Saturday, June 20, 2009

PUR Flavor Options Water Filter Pitcher Review & Giveaway



Hi everyone. My name is Rebecca and I'm a sodaholic. It's really quite sad. Everyday I have at least two sodas. Aside from the money we spend (even though we buy them on sale) it's just not good for us. I've tried the water deal, but I'm not big on plain water. 'm not really big on water tasting like nothing. Bottled water too can get expensive and I really don't trust out local water. I've also seen the investigative reports, most bottled waters are not any better than what comes out of the tap. I was so glad I got the chance to review the PUR Flavor Options Water Filter Pitcher system. What a way to kill all those birds with one stone!


I absolutely love the PUR Flavor Options Water Filter Pitcher system! Simply put, it's a water pitcher that filters out the nasty stuff out of your water and offers you a chance to add just a bit of flavor to your water. PUR Flavor Options is the only filter on the market that lets you add a touch of sugar-free, calorie-free fruit flavoring to your water and comes in lemon, raspberry, grape and strawberry. In 2009 it won Product of the Year in the Household category by Product of the Year USA. This was great for me because like I mentioned, I love sodas. Having just a little bit of flavor to my water made it so much better for me to drink! It really does provide a great way to ween us soda junkies. If you're someone who's ok with water The PUR system is a great way to get clean water as well as a refreshing taste. Of course it should be noted that the flavor only comes out while you're pouring if you push the little button. The more you push the button, the more flavor that comes out into your cup. The water inside the pitcher is not flavored. So, no worries if you and your family don't agree on flavors. You can actually open several flavors at a time and store them in the fridge when they're not in use. That way when you use the pitcher you can change out the flavors to your liking! How convenient!?






Do you know what may be in your drinking water? I checked out PUR's website on this and it's kind of disturbing. Of course all of this will probably depend on where you live but it gives you an idea. I'll start out with stuff you probably already had an idea about. There's chlorine. Of course we know that chlorine is put in to somewhat clean the water. And then there's sediment (rust). This can be runoff or simply from your pipes if you live in an old house. Let's go into what you might not have known. There could be agricultural pollutants. This is runoff from herbicides and insectasides that enter the water. There also could be microbial cysts. These come from both human or animal fecal matter. There's the possiblity of lead. This, again, can come from old pipes. Industrial pollutants can come from discharge from factories and chemical plants. And I saved the most grounding for last. I could, but couldn't believe there was the possibility of this being in our drinking water. It's pharmasuticals. In March 2008, the Associated Press published a report that found various pharmasutical compounds in the water of 24 metropolitan areas across the US. Scary enough, most water treatment plants can remove these from the water.

I'll let you marinate on those facts from PUR for a minute. Thank goodness this PUR pitcher will help filter out that grossness! This pitcher will actually reduce 96% of the pharmasutical crap. So that in itself should give you piece of mind.

Let's discuss the money issue here. If you buy bottled water for your family, think about how much you spend. Now look at this, the PUR Water Filtration together with a refillable bottle saves up to $600 per person annually. So if you're a family of 4, that's $2,400. Think about what you could do with $2,400! Also, on the green side, this will save 3,200 plastic water bottles from the world every single year!

It should also make you feel good that with each purchase of a PUR filter, a donation is made to Children’s Safe Drinking Water which has, to date, provided over 1 billion liters of clean water to needy children and their families around the world. So, PUR is helping ensure every person can have a clean glass of water to drink.

I absolutely love this concept! Of course if it saves money, you know I'm all for it!

Walmart sells the PUR Flavor Options Water Filter Pitcher system for $29.44 and the 2-pack flavor cartridges are $9.97. Each cartridge gives 75 servings. If you would like to save up to $7 on the system ($5 on the pitcher $2 on the cartridges) click HERE and have PUR mail you the coupons!

PUR has been kind enough to give one of my lucky readers (US Residents only) PUR Flavor Options Water Filter Pitcher system. Want to win!? Here's how!

FIRST, Check out PUR Flavor Options Website and tell me what flavor you think you'd like the most.

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There was no monetary compensation received for this review.
I received a PUR Flavor Options Pitcher for the sake of completing this review.
Receipt of this did not sway my opinion.
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I think I woudl like the grape flavor.

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It's a toss up between the lemon and peach flavor. I can't decide.

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I think I would like the Lemon best. I love putting fresh lemon juice/lemon slices in my water.
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I am so glad they now have the flavor pitcher option. I don't like the faucet filters and love that they have the pitcher filter with flavor.

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