What Are The Benefits of a Shower Filter?
City tap water can contain as much chlorine as the water in a swimming pool, most of which is removed by a shower filter. This chlorine can dry out your skin and hair, removing the natural oils essential to its health, leading to dry, itchy skin and rough hair. A shower filter absorbs this chlorine into the filter media, removing it from your water, leading to smoother skin and softer hair. The neutral pH and softer water from a better shower filter unit will give you silky skin, and soap lathers more easily than ever before.
There are also health benefits – chlorine is toxic, which is why it kills the harmful organisms that might get into the water supply – but it’s also bad for people. Your skin is porous, and lets chemicals through, including chlorine and other chemicals you probably don’t want in your body, and the chlorine rapidly becomes airborne from the hot steam and is inhaled. A shower filter using quality activated charcoal will also absorb MTBE, industrial solvents, and other contaminants that have leaked into the ground or surface water supplying your town.
A Aquasana shower filter can also reduce or eliminate unpleasant odors, such as chlorine (why your shower smells like a swimming pool) or sulfur compounds, and a filter that removes minerals can reduce buildup on your tile.