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By *exyScientists OP Couple
39 weeks ago

Castlebar

I drink a lot of water and I always drink tap water, very rarely buy bottled. Whenever I do it tastes strange to me. Our tap water is from a group scheme and when I go to a town or city I find the smell of chlorine from the tap water overpowering.

Who here drinks only bottled water? Do they all taste the same?

Do you find tap water tastes different depending on where you go?

And I'm not talking about sparkling water - that's Satan's juice 🤮

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By *he KakapoMan
39 weeks ago

A nice rock

Only drink bottled water now after about 2 years of on and off boil water notices.

And you couldn't be more wrong about sparkling water

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By *hristianGray2005Man
39 weeks ago

Galway Mayo Clare Roscommon

Usually only drink tap water, there can be slight differences in taste occasionally but nothing massively noticible. A splash of lemon juice works wonders on a summer day

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By *lim ShaddyMan
39 weeks ago

City

I constantly have a pint of water on my desk...it filtered tap water...not a fan of the Chlorine taste myself.

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By *affa31Woman
39 weeks ago

Galway

Only tap water for me unless I’m somewhere I can’t get it. HATE buying plastic bottles of water these days.

I did used to drink bottled water and there was definitely differences in taste. Evian tasted very flat and powdery to me for example.

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By *adyKarmennTVTV/TS
39 weeks ago

Dublin

I always drink tap! We have our own well and I much prefer it to bottle! Will drink bottled if I’m out and about

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By *unny.at.timesMan
39 weeks ago

belfast

I drink only bottle wqter no matter where, tap water taste funny to me

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By *iscuits8Man
39 weeks ago

Dublin / Meath / Birmingham

My tap water is shite so I got myself one of those Brita filters, does the job nicely. I'd very rarely drink bottled water. And sparkling water get t'fook... manky stuff.

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By *affa31Woman
39 weeks ago

Galway

Agreed on the sparking water…disgusting! I don’t understand why people want to drink sour water 😂

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By *ursecretmischiefCouple
39 weeks ago

Westmeath The West.

Drink tap water at home all the time, it's lovely. Find it hard to bring reusable as often manky elsewhere!

Carry a 6 pack of bottled water in the car most of the time.

Love sparkling water, so refreshing!

Mr's is bottled water most of the time.

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By *og-ManMan
39 weeks ago

somewhere

I live right beside a reservoir so the tap water tastes and smell of Chlorine so only drink it if I have to

Keep a 2 ltr bottle of water beside my bed that I buy in Tesco

Keep 6 sports cap bottles of water in the car to drink

My water in work is cold and tastes fine from a well but I have to change the kettle every month as its full of limescale so Im going off drinking that now

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By *ou_knocked22Man
39 weeks ago

Dublin / Galway / Limerick

Mainly tap, but often get a bottle if im out travelling and forget or run out of personal bottle from tap.

Evian is my choice, then volvic

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By *affa31Woman
39 weeks ago

Galway

"I live right beside a reservoir so the tap water tastes and smell of Chlorine so only drink it if I have to

Keep a 2 ltr bottle of water beside my bed that I buy in Tesco

Keep 6 sports cap bottles of water in the car to drink

My water in work is cold and tastes fine from a well but I have to change the kettle every month as its full of limescale so Im going off drinking that now "

Limescale is a pain in the arse for household appliances but it’s not bad for you! It’s just calcium and magnesium compounds so nothing that you’re not ingesting daily anyway.

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By *taylor122Man
39 weeks ago

dublin

Sparkling water all the way !!

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By *og-ManMan
39 weeks ago

somewhere

"I live right beside a reservoir so the tap water tastes and smell of Chlorine so only drink it if I have to

Keep a 2 ltr bottle of water beside my bed that I buy in Tesco

Keep 6 sports cap bottles of water in the car to drink

My water in work is cold and tastes fine from a well but I have to change the kettle every month as its full of limescale so Im going off drinking that now

Limescale is a pain in the arse for household appliances but it’s not bad for you! It’s just calcium and magnesium compounds so nothing that you’re not ingesting daily anyway. "

At least I won't have to drink that Calgon stuff to clear it out

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By *ammerandthongsCouple
39 weeks ago

Limerick

Only drink bottled water usually supermarket own brands as I don't find a difference in the taste to branded water however the bottles are better made with branded.

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By *amsevenMan
39 weeks ago

cork

Water from the well at home or filtered tap water. The mains is all lime here. Haven't bought a plastic bottle of water in years and could count on one hand the number I have bought.

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By *ealcoupleCouple
39 weeks ago

Bottled still water here. On a night out I drink vodka,sparkling water and a dash of something. Cannot now drink sparkling water unless im out as it feels weird 😆

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By *nquisitive LadyWoman
39 weeks ago

Midlands

I still drink tap water as its quite good here. Recently I've started drinking sparkling water as I'm trying to stop with the 7ups and cola.

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By *he_Boyfriend_ExperienceMan
39 weeks ago

Dublin

"Agreed on the sparking water…disgusting! I don’t understand why people want to drink sour water 😂"

Not all sparkling water has a sour taste.

I drink both still and sparkling mineral water. Mainly for the natural minerals content and much better taste than the tap water.

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By *ealitybitesMan
39 weeks ago

Belfast

Almost always tap water but I'll sometimes have bottled water if I'm driving long distances.

When out on the mountains there are a few natural springs that are very good and others not so much.

Filled up from a well in a remote area of Spain last year and it was like drinking Iron Bru.

Don't like sparkling water or as they call it in Spain, water with gas.

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By *_05Man
39 weeks ago

D11

Always drink tap water and only buy bottles if I'm out and about and feel dehydrated

Tap water definitely tastes better depending on where you are, it's grand where I am but have lived in a few places where it was shocking

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By *lue eyesMan
39 weeks ago

cavan

Growing up in the countryside and having our own spring well deep bore into the ground 300 ft deep and coming up ice cold has turned me into a water snob 🤣🤣.

I could drink tea made on town or water scheme water now,nevermind drink a glass of water from it🤮🤮

So yes I'll drink the bottled water please

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By *ombikerMan
39 weeks ago

the right side of the river

Usually tap water but filter it to get the chlorine and heavy metals out of it. maybe add a half a vitamin or electrolyte

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By *appyharry595Man
39 weeks ago

Midlands

The water from the tap is horrible here, I brought this simple filter unit it takes all the chemical taste out of water

https://amzn.eu/d/8F1MsTs

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By *mmortalbMan
39 weeks ago

kildare

Was mostly tapp water but with all the building work around newbridge there have been a few times the water has been discoloured or made me feel sick, so I buy 5l bottles to drink. But still tap water when I'm lazy and haven't been to Lidl. Heard a few things about the flouride(cant spell) they use being bad for your head, and Ireland being one of the few countries left using it.

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By *ungry CatCouple
39 weeks ago

Belfast

At home our tap water overwhelmingly tastes and smells of chlorine, so we only drink filtered or bottled water.

Don't mind drinking tap water at a bar or any other public place - as long as it doesn't taste or smell funky

Missus

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By (user no longer on site)
39 weeks ago

Tap water drinker here. Always have a pint glass of water within arms reach.

Probably drink 6-7 pints of water every day.

I'll only drink bottled water when traveling or when I'm abroad.

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By *ot neuteredMan
39 weeks ago

Kildare

Tap water only, have a well here, lots of lime which is good for you.

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By *urious_2025Man
39 weeks ago

Celbridge

I bought a water distiller as the smell of my tap water was disgusting to me and I didn't want to be buying too much plastic.

The gunk at the bottom of the distiller after a few uses is unreal, I'm sure it's a mix of good and bad but I'd rather take it all out then add back in some salt and minerals

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By (user no longer on site)
39 weeks ago

I get the 10ltr box of Clare Springs Water, it's got a wee tap, very handy and tastes smoooooth, even though it's probably hard (limey Burren filtered water)

Agree with the

sparking water

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By *abberABCMan
39 weeks ago

ball

I try to drink 4-6 pints a day of sparkling Heineken water , it has a nice taste to it and is very refreshing, especially on these warm evenings !! Cheers !!

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By (user no longer on site)
39 weeks ago

Mainly tap water for me. I like Volvic if I have to buy bottled and can't drink Galway Water at all. Yuk

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By *antra MassageMan
39 weeks ago

a village near you.

I'm a rare beast these days, as I rarely drink water. I've been like this all my life. I simply don't feel thirsty and don't carry water around with me. Where I live the tap water is usually ok, but in some local towns you can't even make tea with it.

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By (user no longer on site)
39 weeks ago

"I'm a rare beast these days, as I rarely drink water. I've been like this all my life. I simply don't feel thirsty and don't carry water around with me. Where I live the tap water is usually ok, but in some local towns you can't even make tea with it. "

I'm pretty much like this. I almost never drink water.

Our tap water is fine though.

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By *eys00Man
39 weeks ago

have boots will travel

Sparkling water tastes like television static and no one will ever convince me otherwise. “Oh it’s very refreshing!” No it’s not, you’re wrong. Grow up

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By *dventurousDuoxXCouple
39 weeks ago

Blaney

Tap water here is pure muck 🤢 i find the Britta filter fantastic... I drink about 70% tap through Britta and the rest bottled.. there's serious differences in taste in them all in my opinion 🙈 4L a day I've tried it all 🤣🤣

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By (user no longer on site)
39 weeks ago

Mostly tap water I drink tho I do often get water from a local well

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By *earuisceMan
39 weeks ago

south sligo

Unfortunately all public water supply’s are treated with chemicals to purify them. The water still flows through dirty and damaged pipes before it reaches your tap. Suggest using a uv sterilisation system and quality filter before drinking any of it. Most spring wells should be tested for bacteria presence on a regular basis also. Very few of them are pure nowadays due to ground pollution. Enjoy your H2O Fabbers, the source of life

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