i’m not much of a water drinker in general but i’ve never been able to drink tap water since it tastes off to me lmao

 

[Clock]

Recently I would go for tap water as long as its filtered, that being said our water is filtered.
I did prefer water bottles at one point though, but as of now, we don't really have water bottles, since having tap water is cheaper.

 

[Vitis]

i mean these but i forgot what they were called
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That'd be the eponymous water cooler of which you proverbial gather around to spread gossip at work.
Bottled Water for me, tap water here is fine to drink in that it's not poison, but it's overly soft so it's not the best to drink in addition to having an unpleasant alkaline taste. Currently sampling different brands based on cost, ph and taste to pick an ultimate brand to stick with right now.

 

[Hobowire]

save money. tap me.

 

[MyLifeIsCake]

I'm lucky I live in an area where tap water taste fine and I mostly drink that. Though a few parishes away from me they have a boil advisory for all their water. I will drink bottled water if I have to, but I always recycle the bottle afterwards. I don't like supporting single use plastics, but if I recycle it will (hopefully) not end up in a landfill or pollute anything.

 

[Jhine7]

If it's filtered tap water, sure. But not straight from the tap. Bottled water over straight tap.

 

[jo_electric]

I have a water filtration system installed under my sink and a glass water bottle that I refill. I don’t buy bottled water unless it’s a last resort type of situation.