It plugs into the wall and provides cold or hot filtered water at the touch of a button. Is the $169 Cuisinart Countertop Water Filtration System a "eco-friendly alternative to bottled water"? Or is just another energy vampire taking up precious space on your kitchen counter?
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- Cuisinart Countertop Water Filtration System, $169 at Crate and Barrel
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Comments (5)
Filtering is great but does it need to be electric? And do you need hot water all the time?
(Full disclosure: I own a distiller. It's the only way to make our water taste decent.)
Totally unnecessary. If someone is that concerned, get a Berkefeld and save the electricity.
So, my question is: does the Berkefeld (which I had to google, dude, don't assume everybody knows everything you do, eh?) - does it do exactly the same thing as the Cuisinart?
How do they compare to pitcher and in-line systems?
energy vampire; lol sounds like a bf I had...
This thing is full-on landfill fodder. It's a Britta with an even harder to find and no doubt more expensive charcoal filter.
Most people reading this blog have perfectly drinkable, healthy and CHEAP tap water. If you wanna be fancy take that and pour it into a nice stylish pitcher in your fridge. Time and time again studies show that the "taste" of water that is drinkable is mostly based on temperature not trace elements.
Why do we let companies scare us into thinking our public water isn't good for us? We are SO damn lucky to have drinkable tap water. Perspective people.