[catbertz]

I have bought Fiji while on the road, and I have to say it tastes better than most other bottled water to me. I’m pretty sensitive to tastes, so I don’t think this is a placebo effect. In any case, I wasn’t aware of the political issues in Fiji. I’ll be reading up on it out of curiosity.

[blackdog]

I used to work with a guy who only drank distilled water. He also took vitamins twice a day. The vtamins were calcium, magnesium, potassium chloride, calcium chloride, trace selenium, etc.....You know, all the things they remove by distilling the water!

It reminded me of that old Stephen Wright bit on buying a humidifier and a dehumidifier just to watch them compete.

I drank most of my life from a point driven well that I drove. The water was like liquid rock it was so hard. The calcium / lime content was so high it clogged up valves. When you ran the dishwasher and the softener ran out of salt the glassware was so chalked up you couldn't see thru it anymore.

Water is a funny thing. It's like a cocktail of minerals in solution. Then we spend a fortune to remove them, municipalities add some bad things that end with "ine" (usually not good) and then we take an expensive pill to replace the good things we removed?

[Humble Servant]

Fiji tastes oily to me. I can pick out Poland Springs every time, and I’m a disgusting snob about it.

[libertarian27]

I must agree, I’ve had Fiji water in the past and it just taste different and so good.

I drink bottled water - the town sends 3X5 cards out around two times a year telling the citizenry that the ‘poop’ levels were too high a couple of months before - ever since the first 3X5 card it’s been bottled for drinking water.