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I've tried a few, Zerowater, Brita and the Mavea. I stuck with the Mavea system, apparently it's the European Brita. The jug was an overpriced import from Amazon but the filters are available at Walmart and Canadian Tire, some coffee machines use them.
Personally I think it's the best tasting of the three, and the zerowater takes FOREVER to filter
most of europe doesn't do at-home filtration. we don't chlorinate the water.
Not true https://www.lenntech.com/processes/disinfection/regulation-eu/eu-water-disinfection-regulation.htm#:~:text=In%20Europe%2C%20most%20drinking%20water,primary%20disinfectant%20in%20most%20cases.
It just tends to be a small amount of chlorine that you can't taste when you're used to it. I'm from the Alps and our water is actually not chlorinated and I often say I can taste the chlorine in the water but the locals will usually be like 'what are you talking about?' Examples where I tasted chlorine but locals didn't are Scotland, Germany, Italy, France
interesting. we had our own well when i grew up, and i've had allergic reactions to chlorinated water before so i'm super sensitive to it. i remember the water tasting off in london and eastern germany but it doesn't at home and it didn't when i visited austria. last time i was in north america and unprepaired for the tap water, it made me gag.
Austria is where I'm from :) yeah England and Germany aren't too bad, I taste the chlorine, but I'll still drink the water. I begrudgingly opted for bottled water in North America too, though. Couldn't handle it. Even the chlorine smell during a shower was annoying, I had never noticed that anywhere else.
Zerowater removes all dissolved minerals from the water, which is actually bad for you if you only drink that.
Brita is European...
I thought the North American Brita system is a different product sold under license by Clorox, I looked it up again now and it's unclear, it might just be a different size/shape? I'll take a look at where they're made next time im out. Would be funny if I swore that I could taste a difference and they were the same all along