Cutting Water Bottles Out of Our Lives

[Shell B]

Tibs and I make some conscious efforts to be more sustainable and have less of an impact on the environment. However, like any good consumers, we fall short of the mark. One of the ways we did this was to go through cases of water bottles a week. I had some real anxiety about switching to tap, despite knowing that filtered water is perfectly safe. Knowing doesn't matter with anxiety. Anyway, I finally resolved this year to stop fucking around and switch to filtered water. We got a Brita pitcher filter, which is fine for us because there is no fluoride in our water supply to be filtered out (we get plenty from our dental hygiene routines). We bought some cool refillable, dishwasher-safe water bottles. Within a day of switching, I was completely used to the new routine. I fill my bottle, refill the pitcher and move on with my life. We do have to get some smaller bottles for sneaking into the movie theater, but we're great other than that.

My point is, if you're thinking of cutting water bottles out of your life, it's easy. It's cheap too. We paid a little over $30 for the pitcher, maybe $20 for water bottles and filters are around $10 (we need them about twice a year). I did the math and we've saved more than $100 this year. Next year, we'll save even more because we don't have to buy a pitcher. Oh, I forgot to mention that we don't have to recycle and we take the trash out less. It's an all-around win.

[Longhorn]

It’s amazing how much of a difference it makes in terms of trash produced. All my neighbors have trash bags full of plastic bottles every time and we only throw out a bag once every two months or so, ever since we got this filter machine thing. We have this little tap installed and we also have refillable bottles. It tastes better than bottled water too, imo, and feels nicer.

[Catholic_Lady]

Good choice, and good info! We never used water bottles ourselves. Bad for the environment and not cost efficient. We have a filter and reusable water bottles for when we need to take water with us.

[Losty]

Tibs and I make some conscious efforts to be more sustainable and have less of an impact on the environment. However, like any good consumers, we fall short of the mark. One of the ways we did this was to go through cases of water bottles a week. I had some real anxiety about switching to tap, despite knowing that filtered water is perfectly safe. Knowing doesn't matter with anxiety. Anyway, I finally resolved this year to stop fucking around and switch to filtered water. We got a Brita pitcher filter, which is fine for us because there is no fluoride in our water supply to be filtered out (we get plenty from our dental hygiene routines). We bought some cool refillable, dishwasher-safe water bottles. Within a day of switching, I was completely used to the new routine. I fill my bottle, refill the pitcher and move on with my life. We do have to get some smaller bottles for sneaking into the movie theater, but we're great other than that.

My point is, if you're thinking of cutting water bottles out of your life, it's easy. It's cheap too. We paid a little over $30 for the pitcher, maybe $20 for water bottles and filters are around $10 (we need them about twice a year). I did the math and we've saved more than $100 this year. Next year, we'll save even more because we don't have to buy a pitcher. Oh, I forgot to mention that we don't have to recycle and we take the trash out less. It's an all-around win.

That’s awesome! I never could get used to the flavor of tap water so I have 4 gallons that I can refill for 33 cents each at the grocery store.

[The Grand Nudger]

Bottled water is just filtered tap water anyway...hell...sometimes they don't even filter it, they figure the municipal supply has already been filtered enough and consumers obviously can't be bothered to find that out or care if they did.

I miss the unfiltered sulfur water from s. fl, and the hard yellow shit from n. florida. The stuff up here comes out smelling like bleach. We've got a big Brita box pitcher too. I aint payin nobody for no bottles, lol.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Tibs and I make some conscious efforts to be more sustainable and have less of an impact on the environment. However, like any good consumers, we fall short of the mark. One of the ways we did this was to go through cases of water bottles a week. I had some real anxiety about switching to tap, despite knowing that filtered water is perfectly safe. Knowing doesn't matter with anxiety. Anyway, I finally resolved this year to stop fucking around and switch to filtered water. We got a Brita pitcher filter, which is fine for us because there is no fluoride in our water supply to be filtered out (we get plenty from our dental hygiene routines). We bought some cool refillable, dishwasher-safe water bottles. Within a day of switching, I was completely used to the new routine. I fill my bottle, refill the pitcher and move on with my life. We do have to get some smaller bottles for sneaking into the movie theater, but we're great other than that.

My point is, if you're thinking of cutting water bottles out of your life, it's easy. It's cheap too. We paid a little over $30 for the pitcher, maybe $20 for water bottles and filters are around $10 (we need them about twice a year). I did the math and we've saved more than $100 this year. Next year, we'll save even more because we don't have to buy a pitcher. Oh, I forgot to mention that we don't have to recycle and we take the trash out less. It's an all-around win.

And you won't be able to chew the water if you don't get that fluoride.

[Shell B]

Tibs and I make some conscious efforts to be more sustainable and have less of an impact on the environment. However, like any good consumers, we fall short of the mark. One of the ways we did this was to go through cases of water bottles a week. I had some real anxiety about switching to tap, despite knowing that filtered water is perfectly safe. Knowing doesn't matter with anxiety. Anyway, I finally resolved this year to stop fucking around and switch to filtered water. We got a Brita pitcher filter, which is fine for us because there is no fluoride in our water supply to be filtered out (we get plenty from our dental hygiene routines). We bought some cool refillable, dishwasher-safe water bottles. Within a day of switching, I was completely used to the new routine. I fill my bottle, refill the pitcher and move on with my life. We do have to get some smaller bottles for sneaking into the movie theater, but we're great other than that.

My point is, if you're thinking of cutting water bottles out of your life, it's easy. It's cheap too. We paid a little over $30 for the pitcher, maybe $20 for water bottles and filters are around $10 (we need them about twice a year). I did the math and we've saved more than $100 this year. Next year, we'll save even more because we don't have to buy a pitcher. Oh, I forgot to mention that we don't have to recycle and we take the trash out less. It's an all-around win.

And you won't be able to chew the water if you don't get that fluoride.

Actually, we get plenty of fluoride from our dental products, so it's smart not to overdo it with extra in the water supply. It can cause staining of the teeth.

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Bottled water is just filtered tap water anyway...hell...sometimes they don't even filter it, they figure the municipal supply has already been filtered enough and consumers obviously can't be bothered to find that out or care if they did.

I miss the unfiltered sulfur water from s. fl, and the hard yellow shit from n. florida.  The stuff up here comes out smelling like bleach.  We've got a big Brita box pitcher too.  I aint payin nobody for no bottles, lol.

I didn't drink filtered water. I drank spring water. You can definitely taste the difference. Still, the filtered Brita water doesn't have any taste, which is better than the bad taste straight from the tap. We have a heavily-chlorinated supply.

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Tibs and I make some conscious efforts to be more sustainable and have less of an impact on the environment. However, like any good consumers, we fall short of the mark. One of the ways we did this was to go through cases of water bottles a week. I had some real anxiety about switching to tap, despite knowing that filtered water is perfectly safe. Knowing doesn't matter with anxiety. Anyway, I finally resolved this year to stop fucking around and switch to filtered water. We got a Brita pitcher filter, which is fine for us because there is no fluoride in our water supply to be filtered out (we get plenty from our dental hygiene routines). We bought some cool refillable, dishwasher-safe water bottles. Within a day of switching, I was completely used to the new routine. I fill my bottle, refill the pitcher and move on with my life. We do have to get some smaller bottles for sneaking into the movie theater, but we're great other than that.

My point is, if you're thinking of cutting water bottles out of your life, it's easy. It's cheap too. We paid a little over $30 for the pitcher, maybe $20 for water bottles and filters are around $10 (we need them about twice a year). I did the math and we've saved more than $100 this year. Next year, we'll save even more because we don't have to buy a pitcher. Oh, I forgot to mention that we don't have to recycle and we take the trash out less. It's an all-around win.

That’s awesome! I never could get used to the flavor of tap water so I have 4 gallons that I can refill for 33 cents each at the grocery store.

If you filter it through the Brita, it doesn't have a taste. I had the same problem.

[LastPoet]

Today I had a 0.33333... liters beer that costed 1 euro. This other customer has one 0.3333... liters of water for the same price. You do the math.

[mlmooney89]

That's awesome! XD

I only use water bottles in an emergency setting like I have a case stashed in my truck and a few bottles in the house but those don't get used often and I buy them like once a year.

I've never understood the fear of tap water myself (I respect it just don't understand it) I've drank from tap water and well water all my life and never got sick or had anything that I could see in the water. I drink primarily water only to a point where my parents were worried for me when I was younger and put in a $5k water system that required destroying their yard, constant upkeep and some kind of salt, and filtered all water even to the toilet. Honestly I have always thought that water tasted worse than just normal tap but I drink it when I'm at my mom's.

I do agree some places have bad city water and I wouldn't drink it to save my life. My in laws well water you can smell the sulfer in and both San Angelo and College Station both have bad city water everywhere.

[zebo-the-fat]

I never understood why people seem to need to take water everywhere, have a drink before you leave home! Most people don't live in a desert!