We rarely think about the quality of water that we have to use with you. However, from the point of view of safety and health care, this is an important and urgent issue. Only using a good water filter can you be completely sure of its quality. Note that the filter for water purification, the option is cheaper and practical compared to buying purified water in bottles. The main thing is to make the right choice. In this article we will tell you how to provide your family with quality water and consider the most common options for purifying drinking water. In the article you will find a description of only topical for home use water purification options. The number of cleaning devices is really great, but not all you can buy or not all will be available to you. Therefore, we will describe only the most current and available means for filtering.
The quality of tap water, to put it mildly, is bad as in the provinces in capitals almost all over the world. That is why the issue of purifying drinking water periodically rises in the media, which leads to the emergence of new consumer products for water filtration. Do you have a question: Everyone drinks, everyone is alive, what's wrong with that? You can answer it, but we will not scare you and give you an endless list of possible potential problems. It is safer to drink purified water and believe, the costs of cleaning it will be significantly less than the possible treatment from the consequences of untreated water.
Attachment on the crane
The most affordable and easy to use of all filters. The assortment of nozzles for cranes is quite wide, starting from world producers and ending with our domestic ones (Topaz, Aquafor). The nozzle is attached directly to the tap itself and further does not require additional consumables from you. The convenience of these filters is also in their "independence", you can easily take such a filter with you on a business trip, on a trip to rest or to the dacha. The price range is quite acceptable and varies within the range of $ 10-60. Given this factor, we can safely call this method of water purification the cheapest. It is worth noting one drawback of this technology, it's cleaning efficiency and performance. The performance is really very low among all filtration methods and is approximately 0.5 l / min in the most powerful models.
Pitchers
Due to the combination of availability and simplicity, pitchers are the most popular types of filters. The jug is equipped, as a rule, with one removable cartridge (filter) and provides an average quality of water treatment. Jugs have a good performance, and thanks to its own tank, you can have a stock of 1.5-2 liters of filtered water. The cost of the jug along with the cartridge is about 10-20 $. The average family of 3 people of one replaceable cartridge is enough for about 2-3 months, which is equivalent to 2-4 $ per month.
Flow-through filters
To the flow-through filters are models that are usually installed under the sink or near the sink itself. The effectiveness of water filtration in them depends on the number of installed modules, as a rule, the number of modules varies from 1 to 3. Almost all manufacturers have in their model line flow filters with different number of modules, which will allow you to easily select a filter from the "favorite" company. The main advantage of flowing filters is the supply of filtered water through a separate tap. Thanks to this, you can use, for example, ordinary unrefined dishwashing water, and a filtered take for drinking or cooking. The average cost of such models is about 30-100 $. A set of replaceable cartridges costs $ 10-30 and is spent approximately half a year or a year.
Reverse Osmosis Systems
Reverse osmosis systems are the most & quot; serious & quot; among all water treatment systems. The best indicators of the effectiveness of water purification belong to this particular subgroup. The best quality of water purification is achieved thanks to reverse osmosis technology borrowed by scientists from the wildlife world. The high productivity of reverse osmosis systems also distinguishes them from other categories. It is also worth noting that many reverse osmosis systems are supplied with capacities of 5-10 liters, which will provide you with water for a while if it is not available in the centralized water supply system. The only drawback of reverse osmosis systems is, perhaps, their overestimated cost. Ordinary budget models cost about $ 100-400, the price of top models can fly up to a couple thousand thousands of evergreen. Every few months you will also need a set of replaceable cartridges, which will pour you $ 50-100. Disadvantage can also be considered the difficulty of self-installation and maintenance quite often without the help of a specialist you can not do.
That's basically all, the rest of the system in our review, we will not consider because of their specificity, high cost or rarity of distribution. We hope that we have helped you to choose the filter for water purification. For more accurate, and most importantly, the right choice, let's look at some of the nuances.
Number of stages of cleaning. In flow-through filters and filters based on reverse osmosis, as a rule, a modular system. Different filter blocks are specific and destroy each type of impurities and bacteria. Naturally, it is logical that the more stages of purification, the higher the finished result and the quality of the water. However, on the other hand, the more specialized filters, the higher the final cost of the device, in contrast to devices with universal filters. With multistage protection, it's also natural that consumables will cost you more.
Performance. As mentioned above, different filters have different speed and performance. If you have a large family, it is worth paying attention to this factor, as it will later play an important role.
Accumulation capacity. The filters that are placed under the kitchen sink, as a rule, have more capacious tanks than the desktop options. This function is quite convenient if you use purified water not only for drinking, but also for cooking. Wait until your filter will guide the borsch pan is not always acceptable and practical.
The mineralizer. In recent years, many stationary filters offer the option of mineralization of water. This option allows not only to purify water, but also to mineralize it, saturating with useful substances. There is no single approach or recipe, each manufacturer proposes its own recipe, so objectively advising something here is rather difficult, especially about the health benefits.
Features of filtration. As a rule, different filter models are either universal, or purely specialized for a certain type of purification. The specialized variant naturally copes better with its task, but covers only one problem (there are various specialized filters for fighting chlorine, iron, etc.). The correct selection of a specialized filter is only possible after an individual analysis of your tap water. It is much easier to focus on standard universal filters for cleaning hard water from excess impurities.
Summing up, we think, it is worth paying your attention to the advice of specialists not to save on water filtration and not to forget, in time, to change cartridges. In advance, calculate or you will be ready to constantly pay a certain amount to replace the cartridges in order to maintain the filtration of water at the proper level. Remember, your health is priceless.