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January 28, 2008
A very good water filter.
FYI, our installers have been using this pre-packaged water filter with outstanding results.
http://www.aquadepot.com/sku.php?ID=3
It’s worth a look if you’ve had enough of plastic bottles or water deliveries.
Notice that in addition to the usual dirt and sediment removal features, it also filters out lead, chlorine, cysts and giardia…those are bad.
It works best when installed under your sink with a small, separate dispenser next to your faucet to avoid wasting filter usage. The water it provides is extremely clean.
I have nothing to do with the filter company and there are surely others that do a similarly good job. This is just one I’ve been using that seems to be very reliable.
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Is a water filter a necessary expense for the general population in Brooklyn?
Posted by: guest at January 28, 2008 1:25 PM
Geez. The water here is great, at least in Park Slope. Some minimal Brita-level filtering is sufficient. Just WHAT are you trying to get out of the water?
Posted by: BrooklynCouch at January 28, 2008 1:36 PM
Once you get one of these kind of things and look at the dirty filter, you'll see the sediment you don't want to drink. It's shocking the rusty color that just comes from the pipes.
Posted by: guest at January 28, 2008 2:10 PM
The water may be great in Park Slope, but in most old brownstones and other old buildings, it travels through lead water mains and pipes. Did you see the article about how the changes in our aging brains may not be due to aging at all, but due to the accumulation of lead in our brains over time? I really wonder how much my Brita filters out. And the rusty water that comes out of the rusty pipes in every brownstone I ever lived in may be proving me with needed iron (really), but I don't know what else is in there....
Posted by: guest at January 28, 2008 2:26 PM
I have been looking into these because 1. I see bits of rusty debris in my NYC water and 2. I am trying to cut down on water bottles. Thanks for the review.
Kudos to you for sharing.
Posted by: guest at January 28, 2008 4:32 PM
We had our water main replaced (was lead) with brand new 1" copper and when we retested 2 month slater STILL had small traces of lead from the first flush sample.
Water filters are a GOOD idea people.
Posted by: guest at January 28, 2008 5:26 PM
Thanks for the rec, Master Plumber. That looks like a nice unit.
However, I can't get over how these filter companies get away selling ~$300 filters with PVC fittings and tubing. I suppose I should not complaint too much since all the filters I've seen (and it looks like this one as well) have threaded ports so you can replace the plastic elbows with something that is not begging to be broken under the sink.
Even so, some stainless lines with an assortment of adapters and a 3/8" T that connects to the shutoff is a much better arrangement, and it is surprising someone doesn't sell them that way.
Posted by: bugleg at January 28, 2008 5:40 PM
How about a very cheap water filter. You got one of those?
Or even moderately cheap.
Posted by: Left Hook at January 28, 2008 5:42 PM
bugleg, look at the little buttler system by franke. they upgraded our old pvc model to the new stainless for free 2 years after the fact.
Posted by: guest at January 28, 2008 6:40 PM
"Some minimal Brita-level filtering is sufficient"
AFAIK a Brita does more or less the same job as this under-sink filter which is certainly more convenient.
I've never used a filter in NYC. Perhaps lead accumulation in my brain accounts for the quality of my posts here :-)
Posted by: Bob Marvin at January 29, 2008 8:13 AM
The Brita pitchers don't come close to doing what a filter like this does.
Left hook, I don't have any filters at all. I just install what a client buys.
When they have trouble choosing a product, I help where I can.
Posted by: Master Plvmber at January 29, 2008 8:21 AM
From the research I've done on the subject, this is bs. If you run your tap water until cold, i.e., flush out standing water, you are not going to typically have any lead problem; a brita-type filter, which I use primarily for chlorine, will eliminate almost everything that's left.
And guess what? The pictured filter doesn't eliminate every lead atom either.
The most compelling reason, at least in Brooklyn, to have a water filter of the kind depicted is that it doesn't need the frequent replacement of a brita filter, and will filter for an entire residence, perhaps.
Plumbers like the filters--gue$$ why?!
Posted by: BrooklynCouch at January 29, 2008 2:27 PM
What does it cost to install one of these filters under a kitchen sink? Also, is there a separate faucet added for these or does all water end up being filtered, so I would be washing dishes, etc with filtered water too? Thanks
Posted by: ari11210 at February 4, 2008 11:54 AM
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