Product Description

Item #: PUR70322. Use filter cartridge in Pur Plus Water Purifying Dispenser and Pur Plus Water Purifying Pitcher. Removes microbiological cysts including 99.99 percent cryptosporidium and 99.99 percent giardia. Also reduces lead (98 percent), copper (96 percent), asbestos (99 percent), zinc (96 percent), sediment (97 percent) chlorine, bad taste and odor. Lasts one to two months (40 gallons).
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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #7883 in Home Improvement
• Size: 1-Pack
• Color: Blue
• Brand: PUR
• Model: CRF-950Z-1
• Released on: 2004-11-16
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 2.30" h x 2.70" w x 8.00" l, .19 pounds

Features

• Replace filters every 40 gallons for best results
• Reduces lead and contaminants in water
• Leaves beneficial fluoride in the water
• For use with the Pur 2 Stage water pitchers and dispenser
• Contains 1 filter unit

From the Manufacturer
Replacement filter designed for use in the PUR 2 Stage water pitchers. This filter helps reduce lead and other contaminants, while retaining beneficial fluoride in drinking water. Remember to replace filters every 40 gallons for best results. Package contains one filter.

Customer Reviews

Costly, but worth it (Price comparison with Brita)
I'm currently a college student living with 5 other guys and we use Brita filter at the apartment. When you cook with Brita filter, you can't taste a thing, but when you just drink the water, it taste like tap/toilet water. It also leaves those black stuff (part of the filter) on the bottom of the container. Personally, that's just weird and nasty, but maybe people like eating those filter-particles.

Back at home, my family use Pur water filter and I have to say, you can definitely taste the difference. I think that the water filtered by Pur taste like Fiji water. It's awesome. Instead of buying those ridiculously-good-looking bottled Fiji water, I bought huge water containers and take water filtered from home to my school apartment and just drink it myself.

The only downside of Pur water filter is that it costs more than Brita filter. Being an Economics major, I calculated the cost of water per gallon (filtered). With each filter (Pur or Brita), it filters 40 gallons of water. Pur cost $24.99 for a 3-pack (Amazon.com), this means that it costs $.208 to filter a gallon of water (excluding the cost of water itself). Brita filter cost $15.99 for a 3-pack (Amazon.com), this means that it costs $.133 to filter a gallon of water (36% cheaper than Pur). Although it costs more, I still think it's worth the money. I rather spend the extra $.075 per gallon of water than to drink toilet water.

BUYER BEWARE!!
This item is actually great. But, beware. Iordered this item thinking it is going to be the CRF-950L like they advertise. But I was sent out the CRZ-950Z instead. They are the same filter, except that the L as a monitor top as it says in the description and the box has the word Ultimate on it. The 950Z has neither feature. Again, they are the same filter (as far as I can tell), but this is not what is advertised nor what I purchased. I am now on my second return with Amazon and will continue to return it untill they send me the correct item.

**EDIT 10-28-06** Well I have returned this item several times and got no where with amazon. The item was supposedly unavailable the last week or so and now has been brought back with a different picture and is now listed as a 950Z. But, beware the description still list it has having a monitor. The 950Z does not have a monitor to let you know when to change the filter. This is not the first time that I have noticed discription problems with Amazon. Though neither were so bad that I could not use the items, they were just not as expected or slightly off as described.

BEWARE! YOU WON'T GET WHAT YOU SEE!
I made the mistake of buying this, but what i got was not what is pictured. The filters that came did not have the little red indicator that goes around and shows you when the filter has reached the end of its life.

I sent it back, and the merchant returned my money but it was still a big hassle.

Again, PLEASE learn from my mistake. Don't buy this product because you won't get what is pictured.


P.S. I have done some checking and from what i can tell, PUR has discontinued this particular filter. The new one no longer has the life indicator. If so, this is the most stupid thing they could have done.