Do you recommend a water filter ?

[Serge S]

I finally have my new sink in place and doing the plumbing next.
Debating about whether I should incorporate a water filter?
I am on city water - so its pretty good (unless there is a main break).

Thanks in advance!

[Tin Can]

Yes Hass filter

I don’t drink tap water

I drink only grocer Distilled 2o years

And all chem

[Alan9940]

I used them when I lived in Vermont, but I was on a spring. On city water nowadays, I use tap water for all washing and RO / distilled water for all chemicals.

[Willie]

Get and use one. Cheap preventive step for the surprise grit that can hit the pipes. You don't know when the Water Dept is flushing pipes or some glitch in the system occurs.

[John Layton]

Two Words...Hell Yes!

More thoughtfully: filter at least down to 25 microns - but preferably to 5 microns.
Separate hot and cold water filters if possible.

[Bob Kerner]

If you are doing plumbing work and have the opportunity to add a filter you should do so. Regardless of your photo hobby! Peace of mind, quality of life issue. I have filters on my kitchen sink and refrigerator and, even though my town has "clean" water, I can detect a difference. I use the filtered water for mixing my chems and initial film wash, then switch to distilled for the final rinse.

[Jim Jones]

Despite the taste in some areas, 91 years of using tap water hasn't killed me yet, but filtered water may be better for many chemicals and final washes of negatives.

[Martin Aislabie]

For what its worth - I use 5 micron 10 inch in-line water filters for both hot and cold water supplies.

I hardly get anything in them but I prefer to be safe than sorry.

I then use distilled water for the final rinse.

Martin

[Michael R]

If it isn’t too much money I guess it makes sense, but people tend to overstate the importance of water quality with respect to photographic chemicals. If you’re scratch-mixing, distilled water is easiest, but commercially packaged chemicals contain ingredients to deal with impurities in tap water. Maybe if you’re on a well or something you could theoretically have issues but city service would have to be really bad to affect anything.

[jnantz]

I had one installed one years ago when they changed the water lines in the street. It was a "whole house filter" easy to use easy to replace the filters that were found cheaply locally. years later when my water meter eventually had to be replaced, I had them remove the filter. municipal water is fine these days. I'll use distilled water to mix chemistry though, it's cheep.