Seychelle Water Filter Pitchers Review – Worthy Filtration? #2023
Written by: Gene Fitzgerald // Last Updated:
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Contents
- Seychelle Dual, pH2O Dual Alkaline & Radiological Pitchers – Key Features
- Seychelle Water Filter Pros
- Setup & Maintenance
- Manuals
- Seychelle Water Filter Cons
- Seychelle Water Filter Review: Our Verdict + Best for
Seychelle water filter pitchers outperform many other products on the market. Most importantly, they’ve been tested against EPA and two NSF standards to filter dozens of harmful contaminants that could be lurking in your water supply, and they have a long filter life. But, they’re not our favorites.
That said, let’s look into Seychelle water filter pitchers in more detail and find out where their strengths and weaknesses lie!
 Seychelle Radiological Water Pitcher | |
| Price: | $$ |
| # of Contaminants: | 79 |
| NSF Standards: | 42, 53 |
| Filter Capacity: | 150 Gallons |
| Warranty: | 90 Days |
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Seychelle Dual, pH2O Dual Alkaline & Radiological Pitchers – Key Features
Seychelle manufactures 3 types of water filter pitchers:
- The Seychelle Regular Dual Filter Water Pitcher – This is the standard version. It provides up to 150 gallons of filtered drinking water.
- The Seychelle pH2O Dual Alkaline Water Pitcher – The Seychelle pH2O Dual Alkaline Water Pitcher not only filters your water, it also enhances its pH (alkalinity) to up to 9.5. According to Seychelle, drinking alkaline water hydrates the body more efficiently and helps it maintain a healthy pH level, it flushes out toxins, and it aids digestion. Filtration capacity is up to 150 gallons as well.
- Seychelle’s Radiological Water Pitcher – The Radiological Water Pitcher was designed to protect you from radiological contaminants in drinking water among other stuff, for up to 150 gallons.
All Seychelle pitchers can hold 64 ounces of water in total. The filtered water reservoir takes about 7 to 8 minutes to fill.
What will be removed from your water? The ionic-adsorption microfiltration process reduces:
- Chlorine taste and odor
- Sediment
- Heavy metals such as lead, chromium-6, arsenic, mercury, and cadmium
- Agricultural and industrial chemicals including pesticides, insecticides, fungicides, herbicides, volatile organic compounds (VOCs), nitrites, trihalomethanes (THM’s), and detergents
- Fluoride
*This is only an excerpt!
The radiological pitcher also targets radium, cesium, uranium, radon, plutonium, and strontium.
All testing was done to EPA or NSF standards. However, if you check the actual lab reports you’ll find that not all listed contaminants could be removed sufficiently (more on this matter below).
It’s also important to note that Seychelle water filter pitchers do not filter bacteria, viruses, or cyst. Thus, they are to be used with properly disinfected water supplies only.
About Alkaline Water Health Claims
Advocates claim that drinking alkaline water can improve your digestion, strengthen your bones, slow down aging, and make you feel more energized.
We just wanted to mention that clinical evidence to support these claims is very limited at this point in time. There are even health professionals advising against the consumption of alkaline water as it might pose a health risk.
Seychelle Water Filter Pros
- Seychelle water filter pitchers are easy to assemble and use, also thanks to the flip top for easy refilling.
- All plastic is BPA-free and FDA-approved to ensure nothing leaches into your water.
- The filter cartridges are made in USA.
The Seychelle Radiological Water Pitcher – learn more on amazon.com
Setup & Maintenance
Before a Seychelle pitcher is ready to use there’re just a few step you need to go through:
- Remove the pitcher from the box.
- Remove the filter pack from inside the pitcher.
- Use the flushing bulb to run water through the filter for 7-8 minutes by pressing it onto a faucet.
- Remove the flushing assembly from the water filter.
- Install the filter.
- Done!
As mentioned, the filters are good for up to 150 gallons or about 3-6 months. But it might happen that high mineral content shortens filter life.
Tip: It’s probably time for a filter replacement when the flow rate slows down considerably or you notice a change in water taste.
Cost? We would estimate around $150 per year – for a family of 2-3. Seems reasonable to us!
Manuals
The regular and radiological pitcher versions share the same manual.
For the pH2O Dual Alkaline Water Pitcher manual, click here.
Seychelle Water Filter Cons
Seychelle filter pitchers have been thoroughly tested by independent labs, which is good. It’s just that not all achieved contaminant reduction rates are as high as we would have liked.
For example, nitrate was reduced to no more than 34-65%, cadmium to 36-43%, and nickel to 24-31%. If you compare this to the reduction rates of the Clearly Filtered, our go-to water filter pitcher which costs pretty much the same, the difference is substantial: Nitrate 99.9%, cadmium 97.0%, nickel 99.1%. Above that, the Clearly Filtered pitcher was tested to remove 365 contaminants in total.
More cons:
- Especially with the updated replacement filters, some people are burning through them quickly, not even close to reaching 150 gallons before it takes several hours or even days to filter one pitcher of water.
- Not everyone saw a pH increase using a Seychelle pH2O Dual Alkaline Water Pitcher.
- The manufacturer warranty is only 90 days. For comparison, the Clearly Filtered comes with a lifetime warranty.
Seychelle Water Filter Review: Our Verdict + Best for
Seychelle water filter pitchers are solid and remove a wide range of contaminants. In our opinion, they might be just a little overpriced. Thus, they are best for people who don’t mind paying a premium price.
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And that’s it for our Seychelle filter review. Questions? Ask away!
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