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Water purifiers are synonymous with water filters or water treatment systems. Most water you buy at the market or at the dispensing machines are made with water purifiers.
While it can be convenient to simply buy water at the market, be it a couple of dozens of individual 16 oz bottles or 1-2 gallon jugs, the drawback is that you are paying for it repeatedly. What’s bad is that plastic does not biodegrade, and while many people try their best to recycle, many simply do not, and plastic containers continue to cause problems to our planet.
One of the best ways to address the above problems is to purchase a water purifier or filter for your home, and start making high quality water straight from your tap water. Actually, the 25 cent a gallen water dispensing machines you find in front of supermarkets are all water purifiers hooked up to tap water. Many name brand bottled water you buy are also made from water purification systems at the water plant. Very few bottled waters are actually from glaciers or mountains. So unless you know for sure you are drinking some naturally pure and possibly beneficial glacier water, why give them money when you can make similar water just as good, if not better, at home?
A Typical Reverse Osmosis Water Purification System
Basically, after trying out many different water treatment systems, I have concluded that a sub-$200 reverse osmosis water purification system is the best for the money for most families and here’s why. First of all, reverse osmosis is the best process for the money and it is the same process the water machines in front of the supermarkets use. Also, many bottled water plants use this same process, just on a larger scale.
Smaller filters like the cheap faucet-attached units are better than no filter, but without the reverse osmosis process, water is just not as pure. The faucet-attached units at least remove chlorine (bad taste), and some sediments, but that’s about it. It is not bad, but due to the small size, repeat filter changes can also add up. And that is why for about $150, I would go for a decent reverse osmosis unit. Try to look for one on sale, and you’ll be very happy with it!
