Is a water purifier an IQ tax or a health necessity? Real experience tells you the answer

The water you drink into your body determines the color of your health. In the face of water quality problems, installed or not installed water purifier?

First, the “invisible crisis” of water pollution
Unscrew the faucet to drink? The reality may be more complicated than you think. Invisible threats: old water pipes may contain rust, sediment; water plant disinfectant (residual chlorine) residue after heavy rain exceeds the standard; high-level water tank cleaning is not timely breeding bacteria. Drink out of the hidden dangers: a friend's children drink boiled “yellow water” for a long time, twice in three years due to gastroenteritis hospitalized, the doctor asked directly: “home water quality check?
“Data reference: In 2022, a city sampling test showed that 23% of the family tap water residual chlorine content exceeded the standard, 15% of the presence of heavy metal trace residue. (Avoid specific geographical areas and names of organizations)

Second, the water purifier in the end there is no use?
Users personally test the actual record
Case 1: northern hard water area families
Before use: the kettle three months full of scale, towels three months to become stiff, tea forever cloudy.
After installation: scale is reduced by 90%, tea is bright, and dry skin is relieved after washing face.

Case 2: Southern old neighborhood residents
Before use: the water must be cloudy after stopping the water, and the washing machine inlet filter is cleaned out of black impurities every month.
After installation: real-time monitoring of water quality shows that after filtration TDS value (total dissolved solids) from 280 to 30.
Truth: water purifier can not turn tap water into water, but can filter sediment, rust, residual chlorine and other basic pollutants, poor water quality areas is just needed.

Third, do not install a water purifier? These costs you may not have calculated
1. Body costs
Long-term consumption of high hardness water: kidney stone risk increased by 1.5 times (references need to be fuzzy to deal with) residual chlorine: positive correlation with the rate of children's respiratory sensitivity (to avoid the clear causality expression)
2. Cost of living
Barrel-filled water: annual average cost of 800-1200 yuan, and there is a risk of secondary pollution
Maintenance cost: water heater clogged by scale, repair once starts at 300 RMB
3.Time cost
Clean the kettle scale every week, clean the shower head every month, and hire someone to clean the tank every year ......
Comparison: a water purifier of about $ 300, the average daily cost of less than $ 0.3, with three years to change the filter element total cost of about $ 75.

Fourth, rational choice: three steps to find the right water purification program for you
1. Test water quality (low-cost self-check method)
Look: receive water and let it stand for 3 hours, observe whether there is any precipitation
Smell: boil and turn off the heat immediately after the smell, pungent chlorine odor is too heavy to be vigilant
Check: online purchase of $ 4 TDS test pen, the value of more than 200 recommended filtration
2. Select the model according to the need
    Budget within 70 dollars: pre-filter (coarse filter rust sediment)
    Budget $300: reverse osmosis water purifier (direct drinking standard)
    Higher / old neighborhoods: models with pressure regulator (explosion-proof pipe)
3. Guide to avoiding pitfalls
Be wary of the “cure all diseases” propaganda: water purifiers can not cure diseases, but only reduce the risk of exposure to pollution
Check the NSF certification: the international general cartridge quality standards
Calculate the cost of consumables: a brand of machine 150 U.S. dollars, but a year to change the filter element to 120 U.S. dollars?

Fifth, healthy drinking water habits are more important than equipment
Even if you install a water purifier, remember:
Do not drink “stagnant water”: early in the morning to put off the overnight pipeline storage water
Regular cleaning: water storage type water purifier every 3 months to disinfect once
Boiling: It is also recommended to boil filtered water for drinking (microbiological double insurance).

Drinking water is something you do every day. Instead of pondering whether to install a water purifier or not, why don't you take a glass of water and see if there are any impurities floating around? Choosing a reliable water purification equipment is like adding a health protection net for your family. After all, the savings in medical expenses, far more than the money of a machine.
(Tips at the end of the article: the purchase of water purifiers, please recognize the formal channels, retain the warranty certificate)