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Title: Britta water filters
Post by: tigers_gonads on 03 May 2018, 15:12:12
We got one via a amazon voucher that we use for filling the kettle up due to the hardness of the water around here.
The filter lasted 5 weeks but the jug now tells us it needs changing.

Has anybody on here used the the non brita filters available ?
These seen to be about half the price of the oem onces.
Any good ?
Any fitment problems ?
 
Title: Re: Britta water filters
Post by: Bigron on 03 May 2018, 15:19:50
Do you have a Wilkinsons store near you? I've used their pattern filters and cannot tell the difference from Britta.

Ron.
Title: Re: Britta water filters
Post by: aaronjb on 03 May 2018, 15:22:03
Pattern filters? What ever next, non genuine crank sensors!?

Your filter jug will catch fire! Stall! Leave you stranded in a lay by! ;D

I tend to bulk buy the OE filters whenever they're on offer somewhere - but if I'd spotted the filters in Wilkos, I'd have tried those, for sure.
Title: Re: Britta water filters
Post by: Bigron on 03 May 2018, 15:49:02
It's good to see that the standard of p*ss-taking hasn't fallen off, Aaron!  :y :)

Ron.
Title: Re: Britta water filters
Post by: Field Marshal Dr. Opti on 03 May 2018, 16:43:18
Water filters....that's what Tony Blair and the metropolitan elite use. ;)

The great unwashed proletariat such as myself take the water as it comes. ::)
Title: Re: Britta water filters
Post by: Kevin Wood on 03 May 2018, 17:06:30
Make sure you don't convert it to spin-on, though.  :-X
Title: Re: Britta water filters
Post by: Sir Tigger KC on 03 May 2018, 17:36:03
Water filters....that's what Tony Blair and the metropolitan elite use. ;)

The great unwashed proletariat such as myself take the water as it comes. ::)

That's why your waterworks are all scaled up M'lud!  :o  ;D
Title: Re: Britta water filters
Post by: dave the builder on 03 May 2018, 18:19:29
just fit a drinking tap with in-line filter under the sink ,much cheaper , kits are £20+
fill the kettle from that  :y
carbon filters remove chlorine and chloranine so water should not be stored (in jugs in the fridge etc ),for any length of time.
plus you use more electricary to boil fridge stored water (it's colder ,unless your fridge is u/s)
Title: Re: Britta water filters
Post by: Auto Addict on 03 May 2018, 18:29:41
Live in Birmingham, we get lovely Welsh water, so soft and tasty  :y
Title: Re: Britta water filters
Post by: tigers_gonads on 03 May 2018, 19:17:31
Do you have a Wilkinsons store near you? I've used their pattern filters and cannot tell the difference from Britta.

Ron.



Just seen them  :y
Title: Re: Britta water filters
Post by: tigers_gonads on 03 May 2018, 19:18:18
Pattern filters? What ever next, non genuine crank sensors!?

Your filter jug will catch fire! Stall! Leave you stranded in a lay by! ;D

I tend to bulk buy the OE filters whenever they're on offer somewhere - but if I'd spotted the filters in Wilkos, I'd have tried those, for sure.



 ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Britta water filters
Post by: Shackeng on 03 May 2018, 19:19:12
just fit a drinking tap with in-line filter under the sink ,much cheaper , kits are £20+
fill the kettle from that  :y
carbon filters remove chlorine and chloranine so water should not be stored (in jugs in the fridge etc ),for any length of time.
plus you use more electricary to boil fridge stored water (it's colder ,unless your fridge is u/s)

^^^This. I use Pureflo. Replace the granules and carbon about every 6 months. :y
Title: Re: Britta water filters
Post by: tigers_gonads on 03 May 2018, 19:19:23
just fit a drinking tap with in-line filter under the sink ,much cheaper , kits are £20+
fill the kettle from that  :y
carbon filters remove chlorine and chloranine so water should not be stored (in jugs in the fridge etc ),for any length of time.
plus you use more electricary to boil fridge stored water (it's colder ,unless your fridge is u/s)



I'll look into that Dave  :y
Cheers  :)
Title: Re: Britta water filters
Post by: tigers_gonads on 03 May 2018, 19:20:06
just fit a drinking tap with in-line filter under the sink ,much cheaper , kits are £20+
fill the kettle from that  :y
carbon filters remove chlorine and chloranine so water should not be stored (in jugs in the fridge etc ),for any length of time.
plus you use more electricary to boil fridge stored water (it's colder ,unless your fridge is u/s)

^^^This. I use Pureflo. Replace the granules and carbon about every 6 months. :y





How much does the granules cost shack ?
Title: Re: Britta water filters
Post by: tigers_gonads on 03 May 2018, 19:24:10
Live in Birmingham, we get lovely Welsh water, so soft and tasty  :y





The water around here is nearly as hard as Ronny Pickering (YouTube it)  ;D ;D
Seriously, you can't do a wash without sticking stupid amounts of fabric softener in the wash  :(

Your undies may end up been nice and soft but your crutch ends up smelling like a whores handbag or so I have been reliably informed  :D
Title: Re: Britta water filters
Post by: Shackeng on 03 May 2018, 20:38:48
just fit a drinking tap with in-line filter under the sink ,much cheaper , kits are £20+
fill the kettle from that  :y
carbon filters remove chlorine and chloranine so water should not be stored (in jugs in the fridge etc ),for any length of time.
plus you use more electricary to boil fridge stored water (it's colder ,unless your fridge is u/s)

^^^This. I use Pureflo. Replace the granules and carbon about every 6 months. :y





How much does the granules cost shack ?

http://www.pureflo.co.uk/water-filter-kits/resin-refill
Currently £17.50, last for 6 months. :y
Title: Re: Britta water filters
Post by: dave the builder on 03 May 2018, 20:59:55
I run our's through a 5 micron in-line sediment filter first(gets rid of silt dirt etc, you'd be surprised  :o )
,then via in-line activated carbon filter (removes chemicals )
good enough for us to drink  :y
the Koi are much more fussy about their water quality though  ;D
Title: Re: Britta water filters
Post by: Rods2 on 03 May 2018, 21:10:36
Water filters....that's what Tony Blair and the metropolitan elite use. ;)

The great unwashed proletariat such as myself take the water as it comes. ::)

I'm sure the chewy bits from your well keep you in fine fettle m'Lud, especially winding up 50m of cable with a 10l bucket on the end of it several times a day. :y :y :y The hole in the ground for the outside toilet with its sheets of torn up newspaper must save you having to keep filling the new fangled indoor flush system and jogging once a week to your local market for a roll of Bronco. :o :o :o There might even be one or two third world people jealous of such luxury living. ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Britta water filters
Post by: Bigron on 03 May 2018, 21:35:59
Bronco! Our school bogs used that, with the admonition to use both sides of the paper!!! :(

Ron
Title: Re: Britta water filters
Post by: ronnyd on 03 May 2018, 22:20:56
Can,t beat a good old roll of Izal. Didn,t wipe it, just spread it around a bit. :D
Title: Re: Britta water filters
Post by: Nick W on 04 May 2018, 00:34:36
Can,t beat a good old roll of Izal. Didn,t wipe it, just spread it around a bit. :D


and you can draw on it if inspiration strikes at an empty moment ::)
Try not to use a brown pencil!
Title: Re: Britta water filters
Post by: Field Marshal Dr. Opti on 04 May 2018, 13:44:32
Can,t beat a good old roll of Izal. Didn,t wipe it, just spread it around a bit. :D

Izal was simply old-fashioned grease proof paper given a fancy name. Nothing would stick to it, especially shit, which made it 'unfit for purpose'...... :(