Water purifier = IQ tax?

Drinking water is something that I never thought could be such a toss-up. I was around the discussion of water purifiers, has been fast catching up with the recent hit show gossip. Groups of people shouting: the tap water at home, a open, yellow mud water, strange smell, scale all live - feel not at home, is to participate in a large survival game.

“Do I want to install a water purifier?” It has become a problem that many families can't get around. The question is: Is the water purifier an IQ tax? There are so many products on the market, is it another manufacturer is fooling us to pay the protection fee? First to the conclusion - water purifier is really not an IQ tax! However, there is a kind, really have to advise you to buy with caution! Let's start with the conclusion of your tap water every year can drink a new pattern, a variety of bleach flavor, rust flavor, impurities ...... rely solely on the “boiling sterilization”, can only cope with bacteria, heavy metals, pesticide residues, what is basically powerless to fight. Even new neighborhoods, new decoration with new pipes, may also carry formaldehyde and even glue flavor. So for the sake of health, install a reliable point of water purification equipment, absolutely worth it.

But ah! The key comes, not all hanging “purification” “direct drinking” label are reliable. There is a kind of water purifier, you buy back is just psychological comfort, spend money to figure a happy just.

Purification principle is actually very simple, “1 net” to see through the essence of 99% of household water purifiers on the market, is no more than four major factions: - microfiltration - ultrafiltration - nanofiltration - reverse osmosis (RO) this! The essence of several kinds of sieve mesh thickness is different, from “1 micron” to “0.0001 micron”, can block impurities, bacteria or even ions can be blocked, depending on how hardcore your needs.

Microfiltration: the most popular and the most ribald, most of the cheap goods, such as a platform sale promotion $4 shipping that faucet type / pot type, is it. Essentially equivalent to a layer of PP cotton and activated carbon mixed in the tap water, can only filter out visible particles, like rust and mud and sand barely managed, but viruses, bacteria, human and animal harmlessly slipped through, not delayed at all.

Ultra-filtration: another step up, you can get most of the bacteria stuck, but dissolved organic matter, heavy metals still have to rely on fate. This type is suitable for life, such as washing dishes and cooking, but the whole family every day straight drinking is not peace of mind.

Nanofiltration / reverse osmosis (RO): to this level, you can directly replace the mineral water level. Not only can remove the vast majority of bacteria, but also heavy metals, organic pollutants and even viruses and KO. But the only drawback is that the filtration is too thorough, some people spit out the taste is light or need to supplement the minerals (in fact, the mainstream models are now adjusted).

So - if you just want to buy a cheap tens of dollars of small pots, small faucets, to be honest, that thing is really not as good as boiling water and other precipitation to rest assured. I've seen people trying to save money to buy a microfilter pot, with half a year later to open the inside directly long hair + stinky nose, a question did not change the core ......

Especially those decoration companies bundled sales to send the so-called “big brand”, often cheap, jerry-built materials. Some people want to save trouble hand-picked, door-to-door installation is equal to pay the protection fee, the annual core than the machine is also three times more expensive! This proposal “thank you”, their own selection of reliable brands more flavor.

2. Concept marketing type

What graphene black technology, “Japan polymer membrane”, “natural mineralization system” ...... sounds very cracked, in fact, 99% of the principle is the same old few, most of the time There is no breakthrough enhancement. If you see the product introduction page a variety of heaps of vocabulary, Chinese and English mixed with a blow, turn off the page on the spot to protect the peace!

3. Filter life pit people type

Many cheap goods surface price is attractive, but the core consumables thief expensive. A host of thousands of eight hundred does not matter, but the follow-up year to change three or four times a cartridge, each time a few hundred dollars, in the end, the cost of soaring, than to drink Nongfushanquan also luxury. Some even claim that the service life of exaggeratedly high, with two months on the start of leakage odor or blocked, you can stand it?

4. After-sales service to pull the crotch type

Many small brands after advertising to sell the machine is lost, and then look for after-sales simply no one to take care of. Three days out of trouble, all rely on their own disassembly and installation drumming; meet leakage of electricity and gas leakage, it is a big trouble. So when you buy must recognize the formal channels, factory after-sales, which is called safe.

So how exactly do you pick? Is there really a recommendation? According to my years of experience, summarized as follows:

-Water kettle / faucet micro-filtration products, only suitable for temporary expedient, do not recommend counting on it to guard the health of the whole family for a long time.

-Want to save time and safety, one-step selection of reverse osmosis (RO) type, and now the new models have wastewater ratio optimization, space-saving design.

First-tier city homes are recommended to choose models with intelligent reminders and automatic rinsing function, otherwise forget to change the core is equal to a waste of work.

-Don't just stare at the price, take a look at the cost of consumables and after-sales system, the total expenditure of a year down is the real account!

To summarize, let's get smart together:

1. Water purifier = just need, not IQ tax, but don't believe in gimmicks!

2. “Microfiltration” ≠ safe to drink, direct drinking please recognize RO or nanofiltration.

3. Don't be greedy for cheap pit conceptual goods + counterfeit + after-sales missing teammates.

4. Before picking to figure out their own needs + budget, the total expenditure to understand and then order!

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