Which do you prefer for drinking ... and why !?

Not bothered meself as long as it's cold.

Tap because it's free. They both taste the same to me though.

Originally posted by Sidla
Tap because it's free. They both taste the same to me though.

Wish mine was free...how'd you manage that one? :suspect:

I have parents who pay the bills.

I drink tap water at home, but I drink bottled at work, mainly cus they have those big bottle's and I just fill a cup up and bingo... water!

why bother buying bottled water for home if you can get it out the tap for basically nowt?

Originally posted by Sidla
I have parents who pay the bills.

ditto ;) although, wont later this year when I move out :(

Depends which part of Sheffield you are from.Some areas tap waters not nice.
Either way has to be cold

Tap, unless you're in Weatherspoons who will refuse to give you water :mad:

Ours is always cold as it comes straight from the mains (no cold water tank).

The joy of living with parents, food given to you at dinner time, clothes automatically washed, dried and ironed. Bedding changed.

*sigh* why did I ever move out :rolleyes:

tap water, I'm using Brita filters though

Originally posted by MeGe
tap water, I'm using Brita filters though

Same here

My preference is bottled or Brita fitlered

Bottled water...how pretentious.:rant: Remind me to go and buy some cylinders of air before I go out.
And why does it have a sell by date :confused:

Tap water- mainly because it would cost me a fortune if I bought 3 to 4 litres of bottled water every day:(

bottled cost too much and i also like drinking form the tap (as in no middle medium) when im drunk lol :thumbsup:

Originally posted by SilentStatic
Tap, unless you're in Weatherspoons who will refuse to give you water :mad:

thought bars were legally obliged to provide people with water and for free?

Tap water in Sheffield, but not in other parts of the country where it tasted vile (like in London).

Tap water but when I used to go to Kent every other week had to buy water because it tasted vile and when my son was a baby we had to mix his bottles up with bottled because the tap water gave him the squits even when it was boiled but he was ok with the water up here.

Prooving North is better than the South.

[i]Originally posted by dawny1

Prooving North is better than the South. [/B]

LOL I agree, the further north you get the better the water tastes :D Tap water is just as good as bottled but only if its freezing cold!

Hands up - all those who bought Dansani (or Peckham Spring Water as was revealed). LOL
I'll drink bottled water but never buy it - except when on holiday in certain countries.

Haven't drunk tapwater for a number of years now, I know :loopy:

Buy packs of four 2litre bottles every few days from Tesco, tap water always seems a murky brown to me, unless I'm drinking out of the bog when Im hammered :suspect:

I agree with Nick2 about Sheffield water tasting better than London (or Essex) water. I voted for tap water though as whereever I am - I don't see the point in paying for bottled water if I have a choice.

I buy a bottle every 3-4 weeks (2ltr) and fill it up from the tap and chill it. Our water comes out kind of bubbly from the tap, so its a lot nicer when its cold!

Tap water for me - a thousandth of the price and production subject to stringent quality checks - tested several times daily unlike in most bottled water plants :gag:

Bottled water. Comes in different flavours (lemon & lime is my favourite) and has lots of refreshing bubbles. Best served chilled.

But ..... did anyone see that press report about bottled flavoured water containing more calories than a Mars bar? May have to go back to tap water if I want to lose weight! .

Although I am sure the bottled water industry would have us believe otherwise ... tap water is safe to drink thought isn't it !?

Originally posted by xafier
thought bars were legally obliged to provide people with water and for free?
They are.

But knowing that fact doesn't make me feel any better when I'm thirsty. (Before anyone suggests it, no I don't think I could take on the UK's biggest pub chain) :mad:

And back on topic - anyone else noticed how on most bottles of water they print 'Do not refill'? I've been refilling bottles for many years and nothing bad's happened yet ;)

Just spent 2 weeks drinking tap water - just north of the 'Highland Spring' bottling plant :D

We filter the tap water at home in Sheffield :(

Originally posted by Jamie
Although I am sure the bottled water industry would have us believe otherwise ... tap water is safe to drink thought isn't it !?
It's definitely safer than bottled water....unless you lived in camelford that is....

Its got to be slightly sparkling bottled water - I drink loads of it.
Otherwise tap water and just keep it in the fridge cos it tastes better really cold.

Phan - forgot about Camelford...not sure if it had any LT effects though.

*goes off to check that the bottles Ive got arent from Camelford but I think that happened in the 80s*

No option for: "neither, water is foul".

Tap water. Sheffield water is really nice

Tap - because I'm not a gullible pretentious prat. Nowt wrong wi yorkshire water so says Nell.

Unless of course there are no taps around!!!

tap water nothing wrong with it....as long as its cold, drink botteld water if in a club because not able to get tap water

Originally posted by AJ sheffield
Bottled water...how pretentious.:rant: Remind me to go and buy some cylinders of air before I go out.
And why does it have a sell by date :confused:

yep slightly worrying there

Originally posted by t020
No option for: "neither, water is foul".
Me too,only drink the stuff if it is boiled for tea or coffee.I don't like potatoes either.

I put up a post a while back about the differences between tap and bottled water.. Anyone cares to do a search, it was pretty interesting!

I like tap much better because bottled DOESNT HAVE MUCH FLAVOUR!!!!

I drink mucho tap water. (I couldnt ever drink that much bottled water @ once)

I do buy bottled water, but in Sheffield the water is very good.

No real need to Britta filter in our area as no limescale etc. Not so sure on the policy of no flouride as it doesn't help prevent tooth decay, I know the dentists don't approve. Don't know enough about it to say if we should have flouride.

Tap water because I have nightmares about mountains of empty plastic bottles sat in landfills.

I never used to drink water. The tap water is nasty and hard down here. I take bottles to work.

I'll only buy bottled water in an extreme pinch. I always fill a 2l bottle and my sports bottle with water from home and take it to work as the water tastes foul - I pay my rates, the water here tastes good, why buy it in?

Its got to be slightly sparkling bottled water - I drink loads of it.
Otherwise tap water and just keep it in the fridge cos it tastes better really cold.

Phan - forgot about Camelford...not sure if it had any LT effects though.

*goes off to check that the bottles Ive got arent from Camelford but I think that happened in the 80s*

There is a lot of local suspicion that the aluminium poisoning incident has led to an outbreak (if that's the right word) of a degenerative brain disease similar to Alzheimer's, that could be responsible for up to 20 deaths in the Camelford area to date, and who knows how many in the future...
Story here: http://www.guardian.co.uk/medicine/story/0,,1757171,00.html
Needless to say there has been no investigation - don't take your tap water for granted people!
(I still drink it though, and sometimes get brought free Buxton spring water out of the fountain in the town).

Tap. It wouldn't even cross my mind to buy bottled water when I've got perfectly good running water.

My city's tap water repeatedly wins quality awards, so I have no problem drinking stuff straight from the faucet. I only buy bottled water for the sake of last-minute convenience -- it's cold and in a container -- when I'm going to a clogging performance, taking the dogs for a hike or something like that.

At work (in a small, rural town), the water is terrible but we have water coolers. I drink that during the day.

:O You get charged for water? wtf?

any ways, look north did a thing on this a couple of weeks ago, and took some bottled water, and some tap water to the streets and did taste tests, 99% of people preferred the tap water...