Bottled water....

[Herkmeister]

So, everyone is out of bottled water. So, I had a brainstorm... I bet Amazon has bottled water, and it'll be delivered for free!

Wrong.

Free shipping might not arrive in enough time.

Guess what they want for expedited shipping for two cases of water?

$318.50!!!!

WTF?

NEWS FLASH: Amazon is not your friend.

 

[UKGrad93]

....they use ~3 gallons to outlet every 1 gallon of filtered water.

Filter sets cost ~$40 and need replacement 2x a year. So, on top of tripling my water use for stuff from the kitchen sink (much of which is not used for drinking, but rinsing/cleaning), it's $80 in filters to change annually.

I suppose I could line a separate tap off for the filtered water....

But I think the cost for that water would be about the same (or more) as refilling 5 gallon jugs at $1.25 each from Sprouts grocery stores. I don't think I go thru enough in a year to make the hassle and cost worth it. I'll have to track how many 5 gallon jugs I refill over a year. I think it's ~10-12. I don't mind having the 5 gallon jug stand in the corner to fill the coffeemaker in the AM....

Worth looking into, though, as a kitchen remodel is 'on the radar', and I can upgrade the sink with an extra tap hole for a filtered tap, if it makes sense.

I've never done a cost analysis, but I've used one for almost 15 years. Just guessing that my family of 3 uses about a gallon of filtered water per day. So with the waste, that's an extra 100 gal/mo. Seems like a lot, but our water is billed per 1000 gal. I don't think we use any more water than we did before the filter (as measured by the water billing). I just got tired of lugging the jugs around.

Another factor for me was I lived in a house with a water softener for a while. The tap water was salty. When we moved, I wanted something that would fix that.

 

[Joes Place]

I've never done a cost analysis, but I've used one for almost 15 years. Just guessing that my family of 3 uses about a gallon of filtered water per day. So with the waste, that's an extra 100 gal/mo. Seems like a lot, but our water is billed per 1000 gal. I don't think we use any more water than we did before the filter (as measured by the water billing). I just got tired of lugging the jugs around.

Another factor for me was I lived in a house with a water softener for a while. The tap water was salty. When we moved, I wanted something that would fix that.

Softener water is the Devil to either cook or make coffee/tea with....

 

[The Tradition]

 

[The Tradition]

Creative....

 

[DrVenkman]

WTF ???

 

[MitchL]

WTF ???

Trump voter lining up to cast another ballot.

 

[UKGrad93]

Those gals should get some nipples tattooed on their back flabs.

 

[DrVenkman]

Trump voter lining up to cast another ballot.

Number 3 is a true physical miracle.

 

[86Hawkeye]

So, everyone is out of bottled water. So, I had a brainstorm... I bet Amazon has bottled water, and it'll be delivered for free!

Wrong.

Free shipping might not arrive in enough time.

Guess what they want for expedited shipping for two cases of water?

$318.50!!!!

WTF?

Bottled water is heavy, thus high shipping cost.

 

[moral_victory]

Now I'm getting somewhere....

Free delivery on Friday.

You could just use regular coolers too. Maybe buy some trash cans.

 

[TC Nole OX]

Water

 

[billanole]

Ooof

 

[millah_22]

You could just use regular coolers too. Maybe buy some trash cans.

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