Aloha kākou! E kamaʻilio kākou e pili ana i kahi meaʻai maʻamau o ka hale i ʻike ʻole ʻia: ka mea hāʻawi wai haʻahaʻa. ʻOiaʻiʻo, maʻa mau lākou i nā keʻena a me nā gyms, akā ua noʻonoʻo paha ʻoe e lawe i kekahi i kou home? Poina i nā huakaʻi pau ʻole i ka pahu hau no ka ipu a i ʻole ka ipu kānana countertop clunky. ʻO ka mea hāʻawi wai hou e hoʻomaikaʻi wale i kāu mau hana hydration (a me kāu counter kitchen).

Luhi o…?

Hoʻopiha hou i ka ipu… hou? ʻO kēlā slosh mau a kali.

Ka wai ʻoluʻolu i ka lā wela? A i ʻole ka wai anuanu ke makemake ʻoe i ka mahana o ka lumi?

He wahi pahu hau palena ʻia e nā hue wai nui?

ʻO ka parade ʻōmole plastik? ʻO ke kumu kūʻai, hoʻopau, a paʻakikī hoʻi e lawe i ka home.

Pilikia ka ʻono o ka wai pila? ʻOiai me kahi kānana, i kekahi manawa makemake ʻoe i nā mea hou aku.

E komo i loko o ka Home Water Dispenser: Kou Hydration Command Center

Maikaʻi, maikaʻi, a hoʻopiha ʻia me nā hiʻohiʻona i hoʻolālā ʻia i ka loaʻa ʻana o ka wai ʻono maikaʻi. E ʻimi kākou i nā koho:

1. ʻO nā mea hoʻoluʻu wai omole (Ka Classic):

Pehea e hana ai: Hoʻohana i nā ʻōmole 3-galani nui a i ʻole 5-galani (kūʻai maʻamau a hāʻawi ʻia paha).

Pono:

Hana maʻalahi.

ʻO ke kumu wai kūpono (inā hilinaʻi ʻoe i ka brand).

Hāʻawi pinepine i ka wai wela (maikaʻi no ke kī, nā sopa koke) a me ka wai anuanu.

Cons:

ʻO ka pilikia o ka ʻōmole: Hapai kaumaha, mālama, hoʻonohonoho hoʻouna ʻana, a i ʻole ka hoʻihoʻi ʻana i nā hakahaka.

Ke Kumu kūʻai: ʻAʻole manuahi nā ʻōmole! Hoʻonui nā kumukūʻai i ka manawa.

ʻO ka ʻōpala palaki: ʻOiai me nā papahana hoʻololi ʻōmole, ʻoi aku ka waiwai.

Hoʻokomo palena ʻia: Pono ka wahi no nā ʻōmole, kokoke pinepine i kahi puka.

ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi no: ʻO ka poʻe makemake i kahi wai puna/mineral wai kūikawā a ʻaʻole noʻonoʻo i ka logistics hue.

2. 'Omole (Point-of-Ho'ohana) Dispenser: Ka Hale Mana Mana Manawa!

Pehea e hana ai: Hoʻopili pololei i ka laina wai anuanu o kou home. Kānana wai ma ka makemake. ʻO kēia kahi e hauʻoli ai nā mea!

Pono:

ʻO ka wai kānana pau ʻole: ʻAʻohe omole! ʻO ka wai maʻemaʻe wale nō i kēlā me kēia manawa āu e makemake ai.

ʻO ka kānana kiʻekiʻe: hoʻohana pinepine i nā kānana multi-stage (sediment, carbon activated, i kekahi manawa RO a i ʻole nā ​​​​mea hoʻolaha kiʻekiʻe) i kūpono i kāu pono wai. Wehe i ka chlorine, ke kēpau, nā ʻaʻa, nā ʻono/ʻala ʻino, a me nā mea hou aku. E ʻimi i nā palapala hōʻoia NSF!

Nā ʻano wela: Hāʻawi nā kumu hoʻohālike maʻamau i ke anuanu a me ka mahana o ka lumi. Hoʻohui nā kumu hoʻohālike maikaʻi i ka wai wela koke (kokoke i ka paila - kūpono no ke kī, oatmeal, ramen) a me ka wai ʻālohilohi hoʻi!

Kūʻai-Effective Long-Term: Hoʻopau i nā kumukūʻai wai ʻōmole. ʻO ka uku wale nō ka hoʻololi ʻana i nā kānana (maʻamau i kēlā me kēia 6-12 mahina).

Hoʻokolo a me ka nani: Ua kūpono nā hoʻolālā nani i nā kīhini hou. ʻAʻole pono nā ʻōmole nui.

Eco-Friendly: E hōʻemi loa i ka ʻōpala plastik.

Cons:

ʻOi aku ke kumukūʻai kiʻekiʻe: ʻoi aku ke kumu kūʻai mua ma mua o ka mea hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻōmole kumu.

Hoʻokomo: Pono ka hoʻopili ʻana i kahi laina wai (pinepine ma lalo o ka poho), pono maʻamau ka hoʻokomo ʻoihana. E nā mea hoʻolimalima, e nānā mua me kou konohiki!

Wahi Counter: Pono kahi wahi i hoʻolaʻa ʻia, ʻoiai ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi o ka wāwae ma mua o nā hue.

ʻOi loa no: ʻO nā mea hale a i ʻole nā ​​​​mea hoʻolimalima lōʻihi e pili ana i ka maʻalahi, kānana, a me ka hoʻopau ʻana i ka plastic. Nā ʻohana, nā mea kī kī/kope, nā mea pā wai ʻālohilohi.

3. Nā ʻOmole Hoʻokomo ʻia lalo:

Pehea e hana ai: Hoʻohana i nā ʻōmole maʻamau, akā noho ka ʻōmole i loko o ke keʻena ma lalo, huna ʻia mai ka ʻike. ʻAʻohe hāpai kaumaha i luna!

Pono:

ʻOi aku ka maʻalahi o ka hoʻouka ʻana: ʻoi aku ka maʻalahi ma mua o ka hoʻouka ʻana i luna.

Nānā Sleeker: Huna ka ʻōmole.

Nā koho wela/anu: nā hiʻohiʻona maʻamau.

Cons:

Ke hoʻohana mau nei i nā ʻōmole: Ke waiho nei nā mea ʻino a pau o ka ʻōmole wai (kūʻai, ʻōpala, waiho ʻia).

Wahi Kuhina: Pono ka ʻae ma lalo no ka ʻōmole.

ʻO ka mea maikaʻi loa: ʻO ka poʻe i hoʻohiki i ka wai ʻōmole e makemake ana i kahi mea hoʻomaʻamaʻa ergonomic a me ka nani.

No ke aha e lilo ai i mea hoʻololi pāʻani i kahi pahu hoʻoheheʻe i kānana ʻole ʻia:

ʻO ka ʻoluʻolu hiki ʻole: kānana koke ʻia ka wela, ke anu, ke anuanu o ka lumi, a me ka wai ʻālohilohi ma ke kaomi ʻana i kahi pihi. ʻAʻohe kali, ʻaʻohe hoʻopiha.

ʻO ke kānana kiʻekiʻe: E loaʻa i ka wai maʻemaʻe, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma mua o ka hapa nui o nā ipu a i ʻole nā ​​kānana faucet kumu. E ʻike pono i ka mea e hoʻoneʻe ʻia ana (mahalo i nā palapala hōʻoia!).

Hoʻokolo i nā bila wai ʻōmole no ka wā pau ʻole. ʻOi aku ke kumukūʻai o nā kānana pani.

Space Saver: Hoʻokuʻu i nā waiwai waiwai mai nā ipu a me nā ʻōmole.

ʻO Eco Win: ʻO ka hōʻemi nui ʻana i ka ʻōpala palaka a me ka wāwae kalapona o ka hana wai a me ka lawe ʻana.

Aloha ʻohana: Paipai i nā mea a pau e inu i ka wai me ka maʻalahi o ke komo ʻana i nā mahana i makemake ʻia. Makemake nā keiki i nā pihi!

Kōkua i ka ʻai: ʻO ka wai wela hikiwawe ka wikiwiki o ka hoʻomākaukau ʻana i ka kuke ʻana (pasta, nā mea kanu) a hana i nā brews maikaʻi loa. Hoʻokiʻekiʻe ka wai ʻālohilohi i ka mixology home.

Ke koho ʻana i kāu Hero Hydration: Nā Nīnau Nui

ʻOmole vs. ʻOmole? ʻO kēia ka hoʻoholo nui loa (hint: ʻO nā lanakila ʻole ʻole no ka hapa nui o nā home no ka wā lōʻihi!).

He aha nā wela e pono ai iaʻu? Anu/Rumi? Pono e loaʻa iā Hot? Makemake ʻo Sparkling?

He aha kaʻu ʻano wai? E kiʻi i kahi hoʻokolohua! Hoʻoholo kēia i ka ikaika kānana e pono ai (Basic Carbon? Advanced Media? RO?).

He aha kaʻu kālā? E noʻonoʻo i ke kumukūʻai mua a me nā kumukūʻai lōʻihi (nā ʻōmole/ kānana).

Loaʻa iaʻu kahi laina wai? Pono no nā ʻōmole ʻole.

Palekana lewa? E ana i kou wahi counter/cabinet space.

Nā palapala hōʻoia: NON-NEGOTIABLE no ka ʻōmole ʻole! E ʻimi i ka NSF/ANSI 42, 53, 401 (a i ʻole like) pili i kāu mau mea haumia. Hoʻopuka nā brand kaulana i ka ʻikepili hana.

Ka Laina Lalo

ʻAʻole ʻo ka mea hoʻoheheʻe wai he mea hana; he hoʻonui ola. ʻO ka neʻe ʻana ma waho aʻe o nā ipu a me nā ʻōmole i kahi kumu wai kānana e hoʻololi i ke ʻano o kou hoʻomaʻemaʻe, kuke, a ola. ʻOiai ʻo nā mea hoʻoluʻu ʻōmole i ko lākou wahi, ʻo ka ʻoluʻolu, ka maikaʻi, ka mālama ʻana i ke kumukūʻai, a me nā pōmaikaʻi o ke kaiapuni o kahi dispenser kānana ʻole ʻia i kēia wā e lilo ia i koho koʻikoʻi no nā ʻohana olakino a paʻa.