Pur Ultimate Faucet-Mounted Horizontal Filtration System, Chrome

by PUR

Product Description

Amazon.com Review

Eight glasses a day doesn’t have to be a chore--or a hazard. This Pur faucet-mount filtration system lets you enjoy safe, clean, and delicious-tasting water straight from the tap, at a fraction of the price of bottled water and with far less effort to lift, transport, and store. A new space-saving design allows access to the sink at all times, while a bypass feature lets users switch easily back and forth from filtered to unfiltered water. A special three-stage filter lowers chemicals linked to cancer risk, such as benzene, TTHMs, TCE, and toxaphene, plus reduces heavy metals like lead and mercury, chlorination by-products, agricultural and industrial pollutants, and 99.99% of microbial cysts. It leaves behind fluoride that benefits teeth, however.

This filtration system installs to any standard faucet in minutes, without tools. Each filter provides up 100 gallons--or two to three months’ worth--of filtered water. A built-in indicator shows how much life the filter has and alerts users when a new filter is needed. The entire system is covered by a five-year warranty. --Mary Park

Product Details

• Item Weight: 2 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00009MKGC
• Item model number: FM-8400
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #391,384 in Home Improvement (See Top 100 in Home Improvement)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent filtration system, August 21, 2005

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EightIsGreat (Chicagoland) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Pur Ultimate Faucet-Mounted Horizontal Filtration System, Chrome (Tools & Hardware)

No, this "chrome" isn't true chrome, but I'm really surprised people expected it to be. It comes in white for the same price; you'd think people would assume this was plastic. Mine still looks brand new, though.

You CAN run hot water out of your faucet, you just can not filter it. This is true of all faucet water filters. There's a bypass that will still allow you to get hot water, but it won't be filtered.

I live in Chicago where we, admittedly, have water that doesn't need much filtering...but I've had this filter on my kitchen faucet for 3 months now and there's still 50% of the filter life remaining.

I got this system (with 2 filters) for $9.99 at Big Lots, so I'm surprised to see it costs over $40. It's a good filter, though.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars best filter I have used, September 30, 2005

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Meghan (Somewhere out there) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Pur Ultimate Faucet-Mounted Horizontal Filtration System, Chrome (Tools & Hardware)

This is a great filter. It's a charcol filter which will be slower coming out but cleans much more out of the water than the faster filters. As it's been stated this is a plastic filter, I have had mine for a year and the chrome look is still in good condition (it can also be bought in white). I have a two person home and a filter lasts us closer to five months. It does not come out hot through the filter but it does if you just use the faucet (you can switch back and forth by turning a knob on the side).

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Nope, Not Chrome, May 11, 2005

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Brenda Czaya "silversmith" (Chicagoland) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Pur Ultimate Faucet-Mounted Horizontal Filtration System, Chrome (Tools & Hardware)

.....and the "plastic coated chrome-look finish" water spotted almost immediately and couldn't be cleaned or polished into an appetizing appearance--big yuck. The horizontal style should be an improvement, however I found the filter much more difficult to remove than the older white vertical Pur I'd replaced. The final straw was last week, when an overwhelming stench issued from the filter--I'm assuming perhaps the indicator failed and somehow the filter became contaminated....

I loved my old clunky vertical Pur, and I do believe overall Pur makes a good product, but this one is not it.