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We normally buy bottled water for camping. Campground water tends to be very chlorinated and makes funny tasting coffee (definitely NOT a good thing!). We decided to try out a water filter that goes on the faucet. There are several models available. We bought a Brita 35214 Base Faucet Filtration System (affiliate link). It’s a pretty basic model and not too expensive. It allows for filtered water or unfiltered water and it’s easy to switch between the two. Installation was very easy – unscrew the end of the faucet and put the filter on and screw the Brita onto the faucet. One thing you may want to do is install it on your kitchen faucet (or other faucet at home) and run water through it for 5 minutes (per the instructions). Running water for 5 minutes in a camper leads to filling up the gray water tank much quicker than usual!
 The pros:
- it does make the water taste better
- doesn’t take up much space
The cons:
- makes a small sink seem smaller – filling the coffee pot with water was tricky and I think I would take it off to do dishes (can’t run hot water through it anyway)
- if the filter lasts the 3 months that it claims, it would last for at least a year, maybe 2 depending on how often you camp.
I’m pretty undecided about which is better. We normally pack a cooler full of soda and water so even with the filter, we’d still be taking the cooler for soda. However, I wouldn’t have to take gallon jugs of water for cooking. What do you do? Do you just use campground water? Take bottled water? Use a filter? Something else?
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