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[xxracerxx]

Tap tappy tap

 

[Premium Quality]

Both.
Filtered from the fridge when I'm home. I also have some bottled water which I keep in the fridge and take every morning to work.

 

[The Argus]

Bottled water is nice when on the road. But here in NYC at home, a restaurant, or at work I drink filtered tap, or just plain tap. Best in the world.

Bottled is great when I'm on the go. But generally I'm more likely to buy a Naked or a Coke Zero when commuting.

 

[B!TCH]

I drink both. Generally prefer tap water and have a refillable aluminum bottle of water that I fill up at water fountains when I'm on the go but I will buy bottled water now and then.

I'm not elitist about water and find people who have strong opinions on water to be very, very strange.

 

[Already Torn]

I drink both. Generally prefer tap water and have a refillable aluminum bottle of water that I fill up at water fountains when I'm on the go but I will buy bottled water now and then.

I'm not elitist about water and find people who have strong opinions on water to be very, very strange.

Is it really that weird? Bottled water is super bad for the environment and provides no benefits that you can't get simply from your sink (at least in the US). It's irresponsible morally and economically to purchase bottled water.

 

[Herr Starr]

I live in Norway where the tap water is among the cleanest in the world. Bottled water is less clean around here than what you get from the tap. So yeah, I drink from the tap, and I drink a lot of it.

 

[Liberty4all]

I only drink bottled as I have acid problems and prefer alkaline water (water with a PH Balance over 7.0). I drink Eska, Evian, Fijji, S. Pellegrino still water, etc.

I'm aware of BPA problems with bottled water so I'm eventually going to buy proper filter system that alkalines tap water.

 

[One Foul Note]

Tap pretty much all the time. I grew up in a mega hard water area so bottled waters and heavily filtered waters taste weird and unfulfilling to me. I guess I just don't like water unless it is 99% calcium in it.

 

[Arkos]

The best water I've ever had is 2 parts Fiji and 1 part Dasani, mixed together and then frozen into cubes, and then you put those cubes in a Brita filter and let them melt and go through the Brita. Delicious.

 

[andthebeatgoeson]

City punch is the best.

 

[Hip Hop]

We buy filtered water by the gallons.

We were raised as to never drink from the tap, and that always stuck even after moving to the US.

 

[Ayumi]

I live in Norway where the tap water is among the cleanest in the world. Bottled water is less clean around here than what you get from the tap. So yeah, I drink from the tap, and I drink a lot of it.

Tap water in Norway is godlike. I can't enjoy any other water than bottled now, unless I'm in Norway. We do have clean tap water where I live, but it doesn't taste good at all! Yuck. I only use it for cooking.

 

[Monocle]

Filtered at home or filled at the store.

 

[red731]

Why would I buy bottled bottles when I have Britta? Why would I even want to provide envirnomnet with more plastic?

 

[yanipheonu]

Tap water. Unless you're in some area, like some depressing parts of the States, where you may well be right to suspect your water supply, tap water is all you need.

Get a Brita or similar product if you want that filtered taste.

I'm usually in Canada, so our water is pretty high tier makes our beer taste that much better.

i only drink bottled water in the Emirates, because the water is all desalinated, so you're actually better off with bottled water or a water cooler.

 

[Septimus Prime]

I have a filter, which has a line that supplies my fridge, which filters it again. The guy who installed my filter showed me that the fridge filter does pretty much nothing, though.

I see people parroting the point that tap water is better because it's regulated, but that argument is nonsense, as the pipes in your home are not regulated or regularly tested. So yes, the water from the municipal supply is probably clean on the way to your home, but then what? Then it has to flow through decades-old, probably galvanized iron pipes before it hits your tap, which itself isn't regulated. When's the last time you redid your plumbing and fixtures?

 

[damnbandit]

I have a filter, which has a line that supplies my fridge, which filters it again. The guy who installed my filter showed me that the fridge filter does pretty much nothing, though.

I see people parroting the point that tap water is better because it's regulated, but that argument is nonsense, as the pipes in your home are not regulated or regularly tested. So yes, the water from the municipal supply is probably clean on the way to your home, but then what? Then it has to flow through decades-old, probably galvanized iron pipes before it hits your tap, which itself isn't regulated. When's the last time you redid your plumbing and fixtures?

Correct. The water at the end source (Your own faucet) is all that truly matters. That being said I'm a cheap ass and unless there's literal poison in my tap water I'm drinking that shit anyway.

 

[Princess Viola]

I fill up my bottle from the tap.

 

[torre_avenue]

While at school, I drink NYC tap water.

If its good enough for pizza and bagels, its good enough for me.

Spoiler

Cue "You are already dead."

 

[LewieP]

Tap water not safe to drink here (SE Asia), but I pay $1 for a gallon bottle that I get reffilled, and then just keep a couple of litre bottles in the fridge.

 

[Sunster]

tap

 

[The Naked Priest]

Tap water, we have excellent water here in Sweden.
I fill bottles and keep them in the fridge both home and at work.

 

[John Kowalski]

I live near a public fountain that's OK for public consumption. Free water all year.

 

[Benzychenz]

Tap water.

I hate plastic bottles. Having to manufacture them when you can just turn on a tap is such a waste, and then they destroy the environment when they don't get disposed of properly.
There's so many water bottles in the water killing fishies and birdies

 

[Sparrowhawk]

Bottled water because I'm a terrible person.

 

[NOLA_Gaffer]

I drink tap water at home but I buy bottled water when I'm out and about typically because it's cold--not because I feel like it's "cleaner" or "safer".

 

[Subpar Scrub]

I buy bottled water primarily and just re-use them until I lose them or throw them out. If I forget to fill it up at home where I have a water filter, I don't mind drinking water from a tap or whatever when I'm out. No biggie, but most bottled water does taste better.

 

[Steiner84]

i mostly drink carbonated water. so bottled. if i want just water i take from the tap. imo it tastes better.

 

[witchedwiz]

I used to go for tap water when i lived in southern italy..
In Cologno monzese (nearby Milan) the water is so shitty it's not even funny..
I have to literally disassemble water filtrers once per week as they have pieces of limesrone inside (you can literally find this tiny pieces of rock inside)..
So now i buy a LOT of bottled water

 

[Zevenberge]

Tap, of course. It is like 100000 times cheaper and there is no difference in taste.
(Netherlands)

 

[B!TCH]

Is it really that weird? Bottled water is super bad for the environment and provides no benefits that you can't get simply from your sink (at least in the US). It's irresponsible morally and economically to purchase bottled water.

Whoops, should've clarified. I meant strong opinions on the taste of water. I know too many people who refuse to drink tap water under any circumstances.

 

[Stilton Disco]

In the UK, where all the tap water is safe and clean, so tap.

Particularly in the part of the county of Kent I live in, which gets its water from sources that filter through the chalk hills here and are far healthier and tastier than the vast majority of mineral waters.

Furs kettles up like nobodies business mind!

 

[John Caboose]

Tap water, occasional purchases of smaller bottles.Mostly for tap water storage reasons. Or that I'm out and about and thirsty. I'm in Sweden and our tap water is superb.

 

[dc3k]

tap water here (san francisco) is fine, so i drink that. sometimes from a brita thing my roommate has.

tap water in toronto was also very good. glacial water <3

 

[Randam]

bottled, sparkling water.

can't stant tap water.

 

[frankie_baby]

tap obviously, whoever thought of putting water in bottles to sell it is probably pissing themselves laughing that anyone actually bought it

 

[TheOnlyOneHeEverFeared]

Tap innit. Just refill my bottles and keep em in the fridge.

 

[Keasar]

Regulation controlled clean tap water baby!

Oh the benefits of big government and a not-free market that forces companies to all follow standards~

 

[Heartfyre]

tap obviously, whoever thought of putting water in bottles to sell it is probably pissing themselves laughing that anyone actually bought it

Like selling ice to the Inuit.

I move between tap water or having it filtered and chilled through my fridge.

 

[OrlanisWorks]

Tap water, where I live, has tasted terrible and rusty since I moved here. I don't know what it is, but barber they didn't put the piss water through the process enough times.

I have a water cooler, so I fill up ten gallons worth for about six bucks every couple weeks or so. Tastes infinitely better/more neutral.

 

[daxy]

I've only ever drunk tap water here in the Netherlands. However, when I'm abroad I prefer not to drink tap water where it's recommended to first filter it. On holiday in Florida, I accidentally took a sip of the water in the shower out of habit and it was the most putrid stuff. No filter will get whatever cleaning agents were in there out.

 

[LOLDSFAN]

Water is water so I drink whatever, usually tap.

My parents did get me a Brita pitcher because they don't trust the water where I live, so I use that at home most of the time.

 

[sofa]

Water purifier. Best purchase of my life.

 

[Mik2121]

Tap water on a Britta pitcher. The water here in Osaka is alright but it has a slight hint of taste that I'm not a fan of. It's not bad for the health though.

The water in Madrid (where I'm from) is sooooo good though. I drink that one straight out of the tap during the winter (cold enough pipes) or put it in a pitcher with some lemon otherwise.

 

[Ledsen]

Sweden has incredibly clean water, never heard of people buying bottled water as a replacement, would be a huge waste.

 

[SlickShoes]

I live in Scotland and drink it from the tap, buying bottled water is a con it's more expensive than most other non alcoholic drinks.

 

[NumberThree]

Tap of course. I live in Finland so tap water is great (better than bottled tbh) and on top of that I can't imagine having to buy 3+ liters of water every single day.

 

[Kamaji]

Yes, directly from the tap. I don't think i've met anyone who regularly buys bottled still water (Sweden).

 

[Itaremustbedangeres]

I drink tap water, but because I only drink carbonated water I use a sodastream to add gas to it.

 

[Osahi]

Since I'm not living at my parents anymore I drink for the tap. (At my parents the water comes from a well, and there is a field nearby so the water is probably riddled with nitrates). Recently I bought a Brita pitcher, because there is some chloride in the water from the tap, and in summertime it is convenient to have a pitcher in the frigde as water straight from the tap can be lukewarm when hot.

When I'm at my apartment in Portugal I drink bottled though. Portuguese bottled mineral water is great.