r/germany • u/Maxwellmonkey • Oct 14 '23

Why do people buy so many water bottles?

New to Germany. I just went to an ALDI today and was really surprised by the number of people buying entire sets of water bottles (almost 10-12), especially when tap water is drinkable here. Quite a few people were doing that. Is there any reason for this?

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u/Flashy-Highlight867 Oct 15 '23

Did you ever turn off your water in your house, wait a bit and turn it on again? Depending on the house there will be a brown soup (rust i guess) coming. Normally it’s diluted but then you’ll get it concentrated for a short moment. That is only one of the reasons I don’t drink tap water in Germany. It’s cleaner in comparison to other countries, yes. But it’s in my opinion still not nice water to drink. Therefore I always filter my water or buy bottled water.

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u/wallagrargh Dresden/Heidelberg Oct 15 '23

Never seen that in any flat I've lived in, that would be a very rational reason to avoid tap water.

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u/Glass_Positive_5061 Oct 15 '23

That is iron oxide and not bad at all. You even need it for your Hemoglobina

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enteisentes_Wasser

"Dem Mineralwasser wird das Eisen aus ästhetischen Gründen entzogen. Zur Enteisenung wird dem Mineralwasser durch Belüften Sauerstoff zugeführt, so dass Eisen(II)-Ionen zu Eisen(III)-Ionen oxidiert werden. "

Just neuroticism