Well I have run a non carbon one since the beginning of the year and it has made no difference whatsoever, but if you can get a carbon one for £6.50 off Fleabay then why not go with it! The carbon element will only take out certain pollutants not everything so if you never go anywhere that requires that sort of filtering it will make no difference in reality.
"Activated charcoal is good at trapping other carbon-based impurities ("organic" chemicals), as well as things like chlorine. Many other chemicals are not attracted to carbon at all -- sodium, nitrates, etc. -- so they pass right through. This means that an activated charcoal filter will remove certain impurities while ignoring others. It also means that, once all of the bonding sites are filled, an activated charcoal filter stops working. At that point you must replace the filter."
Hope that helps.