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Default Water purifier pitchers ??

Pete C. wrote:
> Zippy P wrote:
>>
>> Anybody have any experience with Brita and/or Pur water purifier
>> pitchers. The pitchers with the filters in them?
>>
>> I like non-tap water but don't like lugging big bottles home from
>> the store, and don't want to pay $30 a month for the home delivery
>> stuff.
>>
>> Comments?
>>
>> Thx!

>
> The filters like Britta / Pur do a decent job, but operational costs
> seems to be more than the under sink / whole house filters with
> charcoal elements which have similar performance.
>
> If you want really pure water the under counter reverse osmosis units
> work well and operational costs aren't too bad though the cost is both
> filters and reject water. I hate city water and when I had a house
> with city water I used an RO unit and was very happy with the
> resulting water. The ~$150 or so RO setups from Depot/Lowe's, etc.
> are all fine.
>
> Pete C.


We've got one of those units that you're talking about, Pete, but to install
it, we need to put in a new sink - that's not going to happen, so it sits in
the back closet and every 4 months we spend the $$ for a new Brita filter.
Sigh.

kili