Tave tichiita tsvakiridzo yakazvimirira uye kuyedzwa kwezvigadzirwa kweanopfuura makore zana nemakumi maviri. Kana iwe ukatenga kuburikidza nezvisungo zvedu, tinogona kuwana komisheni. Dzidza zvakawanda nezve maitiro edu ekuongorora.
Kana iwe uchivimba nemvura yepombi yemazuva ese hydration, inogona kunge iri nguva yekuisa sefa yemvura mukicheni yako. Masefa emvura akagadzirirwa kuchenesa mvura nekubvisa zvinosvibisa zvinokuvadza zvakaita seklorini, mutobvu nemishonga yezvipembenene, nehuwandu hwekubvisa hunosiyana zvichienderana nekuoma kwesefa. Vanogonawo kuvandudza kuravira kwemvura uye, mune dzimwe nguva, kujeka kwayo.
Kuti vawane sefa yemvura yakanakisa, nyanzvi dzeGood Housekeeping Institute dzakanyatso ongorora uye dzakaongorora mafirita anopfuura makumi matatu emvura. Masefa emvura atinoongorora pano anosanganisira masefa emvura emumba yese, pasi pemasefa emvura anodzikira, zvigaba zvemasefa emvura, mabhodhoro esefa yemvura, nemasefa emvura ekugeza.
Pakupera kwegwaro iri, unogona kudzidza zvakawanda nezve mayero atinoita mafirita emvura murabhoritari yedu, pamwe nezvese zvaunoda kuziva nezve kutenga yakanakisa sefa yemvura. Unoda kuwedzera kunwa kwako kwemvura paunenge uchifamba? Tarisa gwara redu kune akanakisa mabhodhoro emvura.
Ingovhura pombi uye wowana kusvika kumwedzi mitanhatu yemvura yakasefa. Iyi under-sink filtration system inobvisa chlorine, heavy metals, cysts, herbicides, pesticides, volatile organic compounds nezvimwe. Ichi chigadzirwa chinoshandiswawo mumba maDr. Birnur Aral, aimbova mutungamiriri weGH Research Institute's Beauty, Health and Sustainability Laboratory.
“Ini ndinoshandisa mvura yakasefa chero chinhu kubva pakubika kusvika pakofi, saka sefa yemvura patafura yaisashanda kwandiri,” anodaro. "Izvi zvinoreva kuti hapana chikonzero chekuzadzazve mabhodhoro emvura kana midziyo." Iine high flow rate asi inoda kuiswa.
Imwe yemasefa edu epamusoro emvura, Brita Longlast + sefa inobvisa zvinosvibisa zvinopfuura makumi matatu senge chlorine, heavy metals, carcinogens, endocrine disruptors, nezvimwe. Isu tinokoshesa kusefa kwayo nekukurumidza, izvo zvinongotora masekonzi makumi matatu nemasere pamukombe. Kuenzaniswa neyakatangira, inotora mwedzi mitanhatu pane maviri uye inosiya pasina kabhoni matema mavara mumvura.
Rachel Rothman, aimbova mukuru wetekinoroji uye mukuru wehunyanzvi director weGH Research Institute, anoshandisa chirongo ichi mumhuri yake yevashanu. Anoda kuravira kwemvura uye chokwadi chekuti haafanire kushandura sefa kazhinji. Izvo zvishoma zvishoma ndezvekuti kugeza maoko kunodiwa.
Zvisina kurongwa anozivikanwa se "shower head yeInternet," Jolie pasina mubvunzo ave mumwe weanonyanya kufarirwa misoro yekugezesa munyika, kunyanya nekuda kwekugadzirwa kwayo kwakapfava. Yedu yakakura kuyedzwa kwemba kwakasimbisa kuti inorarama kune iyo hype. Kusiyana nemamwe mafirita ekugeza atakaedza, iyo Jolie Filter Showerhead ine chidimbu-chidimbu dhizaini inoda kushoma kushanda nesimba kuisa. Jacqueline Saguin, aimbova mukuru webhizinesi mupepeti kuGH, akati zvakamutorera anenge maminetsi gumi nemashanu kuti agadzirise.
Takaona iine yakanakisa kusefa kweklorini. Masefa ayo ane musanganiswa wakasarudzika weKDF-55 uye calcium sulfate, iyo inonzi nemhando iri nani pane yakajairwa kabhoni mafirita pakuteya zvinosvibisa mumvura inopisa, ine simba guru rekugeza. Pashure perinenge gore richishandiswa, Sachin akaona “chikero chishoma kuungana pedyo negetsi rekugeza,” achiwedzera kuti “mvura yacho yakapfava pasina kupera simba.”
Ramba uchifunga kuti musoro wekugeza pachawo unodhura, sezvakaita mutengo wekutsiva sefa.
Ichi chirongo chidiki asi chine simba chegirazi chemvura chesefa chinorema makirogiramu matanhatu chete kana chazara. Ikareruka uye iri nyore kubata nekudurura mumayedzo edu. Inowanikwawo mupurasitiki, iyo inovandudza kuravira uye kujekesa kwemvura. Ziva kuti uchaizadza zvakare kakawanda sezvo ichingobata makapu 2.5 emvura yemupombi uye takaiona ichisefa zvishoma nezvishoma.
Pamusoro pezvo, jug iyi inoshandisa marudzi maviri emafirita: micro membrane filter uye activated carbon filter ine ion exchanger. Ongororo yedu yerudzi rwechitatu-bato rekuongorora lab data inosimbisa kuti inobvisa zvinodarika makumi matatu zvinosvibisa, zvinosanganisira chlorine, microplastics, sediment, heavy metals, VOCs, endocrine diruptors, mishonga yezvipembenene, mishonga, E. coli, uye cysts.
Brita imhando inogara ichiita nemazvo mubvunzo dzedu dzelab. Mumwe muedzi akati vanofarira bhodhoro rekufamba iri nekuti vanogona kurizadza chero kupi uye vanoziva mvura yavo inonaka. Bhodhoro rinouya mune simbi isina tsvina kana epurasitiki-vaongorori vakawana kuti bhodhoro resimbi-rakavharika rakachengeta mvura inotonhorera uye yakachena zuva rose.
Inowanikwawo muhukuru 26-ounce (inokodzera vazhinji vane mukombe) kana 36-ounce saizi (iyo inobatsira kana uchifamba nzendo refu kana usingakwanisi kuzadza mvura nguva dzose). Iyo yakavakirwa-mukati inotakura loop inoita zvakare nyore kutakura. Vamwe vashandisi vakacherechedza kuti kugadzirwa kweshanga kunoita kuti zvinyanye kuoma kunwa kubva.
Brita Hub yakahwina mubairo weGH Kitchenware mushure mekufadza vatongi vedu nedhishi remvura repamusoro rinopa mvura nemaoko kana otomatiki. Mugadziri anoti sefa inogona kutsiviwa mushure memwedzi mitanhatu. Nekudaro, Nicole Papantoniou, director weKitchen Appliances uye Innovation Laboratory kuGH Research Institute, anongoda kutsiva sefa mwedzi minomwe yega.
“Ine yakakura saka haufanirwe kuizadza nguva nenguva. [Ini] ndinoda kudururwa otomatiki nekuti ndinogona kuenda kunenge kwakazara,” Papantoniou akadaro. Ndezvipi zvinokanganisa izvo nyanzvi dzedu dzinocherechedza? Pakarepo chiratidzo chitsvuku chekutsiva iyo sefa chinhu chinovhenekera, chinomira kushanda. Ingoita shuwa kuti une mamwe mafirita aripo.
Iyo Larq PurVis Pitcher inogona kusefa pamusoro pezvinosvibisa makumi mana neshanu senge microplastics, heavy metals, VOCs, endocrine disruptors, PFOA nePFOS, mishonga nezvimwe. Kambani iyi inoenderera mberi nekushandisa mwenje weUV kuti isaite E. coli uye mabhakitiriya esalmonella anogona kuungana mumasefa emvura kana kusefa kunze kweklorini.
Mukuyedza, takada kuti Larq app iri nyore kushandisa uye kuti inoteedzera nguva yaunoda kuchinja mafirita, saka hapana fungidziro inobatanidzwa. Inodururwa zvakanaka, haidirike, uye yakachengeteka muchina wekugezesa ndiro, kunze kwetsvimbo diki inochajwa yatakaona iri nyore kugeza nemaoko. Ndokumbira utarise: mafirita anogona kudhura kupfuura mamwe mafirita.
Kana bhizinesi rapera, unogona kudada kuratidza ichi chirongo chemvura padhesiki rako nechimiro chayo chakapfava uye chemazuva ano. Haisi kungomira kunze neyakasiyana dhizaini, asi mapros edu anodawo kuti chimiro che hourglass chinoita kuti zvive nyore kubata.
Inosefa kunze kweklorini nemasimbi mana anorema, anosanganisira cadmium, mhangura, mercury uye zinc, kuburikidza neungwaru disguised cone sefa pamusoro pe carafe. Nyanzvi dzedu dzakaona zviri nyore kuisa, kuzadza nekudurura, asi zvinoda kugeza maoko.
"Iri nyore kuisa, isingadhure uye yakaedzwa kuANSI 42 uye 53 zviyero, saka inosefa nekuvimbika kwakasiyana siyana," akadaro Dan DiClerico, director weGH's Home Improvement uye Kunze Lab. Ainyanya kufarira dhizaini uye chokwadi chekuti Culligan imhando yakasimbiswa.
Iyi sefa inokutendera kuti ushandure zviri nyore kubva kumvura isina kusefa kuenda kumvura yakasefa nekungodhonza vharafu, uye hapana maturusi anodiwa kuisa iyi sefa papombi yako. Inosefa kunze chlorine, sediment, lead nezvimwe. Chimwe chinokanganisa ndechekuti inoita kuti faucet iwedzere.
KuGood Housekeeping Institute, timu yedu yeinjiniya, chemist, vanoongorora zvigadzirwa uye nyanzvi dzekuvandudza imba vanoshanda pamwe chete kuona iyo yakanakisa sefa yemvura yeimba yako. Kwemakore, takaedza mafirita anopfuura makumi matatu emvura uye tinoramba tichitsvaga sarudzo nyowani pamusika.
Kuti tiedze masefa emvura, tinotarisa kugona kwawo, kuti ari nyore sei kuisa, uye (kana zvichibvira) kuti ari nyore sei kuzadza. Kuti zvijeke, isu takaverengawo bhuku rega rega rekuraira uye takatarisa kuti pitcher modhi yakachengeteka here. Isu tinoyedza maitiro ekuita senge kukurumidza kwegirazi remasefa emvura uye kuyera kuti yakawanda sei mvura yemupombi yemvura inogona kubata.
Isu tinoona zvakare zvichemo zvekubvisa tsvina zvichienderana nedata rechitatu. Kana tichitsiva mafirita pane zvakakurudzirwa nemugadziri, tinoongorora hupenyu hwesefa yega yega uye mutengo wekutsiva sefa pagore.
✔️ Type uye Kugona: Paunenge uchisarudza mabhodhoro, mabhodhoro uye mamwe madhishi anobata mvura yakasefa, iwe unofanirwa kufunga nezvehukuru uye huremu. Midziyo mikuru yakanakira kuderedza pakuzadzazve, asi inorema uye inogona kutora nzvimbo yakawanda mufiriji kana mubhegi. Iyo countertop model inochengetedza firiji nzvimbo uye inogona kazhinji kubata mvura yakawanda, asi inoda nzvimbo yekupikisa uye inoshandisa tembiricha yekamuri mvura.
Nepasi pemasefa emvura emvura, mafirita epombi, mafirita ekugeza uye mafirita emba yese, hapana chikonzero chekunetseka nezvehukuru kana huwandu nekuti vanosefa mvura kana ichingoyerera.
✔️Filtration Type: Zvinofanira kucherechedzwa kuti mafirita mazhinji ane akawanda marudzi ekusefa kuti abvise zvakasvibiswa zvakasiyana. Mamwe mamodheru anogona kusiyana zvakanyanya mutsvina yaanobvisa, saka ipfungwa yakanaka kutarisa kuti modhi yacho inosefa chii kuti uone kuti inokodzera zvaunoda. Nzira yakavimbika yekuona izvi ndeyekutarisa kuti ndeipi NSF standard iyo sefa yakasimbiswa kwairi. Semuyenzaniso, mimwe mipimo inovhara lead chete, yakaita seNSF 372, nepo mimwe ichivhara chepfu dzekurima nedzemaindasitiri, seNSF 401. Pamusoro pezvo, hedzinoi nzira dzakasiyana dzekusefa mvura:
✔️ Sefa Replacement Frequency: Tarisa kuti kangani kaunoda kushandura sefa. Kana iwe uchitya kushandura sefa kana kukanganwa kuitsiva, ungangoda kutsvaga sefa inogara kwenguva refu. Pamusoro pezvo, kana uchitenga shawa, pitcher, uye sink mafirita, unofanira kurangarira kutsiva sefa yega yega, saka zvingave zvine hungwaru kufunga sefa yeimba yese sezvo uchizongofanira kutsiva sefa imwe chete. imba yako yese.
Hazvina mhosva kuti ndeipi sefa yemvura yaunosarudza, hazvizoiti zvakanaka kana ukasaitsiva sezvakakurudzirwa. "Kushanda kwesefa yemvura kunoenderana nekunaka kwetsime remvura uye kuti unoshandura sei sefa," anodaro Aral. Mamwe mamodheru akashongedzerwa nechiratidzo, asi kana modhi yacho isina chiratidzo, kuyerera kunononoka kana rumwe ruvara rwemvura chiratidzo chekuti sefa inoda kutsiviwa.
✔️ Mutengo: Funga nezve mutengo wekutanga wesefa yemvura uye mutengo wekuizadza zvakare. Sefa yemvura inogona kudhura zvakanyanya pakutanga, asi mutengo uye kuwanda kwekutsiva kunogona kukuchengetedza mari nekufamba kwenguva. Asi izvi hazvisizvo nguva dzose, saka iva nechokwadi chekuverenga mari yekutsiva gore negore zvichienderana nehurongwa hwekutsiva hunokurudzirwa.
Kuwana mvura yekunwa yakachengeteka inyaya yepasi rose inobata nharaunda muUnited States yese. Kana usina chokwadi nezvemhando yemvura yako, Environmental Working Group (EWG) yakagadziridza dhatabhesi yayo yepombi yemvura ye2021. Iyo dhatabhesi ndeyemahara, iri nyore kutsvaga, uye ine ruzivo rwematunhu ese.
Isa zip code yako kana tsvaga nyika yako kuti uwane ruzivo rwakadzama pamusoro pemhando yemvura yako yekunwa zvichienderana neEWG miyero, iyo yakanyanya kuomarara kupfuura mitemo yenyika. Kana mvura yepombi yako ichidarika nhungamiro dzehutano dzeEWG, ungada kufunga nezvekutenga sefa yemvura.
Kusarudza mvura yemubhodhoro mhinduro yenguva pfupi kune ingangove isina kuchengetedzeka mvura yekunwa, asi inokonzeresa dambudziko rakakura rine mhedzisiro yenguva refu yekusvibiswa. Vanhu vekuAmerica vanorasa anosvika mamirioni makumi matatu ematani epurasitiki gore rega rega, ayo chete 8% anodzokororwa. Zvizhinji zvacho zvinopedzisira zvave mumarafi nekuti kune mitemo yakawanda yakasiyana-siyana pamusoro pezvinogona kushandiswa patsva. Bheji yako yakanakisa ndeyekudyara musefa yemvura uye bhodhoro remvura rakanaka, rinoshandiswazve - mamwe anotova nemasefa akavakirwa mukati.
Ichi chinyorwa chakanyorwa uye chakaedzwa naJamie (Kim) Ueda, muongorori wemvura yekusefa chigadzirwa (uye mushandisi wenguva dzose!). Iye munyori akazvimirira anoshanda mukuyedzwa kwechigadzirwa uye wongororo. Pamusoro pechinyorwa ichi, akaedza masefa emvura akati wandei uye akashanda nenyanzvi dzakati wandei dzeGood Housekeeping Institute's labs: Kitchen Appliances & Innovation, Improvement Home, Outdoors, Tools & Technology;
Nicole Papantoniou anotaura nezvekureruka kwekushandisa jugs nemabhodhoro. Dr. Bill Noor Alar akabatsira kuongorora zvinosvibisa kubvisa zvinodiwa pasi peimwe neimwe yemhinduro dzedu. Dan DiClerico naRachel Rothman vakapa hunyanzvi pakuisa mafirita.
Jamie Ueda inyanzvi yezvigadzirwa zvevatengi ine makore anopfuura 17 ekugadzirwa kwechigadzirwa uye ruzivo rwekugadzira. Akabata zvinzvimbo zvehutungamiriri pakati pemakambani ezvigadzirwa zvevatengi uye imwe yemhando dzembatya dzinozivikanwa pasi rose. Jamie anobatanidzwa mune akati wandei eGH Institute labs anosanganisira midziyo yemukicheni, midhiya uye tekinoroji, machira nemidziyo yemumba. Munguva yake yekuzorora, anofarira kubika, kufamba uye kutamba mitambo.
Kuchengetedzwa Kwemumba Kwakanaka kunotora chikamu muzvirongwa zvakasiyana zvekushambadzira, zvinoreva kuti tinogona kubhadharwa makomisheni pane zvigadzirwa zvakasarudzwa zvakatengwa kuburikidza nematinji edu kune ezvitoro.