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I've got a bad habit of opening a bottle of water, drinking less than half and leaving it somewhere, then forgetting about it and opening a new one.

I understand after a couple days (especially if left uncapped) this is an all-inclusive party for bacteria growth.

Rather than throwing these half-consumed bottles of water, would an effective treatment be to run them through my PUR or Brita Water pitcher in the fridge?

you could boil the water if you were that fearful....

2009-01-17 12:31:34 by Jason Z

Zero Water is a patented, 5 stage, ion exchange gravity water filter system that removes dissolved solids from your tap water. The Zero Water ...

I know on the brita website, it says to hand wash it. However, I was just wondering if anyone has washed it in the dishwasher anyway without problems. Thanks so much!

Well if it says to hand wash it I would, it might melt from the heat in the dishwasher.

2008-07-03 15:36:15 by Megan

Price: $39.99

Water dispenser with filter; reduces chemicals, bad taste and odor in water
Filter-life gauge indicates when filter needs to be replaced
Advanced filtration system; reduces more contaminants than other pour-through filters

Are they from the same company? And i tried the brita filter container, and it got dirty in 2 days or less, i had to clean it out with soap and water because it had these little things floating in it. Is the PUR water container a better buy?

those little black powder particles were from the filter. The filter is a charcoal filter and it's perfectly safe to drink. They actually give charcoal to poison patients to help them clean out their system. It just comes out in your fecal matter.

2008-08-09 19:36:37 by bubbles7070

Price: $25.99

Reduces unpleasant odor
NSF Certified
Filter life of up to 200 gallons

I've been thinking about buying a pitcher to filter water but I'm wondering what exatlcy will it remove? Does it remove chlorine and flouride because that's my main reason for buying one.

It looks like both will reduce the chlorine in your water, but they will not do a lot to reduce the fluoride in it.

Brita's pitcher filters removes "only small amounts of fluoride over the life of the filter." The Brita pitcher filters also reduce the amount of chlorine in the water, reduces copper by 88%, reduces mercury by 91%, reduces 99.99% of cysts (crytosporidium and Giardia), and reduces lead by 97%.

As far as the Pur filter pitchers go...
"The PuR 7-Cup Pitcher using The PuR 1-Stage Filter:

* Combines activated carbon to reduce chlorine, sediment, bad taste, and odor with an ion exchange resin that reduces lead and copper. It also reduces pesticides (lindane, atrazine, and 2,4-D) and chemicals that are linked to increased cancer risk (benzene, TTHMs, and toxaphene)."

On the topic of Pur Filters and Fluoride reduction:
"Our household water filtration products leave the benefical fluoride in your drinking water, which may already be present."

2007-03-18 15:31:21 by Trice

I am sick of the taste of tap water and I bought a pur water filtration system and though it definitely looks more clearer, though I still get a little of that tap water taste... has anyone found one that works very well and yields water that doesn't have a weird taste?

I use the Pur water filter that has a flavor cartridge in it, you can flavor the water (sugar and calorie free) with raspberry or lemon. That helps take the edge off.

You may have very hard water to start with, or problem with your water pipes that may be causing the problem.

If a water pitcher type system doesn't work well enough - you may have to go to a system that is mounted under the sink and uses a much larger filter. They even have whole-house filters that need to be installed by a plumber but are very effective.

Another thing you might try with your existing water filter - is to filter it twice. Add water to your filter and when it is done dripping - pout it into a clean container and then back into the top of the filter to go through the process again.

It can't hurt and it won't cost you anything to try it.

I hope that helps.

2009-01-05 20:25:20 by Janet S