Mistking
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Catiebug13
New Member
Yes! When using tab water, depending on your water system, it halves the life of the mister you are using. If you do it by hand, it shouldn't make a difference but if you have a mister machine, defiantly use distilled water.
kplatvoet
Member
I don't use distilled water - at a gallon a day that would be 365 dollars a year which would buy me two mist kings- the pumps can take it - the heads might clog if you have hard water (I do but mine haven't for my raindomes) I did have problems with my monsoon clogging - The mist king & the aquazamp use higher pressure pumps - I would use filtered or RO water if your water is treated with a lot of chemicals -
Catiebug13
New Member
I buy distilled water for like 69 cents. If you destroy your machine before warranty is up, they wont replace it because it tells you not to use it. I advice you to get distilled, in the long run its worth it.
Montium
New Member
A nice carbon filter or letting the water stand for a day is a great way to get rid of any chlorine or fluoride, neither of which your cham needs. I run RO as it's cheaper in the long run than buying bottled water and you can run the filters longer if draw from city water. It doesn't get everything but there are ways around that as well lol. The bottom line is you need to do what is easier for you and if it's buying water then more power to ya 
Zephalia
Established Member
I live Rural and have a well which is very old. Let me put it this way, I scrub my bathtub until it's shining white and about 3 showers later it's yellow and another three it's deep orange.
I use well water in my humidifer and it's a pain because I have to take a fine combed brush and clean out all the nooks and crannies. When I mist my cham, he gets a whiteish discolouration on his skin (not a lot, just a hint) and it ends up on the leaves and such. It's a pain but it's really the only option I have.
I intend to get a MistKing at some point and then I will have to decide if I'm going to use distilled water or if I'll just haul some jugs from my parents place in the city where the water quality is much higher.
I use well water in my humidifer and it's a pain because I have to take a fine combed brush and clean out all the nooks and crannies. When I mist my cham, he gets a whiteish discolouration on his skin (not a lot, just a hint) and it ends up on the leaves and such. It's a pain but it's really the only option I have.
I intend to get a MistKing at some point and then I will have to decide if I'm going to use distilled water or if I'll just haul some jugs from my parents place in the city where the water quality is much higher.
MelissaB
Avid Member
Zephalia, at our last house we had horrible well water. Just like you described. I didn't have chams, but it was hard on our coffee maker. I bought one of those filters you put on your tap, I think it was the Pur brand. Made a HUGE difference. I remember saving the receipt, because I thought it was all hype. We used it for the last 5 years we lived there. We now have an RO system, came with the house, and I like that, too.
xraygirl
Established Member
I run my tap water through my Pur faucet filter for my mistking funny thing is, is my water tastes very good, and is just a touch soft. But I filter it for my mistking about 95% of the time.
We are on a well. I think if I was on city water, I would for sure filter it. We used to live in a town where the city water tasted like it was scraped off freshly laid asphalt, then put into a hot tub for homeless to bathe in... Needless to say, it was NASTY.
funny thing is, is my water tastes very good, and is just a touch soft. But I filter it for my mistking about 95% of the time.We are on a well. I think if I was on city water, I would for sure filter it. We used to live in a town where the city water tasted like it was scraped off freshly laid asphalt, then put into a hot tub for homeless to bathe in... Needless to say, it was NASTY.
zsazsa85
Established Member
Thanks for everyone's response!
Sounds like filter it is!!! Can't hurt, but here in the Yukon the tap water is the best out of ALL the places I've ever been to. The rivers here are safer to drink from than in some of the homes in some of the major cities . On the other hand you can't buy Distilled water for 69 cents, anyway. It is about 1.50-2 $ for 4 liters.
By the by: What does "RO" stand for?
Sounds like filter it is!!! Can't hurt, but here in the Yukon the tap water is the best out of ALL the places I've ever been to. The rivers here are safer to drink from than in some of the homes in some of the major cities . On the other hand you can't buy Distilled water for 69 cents, anyway. It is about 1.50-2 $ for 4 liters.
By the by: What does "RO" stand for?
chameleongirl66
New Member
We just use tap water. No problems so far
Montium
New Member
I'm pretty sure MistKing has a UK distributor. As for a timer failure that can happen with any timer. Depending on the number of chams you have you can limit how much water is run through the system but putting only enough to run one days worth at a time. Also it sounds like they didn't have proper drainage.
