Whole House Water Filtration System

Home Water Filtration Systems

Are Home Water Filtration Systems Worth the Money?

Home Water Filtration Systems have a place in just about anyone's home. Maybe some more than others would appreciate home water filtration systems. I've always taken good tasting water for granted. Denver has a pretty good water supply. Most of the time, the water coming out of our tap is clean, odorless, cold and tastes good. Odor and bad taste are the first two, immediate issues that cause people to look into home water filtration systems. Another big concern of bottled water drinkers and tap water drinkers is health. Not everyone agrees on the level of minerals and contaminants that should be in our drinking water, but we can all agree that we think it should taste good. There is another reason, though, to consider filtering the water that comes out of your tap: Skin Care. Some of the water supplies coming into our tap lines can be very high in chlorine and other minerals that can be irritating and harmful to our skin. I inherited a Home Water Filtration System with the used Home I purchased nearly 4 years ago. I cannot say that the water tastes, feels, looks or smells any different than the water I've drank at other homes in my suburban area, but I do know it works. After a few months, the Charcoal filter gets filled with muck and slime. I can imagine that if I had really smelly, fishy water I would appreciate owning home Water Filtration Systems more than I do now.

Reverse Osmosis Water Filter Systems

Most home water filtration systems use a process called Reverse Osmosis to purify the water coming out of your tap. RO or Reverse Osmosis is the same purification process that bottled water companies use. Basically, RO or Reverse Osmosis, is a filtering process where-by water enters through one fiiltered membrane and gets processes through another. Many water purists complain that bottled water like Dasani and Aquafina are nothing more than RO Purified Tap Water and due to the Reverse Osmosis process taste flat due to the fact the minerals are completely removed in the purification process. See my Bottled Water Rating Brands. I'm here to tell ya: If you've ever tasted the horrible water in certain places of Texas and Arizona, you'd be darn glad to have water that tastes so pure and clean. Essentially,  RO home water filtration systems allow you to make your own Bottled Water. Why not have such a Water Filter in your own home instead of buying bottled water? There are a few good home water filtration systems on the market, but not all home water filtration systems are created for the same purpose. Whether you have foul tasting water or too much copper or other minerals makes a difference in choosing between the number of home water filtration systems on the market. Read the rest of this entry

Waterpik WP 360 Teeth Cleaner

The Waterpik WP 360 is one of the most affordable products on the market of flossers. How does the Waterpik WP 360 do against corded flossers like the Popular WP 100?

Waterpik-WP360-Water-Flosser

Corded Flossers

Don't knock it until you've tried it. Water Flossing can be really cool; if not so necessary sometimes. It beats spending a fortune on Dental Insurance.

Ten years ago I had a porcelain crown put around one of my top molars on the left side of my mouth. The crown work created a gap which is always prone to getting jammed up with meat and other foods that are sometimes hard to remove with regular floss. Sometimes, the floss itself gets jammed in between two teeth and that creates a real problem.  Have you ever tried to remove shredded threads from the deep crevices of two or more teeth? It ain't easy - and it ain't fun. If a fragment or sliver of popcorn gets stuck between your teeth and deep into your gums, forget about it! This can cause weeks of problems, pain and a possible infection if it isn't removed. This is what happened to me just recently and I was without a Water Flosser to deal with it. Our expensive corded, Waterpik clogged up and broke a few years ago, so I was without out one for a few years when I finally had to go back and buy another one. I went to Walmart to see what was available and at what price. The Waterpick WP 360 seemed to be the one that was least expensive. So, I bought a Waterpik WP 360.

 

Waterpik WP 360 Over Corded Flossers

Waterpik with Cord

Corded Waterpiks

Waterpik is the most common household brand name for a dental tool known as a water flosser that shoots powerful jet streams of water between your teeth to clean them. There are other brands, but Waterpik is the first consumer model and therefore so popular that its brand has become a generic name for Water Flossers in general. There are other brands of Water Flossers such as Panasonic, Braun, Conair and Teledyne. My first Waterpik, like the one pictured left, came with a long flexible cord which is attached to a base that you fill with water. This is probably the most popular form of water flosser. It holds enough water to clean your teeth for about two minutes and it has adjustable setting which at full strength is powerful enough to make your gums bleed profusely. The good news is that it doesn't take the most powerful stream of water to get most anything out of your teeth. The other good thing is that after repeated use, your gums will become healthier and stop bleeding. That said, it's not all fun and games with a Corded Waterpik. The Waterpik WP 360 has no strings attached. Read the rest of this entry

Rhoto Eye Drops

Rhoto Eye Drops

For Dry Red Eyes: Rhoto Eye Drops Does Both

I’ve had problems with dry eyes ever since I had Lasik Eye Surgery about 10 years ago.
Looking at a computer screen all day long doesn’t help, either. The high cost of Systane Eye Drops and other expensive brands of eye lubricants that optometrists recommend has motivated me to search for more cost effective, long-term products for eye relief. Chronic, dry eye irritations can often be mistaken for the Symptoms of Pink Eye. My right eye, which is where I have most of my sinus problems is nearly always red, burns and feels irritated and dry. Just in case, I had my doctor take a look at the eye to see if there was any chance of a Pink Eye Infection. My doctor went over the common checklist of Pink Eye symptoms; which Rhoto Eye Drops will do you know good. What I had in my right eye didn’t quite measure up to the checklist.

Symptoms of Pink Eye: Rhoto Eye Drops Won't Help

• Redness of the Eye: Check
• Irritated, burning and scratchiness in Eye: Check
• Eye Itches: Uncheck
• Fluids oozing from eye: Uncheck
• Eyelids sticking shut: Uncheck

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What is the Best Pain Reliever for the Job?

In January of 2009 I did an article on Pain Relief. Nearly two years later, this article on pain relief continues to grow in traffic. While this particular web page isn't getting thousands of visitors a day, its popularity and response has indicated to me that hundreds of thousands of people every day are looking for ways to relieve a variety of different aches and pains. While I am certainly no expert on how to pain relievers, I've had enough experience with different types of pains, to know what works best for me: Some of the bad ones? Foot pain, gout, tooth ache pains, sinus headaches, migraine headaches, ruptured discs in the neck, lower back pain, knee and joint paint, muscle aches, sciatica nerve pain - I've had them all. Granted, I've not suffered through everything and knock on wood, I sure hope I don't ever have a Kidney Stone. I've heard those are devastating. For me, sinus/migraine headaches and sciatica pain in the legs are the most common. I've only had two cases of gout and believe me, it is devastating.
So, based on the response to my previous article, I thought it would be useful to go into some details on specific pains and what pain relievers and treatments work best. I've gone into some specifics on a few of the common pains I've suffered through and explained what works best for me. Below everything, I've included a chart for rating the severity of the pain, which pain medication works best and how much relief that pain medication provides in the form of a percentage. Note, that the rating of pain may not be the same for everybody. Also, the severity of the pain can range dramatically. Read the rest of this entry

Mens Electric Shavers Review

Best Mens Electric Shavers?

Mens Electric Shavers

I've been using inexpensive Mens Electric Shavers for years. Yet, in my 30-plus years of shaving, I'm only on my third one. So, I think we can safely dispel any concerns one might have about reliability of cheap mens razors. My first Electric Razor was given to me as a gift when I was about 17 years old. It was a Norelco brand, corded shaver with three rotating heads. If it wasn't for the fact that the thing never once gave me a close shave and cut and nicked me in the process, it would have been an okay shaver. Whether or not it was reliable I'll never know, because it ended up in my trash after about two weeks. I never tried another electric shaver until about 10 years later. My wife bought me a Braun Cordless Mens Electric Shaver when I was in my late 20's. It served me well for about 18 years. As Mens Electric Shavers go, it was fine, but the battery would simply no longer hold a charge. I replaced it with another Braun Electric Shaver for $29.95 and that is the one I'm still using today.

The Secret to a Close, Smooth Shave

Despite the obvious need for a quality shaver, even the best mens electric shavers won't do the job if you are not using it right. After 32 years of shaving, I read an article telling me that I've been doing it wrong all these years. The key is to barely use any pressure at all on your face. Simply, let the blades graze your whiskers and gently cut them from your face. This definitely made things easier for me and put a great deal less stress on my face, but there was one problem: missed patches of whiskers. I came to the conclusion that a more expensive Mens Electric Shaver, using a very light-touch technique would be the way to a better, closer shave. Some research on 5 of the most popular Mens Electric Shavers has led me to the conclusion that the more expensive ones provide better performance and a higher level of satisfaction from users. Before you go spending an arm & leg on a smoother face, however, there is something you should know. Read the rest of this entry