Homercidal

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Dang! I jsut picke dup a 3 gallon glass carbouy! I wanted a smaller jug than 5 gallons, and I didnt' even know I could get a plastic one for LOTS less!

RadicalEd

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Ooooohhhh, so the Lowes ones are PET? Well now, that just begs for me to grab a few.

s3n8

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The one I got from Lowes is PETE, not PET... It says 1 in the recycle thingie.

Not that I believe everything I read on the Internet... but this thread comcludes that PET == PETE

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070909145104AAqCarN

abracadabra

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I recommend anyone considering using plastic fermenters read the Reader's Digest Feb. 2008 article on drink water.

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An interesting read. The bit about some of the plastics leaching chemicals into the water is caused by a different plastic, Polycarbonate, and the minimum amount of PBA dangerous to humans is unknown, according the study.

The fact is, the Readers Digest article seems to have gathered a lot of it's information from everyday people, and from "experts" word of mouth, but did not give any clinical study. I think that you can find a problem with nearly anything these days, if you look hard enough, or use your imagination. It would have been nice if they could have provided references to actual studies, rather than simply restating what many others online have been saying, whether they know what they are talking about, or are just repeating what they've heard.

On the other hand, I did like the parts about the quality of bottled water maybe not being as heathly as your own tap water, or the misleading labelling about the source of various bottled waters.

Screw991le

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I called, they have no idea what I am talking about. Do you have an Item # from your receipt. That would be awesome, thanks.

jtvinny

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I will see what there is as far as a sku or item number. I'll post back after lunch.
I noticed that they had water from two different companies. The 3 gal that i got was farther back in the store near the dispensers/coolers. The bottles near the register/front door where in a variety of sizes (1/3/5 gal) but were of lesser quality. I should see if they can order 5gal from the same company that puts out the 3gal #1.

edit: ok so I couldn't wait until after lunch when I thought that they might have 5 gal #1 bottles available.

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I just got off the phone with Absopure (www.absopure.com 1-877-554-2276) and although they don't do home delivery of 5 gal. bottles in NC she said that they produce their own bottles and that I should be able to get 5 gal bottles of water at Lowes. The info for the 3 gal. follows:
Sales # 88108 http://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?action=productDetail&productId=88108-45903-3GSPRINGU&lpage=none
and the number below the bar code is 46121 26005 (sku?)
anyway, hope that helps out.

Edit:

I talked to a guy from Absopure this afternoon and he told me that their 5 gal jugs (carboys) were #1 PET as well. Now to find a few...

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s3n8

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I ran to Lowes at lunch. Actually went to 2 different stores as the first didn't have the same bottles I got at the other one. Theirs were round and #7 plastic.

Long story short, I went back to the original place I got the 3 Gal carboy and bought the last 2 absopure 3Gal they had. Seems they are switching to another brand, and they are made from #7 - Other.

Mirilis

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I just found out our local walmart sells the ( 3 ) botles for 5 bucks. Would PVC work? or is it as bad as PC?