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Brita Or Pur Brand Best For Kitchen Faucet Water Filter ?
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| Robert11 2005-07-10, 6:25 pm |
| Hello:
Water at our new place is pretty poor, and have decided to purchase
one of those spigot mounted filters for the kitchen faucet.
Guess there are 2 primary brands: Pur, and Brita
Anyone have any opinions regarding which is more effective, filter
replacement costs, construction quality, etc. ?
Thanks,
Bob
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| chicagofan 2005-07-10, 6:25 pm |
| Robert11 wrote:
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> Hello:
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> Water at our new place is pretty poor, and have decided to purchase
> one of those spigot mounted filters for the kitchen faucet.
>
> Guess there are 2 primary brands: Pur, and Brita
>
> Anyone have any opinions regarding which is more effective, filter
> replacement costs, construction quality, etc. ?
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> Thanks,
> Bob
Can't give you an opinion on the Pur; but I've used the Brita, and it did
the job for me, and the cartridges were easy to change, and comparable or
less, in cost to replace.
bj
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| Edwin Pawlowski 2005-07-10, 6:25 pm |
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> Robert11 wrote:
You can get, cheaper, more convenient results with an undersink filter for
the cold water line. I like the InstaPure IR10 cartridges as they take out
any sediment as well as rust and last 4 or 5 months.
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| wkearney99 2005-07-10, 11:25 pm |
| > You can get, cheaper, more convenient results with an undersink filter for
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> the cold water line. I like the InstaPure IR10 cartridges as they take
out
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> any sediment as well as rust and last 4 or 5 months.
What's less expensive, filter-wise, filtering only the water you 'need' or
filtering all the cold water out of the tap?
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| Curly Sue 2005-07-10, 11:25 pm |
| On Sun, 10 Jul 2005 12:20:33 -0400, "Robert11" <rgsros@notme.com>
wrote:
quote:
>Hello:
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>Water at our new place is pretty poor, and have decided to purchase
>one of those spigot mounted filters for the kitchen faucet.
>
>Guess there are 2 primary brands: Pur, and Brita
>
>Anyone have any opinions regarding which is more effective, filter
>replacement costs, construction quality, etc. ?
I had a Culligan in my previous apartment and it worked fine. I liked
the feature of being able to filter or not filter the water by turning
the switch. The LED display gave an indication of the state of the
filter.
Sue(tm)
Lead me not into temptation... I can find it myself!
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| Edwin Pawlowski 2005-07-10, 11:25 pm |
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"wkearney99" <wkearney99@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> What's less expensive, filter-wise, filtering only the water you 'need' or
> filtering all the cold water out of the tap?
I don't know for sure, but I spend $30 a year and never worry about putting
the filter in the right position. Those cartridges for the smaller units
are not very cheap.
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| >> What's less expensive, filter-wise, filtering only the water you 'need' or
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>I don't know for sure, but I spend $30 a year and never worry about putting
>the filter in the right position. Those cartridges for the smaller units
>are not very cheap.
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If Ed's install is similar to mine (OmniFilter), there's a separate
spout mounted on the sink deck for filtered water. Only the water I
want to filter gets filtered. I go through 2 filter changes a year,
which costs about 45.00 and is VERY good filtration.
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