My wife is pushing for one of these very expensive home water treatment/filtration systems, but it all feels like a scam to me. No one I know has one, so turning to random strangers on the internet for opinions.
Edit: We’re on city water in a decent area. No well water. It’s more about removing the chlorine and microplastics than anything.


You want to know the funny thing about those types of filters? Unless you religiously replace them as soon as they are saturated, they leech the crap they sucked up back into your water. So people who let the filter go too long are drinking water that is worse than they started with.
Huh. That’s good to know. I always changed the filters when I was supposed to, so I never experienced that. Thanks!
No, you just experienced Brita filters doing almost nothing to the water. They only absorb a few tasting chemicals and do fuck all for actually filtering the water.
Project Farm on YouTube has two videos about filters, and Brita et. al. that are about making “tasty” water fail miserably every time.
Thank you for mentioning Project Farm. Now OP and I know where to look for additional information!