what types of water can be used?

[SmoothScales]

I'm sure ro is the best but the systems are pricey.

RO is the most pure, but do not DO NOT drink it. Ahem. DO NOT.

In terms of ion content, it is the purest, and therefore the most dangerous. It will cause electrolyte imbalances, leaching vital minerals like Na (Sodium), K (Potassium), and Mg2 (Magnesium) right out of your body. Depending on the severity of the imbalance, you could suffer from diarrhea, cramps, severe muscle contractions, deficient neural transduction, and death.

DO NOT DRINK IT. DO NOT GIVE IT TO YOUR ANIMALS.

Any potable water should be safe for both you and your animals. I suspect the others are correct in that the concern with the mister is mineral build up.

[SKO]

All Aquafina, All The Time!

Snakes prefer Poland Springs!! This is NOT an opinion

[MarkS]

RO is the most pure, but do not DO NOT drink it. Ahem. DO NOT.

In terms of ion content, it is the purest, and therefore the most dangerous. It will cause electrolyte imbalances, leaching vital minerals like Na (Sodium), K (Potassium), and Mg2 (Magnesium) right out of your body. Depending on the severity of the imbalance, you could suffer from diarrhea, cramps, severe muscle contractions, deficient neural transduction, and death.

DO NOT DRINK IT. DO NOT GIVE IT TO YOUR ANIMALS.

Any potable water should be safe for both you and your animals. I suspect the others are correct in that the concern with the mister is mineral build up.

Sorry, but this is pretty much baloney. I've been drinking RO water for years

[SKO]

I used to work for a pest control company and most of the highfalutin folk in a certain area had ro water filters or whatever because the well water and town water wasn't that great..pretty sure they are ok

[SmoothScales]

Then you aren't drinking true RO. I worked as a government contractor for years and one of our duties was producing demineralized RO water. There's a reason the trucks get marked non-potable.

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[SKO]

Then you aren't drinking true RO. I worked as a government contractor for years and one of our duties was producing demineralized RO water. There's a reason the trucks get marked non-potable.

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Never even saw a truck like that, there's probably a difference in the RO in what you are talking about and what people have in their homes and can make themselves. Non potable is non potable no matter what you call it lol

[SmoothScales]

Never even saw a truck like that, there's probably a difference in the RO in what you are talking about and what people have in their homes and can make themselves. Non potable is non potable no matter what you call it lol

This is very true. The RO available to the public is probably not up to the same standards I think of when hearing RO.

Carry on!

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[Skeletor]

I use Poland Springs or well water.

[spikell75]

We have fluoride in our water I just get out the big pot boil gallon or so at a time and got couple back ups.


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[MarkS]

Then you aren't drinking true RO. I worked as a government contractor for years and one of our duties was producing demineralized RO water. There's a reason the trucks get marked non-potable.

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Ahh, no. RO which stands for reverse osmosis is a filtration technique that forces water under pressure through a semi permeable membrane in order to overcome 'osmotic pressure' (hence the term 'Reverse Osmosis') This filters out many types of molecules and and ions and bacteria and and is often even used to make seawater potable because it removes the salt from the water. Reverse Osmosis is a filtration technique and that's ALL it is.

What YOU are probably talking about is heavy water which is actually Deuterium oxide instead of Hydrogen Dioxide, it's water that is made of up the heavy isotope deuterium instead of the common hydrogen isotope. Heavy water possibly IS somewhat dangerous to drink in large amounts. It may ALSO be filtered through a reverse osmosis unit in order to make it more pure, I don't know, but whether it is or not has NOTHING to do with how safe it is.

Reverse Osmosis (RO) is only a filtration technique. It can make even polluted water safe to drink. And speaking from personal experience it can make water that contains a lot of iron and minerals taste a LOT better.