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A small PSA: "Brita" brand water filters seem to be very popular in US, but they're also some of the worst in tests. For example in this test ... http://www.g
by mortehu 10y ago
A small PSA: "Brita" brand water filters seem to be very popular in US, but they're also some of the worst in tests. For example in this test ...
http://www.goodhousekeeping.com/health-products/g684/water-filters/ http://www.goodhousekeeping.com/health-products/g684/water-f...?
... "Brita" filters were found to remove around 55% of PFOA, whereas "ZeroWater" filters remove more than 95%. I.e. "Brita" filters leave 9x more stuff in the water. The performance difference is similar for other unwanted stuff, like lead.
- akshatpradhan 10y agoConsumerSearch also did a meta review of the best water filters: http://www.consumersearch.com/water-filters http://www.consumersearch.com/water-filters They wrote a buying guide for your next water filter: http://www.consumersearch.com/water-filters/how-to-buy-a-water-filter http://www.consumersearch.com/water-filters/how-to-buy-a-wat...
- shakeel_mohamed 10y agoI knew Brita wasn't great, but I didn't know they were so inferior. Thanks for the info!
- russelldavis 10y agoAnother thorough review of water filters: http://thesweethome.com/reviews/best-water-filter-pitcher/ http://thesweethome.com/reviews/best-water-filter-pitcher/
- SquareWheel 10y agoSeems in-depth, but I have a hard time trusting reviews like this when they make affiliate dollars on clickthroughs.
- eli 10y agoConsumer Reports does basically the same thing but you have to pay to subscribe -- no ads
- jtrtoo 10y agoWhy? They could recommend any product via Amazon. Not a huge incentive to lie. Though a healthy skepticism is always good. For what it's worth these are the folks behind the Wirecutter.com. They are legit.
- technojunkie 10y agoZeroWater changed their filters and now have a time release of a metallic element into the water after about 20-30 refills. Meaning, they make you change the filter unless you can stand the terrible taste. Super scammy. Their water tastes really good... until it doesn't. Then it's horrible.
- chc 10y agoMaybe it's to make it obvious when the filter is no longer trustworthy rather than letting something harmful but flavorless get through?
- Bpito 10y agoMaybe they just want to make more money.
- goldenkey 10y agoSounds like they care about their customers enough to add a mechanism like that. I think a transparent filter with a sensing colored indicator would be a much better and more customer friendly solution though. Other filters have a shitty digital timer on the pitcher lid last time I checked. It never worked well so I resorted to changing the Brita whenever it started tasting funny. Now I just buy artesian alkaline water. I feel much better. Most of these filters suck. Better off making your own. Buy silver coil and NSF coconut carbon. Use a french press type device to push water through your silver assorted carbon. Easy! And you save plastic since you made the filter yourself :-)
- cmdrfred 10y ago>Now I just buy artesian alkaline water When the third world revolts, this will be their rallying cry.
- fapjacks 10y agoHoly smokes that is so scummy.
- dba7dba 10y agoWe tried to use Brita but after a few months we gave up and bought a real water filter. Kids noticed change in taste of water.
- pokemongoaway 10y agoAlso, FYI, many treatment centers in the US and abroad changed from chlorine to chloramine without informing the public. It has less of an oder and taste, but basically no carbon filters on the market can remove it. This obsoleted one of the primary utilities of each household filter, so if you want it, then lookup which treatment method is used in your locale and how to remove it (if you care).
- ekianjo 10y agoAs far as i know there is no easy way to remove lead from water with a typical filter design.