Do brita filters reduce calcium, iron, and particulates? If so what are the specs?
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The only claims Brita makes is that their filters reduce the following chemicals - copper, mercury, cadmium. And, the following substances - chlorine (taste & odor) and zinc (mettallic taste.) I use the filters for drinking water and making ice cubes & coffee or tea. I hope this helps.
1488687
Not sure about the things you are asking about. My understanding is that the filters are for filtering out heavy metals from the water such as lead, murcery etc. It definatly makes the water taste MUCH better regardless..hope that helps!
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It could be defective. However, I know after you replace one, and the older filter has captured a lot of particulates in it, the water flows through it slowly. When a new one is put in, it seem to flow through fast just because it hasn't captured any of the microscopic particulates yet. As the activated charcoal in the filter captures more particulates, it will begin to slow down some. I suggest you call Brita on their customer service number and express your concerns. Most of the time these companies are very interested in making sure you are satisfied, so call them.
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No, I do not think that this filter will remove any significant amount of minerals dissolved in the water; nor does it "purify" water.
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If you have really high iron, higher than 5-6 ppm, then you should use a separate iron filter in line first. The air injection platinum iron filter or filox iron filter, followed by a water softener. Visit afwfilters for more info on those. Mark 785-735-9769
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I'm not an expert in this subject by any means so take the answer with a grain of salt (no pun intended). An RO system should remove calcium as it does other bound molecules (there is very little free calcium floating in water). If you have water with very high concentrations of Ca, you may have to change the filters more often. Pretreating the water with a descaling filter might help with this but you would have another filter to change so it might be just as easy to change the filters on your RO more frequently. Good luck. Hope this helped
1398375
We have never used the filter, if you check the set-up I believe it gives the choice to use or not. Brita should be just fine.
1660514
I have no idea, but the filter removes calcium, which is why I put it in front of my on demand water heater, to protect the coils. I have both a sediment filter (by the well) and this filter on the hot water line. They serve different purposes. But I am dealing with a fair amount of sediment, since I have well water.
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Yes but I have only had it a short time and although the green does not show, Brita assures me that it will show red when the filter is no longer working. I was happier with the old type which showed green that the filter was operational and blinked red when the filter neared the end of its life, and solid red when it was time to replace it.
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The BWF100 water filters are the same as those available on the Breville® website. However, the site does state that they assist in reducing water hardness. Water Hardness is the mineral content of your water, the harder the water the higher the content. These filters do assist in reducing that hardness when used in any compatible Breville® machine.
142024
I use the Brita's plastic water bottle, it works well and you can get automatic shipments of the filters every 3 months. The plastic part is great because it doesn't chip or break.
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Here are the recent lab results of the Berkey with the black filters: www.waterfilterlabs.com/Big-Berkey-gravity-water-filter-heavy-metals-lab-results.html. States that it removes 100% of lead. There are also the white ceramic filters which were not tested so I don't know about those removing all the lead. This is a webpage from naturalnews.com put out by Mike Adams the Health Ranger
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The basic answer is "Yes". The set of cartridges first removes large particles with a 5 micron filter, then uses a carbon filter to remove chlorine and a few trace organics, and last of all the RO membrane cartridge stops most of the ions dissolved in the water. If you have soft water then no calcium or magnesium will get through the system (a water softener does not remove arsenic). There will be trace amounts of sodium and potassium with counter ions of bicarbonate and chloride left in the water. Any other compounds will be so small as to not be detectable even with advanced testing equipment. The basic answer is "Yes". The set of cartridges first removes large particles with a 5 micron filter, then uses a carbon filter to remove chlorine and a few trace organics, and last of all the RO membrane cartridge stops most of the ions dissolved in the water. If you have soft water then no calcium or magnesium will get through the system (a water softener does not remove arsenic). There will be trace amounts of sodium and potassium with counter ions of bicarbonate and chloride left in the water. Any other compounds will be so small as to not be detectable even with advanced... » Read More The basic answer is "Yes". The set of cartridges first removes large particles with a 5 micron filter, then uses a carbon filter to remove chlorine and a few trace organics, and last of all the RO membrane cartridge stops most of the ions dissolved in the water. If you have soft water then no calcium or magnesium will get through the system (a water softener does not remove arsenic). There will be trace amounts of sodium and potassium with counter ions of bicarbonate and chloride left in the water. Any other compounds will be so small as to not be detectable even with advanced testing equipment. « Show Less
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"Does BRITA reduce / remove fluoride ?The BRITA Water Filter System does not remove fluoride from tap water. Fluoride is a negatively charged ion and does not react with the components of the BRITA Filter Cartridge."--from:http://www.brita.com.au/customerservice/faqs-jugs_and_cask
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I believe the orange water will pass right through this filter. It may stop some suspended iron particles but not dissolved iron, which is what it sounds like you have. Various, special filter systems are most likely needed to deal with this type water.
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Since these filters don't remove dissolved minerals, they won't keep your dishes from spotting. Also, they have a pretty limited filtering capacity and only filter organic compounds and solid particles trapped with activated charcoal. This approach would only increase your hassles but would be a total waste of your resources. I don't recommend water softener systems based on zeolite because of the need for large quantities of salt needed to periodically recharge the zeolite to purge the calcium and magnesium. In addition, in the softening process, the Ca and Mg are replaced by sodium (Na) that is not healthy for use as drinking water. Since these filters don't remove dissolved minerals, they won't keep your dishes from spotting. Also, they have a pretty limited filtering capacity and only filter organic compounds and solid particles trapped with activated charcoal. This approach would only increase your hassles but would be a total waste of your resources. I don't recommend water softener systems based on zeolite because of the need for large quantities of salt needed to periodically recharge the zeolite to purge the calcium and magnesium. In addition, in the softening process, the Ca and Mg are replaced by... » Read More Since these filters don't remove dissolved minerals, they won't keep your dishes from spotting. Also, they have a pretty limited filtering capacity and only filter organic compounds and solid particles trapped with activated charcoal. This approach would only increase your hassles but would be a total waste of your resources. I don't recommend water softener systems based on zeolite because of the need for large quantities of salt needed to periodically recharge the zeolite to purge the calcium and magnesium. In addition, in the softening process, the Ca and Mg are replaced by sodium (Na) that is not healthy for use as drinking water. « Show Less
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I am not satisfied with the performance of the Ceramic filters so far. They leave too many solids and do NOT filter fluoride. I would stick with black filters.
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They don't always work immediately. The scotch brite tip works, allow the filter to dry entirely and then when resubmerged in water allow a day for it to become saturated with water all the way through. I promise they work and I personally believe a slower filter is not such a bad thing. Allowing some way for the system to vent is critical as well, get creative. Messing with that ceramic filter a lil bit is a lot less effort than carrying cases of water. The Dude..... I'll gladly take those off your hands.