Crystal Quest Double Fluoride Under Sink Water Filtration System - Removes 99% Contaminants | Perfect for Home, Office & RV Drinking Water Purification

We are one of those families that believe strongly that water should not be fluoridated. There is so much evidence that it is harmful. It is the only thing added to water that is designed to treat the person drinking it and not the water itself. Chlorine treats the water making it safe, fluoride does nothing to the water and questionable at best for those drinking it. Anyway, got this and installed. Fairly straight forward. However, the key thing is to read the details and understand that this does NOT remove fluoride to nothing, only reduces it a little. Very deceptive marketing. Our municipal water is 0.7 milligrams per liter (mg/l) fluoride from the tap. Through independent laboratory analysis, the crystal quest filter showed it reduced it to only 0.57 mg/l here at our home. Literature says it reduces it to below 0.5 ppm but I did not see that when I bought it - all I saw was "Fluoride removal". It does do a good job of removing the chlorine and took 1.0 mg/l chlorine to undetected. Water tastes better but again, know up front what you are buying and don't be deceived on its capabilities. You have to be careful not to flow the water through the filter too fast. The slower the better. I installed a shut off valve in line that allowed me to better control the flow rate to their recommended maximum. Takes a while to fill up a kettle.I've been using Crystal quest fluoride filter for the past decade. I've been super adamant about not having any crazy chemicals in my water and based on research and then doing my own testing ( pool strips that measure chlorine and other things from home Depot).I highly recommend this product.after looking at several on here , I went with this due to floride filter , well made and good sturdy dispenser , not plastic like several , a plumber could have installed this in a hour , but because I didnt have the correct coupling under the sink it took a trip to the hardware store and several rebuilds to get the leaks to stop at my connection ,,,, not hard at all , just under every sink is different to connect to ..... had one leaking filter , called the seller 4 times and never got a call back! called the manufacturer and got it corrected instantly, they fould my name and order and were very helpful and sent me out bunch of o-rings I got the next day , turns out the problem leak fixed itsself , but now i have some parts if I need them ..........After we had this filter installed, the water had a stronger chlorine taste than our tap water without any filter - and way more chlorine taste than with our old, less expensive filter. We contacted the seller, who responded promptly. He contacted the manufacturer, who had to be nudged a few times, but after a few days responded with a phone call. The manufacturer sent us a new filter for the chlorine.After we installed the new filter, the water didn't taste of chlorine at first drink. But if it remains in a glass bottle in the refrigerator for more than a few hours, the chlorine taste is still there. I've solved it right now by purchasing bottled water for the water we keep in our refrigerator. If we fill a glass from the filter and drink it immediately, there is no taste. But we like our water cold, and the water from this filter tastes quite strongly of chlorine after a few hours. (Our old, less expensive water filter never developed a chlorine taste. I wish we had stayed with that!) But we wanted a filter that removed fluoride from the water. Maybe I'm just a skeptic, but I can't help but wonder if the chlorine filter does such a poor job of filtering out the clorine (which you can taste), is it really removing the tasteless fluoride! We are very disappointed in this product to say the least!I looked into returning the whole unit, but the shipping would be expensive. So, I am going to purchase bottled water and put up with this product for a while until purchasing a different filter doesn't seem like too bitter of a pill to swallow! I certainly wouldn't recommend this one. I would probably give it zero stars if that were an option, except that the seller was prompt and courteous.The filter works well. The parts sent to connect to "standard North American" plumbing not so much. I can not not recommend this product for a novice DYI project.. Home Depot and Lowe's falls short on the small parts you need after discovering the kit sent is for plumbing on another planet, and will require some seriously creative connections, a real plumbing supply house is recommended after a full inventory of possible connections is noted. Unfortunately I installed after getting home from work and impatiently chose option 1 . No leaks , but I would not repeat.