Is this for an espresso/filter machine?
I always just used tap when I lived in London and had a V60. It’s hard as hell but it tasted good to me and nothing other than the kettle at risk of scale. Surely nobody is using RO water for cooking?!
If it’s for a machine, I’d second the above, just bottled. Waitrose Lockhills or Volvic.
Lockhills is £1.80 for 8 litres. 45p a bottle.
So almost 1000 bottles for the price of an Osmio…
Thx guys! Appreciate the inputs. Not for the machine. She doesn’t have an expensive machine and uses Tesco Ashbeck.
It’s mainly for drinking as she doesn’t like the taste of tap water, besides not feeling safe.
Brita filter, for example, is a temporary alternative. If she gets this, perhaps she can feed the machine as well. I would get her an osmio any day. Just the uncertainty re-the frequency of the filter is a challenge. 😊
Osmio now offer a ‘hard water’ filter set. I’m interested to hear about it as they don’t offer much info on the website. I also live in an area of similar water hardness but only seem to need to change the filters annually. I descale and sanitise every 6 months
JahLaza Had a good chat with Mark at Osmio. It was lovely he was frank and was not looking to sell. The hard-water filter is a standard fitting now.
He said besides hardness, the density of population would make a difference. I didn’t understand the latter. Monthly change would be a pain as a worst case assumption. With the dr’s pay, it would put her out of pocket very quickly.
I thought some one on the forum had given a positive feedback of the hard-water filter lasting 1 year with hardness level well in excess of 350.
@Ernie1 It tastes terrible, tbh. 😁
LMSC I thought some one on the forum had given a positive feedback of the hard-water filter lasting 1 year with hardness level well in excess of 350.
My water is 300 in summer and 250 in winter…TDS before and after softening. With soft water I always get a1 year from the filters, no problems at all.
LMSC Very similar to our set up at home. But, it would be straight hard water into Osmio Zero at my daughter’s place. 😊
Probably still be OK, although if your daughter owns the property, it would be a great idea to get a water softener..I wouldn’t be without one now.
Why would water be safer to drink when filtered through an RO system? I get it filters out minerals, heavy metals, etc, but it doesn’t filter out bacteria or viruses.
See post below. Nonsense from me. 🤦♂️
MediumRoastSteam RO is effective at filtering viruses and bacteria.
Rob1 - yep. You are right. I was under the impression it wasn’t as effective, but Google tells me it is. I thought only distillation would effectively remove all the things from water.
Previous post edited so won’t misguide users. 👍
She still rents, I am afraid! 😊
It won’t filter out dissolved gasses, chemicals e.g pesticides and agricultural run off, chlorine and chloride (carbon block is effective for the former). It also won’t filter all bacteria and viruses….in fact it won’t purify water of everything, which is true even for Calcium never mind smaller things, it is effective at reducing most things to almost zero.
