Our water creates some scale buildup but not a lot but my wife does not like the taste of the water. Does this product improve the taste?
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I haven't found it to improve the taste of the water but I've only had it for two months or so. We filter our water because our city water tastes pretty bad .
1513296
Yes indeed! as the hard minerals are out of solution the bitter taste is gone, water tastes sweeter. Order with confidence from Small Wonder USA, 1 ye money back, free tech support and gift with order.
1513297
Not really. I think what you want is a particulate filter or reverse osmosis for that issue.
1513298
I am so pleased within 2 days we all looked at each other and said does the water taste different and it does. We were wary but one week put that to rest. Better taste no hard water build up and no more dry skin. Can't say enough good about it.
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Tom- My experience is that product will not improve the taste of the water.
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Not likely Tom as it provided no benefit whatsoever in my house. There is still plenty of scale build up and it has proven to be the most expensive blinking light I've ever purchased.
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From my experience with this filtration system, this water tastes clean if the filter is clean. If the filter needs changing, the taste will definitely let you know....the water will not taste good. As far as distilled water is concerned, I don't know that much about it, but from the little I've heard it removes some "good" things from the water that your body should have. Perhaps that doesn't matter if the water is being used in a Netti-pot......?
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I am not sure, I can only tell you that it made taste better than water which I used a zero water filter.
608152
It won't soften the water, but will remove chlorine & some other minerals from the water. I also don't smell chlorine in my water, but I know it's added to the water here. I noticed a difference in the dryness of my skin and the a big difference with my hair...it was smoother. It doesn't completely remove the dryness, but it helped enough that I would highly recommend it to anyone that lives in an area with hard water.
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I dont havr the sheet with me but i think so. On Berkeys website it will tell you what it filters. I know it does remove alot of taste from it. I live on San Antonio Texas and we have aquafer water. When I drink my girfriends Berky water it has almost no taste at all.
1651515
Yes it will remove the chlorine and other contaminants from water so your water will have no taste the way it should be.
1247674
I added to distiller. Mom added to fresh well water. In both cases it turned the water an orangey brown color. In both cases the water tasted awful. Neither of us had any results from this product. I do NOT recommend this product. We both have had and continue to have good results from Cell Food by Lumina Health.
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It tastes significantly better than our city water. I have never tried either of the waters you mention, but many people who visit our home gave commented on the good (clean/fresh) flavor of our filtered water.
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You can add Real Salt into the water as well. Contact them for "recipe." The water doesn't taste salty and it's the cheapest method to regain mineral content.
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No I have not notice a sweet taste after filtering my water. Look at from this angle, it is far better having sweet water than having to drink water that has the rotten egg smell/taste. If you are really that concerned about the sweet taste of the water call up or email Sawyer and get their official say on the matter or send a water sample to a public water testing facility and see what they determine is in the water that you are filtering. That's about all I can say on the matter. Good Luck.
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We have a lot of calcium in our well water. The heat from the hot water tank is what causes the minerals to form scale. We placed this on the cold water side of the hot water tank and noticed a big improvement in water quality, especially on shower doors and dish washer. I have changed it twice now. The first time at 3 mos because the info says it can clean up existing scale in pipes and fixtures. The bottom line is if your water is very hard that will affect how much benefit you get from this product. So will you be happy with a 50% improvement in quality? I know I am cleaning faucet screens a lot less. Still have a jug of vinegar around though! Hope this helps.
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Yes! I find it does have a fishy taste. And I mix it in with shakes that have lots of other things in it to cover the fish taste. It still overpowers the shake some times. I use less than a tsp. In the shake just to give you an idea.
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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.
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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Yes, but it doesn't affect the taste. I also put mine in the dish washer once a week and it helps.
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Hmm I just tried some out of ours and it tastes normal. I will say though we always use our Brita filter so it may just be a temporary taste when new.
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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.