Best Bottled Waters?

[PoochJD]

Hi,

I'd be interested to hear from those of you who drink bottled water, please. What I'm looking to find out, is which type/brand you prefer.

I'm not looking for why bottled water is better or worse than standard tap water, though!

If you'd be kind enough to tell me which brands/types you drink/have drunk, and why you do or don't like them.

Thanks, in advance.


Pooch

 

[Iccz]

I use Volviccz, it's basically a Volvic bottle that I fill up with tap water


Couldn't care less about the brand, Volvic, Evian, Buxton etc they all taste the same to me

 

[Jenn]

My favourite is Contrex but it's very hard to find and cost a fortune. It just tastes nice to me, no bitterness at all.

Next in line is Vittel, or at a push Buxton.

Evian to me tastes just like the tap without the bleach after taste and I hate it. It's bitter.

 

[eric pisch]

i use sainsburys own brand, no after taste (our tap water tastes vile) and about 1/10th of the price of branded stuff

 

[Razor]

I like Italian water in a glass bottle. I find I can taste the difference between plastic and glass bottles.

 

[KhalJimbo]

Oasis!

 

[rickinyorkshire]

I've just downed a bottle of volvic, it's filtered through 6 layers of volcanic rock you know. Tastes good.

 

[Iccz]

Probably a good time to remind people of Coke's failed attempt:
BBC NEWS | UK | Soft drink is purified tap water

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/03/19/cokes_spunky_water_pulled/

 

[Codehead]

I use Volviccz, it's basically a Volvic bottle that I fill up with tap water

Ditto, I buy Volvic if I have to buy something. Then I just refill the bottle from the tap till I get green stuff in the bottom, then it's time for a new one.

The only water with a 'taste' that I've noticed is Evian, it's sweet in a wierd way. Don't like it.

 

[eric pisch]

Probably a good time to remind people of Coke's failed attempt:
BBC NEWS | UK | Soft drink is purified tap water

I dont care if its filtered as long as it has no taste, and does not cost alot

 

[Iccz]

Ditto, I buy Volvic if I have to buy something. Then I just refill the bottle from the tap till I get green stuff in the bottom, then it's time for a new one.

The only water with a 'taste' that I've noticed is Evian, it's sweet in a wierd way. Don't like it.

The only reason I get Volvic is cause they used Matt Berry's voice in their adverts, that's a good enough reason to make me buy anything

 

[Urien Rheged]

Best Bootled Water: Tap water in a clean bottle of your choosing.

Bootled water is one of the biggest cons going IMO.
There is also a lot of environmental damage caused by bottled water.

 

[Mep]

Usually tap water, sometimes filtered.

In terms of bottled water my favourite is San Pellegrino which is carbonated and does actually have a different taste to any other (that I've tried).

 

[IronGiant]

We have a filter fitted into our kitchen sink that removes all the chlorine taste and other nasties We buy own brand 2 litre sparkling from the supermarket, but if I could find an economical way of having the carbonation on tap I'd do that too.

Dave

 

[Codehead]

Bootled water is one of the biggest cons going IMO.
There is also a lot of environmental damage caused by bottled water.

Not to mention posh kids with huge dental bills cause they're not getting a flouride boost from drinking tap water.

I'm not looking for why bottled water is better or worse than standard tap water, though!

Oops.

 

[Steven]

[-]Naive[/-] Evian. Really nice

Gone off Volvic. Highland Spring is OK. Buxtons likewise. Carbonated is the work of the devil

As for tap water; oop North yes. Down Sarth, good Lord Christ almighty: No. I appreciate ignorance is bliss but whilst one can contend with the black sooty air of central London, there are lines

 

[Iccz]

We have a filter fitted into our kitchen sink that removes all the chlorine taste and other nasties

[lazy]Got a link on any info about that? [/lazy]

 

[IronGiant]

Franke Triflow water filters from Alaris.

I converted it to use the filters found in commercial drinks dispensing machines, which are much, much cheaper

And when we fitted ours 10 years ago the prices of the taps were nothing like that this is the one we got:
http://www.frankesinks-franketaps.co.uk/franke-triflow-mini-kitchen-purification-tap-58-p.asp

Dave

 

[Naaktgeboren]

I have one of these fitted

Amazon.com: PUR FM-9100 3 Stage Horizontal Faucet Mount with Filter, Brushed Stainless Steel: Home Improvement

Very nice tasting water

 

[plazmoid]

The bottled water i drink is highland spring. my tap water is awful so i only really drink bottled water.

 

[IronGiant]

I have one of these fitted

Amazon.com: PUR FM-9100 3 Stage Horizontal Faucet Mount with Filter, Brushed Stainless Steel: Home Improvement

Very nice tasting water

That's clever

 

[wellladida]

That's clever

Yea their great used to have one in my old house but I've moved now and the tap water is vile so just drink bottled now

 

[domtheone]

The bottled water i drink is highland spring. my tap water is awful so i only really drink bottled water.

Ditto

 

[[email protected]]

Hildon's probably my fav. Also Highland Spring is really nice for the price imo much better than Evian or Volvic.

San Pellegrino for me sparkling wise.

Day to day i just drink sainsburys or tescos own brand, would be too expensive otherwise.

 

[Jenn]

Best Bootled Water: Tap water in a clean bottle of your choosing.

Bootled water is one of the biggest cons going IMO.
There is also a lot of environmental damage caused by bottled water.

It's all nice and well to think that but the water at the tap here is vile and there's no way I could drink it on its own. It's fine with cordial but other than than, no.
And before I moved here I've always drank tap water so it's not some snobbery. I wish I didn't have to buy bottled water!