Do you have a Water Filter?

Shermie

Shermie

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How many of you own a water filter?

These come in many forms - either in a water pitcher, container or in a small apparatus that can be mounted on the kitchen faucet.

Such as the one that I own (pictured below).

It's the basic model of the chrome-plated one made by Pur.

It helps to filter out small forum material which could get into your drinking water if you don't have one!

I also use it for cooking water as well.

But please be advised that this can't be used to filter hot water!! Doing so could kill the filter and cause it to stop working prematurely.

When the lever on the right side is flipped down, it channels the cold water through the filter for purely filtered water. A small light flashes several times when the lever is flipped down, and when the light goes off, the water is safe to drink. Flip the lever back up for regular cold water.
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My refrigerator has one that filters the water that comes from the water dispenser. I just cook with regular tap water.
 
Very good!

I use mine to filter water for the ice trays, for cooking rice & other small cooking jobs and to carbonate water with the Sodastream machine, as well as get water for drinking.
 
When I built our house 21 years ago I installed a whole house sediment pre-filter right after the water meter. It filters out all the errant solids that come in through the city water pipes, and I change the filter about every 3-5 months depending on the coloration of the filter. You would be surprised at how much "stuff" comes into your house. I have faucets in my house from day one that have the original cartridges in them, and do not have any debris in the faucet screens. The hot water tank is 15 years old, and nothing comes off the bottom when I do an annual draining of the tank. The filter does a great job.

Our fridge has a carbon water filter for the drinking water and ice maker, and we use a Britta filter for our other drinking water to remove the nasty chemicals. I also use this Britta filtered water for bread baking, as the chlorine is removed from the water. In the summer the chlorine content is so high that it retards dough from rising, and causes an odor if it's not filtered. The sad part of all this, is that I still have to pay for this chemical laden poison they are sending into my house, under the guise of "portable water."
 
Live with city water too, and we have a whole house pre and fine filter, and we use a water softener.

I installed the water softener because we installed a built in espresso capucino machine, which has a boiler, and the instruction manual states at least 20 times to use soft water or the boiler fails.

Let me tell you, having that softener is one of the best things I ever did. We use way less soap, and the showers and anything with water in/on it regularly stays much cleaner much longer. And this is compared to low grain cuty water.

I highly recomend soft water and whole house filtering. And like Joe says, you will be surprised what's in the filter when changed.

Oh, and the faucet aerators don't get clogged up anymore!
 
I'm planning to get a Keurig coffee machine, and supposedly, according to a friend, it is only supposed to have filtered water in it.
 
I sure would like to have a whole house water filter, don't need a softener though. I'll have to check into it as I'm not even sure where the main water lines comes into the house :blush:.

I watched one time while a guy was draining my hot water heater and was surprised at the amount of white crunchy stuff that drained out. Now that JoeV mentioned it, I need to get my water heaters drained (or just do it myself, it didn't look hard).

Sherman, you can buy the water filters that sit in the water reservoir for the Keurigs.
 
I have always had whole house filters. Even with a fine cartridge it does not stop the calcium/ magnesium from our well. If it was not for the salt I would put a softener on. Vinegar helps clean the buildup in faucet screens and the coffee pot.
 
I'd like to have one, also, but I don't own the building.

I just rent an apartment here, so the water filter that I installed on the kitchen faucet is the next best thing.
 
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