Purified water

[wayner123]

Originally Posted by MICSTOGIE

So it looks like I should go out and get some distilled water. Oh well, at least it was a good discussion.

In what application are you using it?

Originally Posted by wayner123

In what application are you using it?

To use in a humidor.

[wayner123]

Originally Posted by MICSTOGIE

To use in a humidor.

I mean for a sponge, gel crystals, active humidification, shilala beads, RH beads, etc?

And let me state that the article for distilled vs spring water is not comprehensive and does have some misinformation about distilled water leeching chemicals from your body. But it gives a good side by side of what each type of water is.

Here is another good article which has peer reviewed and scientific research references to back up each thought:

http://www.steamdistiller.com/distil.htm

Originally Posted by replicant_argent

A bit of a fallacy there, but we have gone over this before, and it seems fairly prevalent.


Properly maintained and functioning RO water from your fridge, assuming a clean "post" filter in your fridge doesn't contaminate the product water from your unit (assuming the unit is operating at an acceptable rejection rate and TDS levels are acceptable, the system has been sanitized and maintained properly) will be fine.


There is a lot of snake oil and misinformation out there, but having been ceritified (albeit long ago) with the Water Quality Association ( http://www.wqa.org ), I have seen this type of conversation many times.

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RO water is very good and can be just as pure as distilled. A TDS of 20 is very low. There is nothing wrong with drinking very pure H2O. You should not be relying on impure water for your trace minerals. Try eating good food for that. I, too, have heard this discussion many times and have to wonder how the "pure water leaches the minerals" fallacy even got so prevalent in the first place. It's true that it can, but not in a normal body. I and my family drink RO-DI (de-ionized) water and have for many years. This is more pure than distilled. I water the houseplants with it as it doesn't spot leaves or crust the soil. I fill the fish tanks with it. I make coffee and tea with it because it doesn't crust up the pots. I use it in my humidors. I top off batteries with it. I never have to wonder what's in it.

[Skywalker]

I'm thirsty!

[pektel]

Originally Posted by OLS

Nope, and that's why he works at the pet store. If he would take some night classes he might
be able to work his way up to gopher at a tire shop. Distilled water SHOULD be water molecules
and that's it. Everything that isn't water should be left in the boiler or still. Spring water contains
whatever it came out of the ground with, unless it is filtered further, or even intensely filtered
further. But in terms of PURITY, distilled should win everytime. That's why it is used in labs and
stuff. It's water and ONLY water and will not contaminate tests with other crap. Even the best
filters and membranes SHOULD not be able to reach the purity of distilled water.

+1 to this. This is the reason I use distilled water for any diluting of chemicals/cleaners used when detailing.

Distilled water could have distillable solvents in it, or any volatile compound. Activated charcoal will take these out. DI water is used in the electronic industry because it is more pure than distilled water. It is also used in some car wash facilities because it doesn't spot when it dries.

Originally Posted by MICSTOGIE

Before you say it...yes I did do a search but didn't truly find an answer.

I have a whole house water filter and a reverse osmosis system (to my refrigerator) and I would think that it would be very close to distilled water. Would this be an alternative to distilled water?

I don't think there is any water that can be distilled enough however, yes it would be very close.

[Bill86]

To me when distilled water costs like 90 cents at walmart for a gallon....I don't look for alternatives. But thats just me.

[icehog3]

Can you ask the guy at the pet store if there is a lower risk for cancer when comparing cigar smoking to cigarette smoking?