Hello:

Water at our new place is pretty poor, and have decided to purchase
one of those spigot mounted filters for the kitchen faucet.

Guess there are 2 primary brands: Pur, and Brita

Anyone have any opinions regarding which is more effective, filter
replacement costs, construction quality, etc. ?

Thanks,
Bob

Robert11 wrote:
Hello:

Water at our new place is pretty poor, and have decided to purchase
one of those spigot mounted filters for the kitchen faucet.

Guess there are 2 primary brands: Pur, and Brita

Anyone have any opinions regarding which is more effective, filter
replacement costs, construction quality, etc. ?

Thanks,
Bob


Can't give you an opinion on the Pur; but I've used the Brita, and it did
the job for me, and the cartridges were easy to change, and comparable or
less, in cost to replace.
bj

Robert11 wrote:
Hello:

Water at our new place is pretty poor, and have decided to purchase
one of those spigot mounted filters for the kitchen faucet.

Guess there are 2 primary brands: Pur, and Brita

You can get, cheaper, more convenient results with an undersink filter for
the cold water line. I like the InstaPure IR10 cartridges as they take out
any sediment as well as rust and last 4 or 5 months.

You can get, cheaper, more convenient results with an undersink filter for
the cold water line. I like the InstaPure IR10 cartridges as they take
out
any sediment as well as rust and last 4 or 5 months.

What's less expensive, filter-wise, filtering only the water you 'need' or
filtering all the cold water out of the tap?

"wkearney99" wrote in message

What's less expensive, filter-wise, filtering only the water you 'need' or
filtering all the cold water out of the tap?

I don't know for sure, but I spend $30 a year and never worry about putting
the filter in the right position. Those cartridges for the smaller units
are not very cheap.

On Sun, 10 Jul 2005 12:20:33 -0400, "Robert11"
wrote:

Hello:

Water at our new place is pretty poor, and have decided to purchase
one of those spigot mounted filters for the kitchen faucet.

Guess there are 2 primary brands: Pur, and Brita

Anyone have any opinions regarding which is more effective, filter
replacement costs, construction quality, etc. ?

I had a Culligan in my previous apartment and it worked fine. I liked
the feature of being able to filter or not filter the water by turning
the switch. The LED display gave an indication of the state of the
filter.

Sue(tm)
Lead me not into temptation... I can find it myself!

What's less expensive, filter-wise, filtering only the water you 'need' or
filtering all the cold water out of the tap?

I don't know for sure, but I spend $30 a year and never worry about putting
the filter in the right position. Those cartridges for the smaller units
are not very cheap.
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If Ed's install is similar to mine (OmniFilter), there's a separate
spout mounted on the sink deck for filtered water. Only the water I
want to filter gets filtered. I go through 2 filter changes a year,
which costs about 45.00 and is VERY good filtration.