r/o vs distilled

stuccodude · 09/28/2007, 04:39 PM

i know ro/di is the best but when your in a pinch which is better purified water by revers osmosis or distilled, thanks

sixteengallon · 09/28/2007, 05:54 PM

I believe you can use either distilled or RO. I have used both succesfully. The distilled water that I buy from wal-mart (Great Value Brand) says:

"Processed by: Carbon Filtration, reverse osmosis, distillation, UV treatment, microfiltration, and ozonation."

I have heard that distilled may require bore buffering than RO.

MalHavoc · 09/28/2007, 06:01 PM

Distilled water is perfectly fine. RO/DI water is easier to make at home, though, and probably costs less in the long run.

kysard1 · 09/29/2007, 07:52 AM

Some distilled water is run thru copper coils, it is risky to add distilled water without first testing it for copper.

09/28/2007, 04:39 PM	#1
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09/28/2007, 05:54 PM	#2
sixteengallon Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 45	distilled or RO I believe you can use either distilled or RO. I have used both succesfully. The distilled water that I buy from wal-mart (Great Value Brand) says: "Processed by: Carbon Filtration, reverse osmosis, distillation, UV treatment, microfiltration, and ozonation." I have heard that distilled may require bore buffering than RO.

09/28/2007, 06:01 PM	#3
MalHavoc Infinitely Prolonged Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Canada Posts: 10,850	Distilled water is perfectly fine. RO/DI water is easier to make at home, though, and probably costs less in the long run. __________________ Jason "Empathy, he once had decided, must be limited to herbivores or anyhow omnivores who could depart from a meat diet. Because, ultimately, the empathic gift blurred the boundaries between hunter and victim, between the successful and the defeated." -- Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, Philip K Dick

09/29/2007, 07:52 AM	#4
kysard1 Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: SE PA Posts: 827	Some distilled water is run thru copper coils, it is risky to add distilled water without first testing it for copper.