Lemmy: what is the best plastic-free water filter or filter system you've found?
Our tap water isn't great. Also want a completely zero-plastic solution. What do you do for your water?
Where I live I've got perfectly good tap water, but in general you want a charcoal filter.
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.
I've been happy with Epic Water, it filters PFAS. Filters are pricey but can last longer than they say
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.
It's made of plastic.
But why don’t you want microplastics? It’s what plants crave!
It's got electrolytes
I've been looking for exactly the same thing. Sadly most filters I found are made of plastic, which I find outrageous.
Whatever you choose, make sure you test the water with an electronic TDS meter. They are about the price of a coffee and will tell you whether your filter is working properly.
Aren't those acually useless when trying to determine the quality of water?
It can tell you the purity based on the conductance of the water. It might not catch everything but it's good to verify the filter is working.
My stainless-steel countertop water distiller. Although the water passes through a short bit of plastic tubing, it is at best lukewarm when it does so. I don't worry as much about plastic contamination as I would with anything else.
Berkey. It's not plastic free, but I don't think a system exists that is. If I'm wrong, I'd love to know.
Currently a countertop R/O System.
I just boil it, & let it cool.
Gets minerals, chlorine, all sorts of stuff out.
If you've got someone excessively-fragile, with some medical-condition that makes 'em that way, use Zero Water filters: they are costly, damn-thorough, and amazing, when you can't drink anything else.
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Boiling water concentrates many of the undesirable elements, actually, it doesn't just make them magically float away.
Yeah, in order to purify water with boiling it's necessary to capture and condensed the steam. This distilled water is often considered too clean because it doesn't have certain minerals our bodies usually get from water.
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.
Most use plastic filters and filter housings. I've never seen one that didn't use plastic before.
Ours are aluminum, maybe I generalized too much