Do you want the very best under sink water filter?
The answer is complicated. What you need depends on what contaminants are in your water to begin with. I refer you to my discussion on that topic here, but if your water supply is clean enough that a kitchen water filter can remove the contaminants then my Kitchen Defender is superior to others on the market. It uses four separate technologies in three stages to provide you the most complete protection available: removing chlorine, chloramine, all chlorine byproducts, reducing or removing fluoride and arsenic, and providing a 1 micron sediment barrier.
The 3 stage Kitchen Defender is ideal for city water that comes from a protected water source. One benefit of using Sweetwater's Kitchen Defender is knowing that you're using the best kitchen water filter for the purpose of making your water healthy - by removing the harmful chemicals added by public water systems. However in most cases the water calls for different treatment such as reverse osmosis.
How Do You Decide What to Buy?
If you've been reading my website, you now realize that the entire premise of my business is that you can't buy an under sink water filter of any kind without first looking at your local water report. Everyone's water is different. There is no one size fits all filter, although it is true that you could just buy my reverse osmosis in any situation and you would be covered. However, you may not need reverse osmosis. If you live in Seattle, San Francisco or the East Bay (CA) for instance, my Kitchen Defender is actually a better choice and less expensive. This is true anywhere that has a protected water source such as a reservoir that stores rain or melted snow. Your goal in that case is simply to remove the chemicals added by your city.
Some contaminants cannot be removed by any basic carbon water filter and will require a reverse osmosis system, which provides more thorough purification. Examples include nitrates, pharmaceuticals, radioactive metals, and high dissolved solids (tds over 250 ppm).
The point is: we don't know until we look at your water report. That's why we talk. It would be much easier for me to sell filters online but then I would have no way of knowing if you've ordered the right product for your situation. Talking to every potential customer is exhausting but effective.
If your water comes from a river and there are cities upstream of where you live then I will suggest you use my custom reverse osmosis system - due to the presence of extremely dangerous unregulated contaminants.
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