7 Shower Filters That Are Good For Your Health (Really)

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Hard water sucks. There's no way around it. It dries out your skin (try a moisturizer) and makes your hair all limp (find a shampoo for that). Harsh water—often an unavoidable feature of city living—might feel standard. That is, until you travel somewhere with soft water or use a filtered shower. Only then might you feel how much your daily shower is stripping moisture from your body, leaving dry skin and fussy hair in its wake.

Shower filters help mitigate that damage. They work using a filtration system, like how you put your drinking water through a filtration system before you drink it (right? You do that, right?!). As much as you don't want to drink chlorine, PFAs, or limescale, you probably don't want to put it on your body, either. Remember, the skin is an organ and it absorbs the stuff we put on it. So not only does a shower filter instantly improve how dry your skin or brittle your hair feels, but it might be literally better for you. While researchers are going hard on figuring out just how PFAs affect us, the consensus so far is that they are definitely in our water and we definitely better avoid them.

Here, we've rounded up some of the best shower filters on the market right now. Some are in-line filters, which attach in between the hose and the shower head, while others are a whole system that includes both the filter and shower head. Some of the cheaper ones are bulkier while the pricier ones tend to give luxury spa shower. Try out the one that appeals to you most. The world, and this shower, is your oyster.

Filtered Showerhead

If you've been anywhere near the grooming or home improvement internet, you'll have seen these Jolie filtered shower heads. In fact, we've already written a love letter of this shower head, because it's that good. They are, first of all, very pretty to look at and not as much can be said for many of the other utilitarian-looking filters.

This one is pricey but it looks and acts high-end: the filter removes chlorine and heavy metals, and it's attached to a spa-like shower head. The filter is easy to replace and you can subscribe to replacement filters that come when it's time to swap for a new one.

Source Showerhead

T3 predominately makes high-end hair tools, like hair dryers and straighteners, and the focus is first and foremost on hair health. This shower head uses a mineral filtration system (calcium sulfide, zinc, and copper) to minimize chlorine, hydrogen sulfide, iron oxide, dirt, and odors. The filter works best if you replace it every three to four months. The best part: the shower head has seven spray settings to personalize your shower to your liking.

Inline Shower Filter

Berkey is best known for its drinking water filtration, and it brings that knowledge to its inline shower filter. It's sturdy and gets the job done, reducing up to 98 percent of chlorine and the filter lasts for up to a year.

Filtered Showerhead

If you're trying to turn you daily shower into a full-on spa, this Canopy one will do it for you. It uses three filter types (activated carbon, KDF-55, and calcium sulfite) which minimizes the stuff making lesser showers what they are, including chlorine, magnesium, calcium carbonate, iron, hydrogen sulfide, mercury, chromium, chloramine, harmful microbes, bacteria, fungi, and more. Huge bonus? You can add a signature scent into the system for a real aromatherapy indulgence.

High Output Revitalizing Shower Filter

For a cheap, easy option, this AquaBliss one is hard to beat. It has multiple layers of sediment filters to block all that bad stuff, like chlorine and suboptimal smells.

Vitamin C Shower Filter

OK, so if you've already got pretty soft water and just want to cover all of your bases, this Voesh filter removes impurities in between your shower arm and head. The real standout here is that it also releases a sent of your choosing for a whole elevated shower experience. It lasts up to 110 showers.

Luxury Filtered Shower Head

This shower head and filter combo does all the heavy work of getting out chlorine, chloramines, fluoride, and heavy metals. It does all that while connected to a handheld hose, which doesn't skimp on water pressure.

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