What does your lfs charge for RO water?

[goofieones]

Hello Everyone,
I am trying to get a general idea of how much I can expect to pay for RO water. I don't even know if the lfs I go to sells it yet, but I was trying to get an idea of how much I can expect to pay per gallon. I am trying to figure out how long it would take for an RO unit to pay for itself.
Thanks

 

[kingbrd1]

I pay $.50 here for RODI and $1.00 for premixed sw. I just bring in 2 7 gal jugs for each and I'm done. Living in an apartment I don't have the room to get a big trashcan and premix sw and so on, so it's easier for me and I know it's good stuff.
King

 

[salttrigger]

My lfs charge .90 cents a gallon.
but i got a Tap Water purifier for $28.95 that you just attaches to any faucet and treats 50-150 gallons of water and it works great.

 

[shel]

My lfs charges .50 a gallon. I am going to check into the salt water premixed. I do not know if they doo that. Anyways I go to a water store. It is only .25 a gallon, plus it is only a mile from house. The lfs is 35 miles.
I think this might be an Arizona thing, but we have water stores all over. They sell spring water, RO water, ice cream and soda's.
Hope this helps...
Shel

 

[kdlbem]

We're lucky, LFS gives us all the RO water we can carry for free. He does this for all his customers. They're not all bad.

 

[coop21]

Up here in Washington, the LFS's suck. (at least the ones I've been to). They don't have RO water, but of all places,Albertsons has a machine that sells it for 29 cents/gal. Great quality too!

 

[cruises8]

One charges .50 and the other charges .45.

 

[tonka]

Here to SHEL. Waterstores are everywhere. Price is also $.25 gallon. I still think it would be cheaper to just buy a RO unit but I'm not going to put one in for a house that I rent. Plus we also use it for our drinking water.

 

[shel]

Hey Tonka,
I was wondering why I was the only one getting RO water from the water store. You learn something new everyday. I did not know if other states did that. Thanks
Shel

 

[bobj]

My lfs sells RO water for $.30 per gal and premixed SW for $.65 per gal.

 

[dseiler]

My LFS will give it to me free, but if I am doing my change after he has closed or forget togo by, a store here also sells it for 25 cents a gallon.

 

[misty927]

I have three different lfs', with three different prices. But I can go to HEB and they charge .30 a gallon. My local lfs which is about two minutes from the house charges .20 a gallon. It would suck to have to pay .90 a gallon. I think all Albertson's, HEB's, Tomb Thumbs, etc.. have water purifier's in the front of their stores.

 

[coop21]

The only danger with those water machines outside of grocery stores is you must be sure they're cleaning them on a regular basis. They're all over the place in SoCal, but up here in Wa., nobody's ever heard of them. What did I step back in time when I moved up here?!!

 

[casdiver]

We have distilled water delivered to the house for the tank, and our LFS charges .69/gal for SW. Have seen SW at other LFS for 1.29/gal

 

[krustytheclownfish]

I get Ro water from Cub Foods for 35 cents a gallon.
Has anyone used Brita water filters? Just wondering if they do anything good for an aquarium.

 

[bobber]

50 cents a gallon. I get three 5gallon containers every week and a half. The bad part is carrying them in! One is used just for topoff. The others for water changes. --Bob

 

[tonka]

It's kind of funny, I get my saltwater for $.39 a gallon. All ready to go. And I thought it was hard for us here in SoCal...

 

[krazykarel]

One of the LFS i go to says that they carry salt water from Catalina. He says that a tanker comes in a couple of times a week and fills it up. Is this for real, legal, better than pre-mix salt, better than r/o w/salt mix????
Thanks guys

 

[ironreef]

swc in belvue was sells ro di for about $1.5 i forget but for me its worth buying a ro. travel gas and 2gpd evap

 

[old salt]

.59 per gal at my lfs... a buck a gallon for salt water...