Reddit mentions of Culligan FM-15A Faucet-Mount Advanced Water Filter, 200 Gallon, White

The EPA allows chlorine levels up to 4ppm (parts per million) in tap water. However, a normal swimming pool is at around this level. Most water is much lower. As a gas, chlorine becomes detectable at around 3ppm. At 30ppm, people start to cough and possibly vomit. At 60ppm lung damage happens. So unless your mother feels very ill after each shower, there's not a problem.

Even if your family are concerned, you can buy filtering faucets and shower heads for a fraction of the cost asked by this man. They cost around $25 for a shower head and about the same for a filter for a faucet. $10,000 is scam territory.

Why do you feel you are entitled to an in-fridge water filter? Most people don't have one. It's a luxury. If filtered water is so important to you, get one for your sink. This one is like 20 bucks.

Of all the major brands of faucet filters I've bought, this is the only one that has never sprung a leak. and the filters are pretty affordable too through amazon subscribe and save.
http://www.amazon.com/Culligan-FM-15A-Level-Faucet-Filter/dp/B00006WNMI/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1381619939&sr=8-1&keywords=culligan+fm-15a

Many water filters work well at removing lead and other impurities. I'm fond of the culligan faucet mount filter. Bought it for the second time recently in California when they used some weird algae tasting water for a while.

https://www.amazon.com/Culligan-FM-15A-Advanced-Faucet-Filter/dp/B00006WNMI

This was the filter, xandarg recommended it. Seems to working fine. Really slow though compared to before. My tap water is only 40ppm? So besides the chloramine it is pretty good.

I might buy RO/distilled by the gallon in the future like you've suggested when I get into living soil or hydro. Right now i'm still using liquid nutrients but with my new plants i'm going to try some worm castings tea. So i'll want to get rid of the chloramine for that. I'll be doing some comparisons though to see if the type of water is really making that much of a difference with my garden when it comes to the tea.

We have really bad water and have been really happy with this one.

Culligan FM-15A Advanced Faucet Filter Kit https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00006WNMI/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_sb0MxbKYDENHH

We bought several of the ones that just snap onto your faucet and every one ended up leaking and turning into a mini-water-fountain within a few weeks. This one actually screws on, so it takes a minute to put on/take off, but it works SO MUCH BETTER. Been using it daily for two years now, and it's under $30.

http://www.amazon.com/Culligan-FM-15A-Level-Faucet-Filter/dp/B00006WNMI/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1324416010&sr=8-1

Upfront cost - ~19 dollars

Maintenance cost - ~12 dollars per 200 gallons

http://www.amazon.com/Culligan-FM-15RA-Faucet-Replacement-Cartridge/dp/B00006WNMJ/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1324416010&sr=8-4

Meaning... the filter can provide you with 1,514 individual bottles of water. So unless this water comes out to 18 cents per 24 pack you are NOT saving anything.

https://www.amazon.com/Culligan-FM-15A-Advanced-Faucet-Filter/dp/B00006WNMI

I live in an apartment near campus. I read the Pittsburgh water report when I moved in and immediately bought one of the water filters that goes on your sink faucet. The free lead test from Pittsburgh would have taken several weeks and sounded really inconvenient - they drop off bottles outside your building, you have to get them and fill them and leave them to get picked up - I wasn't sure how that would work in an apartment building. The other option for testing is buying your own test kit, but a quality test kit is more expensive than a quality filter, and, based on reviews, a lot of them aren't all that accurate. (although also consider that the filter will need to be replaced periodically - in the long run, it is more expensive than a test kit)

For anyone who doesn't want to read the report, Pittsburgh (14.8 µg/L in 2015) is just under the level at which a city is supposed take action for lead (15 µg/L). So, not technically awful, but kinda scary. Hence my filter :) I got this one. It was $20 and well-reviewed by Consumer Reports.

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OK, that makes sense. You can buy one of those filters that goes directly onto your tap if the container filters don't hold enough water. Something like this:

http://www.amazon.com/Culligan-FM-15A-Level-Faucet-Filter/dp/B00006WNMI

Before putting the work in to install though I'd recommend trying a simple container filter to make sure you approve of the taste.

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You can get an NSF certified water filter for under $20. Among other things, NSF certification ensures that the filtrate and hardware do not contain unsafe levels of lead and that the filter actually removes what it claims it removes (primarily testing for cryptosporidium, giardia cysts, lead, and chlorine).

This is the cheapest / best / easiest option I found when I switched to filtered water. It takes out the chlorine flavor. It's really easy to install, and it works well.

Have you tried a Culligan filter? In my old town the tap water tasted like drinking out of a swimming pool, but the filter made it 100% better.

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I think you're going to get the culligan water faucet filter since you have less hours this would be sensible so you have the cleanest water... Idk

Just buy a tap filter for $20. I have this one and love it.

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Really, on a Monday?