A Pure Choice: Countertop Water Filter System

A countertop water filter system may be the best water filter system for the price on the market today. There are many choices out there that range from twenty dollars up to thousands of dollars depending on the type of system and how it has to be installed and maintained. A countertop water filter system is easy to install and maintain, as well as keeping a great supply of filtered water on hand at all times.

How it Works

A countertop water filter system can be obtained for anywhere from fifty to three hundred dollars, depending on the system and capacity desired, making it affordable to a broad range of people. The system sits on the countertop, as the name implies, and is hooked to the faucet of the sink. The set up usually has simple directions and uses tools that most people already have in their toolbox, so that almost anyone can readily set up the system and get started with clean water.

The countertop water filter system holds a good supply of water so that the faucet can also be used with unfiltered water. That way the pressure of the water from the faucet is not affected as much as faucet mounted systems are where the water constantly runs through the system. It also frees up a little more room in the sink area than faucet mounted systems.

Countertop water filter systems usually use a combination of particulate filters and absorption filters, although some units only use one or the other. That is an important feature to examine, depending on the amount of filtration desired by the individual. These types of filters usually use carbon or charcoal based filters. The absorption filters remove or reduce chlorine so that water tastes better, and other particle matter from the water. They also remove some organic matter such as pesticides. Particulate filters are also called mechanical filters or micro filtration units. These filters remove sand, bacteria and some pathogens from the water such as Giardia. The use of both filters together in a countertop water filter system ensures the removal of the most contaminates possible for a purer drinking water.

The downside of the countertop water filter system is that it does take up counter space. The larger the capacity of the unit, there more counter space it takes up. Therefore, for homeowners who do not have much counter space to begin with, the countertop unit may not be the best choice in a water filter system.