Comments on: The 5 Best Water Filter Pitchers, According to Our Testing

By: Brian Campbell

Brian Campbell — Sat, 02 Aug 2025 14:18:54 +0000

In reply to Lisa. Not yet but it's on my list for next time I test pitchers

By: Lisa

Lisa — Sat, 02 Aug 2025 12:41:21 +0000

Brian,
Have you tested/reviewed the LifeStraw filter pitcher? It has a glass vessel but a silicon filter.
Trying to determine the safety of this. Thank you

By: Brian Campbell

Brian Campbell — Wed, 14 May 2025 23:00:32 +0000

In reply to M. Not yet. Unfortunately, currently, the vast majority of water filters use plastic components. If not the pitcher vessel itself, the filter is still housed in plastic. Your best bet to completely avoid plastic exposure would be distillation into a glass vessel.

By: M

Fri, 02 May 2025 16:03:35 +0000

You did so much work looking at all these products, but they’re ALL MADE OF PLASTIC. So you filter the water and then let it sit in a plastic container. And BPA-free doesn’t mean a whole lot. When companies stopped using BPA, they switched it up a little (BPS, etc) and called it “BPA-free.” More and more evidence comes out about how toxic plastic is in general–ingesting (or breathing in) microplastics and nanoplastics. If that isn’t on your radar now, it will be soon.

Do you have any reviews of glass (or stainless?) pitcher-style or other counter-top water filters that don’t contain plastic? Thanks.

By: Brian Campbell

Brian Campbell — Wed, 16 Apr 2025 20:21:02 +0000

In reply to Julliette. The best I've found are featured in this article. When I test more I'll update here accordingly. PUR has a small 7 cup pitcher

By: Julliette

Julliette — Sun, 06 Apr 2025 15:30:11 +0000

Thanks for your testing.
As a single person with a small refrigerator, I’d like a narrow pitcher, less than 3 inches. Since 33% of Americans are single-person households, I doubt my need is unusual. I don’t suppose you’ve come across any good pitchers that are smaller?

By: Brian Campbell

Brian Campbell — Fri, 31 Jan 2025 19:26:04 +0000

In reply to Brian. That would be a typo on our end, thanks for the heads up! This has been corrected. ZeroWater is a 5-stage filter

By: Brian

Brian — Tue, 28 Jan 2025 03:05:43 +0000

The ZeroWater Ready-Pour Pitcher link listed only links to a 5 stage filter, but you mention a 6 stage filter. Why the discrepancy, or a typo?

By: Brian Campbell

Brian Campbell — Mon, 20 Jan 2025 20:19:30 +0000

In reply to Tony. While third party testing is a great first step, it's good to note that third party testing and official performance certifications are not the same thing!

By: Tony

Tony — Sat, 11 Jan 2025 02:24:12 +0000

Didn’t LARQ do a 3rd-party lab test of their water pitcher somewhere in 2021? It’s on their website, and here’s the direct link to their performance report. I heard they tested it to NSF/ANSI 42, 53 & 401 standards.