How to Find the Best Faucet Water Filter

What's the best faucet water filter on the market, today? Let me tell you what to look for. You'll find that the "names you know and trust" often don't make the grade.

If you want to protect your health, you should choose a faucet filter that removes the widest range of contaminants. Let's look at some of the most common ones, how they are removed and which products don't do the job.

CONSUMER REPORTS WATER SOFTENERS

Chlorine & THMs

These two go hand in hand. Wherever you find chlorinated water, you'll find THMs. The best faucet water filter removes both of them, because THMs are known carcinogens. If you get a water quality report from your local facility, you'll see them listed as TTHMs or total trihalomethanes. The levels can be pretty high and no one really knows how much is safe.

They do know that exposure can occur through drinking or showering. So, not only do you need an effective faucet filter. You also need one for your showerhead.

Brita and PUR reduce chlorine, but not THMs. Only the 0 Ever-pure system reduces both, but there are far less expensive purifiers on the market that do the same job. Ever-Pure chooses to use reverse osmosis in all of there models. Reverse osmosis, like the old distillation devices, do nothing to remove chemicals like chlorine and THMs. Why pay for "dinosaur" devices?

Lead

A toxic heavy metal that cause learning disorders and behavioral problems. The metal builds up in our systems over time and causes nutritional deficiencies in the elderly, as well as high blood pressure and heart disease.

In order for a faucet filter to remove all traces of the common contaminant, it must contain an ion exchange step. Reverse osmosis will only reduce the lead content. Distillation will remove lead, but that's simply not the best choice for today's homes. The reason is that distilled water has had much needed minerals removed. Do not waste your money on a water distiller.

Cysts

Reverse osmosis was often recommended for cyst removal. But, the best faucet water filter on the market today removes cysts without including an expensive reverse osmosis step. The manufacturer has designed a carbon block with a tiny channel that filters anything larger than .5 micron. That will trap a cyst and any other particles floating in your water-line.

A faucet filter can combine a variety of steps to remove all of these contaminants, as well as pesticides, herbicides and known carcinogenic pollutants. But, the ones that include all of the necessary steps are often quite expensive.

The best faucet water filter on the market today can be purchased for 5, but you have to purchase it direct from the manufacturer, if you want the best price. (See resource box). Remember that no matter how much they advertise, the Brita faucet filter and many other similiar brands are very ineffective.

Also, you don't need to pay 0 for reverse osmosis. There are drawbacks to GE and Kenmore; both have been given bad reviews by a number of consumers. Amway's products are simply overpriced.

The best faucet water filter has been highly rated by Consumer's Digest for the last five years and I've never seen a negative customer comment. It works. It doesn't leak and for less than a dime a gallon, my family gets "all they can drink". When you make the choice that I did, you will have the best faucet water filter.

How to Find the Best Faucet Water Filter

CONSUMER REPORTS WATER SOFTENERS