Odd question, but its on my mind. If i pee into a bowl, and use the filter on that, will it taste like water or pee?
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I do not have this product, but I have experience with other submicron water filters. These filters very effectively remove PARTICLE contaminants, such as bacteria, protozoans, even cryptosporidium, the smallest known organism to infect humans. However, these filters can not and will not remove DISSOLVED contaminants, such as salt or urea/uric acid or even chlorine. These chemicals are dissolved in the water, which means their molecules come apart and mix in with the water molecules. They are therefore too small to be trapped by the submicron filter, and can pass through it as easily as the water does. Therefore, I would strongly advise that if you suspect your water supply has been contaminated by a chemical that may have dissolved in it, do not drink it, even using this filter. Hope this helps.
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Technically, you don't have to filter urine. You can drink urine straight up. Unless you got an infection or some kind of medical condition which changes the content of your urine. Urine is only water, Urea, and sometimes excess minerals. None of that is harmful.
189639
Urine is ALREADY a sterile liquid when it leaves your body. You can drink your own twice before it becomes too filled with body waste to be safely consumed again.
189640
It'll still taste and smell like pee, it won't remove the urea which is a dissolved chemical and what makes pee taste and smell like pee. Contrary to the prior answer, it also won't remove the smallest infectious particles which are viruses.
189641
If you are at the point where you have to drink your pee, does taste really matter?
189642
David Miller's answer below is great! The only thing you would most likely taste is salt. The more salt you eat, the saltier it will taste, and it has been answered many times that this straw does not filter salt (also well-explained by David Miller as to why, below. Also, if you are in the desert and have no accessible water source, then this would be a great time-buyer. It would allow you to drink your filtered pee, and then the more dehydrated you got, the less you would get each time. Very viable question.
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It's the whole thing...what you see screws onto your tap. It works pretty good. A green light blinks when the filter is working and when it turns red you can taste the difference. Depending on your family size and usage, it lasts a few month. It's not so expensive that you shouldn't give it a try...see if it works for your family. My city water isn't too bad but I taste flouride and this eliminates the taste.
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I don't think it tastes. I add it to water with crystal light and I cannot taste it.
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If bad taste is just in water from Hot water dispenser only, then filter will not help. Certain bacteria can grow in hot water dispensers especially if left idle for long periods and not using chlorinated water. Try draining and flushing.
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Yes. This filter can turn mud into potable water. Tasting good is another issue. In desperate times, as long as you have water, you can get past the taste.
2112637
Yes, but you should be careful.... The lining looks like it may absorb the smell/taste. It is also not that easy to wash (Common with all bladders)
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I'm not really sure but I noticed that the filter makes the water odorless when I drink it.
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For my family ... no. We just could not tolerate the metallic taste of the water after it was filtered with the EveryDrop. We use the 3-gallon water jugs that we fill at a water filter station (.25/gallon). We tried the EveryDrop once, did not like the taste of the water but gave it another chance - the second 3-gallons tasted worse. We threw the filter in the garbage.
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have very hard water here.......its works to me I can tell a big different in the taste ....but with anything I can not tell you how much of a different it make since I'm not having it tested....water out of my tap w/ the little meter that came w/ pitcher avg 425-475...filter water 1st test was 0...and then it slowy move up as u filter water...got about 3 months off the first filter......hope this helps
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I don't regularly drink the water itself as we mostly use it for coffee and tea. I have occasionally used it for ice cubes and they had no real taste. I would make sure that the container that you put the water in is not the problem. The charcoal filter is small but important. If the still is not used regularly, the filter might develop something that affects the taste. I am on my third still in about 30 years and none have had this problem with my water, which is hard. I also usually fill my still with hot water, which will remove most of the chlorine and it will finish a bit sooner that using cold water. I don't regularly drink the water itself as we mostly use it for coffee and tea. I have occasionally used it for ice cubes and they had no real taste. I would make sure that the container that you put the water in is not the problem. The charcoal filter is small but important. If the still is not used regularly, the filter might develop something that affects the taste. I am on my third still in about 30 years and none have had this problem with my water, which is hard. I also usually fill my still with hot water, which will remove most of the chlorine and it will finish a bit sooner that... » Read More I don't regularly drink the water itself as we mostly use it for coffee and tea. I have occasionally used it for ice cubes and they had no real taste. I would make sure that the container that you put the water in is not the problem. The charcoal filter is small but important. If the still is not used regularly, the filter might develop something that affects the taste. I am on my third still in about 30 years and none have had this problem with my water, which is hard. I also usually fill my still with hot water, which will remove most of the chlorine and it will finish a bit sooner that using cold water. « Show Less
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My husband and I both purchased these last year, and have had no problems - as long as you remember to blow the water back into the bladder after you drink. Water that sits in the hose does tend to get a gross, plastic taste but the water from the main reservoir is fine (just don't leave it sitting in there for days if you can avoid it).
1556671
In my experience with water that had a moderate level of chlorine, it had removed it well. I've never had any taste make it through the filter other than crisp water.
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Here in Japan, these system toilets are popular and there a number of products you can use in them, not just one brand or lineup.Recently I have seen pellets that look like the regular ones--wood chip pellets, but they dissolve slowly. So with urine, the urine is absorbed and forms a saw dust that falls to the compartment below. I am trying these chips now instead of the totally non-absorbent ones.
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Yes. The permanent filter is preferable to paper for the neutral effect on taste. I can taste a paper filter now. Been using the metal filter for years (this is my 2nd machine). With reasonable care should last indefinitely.
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No it should not, unless your tap water tastes amazing. The water coming from my Tap Master filter tastes noticeably cleaner than our tap water. You should get a water test kit to find out for sure, and return it if it's not working properly.
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I have distilled for years....20 years with a large PURE distiller. Now I have this small counter distiller. It works great. Love it. Know about the taste of distilled water. If you got water dripping out of your spout there can be no chloride in it because the very process of distillation. Distilled water is tasteless. That being said...it will 'taste' different because city water systems put so much into our drinking water that when we taste the 'absence' of those things we perceive it as tasting different. You might be tasting the charcoal from the filter. Try not using the filter. I don't. I just use a small funnel placed in the opening of the jug and then centered under the drip spout it works great. There is no real need to filter distilled water with charcoal. That is just a gimmick from the companies to have return purchases from people to resupply the charcoal filters. In fact after some use charcoal filters can introduce bacterias back into your fresh distilled water, as they can hold dust and airborne particals in them.....hence the company gets you to buy replacements and get more of our money. Distilled water is water steam only, condensed back into solid form without anything in it but the pure water. Hope this helps someone.
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Sorry, I can't relate to having bad tasting water, I only had one shipment, & it was fine. Maybe talk to Dr. if they put you on it? Sometimes, when we are taking care of our health issues going on, for me, my taste buds, can change. I've tried other brands of ph 9+ water, & they all taste the same. Maybe try to drink it cold? Hope it helps a little. Good luck!