Here’s my totally unsponsored, real-life advice: If you drink it, buy purified. It’s cheaper, tastes better to most people, and is widely available. Save distilled water for your appliances, your iron, or that one time you need to refill a car battery (yes, that’s a real thing).
If you live in a place with really hard water—like, your showerhead looks like it’s wearing a crusty white sweater—consider using distilled for your steam mop and purified for your drinking. You’ll save your gadgets and your taste buds at the same time. It’s a win-win.
The Bottom Line
Don’t stress about this. Water is water, and drinking any clean version of it is better than soda or sugary juice. Whether you pick the overachiever or the chill cousin, you’re already ahead of the game. Next time you’re in that grocery aisle, just grab whichever bottle is on sale and move on with your life. Your appliances will be fine, your plants will grow, and your cat won’t judge you. Probably.
