Home Water Purifier Comparisons

Water Filter Comparisons

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With so many different home water purifiers and purifier systems on the market today, gathering the data to compare the various features and functions can a be very confusing and daunting task.

Luckily the internet provides us with more than a few resources to aid us in making these comparisons upon which we can begin to base our decisions.

Here are a few of the most popular brands and some of the contaminants they manage.

The data in this chart is percentages (%) removed.

Brand Chlorine Lead Cysts THMs VOCs Lindane Alachlor Atrazine Benzene TCE MTBE
Aquasana >99 >99 >99 >99 >99 >99 >98 >97 >99 >99 >97
Amway 97.9 98 99.5 >99 >99 >72 95 >97 >97 >98 NO
Kenmore 99 92 NO >99 95 >99 >95 >97 >83 >98 NO
Culligan 97 95 99 95 95 >99 >98 >97 >99 >99 >90
Ever Pure 96 97 >99 NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
GE 97 98 >99 95 >99 >99 >98 >97 >99 >99 NO
Aqua-Pure 97 95 >99 92 92 >99 >98 >97 >99 >99 NO
PUR 98 96 >99 NO NO 97 NO >96 NO NO NO
Brita 99 99 >99 NO NO >99 >99 >92 >96 >99 NO

To find out what these basic contaminants are, and where to go for additional information, visit our Contaminants page.