Argh.. I'm hooked on $1-a-bottle water..

[brxndxn]

One day, after getting sick of heart burn, I thought maybe Gainesville's tap water was causing my problem. (After changing my diet multiple times didn't get rid of it) I drink a TON of water every day (about 1/2 to 1 gallon). So, I bought a Brita Filter and used it for a few weeks.. and my heartburn went away.

So, I started buying 24 packs of Aquafina bottles to carry them around with me because I could no longer stand the taste of water from the drinking fountains on campus. Low and behold, the Aquafina tastes a LOT better than my Brita water. So then I started drinking them at home.. Grr.. I find myself buying $1 a bottle Aquafina at the vending machines on campus.. and just a year ago, I used to make fun of 'those people'.

Pretty much any bottled water tastes better to me than Brita water and Brita water tastes way better than tap water. Though, I like Aquafina the best. Dansani seems to taste salty as do the other spring waters in my area.

Argh.. why couldn't I just be happy with tap water..

4 20oz Aquafina bottles per day = 5 24 packs per month @ $6 per 24 pack.. ouch.. $30/month just for my own bottled water

 

[eakers]

get a watercooler!

 

[Carbo]

You know, of course, that all bottled water comes out of a tenement apartment building in Newark, NJ...right?

 

[AnyMal]

Well, look on the bright side. At least you're noot hooked on naivE or that Fuji crap.

 

[mattocs]

I got a 24 pack of water for $4 on sale.

Get it on sale and its not a bad deal.

 

[iwantanewcomputer]

try a pur filter? i ersonally like my filtered water better than bottled. bottled tastes too dry and bitter

 

[Whisper]

Fuji rules. I generally drink Dasani, but like fuji the most. It's just somewhat expensive and sometimes tough to find around here.

 

[AnyMal]

Originally posted by: iwantanewcomputer
try a pur filter? i ersonally like my filtered water better than bottled. bottled tastes too dry and bitter

How can water taste "dry"?

 

[flyingboujanero]

I'm hooked on Vitamin Water. Uggh like 1.50-2.00 a bottle. Same here, why couldn't just be satisfied with tap water?

 

[Vegito]

Im hooked on propell.. cant stand regular water plus gatorade has too much sugar...

12 bucks for a case of 24 at costco/bjs

 

[nakedfrog]

Originally posted by: eakers
get a watercooler!

:thumbsup:

 

[RossMAN]

CostCo Kirkland bottled water > *

 

[bolomite]

You should get a reverse osmosis, under-the-sink system. Produces drinking water of equal or better quality than bottled, and easy to install.

 

[Keyvan]

you know Dasani isn't spring water. it's simply filtered water (as their ads say, filtered 5 times).

 

[KMFJD]

I've never had a problem drinking straight from the tap in my town, or from the well when i lived out in the countryside...paying for a small bottle of water just seems wrong to me.

 

[HN]

this past week, Ralph's market had 32(!) pack bottled water for 3.99. that's the cheapest i've ever seen it go for (non-cosco)

 

[AccruedExpenditure]

I'm hooked on 3 dollar a gallon gasoline.

 

[BooGiMaN]

so any of those people that you made fun of ragging on you yet since you went to the darkside?

 

[rh71]

35 pack of Poland Spring at BJs (Costco) costs us $5.xx.

BTW, weird question but do you have completely clear skin ? I heard drinking ridiculous amounts of water every day helps with that a lot.

 

[eakers]

Originally posted by: Keyvan
you know Dasani isn't spring water. it's simply filtered water (as their ads say, filtered 5 times).

"reverse osmosis"

and at the water depot, who does the same thing, i can refill my watercooler jug for $2

 

[iroast]

hard water > soft ware

 

[CtK]

at Costco its like $7 for 32 bottles of Zephyrhills??

 

[ZOOYUKA]

The spring where Aquafina gets their water has fish spawning in it. Furiously!

 

[brxndxn]

Originally posted by: rh71
35 pack of Poland Spring at BJs (Costco) costs us $5.xx.

BTW, weird question but do you have completely clear skin ? I heard drinking ridiculous amounts of water every day helps with that a lot.

Ya.. my skin is perfect pretty much.. and it always has been (even through puberty)

 

[Otaking]

I drink lots of water, and my skin sucks.