Brita Mistral Water Filter

Advantages: Great tasting water,no impurity no chlorine..
Disadvantages: lcd timer batteries running out and changing filters

Well where to start, I live in the south of england in what I consider a damn hard water area. I always avoided drinking our tap water because of its Chlorine treated taste and if I did drink it,it would normally only be with Ribena or orange squash so as to mask the taste. At the beginning of last year I decided on a Britta Jug it set me back £10 with a few filters to get me started. Now being quite a sceptical chap I set about unboxing the ...
...and inserting a filter,at the same time thinking to myself, "hmmm how good is this" and "hmmm dear god how long to filter the water". Well after filling the top of the jug with water and watching it drip drip through, I poured myself a glass of water, smelt it ,no chlorinesmell, then tasted it and I was totally knocked back by how the water now tasted. It was superb it tasted sweet and clear of any chlorine. Now I am like quite a few too many ... Read review

Advantages: Turns chlorine laden bilge into sweet drinkable water
Disadvantages: Remembering to chnge filters every 4 weeks

...about it. We saw a Brita Mistral filter reduced by a few pounds in Safeway, along with a 4 for the price of 3 pack of cartridges so we decided to try it. The difference it makes is tremendous. Our ghastly, stinking North Surrey Water finest is now sweet and delicious. I'm never one for going over the top so believe me, it does work exceedingly well and the fltered water produced tastes really fresh. These things use a cartridge containing carbon ...
...don't know the chemistry involved but carbon filters are used in all sorts of places for the same job). You simply fill the top part of the jug with tap water and it passes through the filter, collecting in the clear bottom part of the jug. Only takes 3 or 4 minutes for about 2 litres of water. The lid on top seals the unfiltered water in, so you can actually pour out clean water whilst there is still unfiltered water in the top. The instructions ... Read review

Advantages: fresh water
Disadvantages: cartridges pricy

My old water filter is a casualty of building works, it got crushed. So when I was in tesco’s I decided to buy another. They only had 2 on offer both britta filters I bought the family 2 litres for £11 when the kitchen is finished we intend to get a filter to put on the drinking water tap. This filter jug is a round shape difficult to fit in fridge is made of plastic clear at the base, the lid and holder for the filter and unfiltered water ...
...have used it to fill my kettle for tea and coffee. The water tastes fine it is clear not cloudy. This filtered water is better for my kettle than tap water, it stops the calcium build up on the elements Living in a chalky area as I do the water is very hard. Water filters filter away impurities from the water .We discovered our mains drinking water pipes are made of lead and the water filter filters some of the lead from our water. We queried the ... Read review