I am thinking of getting one but they have the one where you turn the whole housing "egg" to activate it, and they have the new one with a little knob you turn and it has an indicator light on it. Just wondering if anyone has feedback from actual use.

Mike

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1988 F150 144,000 miles (leaks all the colors of the rainbow)
Previous stars: 1981 Brava 210,000 miles, 1978 128 150,000 miles, 1977 B200 Van 175,000 miles, 1972 Vega (great, if rusty, car), 1972 Celica, 1986.5 Supra

Dad has one and it's a POS. The filters last barely a week (not any sediment in the water) and now the thing is leaking where it attaches to the faucet. It gets in the way too.

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We've got one of the ones with the little knob and the indicator light on it. I'm guessing that it works. We've had it for almost 6 months and have only been "told" by the unit to replace the filter once. The Mrs. bought it only because she didn't like the taste of our tap water (I actually think it tastes pretty tasteless, as water should) and it at least filters our whatever unpleasantness she detected before. Or it's psychological.

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For the most part these Brita/Pur jug & faucet filters are a sugar pill IMO.

If you have one,, and think it works,,, then go on Ebay and buy a cheap TDS meter (or find a Saltwater aquarist and borrow one).

Test your tapwater's Total Dissolved Solids with the meter before and after it has been through the filter. The results will likely confirm these filters take very little out of the water (mostly cloramines),, if anything.

If you want pure water then get a proper RO/DI unit with submicron and carbon filters,,, you can get them at LOWES. The previous owner of my home had one installed in our kitchen and it can reduce the dissolved contaminents in our water from 176ppm to under 1ppm.

Very impressive I guess,,,It makes the clearest ice cubes you've ever seen, but demineralized water does not taste particularly good to me,,,especially when used to make Coffee ,, so I rarely use it.

Hey, I never said it was an interesting story.

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We've got a Pur filter on our kitchen faucet and it seems to work fine. Filters last 10-12 months.

When we vacation at the beach we always take one of the Britta filters with us. Tap water at the beach is horrible but the Britta makes it clear and taste fine.

I generally refill a plastic water bottle with filtered tap water instead of buying bottled water. It's cheaper and you still have the convenience of the screw top plastic bottle.

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Hi,

Thanks for the replies. I was wondering why they changed the design, maybe the new one leaks less? We have very good water here, my only complaint is the chlorine taste is pretty high sometimes. I don't remember it being that way when I moved here in '99 but it seemed like after 911 they started using more chlorine, maybe just a coincidence. I was leaning toward the caraffe style, then I read Consumer Reports (yeah I don't trust them necessarily) and they seem to rate the faucet mounted ones better, however they did not rate how well it reduces chlorine taste. Their taste test involved how well it removed the taste of "cabbage water"! Hmmmm....
Maybe I will reconsider the jug style Brita.

Mike

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1998 C230 330,000 miles (currently dead of second failed EIS, yours will fail too, turning you into the dealer's personal human cash machine)
1988 F150 144,000 miles (leaks all the colors of the rainbow)
Previous stars: 1981 Brava 210,000 miles, 1978 128 150,000 miles, 1977 B200 Van 175,000 miles, 1972 Vega (great, if rusty, car), 1972 Celica, 1986.5 Supra

Are you talking about the Brita jug/caraffe?

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1998 C230 330,000 miles (currently dead of second failed EIS, yours will fail too, turning you into the dealer's personal human cash machine)
1988 F150 144,000 miles (leaks all the colors of the rainbow)
Previous stars: 1981 Brava 210,000 miles, 1978 128 150,000 miles, 1977 B200 Van 175,000 miles, 1972 Vega (great, if rusty, car), 1972 Celica, 1986.5 Supra

I'd prefer the jug style, that filters the water as you fill it. Less obtrusive and you can keep it cold in the fridge.

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Yes, that's the one.

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I second this post entirely. For thirty years my parents carted 'city water' to a house we owned. The PUR and Brita didn't change anything. Got an RO unit last year and it works great. My hair doesn't even stand out like Robert Smith's anymore after I take a shower there

My wellwater gave it a life span of about 2 weeks.

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Well I got myself one of the PUR pitchers for 19.99. It says it removes 97% of the chlorine taste so that ought to do the trick! And if any of you own Proctor and Gamble stock I just helped a bit.

Mike

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1998 C230 330,000 miles (currently dead of second failed EIS, yours will fail too, turning you into the dealer's personal human cash machine)
1988 F150 144,000 miles (leaks all the colors of the rainbow)
Previous stars: 1981 Brava 210,000 miles, 1978 128 150,000 miles, 1977 B200 Van 175,000 miles, 1972 Vega (great, if rusty, car), 1972 Celica, 1986.5 Supra

been using a pur faucet-mount for about 6 years w/ no problems. in fact, i had a leak in one and proctor and gamble replaced it for free. i notice it really takes the chlorine smell and taste out so i like that. if does anything else it is worth it in my opinion.
gregg

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They replaced it after you peed in it? Now THAT'S customer service.