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In comparison to other types of water filtration systems, portable water filters don't make the grade. They are usually slow to filter water, have expensive replacement cartridges and can only filter water about a gallon at a time. However, they do have a couple of things going for them. First off - they are portable. You can move them from room to room or house to house. Secondly, they are initially less expensive than getting many other kinds of water filtration systems.
You Can Do it Yourself Another plus on the side of portable water filters is that you don't need to hire anyone in order to install or remove them. However, there are also some POS water filters (point of use) that can be easily screwed onto the faucet, whether or not you are a plumber. But even POS water filtration units need filtration material changes. It's that stuff that does the actual filtering of your water - not the actual unit that holds the filtration media. Finding replacement filtration media is generally easier with portable water filters or even portable water bottle filters than with other kinds of filtration systems. Pitcher-type portable water filters are considered standard merchandise to sell in nearly any department or hardware store in America, Canada or Europe. All of these stores also sell the replacement cartridges or filtration materials.
What They Can't Do Portable water filters can make your water safer to drink - but only to a point. They're not going to be able to filter out nuclear waste, for example. If your local government puts out a warning about not to use the water, don't think that you are safe just because you have a Brita or another brand of small water filters. There's been a lot of talk about distilled water not being as healthy for you as mineral water. Distilled water is usually what public tap water is. It's taken out things like dirt and bacteria, but also strips the water of healthy minerals. One of the advantages of portable water filters is that they don't strip any more of these minerals from your water.
Is This for You? If you need a lot of water filtered immediately, then a small portable water filter won't fulfill your needs. If you're just looking for drinking water for you, then it will fulfill your needs. Think long and hard before buying any kind of water filtration system.
