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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So 3-5 water filtration systems waste of money? was thinking about buying.[/quote]Depends on what you want to accomplish.  If you just want good drinking water, an inline charcoal filter will work great and they are all the same technology.  They will remove the chlorine which makes the water taste bad and a lot of other stuff.  Britta pitcher, purr filter, fridge filter and a host of other brands are all the same.  Some have more charcoal than others and cost is all over the place.

The next step up is reverse osmosis.  Some people love them but there are real issues.  It wastes about 3 gallons of water for every one it filters.  The water is then stored in a pressure tank which takes up a good amount of room if you put it under your kitchen sink.  It's better in the basement then hooked up to the fridge water.  From there that water which has sat in that tank, getting warm for days, goes through a final charcoal filter to remove bad tastes from the rubber bladder in the tank.  It's super filtered at that point but prone to getting contaminated.  Most people will not properly service the equipment which involves changing all the filters, cleaning out the whole system with bleach and bleaching the tank at least once a year.  You can buy the R/O set-up yourself at Lowes or online for about $200 or companies will install them for a lot more.

Beyond that, you can buy a tank with a cubic foot of activated carbon if you have municipal water to remove all the chlorine and it will last many years.  Then a water softener.  This system will remove the chlorine then remove all the minerals and you will love the water.  It's great for bathing, washing your hair, drinking, and your dishwasher, washing machine and water heater will all greatly benefit.  Expect to pay $5k or more installed from the in-home sales companies like, Culligan, etc.  Or about $1000 online plus no more than two hours for your plumber to install.  Unless you do it yourself if you're handy.  It's pretty easy.  Just have to add salt to the salt tank once in a while.  It's fairly cheap.[/quote]

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