Reverse Osmosis System

[Diamond]

No hints?

[sadie]

Okay - so Margo the wonder woman and her Angel husband (that is actually his name) looked at the system I was considering and the whole RO idea has some serious down sides for me.

1) No way to warm the water in the winter -- can't run warm water through it and I don't want to water with cold water

2) I would only have 4 gallons at a time, with a couple hours of wait time in between. that just won't work

3) my water pressure won't be enough after it is through the filter

4) I'll have to remove any chlorine with another filter first

Well you are seeing my dilemma--for me to make it work, there is a lot more cost than just the actual RO unit. So I am back to thinking of how to make hte most with what I've got, which is city water that has worked just fine for the last 9 years.

Thank you Margo and your husband for helping me avoid a couple hundred dollar headache.

[Becca]

Okay - so Margo the wonder woman and her Angel husband (that is actually his name) looked at the system I was considering and the whole RO idea has some serious down sides for me.

1) No way to warm the water in the winter -- can't run warm water through it and I don't want to water with cold water

2) I would only have 4 gallons at a time, with a couple hours of wait time in between. that just won't work

3) my water pressure won't be enough after it is through the filter

4) I'll have to remove any chlorine with another filter first

Well you are seeing my dilemma--for me to make it work, there is a lot more cost than just the actual RO unit. So I am back to thinking of how to make hte most with what I've got, which is city water that has worked just fine for the last 9 years.

Thank you Margo and your husband for helping me avoid a couple hundred dollar headache.

I have a few comments/questions to your downsides you have listed:

1) I collect water in 5 gallon buckets, during the winter, I simply take some RO water and heat it up in a tea kettle and add it to the water I have collected....this way I can control the temperature in the winter to where I want it to be.

2) I use two 5 gallon buckets at watering time. I simply just begin collecting a day or so before I know I am going to water. Not sure what your orchid collection size is. But I have about 75 orchids and the system seems to work well for me.

3) We have low water pressure and are on city water....no problems with the low water pressure.

4) You would need to remove the chlorine first before it goes through the RO system? I'm not really sure why....my city water has chlorine in it and I can smell it and taste it, but after the water has been filtered, I have not been able to smell or taste it. Maybe I missed the reasoning for this in another post in this thread?

Hope this helps some. I have a great resource the replacement filters and for RO systems and they won't break your wallet. If your still interested send me a PM and I'll give you the info!