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Ideally I'm looking for a stainless steel water filter. It must be countertop because our plumbing is weird below the sink and 3 plumbers earlier couldn't put in my below the sink UV water filter. Thanks in advance!

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You might want to consider, say, a Berkey filtration system. It isn't attached to the sink at all -- it works through gravity -- and it allows for superior filtration. However, there will still be mineral loss. There doesn't seem to be a way to avoid that, unless your filter includes a re-mineralization section. Instead, I'd use things like stock and mineral baths, etc., to help fill in the gaps.

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I was going to suggest Berkey as well – Sue Holt Mar 19 2012 at 18:58
Thanks Firestorm and Sue Holt - ordering it now! – Lady_Arwen Mar 19 2012 at 20:00
I anyways eat bone broth and take magnesium supplementation, so that's fine. – Lady_Arwen Mar 19 2012 at 20:01
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Be sure to add the fluoride/arsenic filters to your order. They are separate from the black element filters and need to be replaced more often, but they're worth it! – Kimmie Mar 19 2012 at 20:40
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I love my berkey! I was very concerned about Fluoride, but didn't want an under the counter system I would have to leave when I moved. And I really want to move. Problem solved! – Senneth Mar 19 2012 at 21:52
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I owned a Berkey filter with the carbon and fluoride filter and I was disappointed with it. It is a very expensive filter and they do not tell you the, but mold developed in my lower chamber where the filtered water was stored and it also appears that white dots are also on my carbon filters which may be mold also. I scrubbed and scrubbed the carbon filter with a wire scrubby but the white dots did not disappear. I contacted Berkey and they said that they never had this problem before. Also I tightened the fluoride filter too much that I broke the membrane and alumina particles were floating in my filtered water. I was told by Berkey that it may be toxic and that I should discard the water and order new fluoride filters. After discussing this with my husband, we decided not to get any more filters, but we cannot return the filter and get our money back, it has passed 30 days. So please save your money and get something else. We have learned an expensive lesson.

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The most effective technologies for removing fluoride are distillation and reverse osmosis, which also remove everything else. Thing is, that everything else can be anything from beneficial minerals to pollutants. Our household water is rainwater off the roof, but we run our drinking water through reverse osmosis because it removes any mercury pollution the rain picked up from the atmosphere. We then use a mineral cartridge to put minerals back in. Personally, I like having complete control over what's in my drinking water.

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I looked into reverse osmosis filtrations but they waste so much water to make 1 gal of filtered water. – Anna Apr 6 2012 at 3:52
There are ways to reduce or eliminate water waste: advancedwaterfilters.com/faq.php?q_id=26 – Alex Apr 6 2012 at 11:26

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