Distilled/Deionized Water

I use city water that has passed through a reverse osmosis system (under our kitchen sink). It filters all minerals, metals, salt, bacteria and viruses, and has about 3 ppm residual particulate. I really like it. After the initial installation (~$300), it costs $40 per year.

Just one solution (pun intended) that works for one hosehead gal.

Cathy

When on a visit out of town this week I went to the grocery store with my sis and the store had no distilled water. So, after examining all the drinking waters available. I chose a reverse osmosis water. That is probably as close to distilled as I was going to get without going to another store.

The idea is to keep build-up of all kinds out of the machine--scale from mineral salts or stuff that germs might thrive in. Pure water isn't going to grow much especially if it is boiled each night as it would be in a heated humidifier. At least it is in mine--with the setting at 5, baby!

Jen

I've been using pharmaceutical grade DI water for a year and my humidifier chamber is as clean as the day I got it. If you have access to high grade DI water, use it. I'Lloyd take my 7 dollars a gallon DI water over any distilled water. Enough said...

Tchubs71 wrote:I've been using pharmaceutical grade DI water for a year and my humidifier chamber is as clean as the day I got it. If you have access to high grade DI water, use it. I'Lloyd take my 7 dollars a gallon DI water over any distilled water. Enough said...

Very insightful post, not many people would pay $7 a gallon for water that will do the same thing as $0.80 a gallon water will do must be college trained.

Also talking to a post that was dead 8 years ago, brilliant. Jim