Anyone use a Glacier or similar water vending machine as their water source?
I recently decided to switch from bottled spring water to a 5gal jug that I can refill at a machine for $.20/gal to save money.
I also decided to start learning about water chemistry at the same time.
According to Glacier, the water goes through 5 stages:
1) Carbon filter
2) Micron filter
3) Reverse Osmosis
4) Second carbon filter
5) UV treatment
IF the water truly does go through these steps, and IF someone maintains the system on a regular enough basis, I would assume this would be pretty damn near distilled water, and treat it as a blank slate. However, without sending a sample for analysis, I obviously can't be sure.
Does anyone have experience with these water vending machines? Are they really giving you what they advertise? Anyone get a sample analyzed by chance?
I recently decided to switch from bottled spring water to a 5gal jug that I can refill at a machine for $.20/gal to save money.
I also decided to start learning about water chemistry at the same time.
According to Glacier, the water goes through 5 stages:
1) Carbon filter
2) Micron filter
3) Reverse Osmosis
4) Second carbon filter
5) UV treatment
IF the water truly does go through these steps, and IF someone maintains the system on a regular enough basis, I would assume this would be pretty damn near distilled water, and treat it as a blank slate. However, without sending a sample for analysis, I obviously can't be sure.
Does anyone have experience with these water vending machines? Are they really giving you what they advertise? Anyone get a sample analyzed by chance?