Should a water purifier be installed? How can an ordinary family determine whether they need water purification equipment at home?

Should I install a water purifier or not? How to determine whether the average family needs a water purifier?

To be honest, about “water purifier need to install”, my friends around me almost every year to discuss two or three times. Some people think it's an IQ tax, while others are convinced that tap water can't be drunk directly and must be filtered. In fact, everyone's situation is really different, we do not need to blindly follow the trend, today I want to talk to you about this topic: water purifier in the end for which families? How to determine whether our home in the end there is a need to install?

First of all, what is a water purifier for

To put it simply, a water purifier is to further filter the tap water, the inside of the large particles of impurities, residual chlorine, heavy metals and even bacteria and other harmful substances to be removed, so that we can drink to the mouth of the water is cleaner and healthier.

Common household water purification equipment on the market is mainly divided into three categories: ultrafiltration, reverse osmosis (RO), activated carbon filtration. Some are alone, there are a variety of combinations together. For example, some machines focus on “ultrafiltration + activated carbon”, some are pure RO reverse osmosis that “watertight” type.

Why many people began to pay attention to the safety of drinking water

In fact, the overall standard of our national urban water has been very high, but the transportation process may still be secondary pollution, such as the old neighborhood pipeline rust, cistern cleanup is not in place, as well as the newly renovated house pipeline residual impurities and so on. These problems, although not everyone will encounter, but once encountered, children or the elderly gastrointestinal weakness, it is quite easy to upset stomach. There are some areas because of the special geographical environment, the tap water source itself, high mineral content, or pesticide and fertilizer residues, but also really let a lot of families worried. Therefore, more and more people are beginning to consider an additional insurance - to buy a reliable water purifier.

How to scientifically determine whether your home is “just need household”

In fact, do not be too entangled in advertising or sales recommendations, self-testing, you immediately have a clear idea:

1. Your family's drinking habits

If your family usually boil tap water to drink, and there is no odor, there is no obvious color change, and has been used with great peace of mind, you can in fact do not have to rush to install. The water can be installed in a hurry. On the contrary, if you often directly cool white, raw cold tea or cooking on the taste of high requirements, it is recommended to install a more secure. 

2. The age of the district and the condition of the pipeline

Living in an old neighborhood / old building, often see the yellow rust-colored precipitation? Turn on the faucet for the first few seconds to flow are cloudy or yellowish tap water? This situation is mostly caused by aging pipes, you can consider getting a product with ultra-filtration function or RO function. If the new neighborhood, pool and supply pipe are relatively new, the problem is relatively less, but occasionally you should pay attention to check the storage tank hygiene.

3. Is there any baby/elderly/special people at home

These people have weak immunity and are more vulnerable to microorganisms or metal ions than adults. If there are pregnant women, children or weak people at home, the budget allows a reliable brand of filtration equipment, health is definitely a plus!

4. Geographical differences

Some areas in the south, especially Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai, some places with low hardness but more impurities; while some cities in the north are rich in underground minerals, resulting in “thousands of rolls” after the teapot summarizes a layer of white scale. What type of equipment can be selected at this time according to the actual needs of the choice: if you just want to improve the taste and remove the odor ultrafiltration can be, if you want to even remove the mineral ions (such as milk powder), that RO type is more suitable for some. Loaded or not, in the end, depending on your lifestyle!

I've been asked, “Do I have to buy the most expensive and highest end as long as my finances allow?” It's really not necessary! Like when I rented my own apartment, I have been using the kind of manual installation of small desktop cartridges, change a core every year, less than 300 dollars, with a peace of mind. But after moving to their new house, in order to facilitate the whole house drinking, I just got a big brand reverse osmosis models, drink while cooking feel a lot of peace of mind. The key is still combined with the number of family members, frequency of use and hygiene requirements to decide. At the same time regular maintenance don't be lazy, or even a good machine accumulates dust and dirt effect will be greatly reduced ~

purification out of the “pure” really good?

Here also have to remind a ha, many people think that the cleaner the better, in fact, long-term only drink extremely pure (TDS close to 0) softened processed RO pure water, not all the human body are adapted. Nutrition experts pointed out that occasionally supplemented with natural mineral springs, retaining trace elements of the light mouth of the spring is also quite important ~ so it is recommended that you can drink according to the seasonal rotation, do not have to force themselves to drink only non-mineralized pure!

[Tips] “Daily cooking rice and soup, tea and coffee, pay more attention to the taste and aroma, you can choose ‘activated carbon + ultrafiltration’; mother and baby milk powder brewing, patients with kidney disease, more concerned about the removal of heavy metals, you can give priority to RO reverse osmosis.”

Small Tips Before Purchase

Lastly, I would like to send you a few thoughtful suggestions:

Pick a regular brand with after-sales protection is most important;

Understand clearly the price of consumables and the replacement cycle, otherwise the pressure of late costs will be very large;

Ask whether to support free installation and testing services, so that the follow-up experience will be a lot more comfortable. In addition, it may be worth asking neighbors or relatives to recommend, their personal experience is often more reliable than online advertising ~

To write in the end, in fact, the installation of water purifiers, to put it bluntly is a lifestyle choice. If you pursue the ultimate in health and convenience, and are willing to spend a little money and energy, it is indeed a worthwhile investment in small appliances. If you are in the area of smooth water supply, excellent water source, and usually do not have any special needs, then keep the traditional boil and drink is also completely OK! I hope that this dry goods can help you find the most suitable answer for yourself ~!