Comments on: Do you really need a water filter?

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 21:53:39 +0000

@Teri you usually have to toss filters, which is why I hate filters. SUCH a waste. However, Brita actually has a new filter recycling program (very cool) http://www.brita.com/us/support/filter-recycling/ – I’ll be posting on this soon.

By: teri

teri — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 18:45:17 +0000

So, if my Brita pitcher filter isn’t recyclable, what do I do with it?

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By: Wes

Wes — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 18:25:30 +0000

I have been into using a water filter for the last 4 or 5 years now. I’m 31 now and I couldn’t imagine going with out one again. Not only do I use one for my tap water but also I use one for my shower. My water tastes better, I have more energy and my skin feels better. Yes I have also taken on a healthier vegetarian diet which helps out a lot too but water is a key factor. I mean we are mostly made of water. We are water beings. But with all that said I have gotten tired of having to buy replacement cartridges for my filters. It gets expensive. Especially with multiple filters and doing it my whole life. But I recently got into these Structured Water Units. Or particularly the Whole Home Structured Water Unit. It’s a little more expensive than some filters but you don’t ever have to replace a filter on it again. And they will supposedly last your whole life. This scientist who worked for the Department of Defense for 40 years invented it based on all his studies of nature and rivers. He came to realize that river water or spring water is structured water and he created a device that structures any water just like a river does using geometric formations in his water filters. These are really neat Water Filters. So it seemed like some of you were complaining about replacing cartridges too and so you might want to google search the structured water unit.

By: Martha

Martha — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 17:07:24 +0000

The Terra Flo company either went out of business or was perhaps bought by another company (I hope). I used their filters for years and am looking for a replacement company as I have used up all the spare replacement filters that I had in storage. It is important to get a filter that not only takes out the heavy metals suspended in most tap water, but also deals with the bacteria that proliferate during the travel-time between the chlorine treatment plant in the cruddy aged underground pipes for miles before it reaches your home. The filter needs to be able to remove the chlorine that has been put into the water to kill bacteria. Most of the pitcher type water filters do not deal with all of the above-mentioned contaminants. If one cannot afford a triple stage filter system, at least get one that takes out the heavy metals, then boil out the bacteria and the chlorine before drinking your water. Shower filters are good if you can get ahold of one, because even the steam from a hot shower contains harmful fumes from the chemical reaction of hot water mixed with chlorine and heavy metals from your pipes. Or don’t take really hot showers, and avoid breathing in the steam if you do take hot showers. Do your research and save your health.

By: Laura

Laura — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 01:03:44 +0000

We have a water filter, mainly for taste. I grew up on well water which tasted SO good, so city water grosses me out. I still have to add lime juice to it…or make tea!
I also have heard about how filtering all the house water can be good for you (less toxins in the skin). It can get overwheming thinking about all the things we are exposed to in this toxic world!

By: Jim McMahon

Jim McMahon — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 21:58:28 +0000

Chlorinated water has been linked to cancer in men and women and developmental health issues in children. So, I’d say yes, a water filter is a great investment in healthy living. Reverse osmosis systems use more water than they produce so that could be what you’re refering to in that note, but you may or may not need reverse osmosis. The thing to do is to check your city’s water report before determing what type of filter you need. You can learn all sorts of things by visiting my website and I encourage you to do so as part of your research….

Jim

By: katherine

katherine — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 02:25:04 +0000

About a year ago I read Natural Cures They Don’t Want You to Know About (and then I couldn’t go to sleep because I was so freaked out!). We already filtered our drinking water, but the book points out that skin absorbs chemicals. When I started looking into household systems, I came across Terra Flo, but their website said “try again later” and hasn’t changed since then. ): I really like their stance on the need to recycle filters. Does anyone know of any other companies that do that?

Brita recycles filters in Europe, but not in North America. I wonder why.