| If you are like me you probably have spent hours or | | | | around 30 gallons. |
| even days researching consumer products of all | | | | Well anyone that has a growing family knows that it |
| sorts. It wasn't until I was looking for water | | | | doesn't take long to go through 30 gallons of drinking |
| purification products for the home that I began to | | | | water. It didn't take long to realize that these multiple |
| realize that the options are endless. | | | | filters were getting costly. |
| I thought that the answer to my water purification | | | | I then started to research the actual costs of water |
| products investigation would be a carafe style filter | | | | purification products and the maintenance of a water |
| system. My first impressions were very wrong. | | | | filtration system. I discovered that my small |
| You've probably heard it a hundred times -- having | | | | inexpensive unit was costing me twice as much as |
| any of the countless water purification systems for | | | | other on-counter water filter products. I found that |
| home is better than no system at all. There is no one | | | | my cheap water filtration system wasn't so |
| who would deny this fact. But its important to realize | | | | inexpensive after all. |
| that not all water filter systems are created equal; | | | | With this lesson learned, I realized that there must be |
| the devil is in the details. | | | | a better way to provide my family with quality |
| I have a confession to make. My first impulse when I | | | | drinking water that wasn't going to tax my monthly |
| was looking for water purification systems for home | | | | budget. Through much research I then found a |
| was to buy a carafe based system at my local | | | | report from the Consumer's Digest magazine showing |
| megamart. | | | | that on-counter water filtration systems are not only |
| I came home that day and pronounced to my | | | | cost effective but are also more beneficial in |
| spouse that I had saved the family money by | | | | removing impurities in the water supply. |
| purchasing this system. | | | | Make no mistake about it, not all water purification |
| After a few weeks I started to realize that the cost | | | | products are made equal. Some products may appear |
| of maintaining my system was costing more than I | | | | attractive initially with the low cost initial investment. |
| expected. It was the old buy a cheap printer and get | | | | The manufacturers then make their profit on multiple |
| dinged paying for the cartridges marketing strategy. | | | | sales of inferior filter components. |
| The same principle applies with pitcher systems. | | | | As an informed consumer, you realize that the most |
| The manufacturers of these systems sell the initial | | | | cost effective products are those that combine |
| filter and pitcher at a cost that is less than a | | | | quality with affordability. The next time you pass by |
| standard counter top system. The problem with this | | | | the cheap water purification systems for home at |
| low cost alternative is that they are effective for | | | | the megamart you're not getting the full story. |