Aquasana Shower Filter | Dermatologist-recommended for softer, healthier skin & hair | Proven to reduce 90% of chlorine for 6 months | High pressure | Use your own shower head | AQ-4100NSH

The Aquasana AQ-4100 shower filter really improves water quality. My hair feels softer, and my skin is less dry after just a few uses. Easy to install, looks clean in white, and provides a refreshing shower experience. Totally worth it!

The scientific consensus is clear, hard water is not good for you. This Aquasana filter is good for you! That said, this filter does NOT spout water as pure as the day the Earth first formed. What it does is remove the vast majority (Aquasana cites 90%) of chlorine and other compounds you would rather not have on your skin or hair. You can truly feel the difference. I am positive there are other filtration systems that will remove more, but I also imagine for the vast majority of us this is exactly what we need. The Good: +Works very well. +Price-point is good. +Does NOT leak so long as it's installed properly (just needs to be tightened). +MADE IN THE USA The Okay: =Filter does not last 6-months. Closer to 4-months if about 2 people are using it daily. This is a wonderful little filtration system that is affordable and works well. If you have sensitive skin you absolutely should invest in this. Even if you do not have particularly sensitive skin, this really helps keep your skin and hair clean from chemicals. With regards to leaking, there really is no problem -- just like all shower heads it needs to be properly inserted and tightened -- all straightforward. The filter does need to be replaced about every 4 months rather than 6, but the benefits are absolutely worth it. Bottom Line: if you want a better and more pleasant shower experience then this investment is 100% worth it.

If you do a little research, you'll know that the water that is pumped into most homes is filled with all sorts of chemicals. Sure, the chemicals won't harm you outright, but they can still irritate your skin, and contribute to flare ups of various kinds of skin conditions such as dry skin, eczema, etc. I personally have very sensitive skin and suffer from dry skin. Ever since I moved 4 years ago to my new house, my skin has steadily gotten worse in terms of dryness and over all health. After doing a little research, I decided to get the Aquasana AQ-4100 water filter for my shower. From the very first day I used it, I could tell that there was a difference. Before, my skin would literally feel "on fire" after getting out of the shower. I thought back then that it was because of the soap I used. But after using this shower filter, I realize now it was the water! The difference is like night and day. No more does my skin feel irritated. No more does my wife say that my hair feels dry. No more does my skin feel like its burning! If you are experiencing dry, itchy skin - you might be suffering from the water that's coming out of your shower. The Aquasana AQ-4100 does an excellent job and will most likely help your skin feel a lot better. It won't solve all your skin problems, but it will at least minimize irritation caused by the shower. Installation was surprisingly easy for me. First, I bought some teflon tape (found in any hardware store, or even the hardware section at your local supermarket - about 2-3 US dollars). I wrapped the threaded part of my shower pipe with this (the part where you screw-in the shower filter). This ensured a completely seamless fit when I screwed-on the shower filter. Once I tightened the filter with a wrench, it was ready to go. That was it - very simple. There was no leaks, it runs perfectly, and the installation took about 10 minutes (most of it was spent reading the short manual). I admit, this device isn't cheap. In fact, it's one of the more expensive shower filters out there. But, it is a very good product and got excellent reviews from numerous sources. I didn't want to spend less money only to have the product that I may have purchased break on me (cheaper filters are said to have broken after a few months of use.)

I’m really impressed with the Aquasana Filtered Shower Head! The flow rate gives me great water pressure, and the up flow design makes sure the water flows smoothly without clogging. (I did have to put plumbers tape on where you attach it, as it leaks a tiny bit, but overall I really enjoy this and think it was a good purchase). What really stands out for me is how it’s helped with the itching I used to feel after showering with regular water. The carbon and copper-zinc says it filters out over 90% of chlorine, and I’ve noticed a big difference in my skin, and it’s much less dry and irritated. That's a huge win for me!! Showering with it is honestly a pleasure. My skin feels softer, and my hair doesn't feel like it has buildup on it anymore. The filter lasts up to 6 months or 10,000 gallons they say, and replacing it is super easy. Installation was easy, and it only took about 10 minutes minutes to set up. (that includes adding the extra plumbers tape too). Overall, I’m really happy with this. I've used it every day for 3 months, and it works good for me. If you’re looking for something to improve your skin and hair, this is definitely worth trying!

Edited to change title, stars, and add: Avoid this product! I didn't give enough credence to the less positive reviews, and naively thought, "Well, there's plenty of good reviews - I'll be one of the people who install this thing right and won't have problems." After about four weeks of use, I gave this product a fair and positive review. Well, a week after that posting, I noticed that the part of the hose that connects it to the handle was cracked. A few days after that, it totally broke and I had to replace the hose and handle with the detachable hose and head I'd originally had installed - which doesn't fit very well in Aquasana's bracket. For $60, I was hoping to get at least one filter-life worth of use out of it before I replaced it with something else, because I wasn't exactly thrilled with this purchase - and the replacement filters cost about as much as a whole unit. I will continue to use this Frankenstein set-up to use the filter for a while longer, and will be buying a different brand filtering shower head. Original review: People complaining about it leaking may have not bothered to read the deceptively easy directions, or noticed the clear plastic washers that come with the unit. Those washers need to be installed at both ends of the hose, and pipe tape (not included) is needed at all connections. The pipe tape is only 99 cents at Walmart - get some! Sellers also seem to have taken notice of the comments about a stinky hose, because mine came opened - which means someone on their end is opening the packages to let them air out prior to shipping. GOOD JOB! That being said, mine still has a minor, very negligible drip where the filter attaches to the wall pipe, and it makes a sort of annoying whistling sound - but those problems are caused by the water pressure in my house being too good, so I'm not really complaining. We have it installed in a decent-sized stand up shower stall, and it fits well. The filter does prevent a lot of head angle adjustment, but since the BF and I are fairly tall and aren't interested in wasting water for a massage, it's fine. If you're short, have a smaller shower stall, or are fairly particular about the cosmetics of your bathroom, you may not be as pleased. That last bit about cosmetics is that, as other commentors have mentioned, the unit is NOT all bright white as it might appear in the picture. The pieces are all sort of different shades of white. This is an excellent product, which I purchased because my city water has LOTS of extra chlorine in it, added by the city because of bacteria issues they have yet to solve. Plus, living in the part of Florida that we do, the water is pretty hard on hair and skin anyway. I noticed an amazing difference in my hair the very first time I washed it with this shower head. Much less straw-like and much less frizzy - and a lot less styling product needed. I won't say it was as perfect as the tap water from up north in Philly or NYC (where I didn't need any styling product other than a cheap hairdryer to get awesome hair) but it is SO many times better it is worth every penny the unit and replacement filters will cost.

UPDATE** Ok so its been HARDLY 2 months and my hair came back to being super dry and tangled like a whole big dreadlock, the filter lost ALL its properties in less than 2 months!! And my household is JUST MY HUSBAND AND ME, and we only take 5 minutes to shower! So what about bigger households with kids or more than 2 people?? I went back to spending 30 minuts or more detangling and my hair started to fall off again like crazy, I can see the efect on the filter is gone so I am sad it doesnt last what it promises it's supposed to last which is 6 months! So are we supposed to buy this every 2 months? If it was cheaper I would think about it but it is NOT. So sad because I really loved it and took the time to write the most large review I have written in my whole life. *** I just bought my 3rd replacement for this filter and I can say with all honesty all of them (the same replacement, this is the 3rd one already) lasted hardly 2 months, in less than two months my hair comes back to dreadlocks and breaks with white spots on the ends. Very sad it’s SO expensive for less than 2 months while being advertised as 6 months! The product does work the first 2 months as My hair immediately looks softer, detangled and the shedding stops a lot but after 2 months I can feel the hard water again and I don’t have a particularly hard water just the regular one in Chicago. And I repeat: it’s just me and my husband taking showers of 5 minutes each! If we had a bigger family or took longer showers we would be basically had filter for only 1 month. Very disappointed on the product they should make it WAY MORE AFFORDABLE SINCE IT DOESNT LAST EVEN HALF OF THE TIME FRAME THEY SAY. _____________________ OK so I have been waiting since I bought this filter to write my honest review and I want to be VERY HONEST AND SPECIFIC/DETAILED ABOUT IT: • I come from a city outside USA where we had nearly the best tap water there is, in my native country we have very large hair and until then I have never heard about hard water nor had any issue with it drying my skin and hair. • So that being said, since I moved to USA my hair (naturally very abundant and voluminous) started to fall off on bunches!! it was SCARY and within months I had 8x times less than what I had before, I tried every treatment, oils etc etc thinking that maybe I hadn't had the nutrients I needed on my scalp, but it never stoped and got worst, for the first time I had DANDRUFF in a very thick layer AND THE WORST started to happen, my hair started to TANGLE together in a big ball of dreadlocks like a rastafarian, it was sooo dry and it didnt matter how much conditioner, treatments I put on it, or how much I combed it, when I did it just broke off and on the next day it would be all tangled again. • SO THEN I started reading it was maybe because of the water, I realized it had never happened to me before and it maybe had something to do with it, so I bought TWO different filters from other brands and the 5 first showers I noticed a slight improvement but after that, my hair got worst like I was putting new harmful chemicals in addition on the ones that my hard water already had! Those two filters I bought on amazon, the first one was by a brand cold MXBOLD and the other one was AQUABLISS, I am not going to say those are bad, but they definatelly didnt work for me and my specific hard water, the Aquabliss was the one that got my problem worst and I was afraid I was going to get bold on that rithm of sheding, I even saw some white hard residues starting to form over the shower head that later I read it was because of the calcium/hard water plus the filter elements they put inside and I tought this might be forming on my head as well. • So then, I decided to buy this AQUASANA filter which I was doubting so much because of the price, but I am here to say that it was my best decision ever, from the very first shower my hair stoped shedding as it was doing before, like I used to shed more than 200 hairs on each shower and bunch of them each day, but with this filter it stopped! My scalp doesnt itch as much and MY HAIR STOPPED TANGLING LIKE RASTAS! That one for me was the most clear signal that the filter was working, my hair still tangles more than it does on my native country which has the best water but hey, at least it looks way more healthy and shiny that it has been since I came to USA, now people compliments me on my hair (something that didnt happen before) and I do feel better about it now for alllll the reasons I have wrote here. So if you are a woman or a man that like me is looking desperately for a GOOD filter that actually works because of your hair shedding to an extreme, I suggest trying this one (also taking biotin pills and taking a look at some vitamins you might be lacking, like iron for example: lack of iron makes the hair fall)

OMG!!! Thank you to this product for saving my dry hair, my dry skin, and my relationship!! So, I live with my boyfriend in his house, in an area with very hard water. Most people here have reverse osmosis, and exchange tanks or whole house water filtration. That's how bad the water is here. I begged him to put in a whole house filtration system, but he didn't want it at his house. He says there is nothing wrong with the water, and doesn't give a darn.. (Although he was the one who tried four different cleaning products on the guest bathroom glass door shower after his boys were here for three months, trying to remove the water spots. And the water here is fine... hmmm) He wouldn't go for the exchange tanks either. So now, either I figure something out for myself as far as the shower goes, (I buy my own ice and bottled water, he uses the tap and yucky freezer ice), or I am moving out. Who knew crappy water could end a relationship! But that's how much I hate it. Finally, after researching my options, I found out that they make shower head filters. DING DING!!! I was sooo excited. This unit kept coming up in my research in the top 10, mostly in the top five and above, over and over again. When it arrived, I asked him if I could put it in the shower. He said no. I asked if I could put it in the guest shower. He said YES! I installed it myself, it was very easy and quick, less than 10 minutes. The next morning when I used it, I could not believe the difference! My hair is so much softer, and no longer dry, my skin is softer, I don't have to use shower lotion, and extra strength lotion after showering. I love it so much, I told my boyfriend he cannot use it. I want the filter to last as long a possible. It's only for me!! Pros: It does not change the water pressure in any way It is very easy and quick to install It definitely changes the water, and makes it softer Cons: You cannot move the shower head around. Where ever it sprays, that's what you get. I would like to point mine downward a little, but it's not a deal breaker for me. I didn't know at the time that they made one with a wand. Some might like that model better. (That one would have been better for my dog too)

I originally got the Aquasana with the white plastic braided hose and shower head when I was living in an apartment and recovering from some pretty intense surgery. The water was provided by the local municipality and was heavily treated with chlorine based on the intense smell. There was enough chlorine in the water that it actually irritated the surgical location whenever I showered. Due to the nauseating smell and irritation of the chlorinated water, I was desperate for a solution. I looked at several different shower head and filter options online and finally chose this unit because the reviews were pretty good and it had a wand. It was very easy to install, even by me who at the time who could barely move. It was actually more difficult to remove the existing shower head to install the Aquasana. So I couldn't ever imagine ever paying the $77, or whatever the going rate is now, to have someone install it for you. I am a small female and had just had major surgery and was able to install myself. So please don't bother paying someone else to install as that is just a waste of money. Get a friend to install if you have too and take them out to dinner. That would be a much better use of the money. The Aquasana definitely addressed the issues for me buying to begin with and at the time I was very thankful how well it worked out for me. In hindsight though, I would recommend going with the chrome shower head version as it's not that much more, maybe $8-$10, and I strongly suspect the flex hose is much easier to use than the stiff, braided plastic hose that came with the version that I purchased. The plastic version has never fully worked itself free of hose bends and kinks, due to packaging I suspect, and it has been almost 11 months since I purchased. I was a bit weak, post surgery, and it was really annoying to have to force to twist the plastic hose whenever I showered. I also suspect that the chrome version will outlast the plastic version. Why Only 3 Stars? While I like the product overall and it did what I needed it for, I find the cost of a replacement filter hard to justify. At the time, because of my situation, I was pretty desperate and needed something quickly. However, since I purchased my unit, the filter is now almost the price that I originally paid for the entire unit. I am not sure why these replacement filters are so expensive, that is something that the seller would need to address, but I am definitely looking for a different long-term alternative. The last time I checked, a replacement filter was over $56. Given that the filter needs to be changed approximately every six months or so, that adds up pretty fast. I would think that if the filter was a bit cheaper, there would be a greater percentage of repeat customers. I am hoping that the filter prices go down to a more reasonable cost.