Home Water Purifier Comparisons
Water Filter Comparisons
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.
