IS RAINWATER SAFE TO DRINK? We Tested Our Off Grid Rainwater After 4 Years 

you should get a water test of rain that has fallen directly into a glass mason jar that has not touched the roof or any of your plumbing system to compare

The metal in the water is a result of particulates in the air. Those particulates accumulate and are bound up in the rain drops. Has nothing to do with the metal devices in your system. Its directly proportional to the air quality in your region. I'd definitely recommend putting the reverse osmosis filter in your drinking water, just for the peace of mind if for no other reason than that.

The bird at your feeder looked like a rose-breasted grosbeak, my grandfather’s favorite bird. After his funeral, my mother and grandmother were sitting at the kitchen table, and a rose-breasted grosbeak flew into the tree next to the window. It sang and sang before finally flying off. My mom said, “well, I guess Dad is OK”!

Good thing you tested. Im just reading a book about a farmer who had to sue Dupont. They were dumping chemicals even from the 50s when making Teflon. It is said we all have this chemical in our bodies now. It took 20 years for a class action suit. There was a movie made on this true story called dark waters. The book is called exposure by Robert Bilott. Our govt hides so much from us. Always learning from you both. 😊

With all the experience Spencer has gained in all this building I'm thinking you're better off building your own door. Not sure I would be patient enough for a 4th time of taking a chance they get it right and with the attention to detail Spencer gives his projects he'd probably get it right the first time.

If your tanks are full early in the wettest months, you should think about getting another tank or 2. It never hurts to have a little too much water.

I think a Spencer-built chicken coop would be a worthwhile build in the future. I believe the whole family would get into it.

Its got to be safer than my drinking of Camp Lejuene H2o in 1980.

My husband suffered with severe kidney stones for years. We started collecting rainwater from our metal roof. Its been 20 years now no kidney stones. You have to boil it and then pass through a Brita filter.

Everything about this channel is above average. It's a top-notch build by an awesome couple. They should be commended for what they have done, and are doing to provide their family with a wonderful home to grow up in.

Love that 50 is the default old. 😂 I remember when I felt the same way.

The cabin is really looking good. Your Daughter and Son are just so adorable, and the bond that they have with each other is amazing.

We drank water straight from the ground, into a pressure tank, and into the house through a garden hose for about 15 years… And I’m almost 70. I think filtered, mineral-treated, and Blu-ray-zapped water is safe to drink. Gone are the days when you could knock your kneecap halfway off, rub some dirt in it and keep going! 😆

I think it would be fun to test the untreated water in the tanks. I wonder what score tank water would get.

Since you're drinking rain water, the metal may be coming from power plants and factories. The main cause of mercury content in Florida lakes is due to atmospheric deposition. The exhaust from factories and power plants contains metals which are carried into the atmosphere, then they are released and fall to earth when it rains. These factories are required to scrub their exhaust to get rid of the metals, but it is not 100 percent.Maybe something like that is happening with rain water in your area

The wrong door again, I would be climbing up the wall. You seem to take it calmly (on camera). On a more cheerful note, your framing is complete, well done Spencer. Love from Mike. ❤

So sorry about the door situation. How frustrating! That is pretty interesting about the national average of drinking water quality. Makes you want to filter every faucet in your home.

Guys, just a heads up. I live in Hawaii, on the big Island. My family has collected and drank rain water for years. We have two catchment tanks with liners for a total of 17500 gallons. Our water is pumped through two cardon string filters and a UV sterilizer. No worries, of course we are 2500 miles from anybody with the cleanest air there is.

I love how comfortable Spencer has become in front of the camera compared to the early days when you began filming. You guys amaze me with your building skills, as well as your creativity & adaptability when things go wrong. I also admire your parenting style. The kids are adorable! Kenzie, you are absolutely beautiful inside & out & I love your silliness with Spencer! Also, your filming & editing are top notch, very impressive presentation. Keep up the good work guys! ❤

Build your own door, it will most likely (going on all you have built in the past) look better than anything you can buy! Tanks full??? that's awesome! You know that means you should go ahead nd add another tank, or... two more !!

A great start to the weekend 😊 watching my favorite RU-vid family

Spencer, the framing sure looks great and you will be ready for sheet rock real soon. You are so patient waiting for the correct door. Your kids are adorable as they play together riding their bikes. So glad your water test came back with a good number. Continued blessings to all of you.

Cloud Seeding is why we have heavy metals in the rain water. I love your Guys build and may God bless you and your family.

Thanks. I'd love to have a place in the country like that. Peace and quiet, clean air, pleasant surroundings, what more could one ask for ?

Love watching your videos. The way you work together, your adorable little ones - just beautiful.

Seeing your bird feeder, did you know you can order a bird house that you can attach to your window? You can see inside but the birds can't see you. That way the kids can watch the birds build their nest, lay eggs, and see the baby birds grow up after they hatch, and the birds will never know.

Glad to hear the results of the water testing. Just goes to show that in the build Spencer did well with his build. Love how the kids interact with each other and sorry to hear about the door. They say three is a charm and hope and pray that is what happens. Also the ceiling studs job looks nice and well thought out. Until the next time have a good week.

I always look forward to your videos. Of all the couples building their dream homes, you two seem the happiest. When you both look at each other, your eyes smile. Never forget that feeling your children benefit greatly.

Since I live in NYC Manhattan, water quality is always a matter of concern. I did take notice of the continued rain during early to late spring on your property, so thanks for letting us know of your water status, usge, and quality. Love the nice little touch of flowers on the porch. I want to see more of your "little touches." It makes a world of difference. Thank you.

Congratulations on your excellent water purity results! It's nice to know your kids have healthy water from their earliest days.

Just a side note, the kitchen in the opening scene is immaculate. That is a lot of work to prepare a lived in home for filming. How about an orange juice stain on the counter somewhere to make the fest of us feel better. The trace amounts of metal come with the rainwater. It is pollution absorbed into the clouds and returned with the rain. Not an uncommon occurrence especially with areas that burn coal for electricity. Not a real issue unless the start to rise in count.

We, your fans are also happy for your score. I kind of expected that once I saw all the filtration you had in front of the faucets. Cabin is looking good. Not sure what it is for, but it is coming together nicely. The kids are getting big. Almost time to start thinking about school. I am very glad I started watching early on and have had a chance to see the great progress you have made.

Seeing you guys allways make me so much happy

The only channel that i have watched the whole videos updated and still waiting every week for upcoming vids jus love em❤❤❤❤ keep rockin guyzz spencer ma man love u loadss

I’m so glad you mentioned about regular city water because we have a water softener in south Florida and it’s the most wonderful thing. Your bathroom doesn’t get soap scum just like your skin doesn’t get that dry soap scum feel you’re just slippery and smooth and your hair is wonderful. I highly recommend a water softener system to everybody.

Things are moving right along! Great job on the cabin, and thanks for the info on the water.

The cabin is looking really good. Good work guys. Love what you have both done. 👍👍❤️❤️🇨🇦

HELLO 🤗 glad your cabin is coming along - frustrating on the door 🥺 Good news on your water test 👌 Beau & Cam are so cute & nice how they enjoy doing things together 🥰 have a great weekend 🙏🇺🇲

Great test results, and great info shared to all of us!! Thank you

You are a lot more understanding than most 😊. I hope you get your door !

I love gearing your little ones nearby. ❤

I'm beginning to get really annoyed about the door myself!! Lets _all_ phone them up, lol

Thanks for sharing y’all. We have a 5000sq ft metal roof and are planning a rainwater collection system in Northeast Texas so this is helpful ❤

Can you share with us the names of the metals found in your drinking water . Thanks 🙏

Good stuff! Truly! If this cabin is for guests and out of town visitors (friends and family) it will also be an optional space for both kids as they grow older and want to spread out.

Great video, I've often wondered about the numbers around potable rainwater. I find the rainwater capture system analysis very interesting. Keep up the good work!

I watched your build, as a builder, I was impressed at the end result, you showed great team work and skills, your parents must be very proud of your achievements.

I think the metals is mainly from the rain water since most the rain is polluted "acid rain" but I think you're going in the right direction with all those filters,God bless❤

Well I wasn't ready for this video to end. Cabin looks good. We want to hear the conversation with the door manufacturing company on Monday. Or Spencer becoming Plant Manager. Enjoy our wonderful weather.

We have a WELL with a softner and water filter system and YES we've had our water tested twice. Great Job 👍!

I've been admiring your shipping containers project and indeed.....i've been blowed away for turning the two containers into a cozy house. Chapeau and you've got our deepest respect. You guys are so intelligent and clever and you guys set a good example to all starters. .

I'm in my happy place watching your videos, you guys rock! You have an awesome family, and I pray for you. Please keep up these awesome videos, I've watched you almost from the beginning, I'm too old to be going through life uncontained withdraw! 😊

I am surprised that water quality is that low across America! • England and Wales 99.96% (reported July 2018) • Scotland 99.91% (reported August 2018] • Northern Ireland 99.88% (reported September 2018]

Didn't think much about it but I have watched you since you hooked up batteries in the barn. 5 years. Wow! You've done awesome!

The trace metals found in your drinking water is from those lovely geo engineers. It is caused by the planes leaving the fake clouds. You should watch the documentary called The Dimming, it will explain this and so much more. Love the off grid setup you kids are living in.

I got my water tested once. After sticker shock of paying the bill, I decided that buying and maintaining a reverse osmosis filter was cheaper than getting annual water testing done. Also for stuff like coliform testing, you've got to transport your water to a lab within 24 hours for the test to be valid. It was still incredibly informative and I was relieved to know I didn't have any heavy metal contamination. But seriously, RO filters have gotten way cheaper than they used to be.

Happy Memorial Day you guys, have a wonderful weekend and blessed day, love it when I get a notification

We lived in Ketchikan Alaska . We used rain water from our rough. We never got sick from yet. Also I loved how it made my hair feel. Loved it. We also drank rain water.

We have a 20k gallon rainwater system and we did the same test you guys did. We also have most of the same filter components as you, spin down filter, 5 micron, pelican carbon filter and UV light. We have all pvc and pex A except for the pump, check valve etc but, we do have a 20k gallon tank with a liner in it. Our score was 56 which is 2 points below national average but 10 points above the Oklahoma average. We did our test 2 months after the system was setup and we are going to do another test in a year to see if it improves. The water is safe and tastes great, I just thought like you guys did that it would be more pristine. FYI we also have a new 300' well that we use for everything outside the house and it only came in at 37 which is below the Oklahoma average. I highly suggest viewers getting your water source tested no matter where you get water from.

Metal particles always get picked up by rain water on roof and gutters. It worsens over years. If you have the right filtration to reduce, you will be okay. Plastic particles do the same over time. Frustrating door keeps failing. The mfg may not have to tooling to make or the knowledge to make a jig to customize. It all starts with the hole you cut. Enjoy your long weekend.

Cloud seeding is a real thing ,hence the trace metals.

Love the fact we have been getting a ton more content lately bc of the projects

I love that Beau and Cam stick together like they do, they will always look after each other. Your right McKinsey the cabin does look like it has more room now that the framing is complete. Looking good Spencer. Give Beau and Cam a big hug for me and tell Bear and Io I said Hi. God bless you all.

Love you guys. As usual, you're handling adversity like the champs that you are, with the 3 times is NOT a charm door fiasco. Sometimes these hardware and construction box stores totally miss the mark on quality customer service. I certainly hope you guys are registering complaints with the companies with whom you placed the order. Cabin's looking good.

I live out in the country on the farm I grew up on. I use the same well with no filter system and as far as I know the water has never been tested in the 60+ years since my grandpa first bought the farm. My grandpa owned the farm before my father bought it from him. I don’t think he ever tested the water either. My water taste better than any water I’ve ever tasted.

I can't wait for the new video and it makes me smile when I see your family. I can't do anything just by looking at them, but I really envy them and support them. thank you always.

Oh that DOOR! Great test results!

Love this RU-vid site! 😍 I also love that merch shirt! Oh, and I love you both too! 🙏🏿. I'm not sure if it is even necessary, but would it hurt to have an iodine additive on a determined schedule dropped (or injected) into the holding tanks or a point prior? 🤔

I had my water tested 3 times. Two out of three tests showed that it was indeed water .... who knew 💧💧🙃🤪Take care you two .... your children are growing up fast! All the best🐎

You two are so fantastic, thank you for all you do!❤

The Rose-breasted Grosbeak @7:02 was migrating north from Central/South America. We have many that visit our feeders in Wisconsin in the summer.

I'm curious... which metals? Could it be aluminum, strontium, and berillium? If so, I'm sure you will find a possible source... once you start looking.

Your both awesome i really love how you made your house

What a beautiful spring surrounding time it is😊 your adorable children enjoying it really well and together, so cute❤ and yes your new container is surely becoming a very nice place; you have such a nice land surrounded by beautiful trees and the view from the incide view is certainly a good feeling of being a part of it 💝💫

Stick a magnet on forty eight your glass filters and see if that works love your place keep it up

I tested our city water. It tested positive for pesticides and lead 😮

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Them two little one's sure are growing fast!! Glad yur water came back ok!! Thanks for sharing!! ❣❤❤❤❤❣

As usual; good 4 you guys!!! U have done every Thing!! And u have a beautiful Family!!

Saludos desde Canarias!!! España.

To take a accurate sample you should remove the spray part of your faucet. Great time to give it a good lil clean too.

Awesome results on the water test! Hoorah!

The cabin is really coming along! So frustrating about the frigging wrong door. The company should definitely comp you on that!! I look forward to every single video, from the beginning!!

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We've been drinking rainwater from a pond for 22 years. It's great! Pond water systems are common around here where the well water is sulferized, really crappy tasting and hard on plumbing. We have building codes to abide by and our system consists of a floating pond filter (filter 3 feet below the surface) to catch the big stuff, a five micron initial filter and one micron final filters. In addition, thre is a sand filter, a charcoal filter and an iodine injection system that put about .9 ppm iodine into the water just ahead of a pair of 400 gallon "soak" tanks to kill any bacteria. We test the water about every other year and haven't failed a test yet.

You guys have done such a great job. Nobody can say anything negative. Everything was great. Everything looks beautiful. Happy to see your kids growing in a safe place. Thank you for sharing your life story with us.❤

Alexapure water filters cost almost half as much as the Berkey and they even filter out the poisonous fluoride. The Berkey makes you buy a separate filter to remove fluoride. I bought one about 4 years ago and the taste of our water is fantastic. The house is coming along great, and I love watching every one of your videos.

💁🏻‍♀️I am Glad that y’all have your wood burning stove now!😁! Now your going to need a wood shed and Start Collecting the wood as Soon as y’all can! Get as Much as y’all can! This way you’ll have Enough throughout the next winter! Maybe you can design and build it so that you’ll keep the snakes out and any other creepy crawlers such as spiders! Maybe a Nice wire metal (one that doesn’t get rusty) screen all around and over, where the wood can dry properly, yet those dangerous kind of bugs can’t crawl through the screen.😁. Or make the wood shed out of Cedar wood because I heard bugs don’t like Cedar wood!😁. 💖Many Blessings to you Spencer, McKenzie and your Beautiful Children!

Being as your holding tanks are black. Does this make the water warmer in the summer? Also does this help with freezing in the winter?

Excellent information on water and filtration. You guys are to be commended for your off grid lifestyle which takes very little time to reap those rewards. My wife and I live in a small coastal town in Georgia. Our city water is so bad, heavily treated, bad taste and odor, we deemed it undrinkable. After having it tested, it was rated at 41...We had an "artesian" well drilled (search it) which is under pressure because of the depth, free flows and no need of filtration. Yearly testing averages 81...We installed a minimal solar powered pump for extra pressure...It was an expensive undertaking however, but worth every penny...Water at the well is a sparkling 54° wonder and we have "no dry skin" 😎

Hello Life Uncontained first let me start by saying I love your lifestyle choice. I remember when you guys first started building you've come a long ways congratulations on everything. I wish you guys continued success on all your endeavors.

You guys should take advantage of the pond being so close to your house for geothermal. 🤯. Might help with heating in the winter months and not relying on so much on the capscity you have available. 🎉

I’m worried. Years ago our neighbor’s son accidentally rode his hot wheel into their pond and drowned! I suggest you think about a small fence along the edge of the pond side near your home. Better to be safe than sorry.🙏🏼

really gets me interested to wonder what my bottled water test would come out to be since I'm a religious drinker of Walmart value water, and second I'd wonder what my fridge test would come out with?

You guys are making really good progress on your cabin. As for your water situation you seem to be doing really well I can agree with someone before me and that is getting another one or two cash to back yourself up so you have plenty of water. You seem to run low last year because of the drought and now things are back up to where they could be. It never hurts to be safe. Two kids who are two falling around with each other and playing and having a good time that is cool! Be safe and have fun and never forget to smile!

My husband & I have well water. We have a water softener & a tank to take out the high iron content. I won't drink any other water but ours. We have to watch what we consume now days!!

Spenser is one tall drink of water. The stache looks good.

will the water be tested for microplastics?

Hi r enjoy your video great results on the rain drinking water test and the cabin looking great looks amazing the setup for the drinking water really looking forward to seeing your next video keep safe 😊👍🏻

Very good, and I appreciate your concern about your drinking water