Distilled Water
By AmberLynn
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
United States
August 26, 2021 6:32pm CST
I think it's been around a month or more where distilled water (in the gallons) are hard to find. Sometimes it's just water in general that is hard to find on our shelves.
Distilled water is used, as many of you know, in k-cup coffee makers. It's recommended as it keeps the machine working longer. However, things like the CPAP machine use it too and I imagine there is other medical equipment where this is necessary.
Have you noticed if the bottled (and gallon) water at stores near you is less available?
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
27 Aug 21
So glad you haven't. I've considered buying a brita or zero water pitcher anyway.
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@CarolDM (203396)
• Nashville, Tennessee
27 Aug 21
@ScribbledAdNauseum There are other products hard to find in the store. Buying online mostly.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
27 Aug 21
@CarolDM The other day a family member had to go to two stores because Walmart was so barren for things. The food lion's here (I'm not sure if you have those in TN) are pretty bad about keeping things stocked, or they were.
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@MarshaMusselman (38865)
• Midland, Michigan
27 Aug 21
That and many other things run in streaks for availability. I think it's a manufacturing issue where the demand is higher than the supply rather than people hoarding although I'm sure a bit of that is taking place too.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
27 Aug 21
I am sure you're right. There's an understandable amount of hoarding at the moment, but people aren't willing to work at those big plants. I can't blame them either with close quarter contact.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
3 Sep 21
@MarshaMusselman True. I imagine some adjustments have been made for that for sure.
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@MarshaMusselman (38865)
• Midland, Michigan
3 Sep 21
@ScribbledAdNauseum I hadn't considered that impact but the factories may have adjusted the working environment to comply to CDC standards.
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@RebeccasFarm (91299)
• United States
27 Aug 21
Oh gosh I have not. I hope you can get some though.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
27 Aug 21
I always have to get the baby water because there's plenty of that. 92 cents versus 50 cents for the regular.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
27 Aug 21
I have considered getting a brita water pitcher instead just for drinking water. I use purified bottled water as drinking water now. I had no idea that it can destroy the minerals in our body (distilled)
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
27 Aug 21
@LadyDuck Yes. I believe Spring Water is the most healthy for all the minerals it contains and the lack of impurities due to the process of it falling down the stream.
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@LadyDuck (502189)
• Italy
27 Aug 21
@ScribbledAdNauseum Distilled water has no impurities, but also no more 99.9% of the minerals contained in normal water. For this reasons some claim that it gets out the minerals from your body. Here on the bottles it is written not to drink, I know that in your country people drink distilled water.
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@moffittjc (128824)
• Gainesville, Florida
28 Aug 21
It's hurricane season, and in Florida that means all the stores are stocked with tons and tons of water, so I haven't seen any shortages of any particular kind, including distilled.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
28 Aug 21
Ah, hadn't thought about that. Yeah, here in NC (at least my area) the past two months we've had shortages. Not just of the gallons but the bottles too, and mostly distilled.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
28 Aug 21
@moffittjc I'm not sure, but I just saw a post about a person in Seattle being affected by it too. (saw it on reddit)
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@moffittjc (128824)
• Gainesville, Florida
28 Aug 21
@ScribbledAdNauseum Wow, that's interesting. I wonder why there have been shortages there?
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@MommyOfEli2013 (89465)
• Rupert, Idaho
27 Aug 21
I didn't know things like that used it, but yes it is hard to find here too. Well the gallons are not usually difficult but big packs of the bottles are.If we are lucky they have 6 bottle packs. I heard (at least here) that it is not a a problem with being low on water....it's the lack of workers!
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
27 Aug 21
Oh yes, I bet it's the lack of workers across many different industries too. Nobody wants to work and that is understandable at this time.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
27 Aug 21
@MommyOfEli2013 I feel the same way. Working just isn't for me. I know my limits and employers are not going to be willing to meet those.
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@MommyOfEli2013 (89465)
• Rupert, Idaho
27 Aug 21
@ScribbledAdNauseum Yup that it is, and that is so depressing. I would work if I could...but I couldn't handle being in a work environment.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
29 Aug 21
Less and less water?
For me here it is that no water is on the shelves.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
27 Aug 21
I am glad it's not something you have to worry about.
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
27 Aug 21
I am waiting for that to happen again here.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
2 Sep 21
Lucky. It's been that way here for at least a month. Saw online that a person in Seattle, Washington was having the same issue.
@LindaOHio (222267)
• United States
27 Aug 21
No. Hubs just picked up a bottle for me to use in my hand steamer. Our little housekeeper is going to steam my husband's shirts. He left them clumped up in the basket; and they got all wrinkled.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
27 Aug 21
Glad it doesn't seem to be effecting (affecting? I always get those backwards) you. Oh I haven't used a steamer in forever.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
28 Aug 21
@LindaOHio Ah, thank you.
I am sure she's busy with the real estate. That's a new gig for her, right? She's just become licensed?
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@LindaOHio (222267)
• United States
28 Aug 21
@ScribbledAdNauseum Affecting is correct. Haven't heard from our little housekeeper; so I don't know when she's coming.
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