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Pitcher
Countertop/Faucet
 

Brita

Culligan

Mavea

PUR

ZeroWater

Aquasana

 
Brita Grand Pitcher
Culligan Pitcher Filter
Elemaris XL
7-cup Water Pitcher with Electronic Filter Change Light
ZeroWater 8-cup Pitcher
AQ-4000 with Water for Life
poor poor poor poor poor excellent

Overall
value

Retail Price ($) * 32.99 14.99 39.99 22.99 35.00 124.99
Cartridge Price ($) * 8.00 6.99 8.00 10.99 14.99 48.00
Capacity (Gal)  40 50 40 40 22.5 500
Cost/Gallon ** 20¢ 14¢ 20¢ 27¢ 67¢ 10¢
Total contaminants 
removed † 
spacer
5 5 8 23 8 58
poor poor poor poor poor excellent

Disinfectants
& by-products

 

Brita

Culligan

Mavea

Pur

ZeroWater

Aquasana

Carbon 
Tetrachloride 
- - - yes - yes
Chlorine  yes yes yes yes yes yes
Chloroform  - - - yes - yes
Dichloropropane  - - - - - yes
THMs/TTHMs  - - - yes - yes
Halocetonitriles
- - - - - yes
Haloketones
- - - - - yes
Hexachloro-
butadiene
- - - - - yes
Tetrachloro-
ethylene
- - yes yes - yes
Tetrachloro-
ethane
- - - - - yes
Tribromoacetic
acid
- - - - - yes
poor poor poor poor excellent excellent

Lead

poor poor poor excellent poor excellent

Microscopic organisms

 

Brita

Culligan

Mavea

Pur

ZeroWater

Aquasana

Cryptosporidium  - - - yes - yes
Giardia  - - - yes - yes
poor poor poor poor poor excellent

Aesthetics

 

Brita

Culligan

Mavea

Pur

ZeroWater

Aquasana

Turbidity  - - - - - yes
poor poor poor excellent poor excellent

Industrial solvents

poor poor poor poor poor excellent

Herbicides
& pesticides

 

Brita

Culligan

Mavea

Pur

ZeroWater

Aquasana

2,4,5-TP (Silvex)  - - - - - yes
2,4 D  - - - yes - yes
Alachlor  - - - - - yes
Asbestos  - - - - - yes
Atrazine  - - yes yes - yes
Carbofuran  - - - yes - yes
Chlordane  - - - - - -
Chlorobenzene  - - - - - yes
DBCP  - - - - - yes
Dichloropropylene  - - - - - yes
Dinoseb  - - - - - yes
Endrin  - - - - - yes
Heptachlor  - - - - - yes
Heptachlor Epoxide  - - - - - yes
Hexachloro- 
cyclopentadine 
- - - - - yes
Methoxychlor  - - - - - yes
O&P 
Dichlorobenzene 
- - - - - yes
Pentachlorophenol  - - - - - yes
Simazine  - - yes yes - yes
poor poor poor partial poor excellent

Organic
chemical
compounds

 

Brita

Culligan

Mavea

Pur

ZeroWater

Aquasana

Benzene 
- - yes yes - yes
Chloropicrin  - - - - - yes
Dichloroethane  - - - - - yes
Dichloroethylene  - - - - - yes
EDB  - - - - - yes
Ethylbenzene  - - - - - yes
Styrene  - - - - - yes
Toluene  - - - yes - yes
Toxaphene  - - - yes - -
VOCs  - - - - - yes
Xylenes  - - - - - yes
poor poor poor excellent poor excellent

Pharma- 
ceuticals

 

Brita

Culligan

Mavea

Pur

ZeroWater

Aquasana

Lindane  - - - yes - yes
poor poor poor partial poor excellent

Total
contaminants
removed †

 

Brita

Culligan

Mavea

Pur

ZeroWater

Aquasana

  5 5 8 23 8 58

"Studies show we take in as much or more chemicals from showering as we do from drinking water."(Rutgers Univ.)
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** Cost per gallon is calculated as replacement filter price/capacity.

† Not all contaminants will be listed in chart

Manufacturer data last updated 09/29/2011

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