Water filter for drinking water only?
We often "dry camp" at a camp ground that has electricity but no water at the sites. We fill the water at the campground and the water is not the best. We use a ton of water bottles for anything we ...
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Sam Spade wrote:Rover_Bill wrote:
Most of the filters that have been discussed/recommended are in-line water FILTERS. These units are installed or attached to your exiting water lines and filter water at about 3-5 gallons per minute. The various filters remove different sized PARTICLES and some BACTERIA from the water. This filtered water is good for washing your hands, pots and pans, showers, muddy boots, and flushing the toilet. Most of these filters are not certified to clean water to EPA drinking standards.
Maybe not but some don't miss it too far.
The ones using micro-activated charcoal remove all kinds of contaminants including heavy metals, some dissolved gasses and even some bacteria. They also remove most of the residual chlorine that you or the city adds to keep "stuff" from growing in transit.
If you are going to act like an expert, you should at least try to get some actual facts.
You get what you pay for.
Don't buy a cheapo filter and expect it to convert contaminated water to pure drinking water.
If you want a decent filter expect to pay a decent price.
Those Britta things are next to useless. They remove some things and make it taste slightly better but it stops there. Throw the Britta in the garbage where it belongs.
After doing a lot of reading and research and even attending a couple seminars, I bought a small compact unit made by Amway. Too bad they quit making the compact unit. I got one off eBay. This unit takes out all the harmful stuff even including the cryptosporidium virus.
Spend a few bucks and you can get a good filter for clean pure drinking water. There are many to choose from.
