Comments on: The Best Water Filters Of 2010

By: Bruno

Bruno — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:39:16 +0000

ECOLOBLUE is the best thing ever…

It is expensive but worth every penny..

By: Sean

Sean — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:26:25 +0000

The minerals can be added back to the water, which does improve the taste, if nothing else. Also, I don’t see how a filter could selectively remove everything but trace minerals.

By: Long time cpap machine user

Long time cpap machine user — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:47:53 +0000

i know what you mean, i have sleep apnea and it’s so difficult to clean the part of my machine where the water is held because of the buildup after so long, in the beginning i just used tap until we figured out what was going on… i live in a third world country now tho, and all i can use is a distiller so i wont have to deal with the pain in the butt of having to clean out that contraption! =]

By: Chris

Chris — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:39:38 +0000

I’m sorry, but that is just plain wrong. The amount of nutrients in any water is miniscule. You want to replace the minerals you lose by drinking a glass of distilled water?: lick your arm. The reason hospitals give .91% saline is that it is the same salt concentration as the body and is thus safe to give quickly and in large amounts. Dont worry, if you drink too much of any type of water, youre posterior pituitary will release less anti-diuretic hormone and youre kidneys will produce more dilute urine.

Distilled water is perfect, and if you want, add some minerals for taste, particularly if youre going to use it to make some good tea.

By: Richard SoCal

Richard SoCal — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 22:04:20 +0000

sonaki showerhead rusted on the inside. avoid sonaki. try others.

By: herbolaryo

herbolaryo — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:09:31 +0000

I think the criteria for the most metaefficient water filter should be the one which removes the most contaminants (pesticide, benzene,heavy metals) but at the same time retains the essential minerals/ nutrients in water.
Distilled water is NOT for long term drinking. The human body needs minerals like Calcium, fluoride, etc. That is why in hospitals, IV fluids have NACl in it.
Imagine what will happen if you infuse distilled water in your veins.

Although there are other source for this minerals in food, the most basic and essentially “free” source is our water supply.

With that… Distilled water is OUT as a drinking water source…

To get the most metaefficient water filter, we should check their efficiency in removing the contaminants. The NSF test the “claims” of the manufacturer and certify their water filter system…

http://www.nsf.org/certified/dwtu/

You can see the percentage of removal of contaminants posted in the nsf website or the manufacturer’s website in the nsf links. (As you can see in the website, there are a lot of water filter system available out there)

Ergo, the most metaefficient is an NSF certified product which removes the most contaminants and retain the essential nutrients/minerals.
There are websites which compares their efficiency in removing contaminants such as these…

http://www.waterfiltercomparisons.com/water_filter_comparison.php

I have yet to see a website which compares all available water filter in the market.

I hope metaefficient can research on this…

By: jesmum

jesmum — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 01:57:36 +0000

My husband needs to use distilled water for his sleep apnea machine. We’ve been buying bottled water for months, and I’m feeling guilty about the amount of plastic bottles we’ve gone through. I don’t plan to drink the water from the distiller we got, but I’m happy to have it now

By: Elemental LED staff

Elemental LED staff — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 19:35:28 +0000

I wonder whether everyone needs a water filter? Here in Portland, Oregon, the water is the best I’ve ever tasted, but does good taste equal pure water?

By: John

John — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 00:30:56 +0000

I ordered a counter top filter system from Crystal Quest. The unit leaked. I called them and had a terrible customer service. They acknowledged the problem, but they said I would have to pay a 30% restocking fee on the product even if it’s defective. I would go for any other brand but not Crystal Quest! It’s a rip off!

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 20:19:15 +0000

Tim,

I wouldn’t lose too much sleep over the energy use. CO2 is a tiny molecule that makes up only 0.034% of the earth’s atmosphere, and despite its increase in the atmosphere, the earth has been cooling for over a decade, which will likely continue for a couple decades more:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8299079.stm

Furthermore, it has been revealed that a significant amount of the weather stations that showed warming were not in their prescribed geographical location, and that many suffered from human development warming bias:

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/environment/article7026317.ece

Add to that the scandal of faked climate data and the debunking of many of the original tenets of human-caused (anthropogenic) global warming (AGW):

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/environment/article7004936.ece

On top of the empirical evidence, the scam of AGW can be clearly seen in no other than Mr. Al Gore himself, who, despite having a carbon footprint >30x the average US citizen (probably thousands of multiples of the average human CO2 footprint), he has increased his claimed net-worth from 1-2 million to 100 million in the last decade.

Intellectually, scientifically, economically, and using common sense, AGW is clearly a scam.

The irony, and tragedy (other than the blatant power and money grab of the powers that be), is that it takes so much attention away from real environmental problems: habitat destruction, invasive species, destruction of resources (e.g. declining fisheries), and so on, which are NOT fixable.

But I’m afraid that too many people have already been duped into investing emotionally into the belief that CO2 is the enemy.