Tap water

[UNICORN]

WELL i know that the best thing to do is to get rodi system but right now its a bit out of my budget

are there any tap water conditioners that you guys would recommend to treat the water with


or any special methods i can use to prepare tap water for optimal use without having a rodi system:scratchch

 

[rebelson]

Distilled water from your supermarket. In the long you'll save more $ with a RODI unit.

 

[kenconnect]

Prime

 

[Imbarrie]

The money you save now will be spent trying to fight the issues later
Some LFS sell RODI water by the gallon or stores sell distilled water in bottles.

Highly recommended for a reason.

 

[dsgray16]

I wouldnt even consider unfiltered tap water to be an option..

 

[UNICORN]

wich is a good rodi unit for 29 g not too expensive you guys lol

 

[rebelson]

Highly recommend The Filter Guys:

http://www.thefilterguys.biz/ro_di_systems.htm

 

[UNICORN]

which one is necessary for me 3 4 5 ? do i have to purchase those other items that come in the add ons ?

 

[e.muehlbauer]

Tap water purifier...a deionizing unit sold by all the major retailers. Not very expensive. How effective it is depends on your water quality. You don't say where you are. I'm in NYC, and my tap water is very high quality...a cartridge lasts me easily 4 months. If you are in an area with poor quality, a cartridge won't last very long, and ultimately you will need RO. So depending on what you have, a TWP could be a temporary stop gap measure or possibly all you will ever need.

 

[saltwaterinbrooklyn]

Airwaterice.com has the typhoon compact 75gpd unit for 159 it's pretty good that's what I use and I like it , just doesn't have a shut off so I tend to overflow in the tub qiute often .

 

[GLuttonousGourami]

Distilled water from your supermarket. In the long you'll save more $ with a RODI unit.

This is probably your best bet for good base water, although it must be expensive. I would imagine you can find a good barely used RO/DI system on many of these sites for cheap. I got mine for $75, and swapped out media for another $40. In the long run, and for convienence RO/DI is the only way to go. You might be able to get decent RO from you LFS too.

 

[pwreef]

Got this thing:
http://www.purewaterclub.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=287
Been going strong for the past few months. Can't beat this price.

 

[kalapnath]

Highly recommend The Filter Guys:

http://www.thefilterguys.biz/ro_di_systems.htm

This is a good price for this rodi unit but what you might want to do is find out how much for the replacement membranes because yes you will have to change the membranes yearly

 

[Imbarrie]

I have the Air Water Ice Typhoon 150 GPD and I love it. The 75 GPD is very similar and you would have no problems with that.
The addons you will need are a tank and a TDS meter.