Water filters

[formula400]

Right the wife’s going on about going down the path of a water filter
She’s got a Britta filter jug thing that I fill for her. She’s worried about all the shit in there micro plastics etc… I’ll admit I don’t know anything about or care, so I may be wrong.

But she has asked me to research getting a filter on the taps (kitchen only ). I’ve Googled and come across the water2, it’s under the kitchen sink, filters tap water. Any good or are they magic beans??
It’s £140 or so then £100 a year for a new filter
So not bad and saves me having to fill the jug all the time

[Ian]

A former colleague raved about his improving the taste of his coffee.

Must admit it does make me wonder about all that plastic in your internal organs. In 20 years time will we look back on it as a cause for cancer or similar

[Mr. Dazzle]

A former colleague raved about his improving the taste of his coffee.

Must admit it does make me wonder about all that plastic in your internal organs. In 20 years time will we look back on it as a cause for cancer or similar

Unless the filters are made out of plastic of course...

[Dodgy69]

No nutrition in plastic, it'll go down the loo I reckon.

[MrLongbeard]

No nutrition in plastic, it'll go down the loo I reckon.

Except it's being found in brain tissue and testicles and most other organs.

[Skub]

When we moved to our current house,37 years ago,the water tasted very chlorinated,I could easily taste it in tea or coffee. Because of this we bought an under sink water filter which improved the taste no end.
All was going fine until one day I was in the house (luckily) and heard a bang,then the sound of gushing water. The filter had exploded. Maybe just unlucky,but I never bought another 'plumbed in' filter,we just use the Brita filter jug now. The mains water taste has improved over the years and we could probably do without,but yanno habits n' schitt.

I know nothing about any health benefits or otherwise,we just didn't enjoy drinking stuff that tasted like it was dredged from a swimming pool.

[Count Steer]

Right the wife’s going on about going down the path of a water filter
She’s got a Britta filter jug thing that I fill for her. She’s worried about all the shit in there micro plastics etc… I’ll admit I don’t know anything about or care, so I may be wrong.

But she has asked me to research getting a filter on the taps (kitchen only ). I’ve Googled and come across the water2, it’s under the kitchen sink, filters tap water. Any good or are they magic beans??
It’s £140 or so then £100 a year for a new filter
So not bad and saves me having to fill the jug all the time

Brita filter material is activated charcoal made from coconut shells iirc. The plastic body isn't likely to break down into microplastic particles in use and they get recycled - most supermarkets collect the old ones. They get changed every month so no time to develop nasty biological colonies and, if you buy them after Christmas, they're always discounted so I buy 12 each year then. I'll stick with mine.

PS I got the biggest jug they sell to reduce filling faff.

[Didge]

I bought one of these a few months ago.
https://www.phoxwater.com/products/phox ... k5AS4Kw14o

You refill the filter cartridge instead of throwing it away.
Seems to work a treat. We're very happy with it.

[MyLittleStudPony]

Plastic is your mother now.

[Pirahna]

I've got an iSpring RCC7AK, about £350 on Amazon. Rather than use the supplied tap I swapped the sink mixer tap out, have a look on Amazon for a 3 way osmosis mixer tap, there's loads of them. I've had mine for about 14 months, changed the filters at 12 months, no problems at all. Be aware that water pressure isn't that same as normal tap water, it can take 30 seconds to fill a litre container. Install is very simple, it's all colour coded plug in pipes for the osmosis system plus one hole drilled into the waste pipe under the sink and a bit of spanner work changing the taps.

[Nordboy]

I bet there's easily more plastic in the normal non filtered water than in a Brita filter, in fact I think Britas are designed to filter microplastics?

Can't imagine even an expensive undersink filter would be any better, probably made out of the same stuff or similar to a jug. Saying that, I do have a boiling water tap that is filtered, boy it gets clogged up with some shit, have to change it every 6 months or so.

I bought my daughter a jug filter as when she went to Uni in Exeter she said the water tasted horrible. She uses the filtered stuff and have had no complaints from her since. Reminds me to go buy one for myself actually.

[Yorick]

All the water here is desalinated, and while it's drinkable, it's not great.
We tried a Brita filter which was OK, but not great.

Then my builder pal installed himself an under sink filter system
Wow, so good we had him install one for us.
Amazing and not bought bottled water for years.

[Yambo]

I have a reverse osmosis filter (yeah, it's under the sink) and have been using it for years. I bought it to improve the water for my tropical fish and also filled up the 19 litre water bottles we all have but no fish now so it just produces my drinking water.

Our local water is very hard and has a taste - very few people drink it or even cook with it and the RO filter sorts it all out. The pre filters get changed yearly and the RO membrane is good for 2 years. They're not expensive (I'll be changing them in January so may have to eat my words!) and the jobs done in an hour or so. RO water is almost pure which is not much use so for drinking water I have a couple of extra units fitted which put some minerals back in the water - they're not filters I guess as they don't filter anything out.

I can't remember how much it cost me but as 19 litre bottles of water are now 20 TL it's certainly paid for itself. Similar 6 stage RO filters are just under £400 on amazon.

[v8-powered]

I was always under the impression that RO water is not for consumption due to the mineral elements being removed? Years ago I worked with RO systems and we were told not to have hands in it too much as would remove the minerals from skin causing dryness and other skin related issues.

[Mr. Dazzle]

That's probably why Yambo has a doodad to put minerals back in

[Mr Moofo]

I had an inline water filter and softener in my last house. 3 months after having it fitted, I moved to Switzerland - kept the house for the next 14 years, ebbed moved back for 2 years, and completely forgot it had the filter system - and needed cartridges changing etc,

We have a Brita plastic jug because our water is supplied by Southern Water and tastes terrible.

[v8-powered]

That's probably why Yambo has a doodad to put minerals back in

Yeah, I didn't read the message fully! Soz....