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tical · 08-24-2008, 08:55 PM

I need to get one, the water in Vegas sucks ass... should I go with a sodium or potassium one?

After Shock Media · 08-24-2008, 09:03 PM

Warning man, just do not let it go to soft. OMG that sucked having soft water. Felt like you always had soap on your skin when you were in the shower or tub.

As for your question. Go with sodium, it is less prone to caking or build up than potassium. Otherwise they are pretty much identical. Unless of course potassium costs more than sodium for refills.

I am almost also positive you can run potassium in a sodium unit and vice versa. Though I am sure most manufacturers would frown on it.

I also have an issue health wise with potassium that may or not be founded on reality. Yet I have no health issues with sodium chloride.

Catalyst · 08-24-2008, 09:11 PM

I live in vegas..

go with potassium

humm the sodium.. makes you hands feel strange.. and also you can't water you house plants with it..

potassium you can.. and potassium is great for your body..

After Shock Media · 08-24-2008, 09:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Catalyst

I live in vegas..

go with potassium

humm the sodium.. makes you hands feel strange.. and also you can't water you house plants with it..

potassium you can.. and potassium is great for your body..

Hmm and you wonder why.
One is table salt and one is plant fertilizer. Now which one do you possibly want to have all over your skin daily and also possibly drink?

Go sodium and if your worried about house plants, use a water filter like you should with either one anyways.

tical · 08-24-2008, 09:32 PM

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Originally Posted by After Shock Media

Hmm and you wonder why.
One is table salt and one is plant fertilizer. Now which one do you possibly want to have all over your skin daily and also possibly drink?

Go sodium and if your worried about house plants, use a water filter like you should with either one anyways.

yeah i was going to go with a RO system under my sink....

i heard that vegas might be banning the sodium systems soon... because their treatment plant doesn't filter sodium or something and its contaminating the water

After Shock Media · 08-24-2008, 09:58 PM

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Originally Posted by tical

yeah i was going to go with a RO system under my sink....

i heard that vegas might be banning the sodium systems soon... because their treatment plant doesn't filter sodium or something and its contaminating the water

They are both a form of salt.
Also like I said I am pretty sure you can run either in a system, just ask someone who sells both at around the same price to see what they say.

I would think though that a treatment plant would be more concerned with potassium over sodium. Specially since they have been really up in peoples business for lawn run off and such. Though who the fuck knows for sure. Hey dont they use potasium chloride in some form of execution?

F-U-Jimmy · 08-24-2008, 10:57 PM

Go with an Revers Osmosis system its made from a permeable membrane that is back flushed to remove crap from the water. The under sink units are just for drinking water and are not fast ( about 25 LTs a day) Im sure if money is no object you could get a whole house unit. The under sink units I have cost around $400 and have a few inline filters included like a resin filter and a charcoal filter to polish the water before drinking. They cost about $50 a year to maintain until you need a new membrane then it's an expensive replacement. Good luck

tical · 08-24-2008, 11:26 PM

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Originally Posted by F-U-Jimmy

Go with an Revers Osmosis system its made from a permeable membrane that is back flushed to remove crap from the water. The under sink units are just for drinking water and are not fast ( about 25 LTs a day) Im sure if money is no object you could get a whole house unit. The under sink units I have cost around $400 and have a few inline filters included like a resin filter and a charcoal filter to polish the water before drinking. They cost about $50 a year to maintain until you need a new membrane then it's an expensive replacement. Good luck

yea man whole house units for RO are BANK... + my house is pretty big so i would need to daisy chain them which seems a bit excessive..

i think i only need the RO at the sink, but i definitely need to get rid of this hard water

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08-24-2008, 09:11 PM	#3
Catalyst Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Vegas Posts: 3,243	I live in vegas.. go with potassium humm the sodium.. makes you hands feel strange.. and also you can't water you house plants with it.. potassium you can.. and potassium is great for your body..