Does it filter out BPA if I poured bottle water into it, say at a party?
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Unsure about the filtering of BPA, but I wouldn't want to carry this around with me unless I knew the water was undrinkable. This is a very heavy water filter bottle.
965126
No mention on the packaging about BPA content, but it does say it is drinking water safe. Fittings are not heavy brass, but brass-colored stamped metal.
1783631
Every 3 months or longer if you're good about washing the bottle. I buy the filters in a 2 pk at target. No, it's bpa free plastc.
372314
No, but it does look like one! The filter has a smaller flow of water, about the diameter of a small straw or thin pencil. The unfiltered flow is about your normal faucet flow and comes from the chrome to the left of the filter in this illustration. The filtered flow is smaller. It takes me about 4 minutes to fill a plastic gallon jug from the filter. 4 minutes in the house, not going to the store for a gallon of water. I try to fill a few jugs when I have time, a couple in the fridge and a couple to store for pet water bowls, plant watering, and any other needs for filtered water. Good luck!
1240488
I think it would be possible to use it without the filter, but if that's the case, it'd be cheaper to just get a generic sports bottle.
1374493
Some research has shown that BPA can seep into food or beverages from containers that are made with BPA. Exposure to BPA is a concern because of possible health effects of BPA on the brain, behavior and prostate gland of fetuses, infants and children.
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You can squeeze filtered water from the bottle, but you definitely can't just pour it out. It's pretty decently leak proof. Unless you suck water out or give it a good squeeze, the water stays put inside the bottle.
757698
This is badly written; I think it's telling you two things that probably shouldn't be in the same sentence. One is that the bottle and filter you'd be buying here are made from plastics that don't contain Bisphenol A. The other is that all you're buying is the bottle and filter; you're not getting a whole water cooler for 40-some dollars. You have to buy the water cooler yourself, then put this bottle on it. There's no link to a water cooler because this bottle will go on many different types of water coolers.
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No, but my fridge filter does. This filter is for stopping all the crud in the water lines from getting into your home... such as some water lines are made out of asbestos. The junk in city water also builds into a scaly coating on the inside of the water lines. This filter will help keep any of this from getting into your home and help the fridge filter last longer.
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The jar is glass so it is indeed BPA-free. You need a filter for the chloramine, which distillation does not remove. But the question remains as to if the small filter provided is large/extensive enough to do the job. My understanding is it takes a pretty extensive filter to remove chloramine. Also, people should be warned NOT to run this in an unventilated area as distillation emits some toxic fumes. Best to run it in the garage or somewhere well ventilated.
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Here is a link to the filters that this bottle uses. When I bought mine, it came with some spares so I haven't bought any yet; but, I know this is them. They also sell these in Target - or whereever they sell the bottles. Julie
1329793
Yes, but I stopped taking it internally. It is almost black in color and I think it is absorbing the black plastic. I don't think the bottle is even BPA free so there are a lot of plastic toxins. Safer to go with a glass bottle. I went back to buying it in a glass bottle at Sprouts (Super Target even carries it!).
1621315
No. It is only advised when using re-usable bottles. (However, the filters are not compatible with the regulator included hoses which are also required! Go figure...)
2076575
good question, wish I knew! I guess not. I thought that was associated mostly with plastic drinking bottles.
540879
I have not done this. I have used a block of ice. I don't particularly care for putting plastic in the drinking water.
471363
If it doesn't indicate on the bottle that it's BPA free then in all probability it contains BPA.
710310
That's a hard question to answer! Short answer is NO. Long answer is, it depends on the Chemical's molecular size. Since water itself is a chemical and there are chemicals like petrol that are molecularity smaller, they will pass through the filter. Others are bigger and will be filtered. You should always find the cleanest water source possible when filtering!