Choosing the right water filter for your home

Vibrant civilizations and good water were becoming history, but the invention of the water filter revived the goodness of water, which in turn supported health. Filtered water has a variety of other household applications such as cleaning, plant water, and more. The electronic water filter purifies the water restoring the taste, health and purity without odors needed for drinking. The rise in brands of water filtration products leaves the buyer with too many options, complicating the purchase decision.

Filtering impurities retains the nutritional value of the water

Various types of bacteria, viruses, parasites, organic compounds, heavy metal salts, dissolved gases and solid particles in suspension are the main impurities in water. Filtering impurities from the water does not mean removing beneficial minerals from the water as well. Nor does it make sense to filter one type of pollutant and leave the other. A good water filter provides near perfect purity, and ultimately removes all contaminants without spoiling the nutritional value of the water.

Impulse buying: future regrets

Electronic water filters are an immediate resource for treating water. An increasing number of homeowners, unwilling to wait, are settling for an impulse water filter, only to regret it later. The water filter is a good idea; however, choosing the correct water filter requires some thought. Spending just a few minutes deciding on the right equipment will prevent future regrets and ultimately provide more value for every penny paid. In most cases, simple and inexpensive purifiers work better than complicated and expensive systems. The underlying technology offered by the brand makes the difference.

Proper water purification technology

Water purification technologies intended for filtration are as simple as boiling through complicated treatment procedures such as activated carbon filtration, distillation, reverse osmosis, membrane distillation, and more. Water comes from the ground, lakes, reservoirs, rivers, canals, rain fog, the sea, and even the atmosphere. Waters from different sources need different technologies.

Home water filters

Home water filters don’t have to be just for drinking. In regions where the water quality is completely poor, filtering becomes necessary for all domestic purposes. The whole house filter, installed at the main water source in the house, supplies filtered water for the whole house. There are specialized water filtration products for purposes other than drinking. However, with most of the focus on healthy drinking water for the home, the drinking water filter should have “selective filtration” technology built in.

Selective filtration for drinking water

Selective filtration for drinking water is actually the best, because this technique purifies contaminants without stripping essential minerals from the water. Filtration systems that have built-in selective filtration technology make use of a combination of filtration technologies such as carbon filtration, ion exchange, and submicron filtration. Not all companies use similar filtration combinations. The types and combinations of filters differ; however, the final purification points to similar contaminants across all brands.

Basic water tests will reveal the predominant contaminants in the water. Choose the brands that offer the highest percentage of purification considering the predominant contaminant in the water. Make sure the resulting water after filtration is free of chlorine, lead, cysts, THMs, VOCs, lindane, alachlor, atrazine, benzene, TCE, or MTBE. The percentage of purification of each contaminant differs between the brands.

With cost in focus, there is more to think about than retail price. Even the best brands need frequent cartridge replacement. Companies that offer the lowest retail price for the product can sometimes charge more than the justifiable price for the cartridge replacement. In some cases, cartridge replacement can be repetitive up to an alarming number of times. Cost per gallon of use, cost per 1000 gallons, or cost per annual use should be considered and compared between brands.

Manufacturers Literature

Certified manufacturer’s literature, whether for potable water, shower filters, or whole house filters, provides documentation and attestation of capacity and performance claims. Companies that do not provide certification or documentation are likely to exaggerate their performance. Some companies show different performance states in different regions, probably because their filters provide different purification results for the type of water used in different regions. Even in cases where claims are certified, it is important to verify whether the certification is legitimate. With the advancement of technology, it is not difficult to produce fake certifications, license seals and holograms.

One-size-fits-all fit

Not a single brand of water purifier can be best for everyone. With water quality, contaminant removal, electricity cost, backwashing, flow rates, and other factors varying between buyers, different brands perform better in different areas.

Check out what real-time consumers have to say about the potential product. Feedback from friends and neighbors who already use a product can provide a clear idea of ​​which product is better. A look at the forums where consumers are discussing the quality of customer service for different filtration products can provide most of the information in deciding on a product.

Personalized comparison, taking into account personal purification needs, makes the difference. With the Internet, information is everywhere, gather information from different sources and decide with a little common sense.