I bought my Brita pitcher when my son was a baby. Having clean, filtered water to give him seemed like a great idea to me. I used it for awhile, but it became inconvenient. One pitcher of Brita water doesn't go very far, then you have to refill it and wait for a new pitcher full to drain through. It became more trouble than it was worth. Also, in those days the replacement filters seemed expensive. They're always pushing the Brita filters on Biggest Loser, so after several years of being shoved in the back of a cabinet, I recently washed it out and bought some new filters for it and began using it again.
So does the Brita filter really work? The flyer that comes in the package says it can't purify contaminated water, but it can remove certain minerals that may make your tap water taste bad. I found this article on a website called eHow. I'm not sure how credible that website or this information may be, so take it for what it is, but it's interesting:
All Brita devices use a two-part filtration system. The first is a sheet made of carbon that is activated by heat in order to make it extremely absorbent. The carbon is covered with large pores which give it a greater surface area. These pores suck in all impurities as they are poured through. Leftover ions are caught by an ion-exchange resin which neutralizes the ations and cations. The whole process takes place in just a few minutes and what you are left with is a purified glass of water which the company guarantees has a reduced level of Chlorine, lead, copper, cadmium and mercury. Keep in mind, the water also contains a reduced level of fluoride and the chlorine, that was added, was there to prevent bacteria growth; therefore, leaving a glass of filtered water around for more than 48 hours is definitely not recommended. Because, the filter holds no means of killing any bacteria, changing the filter on a regular basis (which the company suggests is around 3 months) is a must; otherwise, you are just pouring your water through a sheet of carbon ridden with bacteria and other impurities.
Mary's opinion....It takes more than one Brita pitcher full to make a pot of coffee, but if you don't mind constantly filling the thing up, and you make sure to keep the pitcher and the filter really clean, you will filter out some things that sound undesirable. But if you're planning to let your pitcher sit in the fridge for a couple of days, you may just end up with a belly full of bacteria, in worse shape than if you'd just had water straight from the tap.
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What about those filter thingys that you can attach to your faucet? You still have to change a filter regularly but that seems much more convenient to me. When I stay across the river, it's country water, not city and to us, it just tastes different. I'm sure it's fine but I bought one of those Walgreen's brand by Culligan pitchers and I use the heck out of it.
We have one of those at the office. I suppose it works the same way as the pitcher, and yes it's much more convenient.
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