What kind of water filter do you use?

In spite of the Brita pitcher filter, my water tastes horrible. Are there any good recommendations for water filters that eliminate the bad taste?

Welcome to the forum.

Knowing a little about your water source might help our readers advise you on what might be the best filter for you.

City water, well water, etc?

Water does your water taste like?

We use Reverse Osmosis, have you considered something like this?

I've used a Berkey filter on my city tap water and it improved the taste a bit, but it didn't taste really bad to start. The water does have sediment/particulates, every couple months I pull out the filters and give a scrub with a nylon pad.

FWIW, I've been using Zero Water filters for years and they live up to the name, although they are a bit pricey.  

Of course, choosing the best filter for your situation depends on what your working with & trying to achieve  .....you may find this video of interest:



NOTE: The video tests for TDS only, there are other things to consider. In reading the comments for the video, viewers made the following remarks:

(comment by JacksonKnives)
The TDS test is basically meaningless unless you're comparing RO, distillation, and ion exchange filters. Most of these are carbon filters. ZeroWater is cool if you're specifically trying to get deionized water and only need small quantities, but for lots of people with hard water the filters exhaust quickly and it would be cheaper to buy distilled by the gallon.

(comment by DavidL)
Jackson is absolutely correct, TDS is meaningless, at least in the context of these tests.  Each of these filters do different things for different reasons and cannot be compared. Its like saying a hack saw cuts better then a wood saw, but you are only cutting metal. That's true, but a wood saw cuts wood better. The zero filter using ION exchange and is used if you are say, filling an expresso machine and want to avoid calcium.  A life straw is intended to filter out bacteria for emergency purposes and doesn't care about TDS. Charcoal filters do not impact TDS in any real way, They will lower it slightly, but they are not intended to lower it, and if they do, its coincidental.  I have watched many of project farm videos and they are all fantastic, this is where i go for product tests. But this video needs to be flushed out more, no pun intended.

I live in the UK, and in my area town water is treated with chloramination and fluouride is added. Boiling the water or letting it stand doesn't remove the chlorine taste like it used to, chloramination is designed to be waaaaay harder to remove. Our water tastes disgusting.
We don't have space in our small house for a Berkey style filter, and we wanted to remove the fluoride too, which many filters don't, so I chose a Klar jug filter. It's all plastic which doesn't thrill me but the filters last months even filtering about 10L a day, and the water tastes better.

Can you tell us your budget for water filter?

My budget is less than 1000$.

We have used a Biosand Filter for the past 6 years. It has required zero maintenance in that time and only requires regular feedings of well water to remain functional. I built it myself from scavenged materials. The cost was a few dollars for a few pieces of PVC pipe and fittings. The idea came from this website:   https://www.cawst.org/services/expertise/biosand-filter/more-information and I adapted it to suit the materials I had available. We only use it for our drinking and cooking water, so daily throughput is pretty minimal. As far as I know, we are still alive and healthy with minimal signs of monsterism.

1000$ is quite good budget for a water filter. I would like to recommend you to go for LG LT700P water filter. It has large water capacity of 20 gallons. Here are it's main features.

Worth the investment.

Replacement occurs within minutes.

Safe.

Great taste.

Easy to set up.

in searching out water filtration options I was quick overloaded with all the information out there while weeding through all the ads and claims made by different water filtration options.
I ended up getting a Berkey and am very satisfied with it I no longer am being poisoned by water from plastic bottles and my worries of getting sick from drinking water are gone.
one thing I like about it is I didn't have to do any plumbing dealing with the old and oddball sized pipes that are in this old house. still wish I had better water to bathe in but its not that time of year for a bath yet, lol, just kidding.
maybe just my opinion but it seems like it is more and more difficult these days to have clean safe water source even in rural areas.
do you know possibly what the smell is? I had smelly water in previous house and it was like rotten eggs/ sulphur . but pumping it through an aeration holding tank, a tank about 36" diameter and 5' tall with spray bar on top, outdoors before it was pumped into the house eliminated about 95% of the stank.

At the very least I recommend a charcoal filter. But that might require a filter or two in front of it.
$350 https://www.amazon.com/Stage-Water-Filter-Calcium-Chlorine/dp/B081HDBPCL


Now if you want to go the extra mile
Whole House
Existing Well/Spring Pump
$85 Spin Down Filter (50-micron)
$210 4x Big Blue Filter-Housing
$108 3x Big Blue Filter-Media
$113 1x Big Blue Filter-Iron/Mag Media

Just for the Kitchen
Booster Pump
$105 1.7GPM Reverse Osmosis-Housing
$190 1.7GPM Reverse Osmosis-Membrane (2400GPD)