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Bought a $300 water filter setup after a guy in El Paso showed me his tap, and I was wrong about it being a scam
I used to think home water filters were just a way to sell you fancy pitchers and replacement cartridges forever. Then my brother in El Paso sent me a photo of what came out of his tap after a rainstorm, and it looked like weak tea. I laughed and told him to just drink bottled water. He said he was paying around $40 a month on bottled water for his family of four. That number stuck with me. So I got a $300 under sink setup with a basic carbon block and a separate line for drinking water. Six months in, the filter cartridge looked like a used coffee filter when I swapped it. I do not have a lab or anything to prove it is cleaner, but the water tastes better and I stopped buying plastic jugs every week. Has anyone here actually tested their tap water with a kit, and did the results make you change your mind or just stress you out more?
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eric_morgan5920d ago
The "weak tea" color is usually just rust or dirt stirred up in the pipes, not necessarily something a carbon filter fixes. Most cheap test kits only check a few things anyway, so don't stress too much about it.
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