Hello there!
I just moved into a new house, and the water is so terrible that it colours tubs and clothing orange over time due to accumulation. Could you suggest a filter that would help to fix this poor situation? Thank you ahead of time!

Can you recommend a water filter system for the entire house?

Thank you

I also have a question about minerals. I live in Phoenix, and we have hard water, which I don’t mind for drinking. Do the 2 and 3-stage filters remove all minerals?

Hi David, Sorry for your water problems. Have you had it tested for Hard Water?

Thanks in advance!
Margaret Virginia Suazo

You cannot get distilled water from a faucet. Distilled water is essentially water caught from steam. You can either purchase a distiller or you can buy distilled water at most supermarkets.
As an aside…I do not recommend that anybody ever make a habit of drinking distilled water. While it is very pure, it is not good for human consumption.

It is not the easiest tasks especially when you live in a megapolis where the sanitary standards of water are relatively lower.

6 Types of modern water filters https://cookingtopgear.com/types-of-modern-water-filters/

Hi Poppy,
John here…
We can help you with the “rabbit hole” problem. 🙂

A whole house air filter (and water filter) system can make a big difference. I can help you with that stuff. Because it’s a big subject it might be best to get into that stuff directly via email. john@gimmethegoodstuff.org
PS I can also help you with the faucets.

Thanks!

Thanks!

Really appreciate the time and effort you guys have put into your blog. it’s a treasure trove of information. Regard the water filters, I wondered whether a whole house filter would be as effective. If so, can you recommend a brand/line. Thank you!

James

Thanks for the questions re: Chromium 6 in your water.
The short answer is that you do not need a reverse osmosis filter to remove Chromium 6 , and a very wide swath of other harmful chemistry and biologicals from your water.

Our two-stage and 3-stage filter systems do a very good job.

NSW 53 test results show a huge reduction in Chromium VI.
These tests are started only after the filter has already had 20,000 gallons of water run through it! They only fail after over 28,000 gallons had been run through them! That is very very good.

Filter cartridges always perform best at first, but over long periods of time (years) they begin to be less effective. We recommend that you change filter cartridges every 5000 gallons (about 1-2 years).
This means that the test results are for a filter that should have been retired about 5 times!

These filters are VERY effective.

I would not depend on bottled water to supply me and my family with drinking/cooking water. Bottled water is often just tap water from a nearby municipal system…even when the term “Spring Water” is used. It is every bit as likely to contain unacceptable levels of Chromium VI as your tap water.

Our filter systems can be found here…

https://gimmethegoodstuff.org/?s=water+filter

Scroll down to see the options.

We have filters for private wells that absolutely filter for lead and many other chemical and biological contaminates.

Feel free to contact me directly at john@gimmethegoodstuff.org and I can walk you through the process.

Best,
John

I just found out we have lead in our water and need to find a filter for our private well system. I don’t think the filters you carry are for private wells. Can you tell me the name of the manufacturer? Thank you!

Hi Lauren,
Oooops! Yes, there is a typo! Thanks for catching it. It should read “NSF”.

The shower filters are not tested to NSF 53 protocol because they are essentially there to catch chlorine, for which they are tested at another facility and at which they do quite well.
Along the way they do filter lots of other things from the water, but because they are filtering hot water rather than cold, all sorts of things change. Most water filters are not meant to filter hot water. It is, however, important to filter shower/bath water because when chlorine in water is heated it becomes a gas and as we shower we can breathe in quite a bit of chlorine in gas form…NOT GOOD!

We can replace any of the filters for any of the units we sell. I believe they are on our website, but I’ll double check.

Best,
John

Thanks for the questions.

Are your shower filters NSF 53 protocol certified as well? Are the filter replacements for the shower filter the KDF ones available on your website under the other filter replacements, or are those KDF replacements for the kitchen filters? If not, where would I purchase a replacement for the shower filter when needed, or do you replace the whole thing?

Thank you!

Hi Kary,

John here…
You and I have discussed this via email, but it is such a good question in light of new data about Chromium VI, that I hope you don’t mind if I address it in an open forum. We love sharing good questions…

For the rest of you….Kary emailed me today with good questions about our water filter technology. She had spotted the startling news regarding Chromium VI being found in many US water supplies. (Chromium VI is the chemical culprit in the film “Erin Brockovich”).
I’ll admit to thinking that since Ms Brockovich successfully sued the folks who were dumping this toxin, and since it was so widely publicized, that it was no longer of concern to most of us. Boy was I wrong!
This is from the CNN website…

“But this new analysis from the Environmental Working Group, an independent advocacy group, examines evidence from water systems throughout the nation and concludes that the tap water of 218 million Americans contains levels of chromium-6 that the group considers dangerous.”

That got my attention and it got Kary’s attention too! Several months ago Kary had purchase one of our water filtration systems for her home, and today she contacted me wondering how well her new filter system did against Chromium VI.

Happily I was able to show her an independent lab report showing that our KDF/GAC filter reduces Chromium VI by 93%. This means that if water going into the filter has 3 times the EPA allowed amount of Chromium VI, the water coming out of the filter system will have just 0.01 PPM (Parts per million).
So what does that mean? California is proposing what will arguably be the world’s most stringent regulation of Chromium VI in water. The level they are proposing is 0.02PPM. This is less than one half of what the EPA now allows. Thank you California!

So I think that Kary and I can both breathe a bit easier knowing that our filter systems result in only 1/2 of the very strict California allowable levels of Chromium VI. .01 is half of .02

Thanks Kary for your concern…good on you!

If, like Kary, you are concerned about the quality of the water you drink and bathe in, you can go to our site to see our water filter systems.
https://gimmethegoodstuff.org/?s=water+filter

Also, please feel free to contact me directly if you have specific questions.

Best

john@gimmethegoodstuff.org

When the time comes for me to change the fluoride filter do we just email you since this is not on your product shopping list or do you plan to add these items per Graciela’s above comment?

Thank you,
Theodora

Hi Deborah,
John here…
Without knowing the exact filter you are using, the short answer is that a single 5 stage filter must try to “clean” the water with smaller amounts of each filter medium. This means that the water is exposed to each filtering medium for less time.
Depending on the medium, this may or may not effect the percentages of “pollutants” that are filtered.
With larger, dedicated filters, the effectiveness can increase and the filter cartridges ca last much longer.

Thank you!
Carolyn

You can purchase our 3 Stage Countertop filter here: https://gimmethegoodstuff.org/store/countertop-three-stage-water-filter/

You can purchase the shower filter here: https://gimmethegoodstuff.org/store/shower-filter/

You can purchase our bath ball filter here: https://gimmethegoodstuff.org/?s=bath+ball

The filter cartridges in two of the three-stage should be changed every two to three years, depending on how much water you use. The fluoride filter is best to change annually.

We can supply you with the filter cartridges as you need them.

Let me know if you need any help placing an order.

Hi Emily,
We get this question a lot. The short answer is no, these filters do not reduce water pressure. They will not effect the overall water pressure in a home any more than opening any faucet to the same flow might do.

Thanks for the question!