Kitchen drinking water tap filter

Hello All,

At the moment, I'm using a Britta jug to filter drinking water. I'm thinking of replacing the tap with one with a built in filter.... does anyone know if taps with built in filters are better and provide cleaner water?

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  • grumbler
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    I think that this depends on your definition of 'better' and on what you want to clean your water from.


    I guess they are better for removing solid particles.
  • phill99
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    They both use charcoal fllters, so the technology is the same. The filter taps have a much larger charcoal filter fitted under the sink and work out cheaper than buying the equivalent number of brita cartridges. Therefore, the cost of filtered water per litre is lower. The amount of water available through a filtered tap is infinite, whereas you have to wait for the jug system to filter through.


    You probably need to define what your requirements are.
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  • elsien
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    Tap water is safe to drink, so you may need to explain what you mean by cleaner?
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  • coffeehound
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    Brita jugs soften water a bit, which most under-sink filters do not. If you are in a hard water area, you will get more scaling-up in the kettle and scum on the surface of hot drinks if you move away from using Brita.

    But if you are in a soft water area and won't miss the softening effect, then you should be happy with the under-sink filter which will remove the chlorine and other tastes/odours giving a nicer drink.
  • grumbler
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    phill99 wrote: »
    They both use charcoal fllters, so the technology is the same.
    I don't know about tap filters, but Brita have Ion Exchange Resin granules in addition to activated carbon.
  • Carrot007
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    Brita jugs soften water a bit, which most under-sink filters do not.


    Which would be a horrible idea for drinking water.
  • coffeehound
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    Carrot007 wrote: »
    Which would be a horrible idea for drinking water.

    The small amount of sodium ions added by the exchange is not a medical problem AFAIK (assuming that is what you meant).
  • nickcc
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    The cost of replacing cold tap water filters would be very expensive compared to your Brita jug. We fill our filter jug about 4 times a day and replace the filter when the water starts to taste of chemicals, about once every 3 months. The problem with cold water tap filters is all your cold sink water is filtered which you don't need.
  • grumbler
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    nickcc wrote: »
    The problem with cold water tap filters is all your cold sink water is filtered which you don't need.
    AFAIK, it's usually a separate tap for drinking water only.
  • Slinky
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    You could look at a Phox Water jug which is similar to Brita but instead of replacing cartridges, they send you replacement cartridge contents so it's more environmentally friendly. Works pretty well in our very very hard water area.
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