Never used a water filter and do not see a need for one. All water in drinking water taps throughout the EC is safe to drink without filtering.
We have never had a bug through drinking water wherever we have travelled.
Gerry

 

Steve,

Nature Pure. Don't waste time considering anything else.

Dave

 

Hi There I agree with DABurleigh

Just bought the very same water filter,Its very good product,Better to be safe than sorry i always say
Kind regards Satis

 

Hi we travelled all over france last year and used the water on the aires without a filter and without any (tummy) problems 8O

 

The water is quite OK, BUT if you have an odd "plastic flavour" in your tank water (as we did) the nature pure is unbeatable and we would strongly recommend one.

Otherwise tea can acquire a new taste which leaves a lot to be desired from our experience.....

Dave

 

I'm with Gerry and Stephen.

We just run the tap in the van if we want a drink of water.

Any tummy troubles we have ever suffered have been entirely self-inflicted from sources other than the water. (Fifth Amendment avoids the need to specify in more detail!!! :wink: :lol: :lol: )

Dave

 

We always fit water filters because the users and locations of 'dirty' and clean supplies and drainage are compromised by users.
Have you seen anyone cleaning their toilet cassette out by the clean tap and drain? hot climate to boost the germs?

Protect yourselves from others.

Another great thing with a filter is draught mineral water.

The filters I always use is from a place in Plymouth who have inline, steel and squeezy plastic bottles and a bucket with filter

all less than £50

 

Water filters.
Too much space, too much weight, if you need to drink cold water, get it in bottles or fill bottles up at home, otherwise just boil it, life's complicated enough, don't add to it.

Kev.

 

Got nature pure, and would not be without it, love the taste and the ease of it.

Changed the filter every 18 months, took around half hour to fit entire unit, not sure what the hassle or complications are to it.

We have children in the van and would prefer them to drink water not pop and squashes all the time and they love the fresh water.

Also we don't have to buy or carry water bottles everything is just there when you need it.

Mandy

 

It has to be nature pure. Apparently this is the only one on the market which will remove 99% of all viruses and bacterias, as well as solid particles, and toxins. They are not that big so space and weight should not be an issue.

I often fill my water tank from the water supplies at supermarket petrol station marked as non potable water, then drink staight from the tap dedicated to the filter.

For those that drink staight from your tanks with out filters, just take a look in your tanks when empty (you may change your minds). Boiling water may kill bacteria, but it will not remove the toxins left behind by the bacteria.

 

Each to his/her own I suppose on this one, I wouldn't drink water from the tank anyway, boiled or not.

Wouldn't notice the taste as any tank water would only get used for the tea or coffee, not for drinking that's what the bottled water is for.

Normally we would only use the tank for washing purposes showers etc only, thus conserving the water supply.

As for complications, as mentioned there is one which is 99% good, but that still leaves 1%, which could still harm you as there are billions of bacteria in water, god only knows what's in NON Potable :roll: :roll: water, how do you know it's still working, you have to make space for it, you have to pay for it fitting and replacement filters if you remember that is.

We just fill up at home, we carry about 6 4 litre bottles in a box in tha garage, no hassle, and we know it's OK to drink.

Not everyones point of view of course, but it works for us and we've not run out of water or had any tummy upsets so far.

Kev.

 

Steve,

nature pure [MHF Link]. Don't waste time considering anything else.

Dave

Agreed

I fitted ours 3 years ago and we've never looked back.

I would not have the confidence that EVERY tap in the EU gives fresh drinking water. Not after what I have seen in France, Spain or Portugal.

It's one of the things in our van that I have NEVER regretted.

 

We use bottled water to drink at home as we have a lot of limescale in our village water, if you run a glass of water through the tap you can see the limescale settling to the bottom. We also use a filter jug before putting that water in the kettle. In the van we use bottled water for drinking either hot or cold and the water tank water for cooking and washing.

 

Filters

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I bought our inline filter from

http://www.drinksafe-systems.co.uk/index.php

 

Don't bother, we have traveled throughout Europe for more years than I care to remember and never had a problem, and never had a filter we have always used water from mains supplies be it either sites or aires.

 

Anyone managed to source a Nature Pure replacement cartridge for less than £50?

 

Agree with Dave, had Nature pure in last 3 vans, better safe than sorry. Water in EU may be safe but some of it tastes lousy
Doug

 

We bought a water filter at the NEC last year, it took me less than 1h to fit and it is brilliant.
You can taste the difference immediately. We travelled all over Europe and would not trust the local water specially in Greece, Spain or Portugal.
As for Turkey or Morocco you would be very lucky not to catch anything bad drinking straight from the tap!
Ken

 

Agree with Dave B, had a nature Pure in last 3 vans, cant' see point in buying and storing bottled water.
Doug

 

Yet another thumbs up for nature pure, brilliant.

First of all I tried to cheap skate it by buying one of those filter jugs, a complete waste of time. Then started carrying & storing upto 15ltrs of bottled per race weekend, PITA.

Fitted a nature pure which was maybe 45 mins work, totally transformed what was previously disgusting plastic flavored & scum forming water to what is now totally indistinguishable from the finest bottled water, well worth the money.

 

This post crops up many times every year and the answers are all the same, 50% can't do without them and 50% don't think they need one.

I personally have never used one in 30 years of motorhoming, but I must admit to carrying a small portable "Brita" cartridge, just in case, but have never used it.

If your journey is planned you will fill your fresh water tank from a reliable source, i.e. a drinking water tap rather than one marked otherwise. As far as I believe all water directly from the mains is drinking water, water from a tank is not.

During our journeys throughout Europe we have always found drinking water readily available, we have never been refused any wherever we have been and never directly charged for any. I can honestly say that in all our travels we have never been ill due to a drinking water problem

Drew

 

From what I've seen on sites in Spain, most people buy bottled water, Including the Spanish. A lot of the site have non potable water at the pitch and fresh drinking water at a central water point.

We have the nature pure system in our van and it does what it says on the can, gives pure safe water, and is in the long run cheaper and more convenient that buying bottled water.

Its true that most water is safe to drink, but the filter just give us that extra peace of mind.

Wobby

 

I agree completely with other posters re Nature Pure filter. It was easily fitted and I wouldn't be without it.

 

I agree completely with other posters re Nature Pure filter. It was easily fitted and I wouldn't be without it.