Hi all,
I'm interested in getting a water distiller but know very little about what options are available and pricing in Australia (plus availability of getting replacement parts like the charcoal filters).
Does anyone else know anything about them? :)
So far I've been looking at this
http://www.juicersaustralia.com.au/water_distillers_australi…
although the prices for their models aren't till u get to the bottom of 9 pages or so (or just jump to the end )
i use distilled water for topping up the car battery, and radiator water, and sometimes as emergency drinking supply. lol.
Thanks guys :)
I'm a bit concerned about:
- what is the fluoride compound that's in the water
- where is it coming from
- what does it do
Hey Foundit, been using different types of water filters for years, my favourite onces are the candle filter stefani filters.
These can be had for between $10-$150, i buy mine second hand on ebay and clean and replace filter, the steel one is my preference. replacement filters are from bunnings for approx 30 for 2 filters
here is an example although this one looks a bit too well used, but you get what i mean
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Stefani-Terracotta-Water-Purifier-/27…
i used to have that model, as well it has 2 filters and works really well
Currently i am using an expensive under the sink system and miss the taste of the stefani candle filtered water
The water tastes different? :)
Thanks, looking at their site :)
No worries, personally i prefer fluoride i notice my teeth seem to be tougher with it in my water
I won't get into it too much.
You might want to look at bullet points under chronic toxicity, where they studied water fluoridation for recent research into what fluoride really does.
(As opposed to just, what are we told about "fluoride" by the industry selling it to us and the people they have funded)
The fluoride compound that goes into the water is not the fluoride compound that goes into toothpaste :(
excuse my ignorance, but wouldn't distillation remove all of the minerals we actually need in the water?
as far as I know we can't live with pure H2O?
I've heard of that issue too, now that you mention it (but I forgot about it) except I don't know which minerals they think we need from the water as opposed to food and other sources.
Do you know which ones?
Hmm … that does remind me about the RDI, how the usefulness of that is questioned.
When they first came out with it (Recommended Daily Intake) there were two problems:
- they did not have information on how much we really need (they just knew we needed to have some of certain minerals and vitamins or we'd get various diseases … no one had tested to find out what threshholds there might be)
Which leads to two problems:
- if they did get the levels right for a 6 foot tall Caucasian male (eg kJ per day) … are you a 6 foot tall Caucasian male?
- given they used guesstimates for a lot of the levels, did they really guess safe/recommended levels for us?
As far as I know, the trace minerals in pure h2o are far too low to make a difference. Most all the salts you need will come from the food you eat. Drinking distilled water may taste abit funny and be a little harsher on your throat, as it will attract the salt away from your skin, but it unlikely to be dangerous.
If you were really concerned you could always store the water in the fridge with a crushed up salt tablet. The minerals in water are less than a gram per liter.
http://www.melbournewater.com.au/applications/annual_report_…
As to RDI, from what I heard its the minimum level, below which your development is stunted. But avoiding malnutrition doesn't make you in optimum condition, so I take all those things as guide.
i've heard you can get those distillers pretty cheap (much cheaper than that site). Ebay shows they are around $150.
are you sure you need one of these? Australia has pretty clean water supply, it just sounds like overkill. I've been drinking the water for 22 years and i'm still alive :)