pls recommend me countertop filter. must be affordable, have ceramic and activated carbon.

i plan to use Doulton ceramic as a pre filter, then route to Panasonic countertop filter.

eventhough that panasonic filter have reasonable powdered activation carbon, but i think its not strong enough to filter rust and and sediments.

what do you think ?

i live in cyberjaya. so i dont have problem to trust the water treatment plant. its just the old pipes (rust/sediments/heavy metals) that im worried.

by the way, do you know what is the safest way to store water ? i always use cheap plastic bottles to put in fridge. but after reading about MICROPLASTICS im begin to afraid of it.

i made some research and found TRITAN plastics is better than other BPA-free container. but not sure if what they selling here is real tritan.

This post has been edited by Azran1979: Feb 14 2025, 02:15 AM

i dont understand, after so much filtering why do you still want to boil ?

as i understand it ceramic already can filter bacteria.

if you boil water containing heavy metals, it will only make it worst.

ok i found on fresca website :

Avoid ceramic filters. Some may not agree with us, but ceramic filters are evil. Claims that ceramic filters can stop bacteria are doubtful, however there is no doubt that bacteria enjoy growing inside ceramic layer. Think about ceramic filter as glorified (and way overpriced) melt blown sediment filter. There are more troubles than benefits.

i think saying ceramic filters EVIL is an exaggerated marketing ploy.

This post has been edited by Azran1979: Feb 16 2025, 12:33 AM

Boiling water contaminated with heavy metals is not recommended because it does not remove the metals; instead, it can make the problem worse. Heavy metals like lead, arsenic, mercury, and cadmium do not evaporate or break down at boiling temperatures. Instead, boiling can increase their concentration by evaporating water, leaving a higher proportion of heavy metals behind.

To remove heavy metals from water, filtration methods like activated carbon filters, reverse osmosis, or distillation are more effective.

hello. why waste time and money to boil? if the water already have heavy metals, there is no point to boil. thats my point.

yes but arsenic chromium and lead is very rare in malaysia.

do you have the statistics to show otherwise ?