Fit Fare

Recently, after a conversation with two water-elitist friends (you know, the kind of people who only drink water bottled on location at some remote mountain stream, located in a country you can only dream of visiting and at a price you can only hope to some day afford,) I decided to try to improve on the sub par and undrinkable fluid that is evidently posing as my in-home water supply.Yet, while I am nowhere near ready to start melting my own glacial ice to use as drinking water, which is exactly where I fear some of my tap water phobic friends are headed. My curiosity was sufficiently engaged, and enough so to trigger an experimental purchase. Yeah, $29.99. Lets do it. I can afford that.

At first glance the PUR 2 Stage Dispenser (purchased at Target) didn’t really seem all that impressive. No shiny metals or fancy flashing lights, just a plastic water reservoir, drip chamber, lid and a cylindrical “two stage” filter element. Although, as we all know, you can’t judge a book by its cover. So after giving it a quick wash and rinse, I filled it with my “undrinkable” tap water and waited…

I certainly didn’t have to wait long, as most of the water dripped through into the dispensing chamber in well under 20min. I decided to give it a bit more time though, as I wanted to let my new non chlorinated and contaminant free H2O reach a more appropriate drinking temperature.

After an hour or so of patiently waiting, it was time to give it a go. The result? Well, honestly, I can’t say that it was a “eureka!” moment. As the purified and perfectly chilled water flowed between my parched lips, I would like to tell you that I was magically transported to some far away glacial mountain top where the water is pure, the sky is blue and the air is clean; but, unfortunately, that simply did not happen.

Now honestly -in my opinion- my tap water was not that bad to begin with. So your individual results may vary. However, I do not in any way doubt the claim made by PUR to remove 99.9% of this, that and certain other chemical contaminants swirling around in the municipal water supply making it so supposedly death dealing to drink.

The real question waiting to be answered is would I recommend this product to a friend? More importantly, would I recommend it to you? The answer is a resounding YES.

Like me, you may not be able to immediately taste the difference, but I honestly believe that after years of reduced exposure to chlorine and other chemical agents, our bodies will definitely feel the difference. Numerous studies have shown that people who live longer not only drink more water than the rest of us, but water that has far less chemical contaminants.