Getting a Countertop Water Filter System

For the money, a countertop water filter system is the best option for pure, filtered drinking water available to the consumer today. With all the varied types of water filtration systems on the market ranging in cost from twenty dollars to several thousand dollars with the most expensive type being one that has to be installed and maintained by a professional plumber, they all do the same thing. It only makes sense to pay less and enjoy clean drinking water more with a countertop water filter system.

How It Works

If instructions make you run for cover, have no fear. Installation instructions for countertop water filter systems are easy to follow. The system obviously sits on top of a kitchen or bathroom counter. The tools you need for the installation are probably already in your garage or tool box. The unit simply hooks to the faucet of the nearby sink and transforms the water you get when you turn on the faucet into crystal clear drinking water.

These countertop units hold more water than a simple filter container. This helps it keep pace with your faucet’s water pressure so you don’t have to wait around for the filtered water to fill your glass or cooking pot like you do with the filter systems which attach directly to the faucet. You’ll also find more elbow room around your sink without a faucet attachment. Having more room in the sink may mean dirty dishes get washed more often which is also a plus.

Using both a particulate and absorption filter, countertop water filter systems will remove reduce chlorine so that water tastes better, and other particle matter from the water as well as some organic matter such as pesticides via the carbon based absorption filter.

Particulate filters are also called mechanical filters or micro filtration units remove sand, bacteria and some pathogens from the water such as Giardia. Although these combo-filtration systems remove the most pollutants, there are countertop systems that use only one or the other. It is up to you which one meets your requirements.

One thing is for certain, these countertop units take up space on the counter. If you have precious room to space in your kitchen or bath, this option, although cost-effective, may not be the ideal option for you. But if clean drinking water is important to you, you still have a pitcher-like container and faucet mounted filter option to consider.