Pitcher filters aren’t the best way to clean your tap water. But they’re a good start. They can strip out unappetizing flavors and funk, and filter common contaminants from your drinking water.

A measure of how effectively the filter removed flavor taints, along with the resulting odor taints, that CR added to plain water with minimal intrinsic flavor and odor (the "control" water). The test ...

Personally, I've never been a fan of water filters. My dad gets onto me for drinking tap water and, up until about three months ago, he was dedicated to a leading brand, switching out the filters on ...

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If you’re like a majority of Americans, the water from your household tap travels through miles of aquifers, pipes, and treatment systems before landing in your glass. One of the easiest ways to boost ...

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There are several ways to filter tap water, including filter pitchers, water softeners, ultraviolet treatments, faucet filters, and reverse osmosis systems. With so many options, it’s important to ...

It’s easy to overlook the need to wash your water filter pitcher when you’re only ever filling it up with water. After all, how dirty can it get? But just like reusable water bottles, pitchers can be ...

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We found that most water filter pitchers will purge your tap water of bad tastes and odors, but the worst ones we tested were slow and prone to clogging Looking for a water filter pitcher? Consider ...