ro/rodi?

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Spicemonkey

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I guess obviously rodi is best, but I am wondering if ro water is acceptable? Lfs 30 min away sells rodi for $1/g; grocery store 5 min away sells ro water .39¢/g.
 
RO water is ok to use but if I were you I would consider getting your own ro/di unit it would be far less expensive then buying it from a store. You could get one for about $150.
 
Holy cow... where do you live? Here, every store that sells RO water is 25 cents a gallon and almost all lfs I think are like 35 cents a gallon for rodi. Your prices are crazy!

But yeah, especially at your prices, I'd get the rodi unit yourself. I thought it was easily justified at my local prices but yours make it a no brainer.
 
Lol wow eeks i live in wisconsin in the city so i kinda have issues with extra run off increasing our water bill hmmm maybe i can convice hubby to embark hmmm
 
I've always been fine with using RO water. It may not be as perfectly flawless as RODI water but it never gave me a single issue. Still, if you can afford RODI I'd get it. If you can't then RO is still a perfectly acceptable alternative. I can't live without my RO system.
 
Maybe the LFS is selling the premixed saltwater that uses RODI for 90 cents? If it is just water, that is ridiculous.
 
Wow. I think I'd pass on that price.

I think that anything outside of tap water is good. RODI is ideal. I've had my new tank up for a few months now and have been getting water from the Glacier dispenser outside a local store. I believe it is carbon filtered, RO, UV and the carbon again. They have a screen that shows when it was serviced last, so I try to get my water close to that date. I've had minimal problems with algae so far. A little on the side that catches a little sunlight at times, but its not a problem. For $1.25 for 5 gallons, can't go wrong.
 
wow $1.25 for 5g!!! ugh sux to be me huh lol
I was actually using tap water that had sat in a bucket to dechlorinate in my 12g but thought I should do right by my new baby
 
TheTodd said:
Wow. I think I'd pass on that price.

I think that anything outside of tap water is good. RODI is ideal. I've had my new tank up for a few months now and have been getting water from the Glacier dispenser outside a local store. I believe it is carbon filtered, RO, UV and the carbon again. They have a screen that shows when it was serviced last, so I try to get my water close to that date. I've had minimal problems with algae so far. A little on the side that catches a little sunlight at times, but its not a problem. For $1.25 for 5 gallons, can't go wrong.

I used those dispensers for a long time. Right up until I got my own RO filter. They worked out fine for me.
 
I have a spectrapure rodi unit and I love it. I bought it because they are made locally in Tempe, AZ. And when I got it home I dropped it and broke a few fittings on it, I was so mad. I called them and they actually sent out the new fittings free of charge, I think they felt bad for me. I was honest about how it happened. To me, a company that does something like that earns my business for life. That is the ultimate customer service, and the unit itself works fantastic. I love it and have noticed an improvement in my water quality over the RO that I was using from a water & ice type of store. So much easier too but I need to hook it up a little more permanently, right now I just perch it on the back of my truck and hook up to a garden hose but I want to wall mount it and put the waste water that comes out in a drain and all of that.

Either way, I love my spectrapure and recommend that but at your price for water locally... any unit would be a cost savings and way more convenient.
 
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