[goldenkey]

Not all bottled water is sold by PepsiCo. Not all tap water is as healthy as alkaline spring water. Tap water is often going through tons of piping, heavily florinated or chlorinated, and can be tainted with microbes. (Hence the need for halogens.) Faucet water is good for some things. It still is beneficial to have sanitary water for boiling food, bathing or showering. But some of the tap water in America is quite poor in terms of drinkability.

[collyw]

I moved from Scotland (great tap water) to Barcelona (crap tap water). I bought bottled water to begin with but found the amount of plastic in the trash depressing so I bought a water filter. No carrying water home and less trash and probably works out cheaper.

[Bombthecat]

What kind of filter are you using?

I want to filter too. Right now I'm using filters which needs to be exchanged every month and filters water very slow :(

Any tips?

[goldenkey]

Activated carbon lined with silver works pretty well. PUR sells these. Unfortunately, the power of activated carbon comes from its pourousness. And therefore it will always filter much slower than the faucet gpm due to the resistance which all good filters will provide. You can try compensating by turning the faucet on very high output. Faucet filters will always be quicker than any pitcher filter because of that ability to add additional gpm pressure.