Water filter
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I've been looking for a water filter for some time now and I can't decide which brand to pick.
I've checked my city's running water analysis and it seems that what is most commonly found in my water is fluoride, chlorine, lead, pesticides and nitrates; although not in health threatening quantities, according to the water supplier, I'd like to get rid of all that stuff.
First of all what type of filter is best (ion exchange, gravity filters, etc) ?
Do you have brand suggestions and things to take into consideration before buying a water filter ?
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@yoan Gravity filters do a great job at removing kind of everything (so also the minerals).
I have a SmythCid water crock (https://www.waterfiltercrock.com/product-page/water-filtration-crocks), Berkey, and Katadyn make some as well (albeit with plastic nozzles, but you can replace them).
Reverse osmosis is quite popular in the bioenergetic/esoteric health space, but I have not tried yet
https://www.osmiowater.co.uk/zip-portable-reverse-osmosis-system.html
Best is to do your own research and take your own enviroment (available space, budget, ease of use etc) into account. -
@yoan I've been messing around with this for years. Megahome distiller is legit. Takes 5 hours to make a gallon.
If I lived on shitty city water I would buy a cheap Reverse osmosis unit and distill that water. It will keep the distiller much much much more clean if you run it through RO first.
I would buy a cheap ass RO unit and immediately replace the RO cartridge thingy with this: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B098KL3H86/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Cheap RO units waste a crap ton of water, I can't remember exactly how much mine wasted, but it was like 6 gallons wasted for 1 gallon created. That RO filter in the link is huge and more efficient. It's easy to swap it out, it's all these shark bite style push connectors.
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ZeroWater filters are the top choice in my experience, and I can vouch for their product quality based on my usage.
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@yoan I have yet another shill website detailing what each type of filter media does, etc
https://whatwaterfilter.com/perfect-water-filter-family/ - theres links to lab results and a table of filter media if you scroll down. Sorry it's kind of disorganized.Ion exchange is a type of filter media, what's inside the filter actually doing the work. While "gravity filter" describes how the whole product is configured. (like its a big barrel that sits on your counter with the water dripping through it, as opposed to like a water filter pitcher.)
The right filter media: You actually need a filter that's got several different media in order to cover all the contaminants.
When I researched that I found that ClearlyFiltered, ZeroWater, ProOne, and some Canadian guy's brand called Opus all contain media that can remove all classes of contaminant, show lab results doing just that, have people giving them good reviews, etc. There isn't really much difference between those brands in terms of performance. If I remember correctly those were the only brands I saw that could do everything well.
The right type of filter (countertop vs pitcher vs undersink, etc) - It depends on your living situation honestly. Those brands make water filter pitchers that work just as well as their big gravity filters according to their lab results, so it really just depends on what's convenient for you. An undersink filter can also remove everything but it's going to be more of a hassle to install and keep the filters updated, on the plus side it's less of a hassle to not have to always be filling your pitcher filter or gravity filter.
Berkey is apparently kind of a meme - untrustworthy, impossible claims, uses a fluoride filter that puts aluminum into the water. Although I think they do remove most contaminants pretty well.
Apparently it's a bit of a problem that reverse osmosis removes minerals from the water, by the way. People add minerals back in afterwards. I don't really see why it matters if you're getting minerals from your food but i dont know.
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I have a Berkey water set up and I add salt and potassium salt to my water bottle
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I collect rain water and put it through a berkey filter
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I'm using an on tap filter, for convenience as a renter, seems better than nothing.
Eg. https://stefani.com.au/product/digipure-tap-filter-chrome/
I like that you can buy different sized micron filters that can be swapped out as needed.
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Big fan of Greenfield water systems, (Ben Greenfield’s dad Gary). They’ve been in business I think 50 years, and I have their whole home filter with a water structuring unit at the end of the filter. I’ve never had such great water, and since it’s whole home I’m watering my garden with it, bathing in it, cooking with it, washing my hands with it at every tap, etc.
