Vitamin C Filter Inline Shower Assembly by Sonaki - Use your current showerhead - Remove Up to 99.9% of Chlorine and Chloramines

Within a few months of moving into our house we noticed a problem with chloramine when my husband started to get itchy skin and contact dermatitis. Additionally I could smell the chemical when boiling water, which prompted us to get a Big Berkey for the kitchen. After researching we decided this was our best option for the bathroom until we can afford a whole-house filtration system. Even the price of this was a little out of our reach when we first moved, so we lived with the chloramine for nearly 8 months before getting it. What prompted us to finally buy it was a late-term pregnancy rash I developed called PUPPP (PEP in the UK) that left me covered in itchy blisters (shows up in 1 in 200 pregnancies). I tried every remedy short of steroids for the rash and nothing helped. I finally begged my husband to get this to try and help the rash, and also because once I deliver I don't want to bathe the baby in chloramine.Now, please note the rash hasn't gone away, but it is also a deeply hormonal issue with no cure but delivering the baby. What the Sonaki filter DID do for me is it allowed my skin to heal where the rash was no longer active. I had huge gaping wounds from scratching in my sleep and for over a month they WOULD NOT heal. They continued to remain open and bloody even though the active part of the rash had moved to other parts of my body. The wounds showed no signs of healing, but within two days of installing this shower filter they had closed up and now, a week and two days after installing this, I only have maybe three scabs left. As far as how my skin likes it otherwise, I will try to remember to update this review once I have delivered the baby and the PUPPP is gone, because my skin is still itchy as eff but that is not the filter's fault.Aside from my skin being able to heal itself, a benefit I LOVE about this filter is that my bathroom no longer smells of chloramine. Some days it would smell the entire day after showering and I would keep the door tightly closed with the bathroom window all the way open just so the smell wouldn't travel into the house. We haven't tested the water, but I know this system is filtering out that crap because the bathroom doesn't smell at all, even when the steam is hanging heavy in the air. Remember, this is coming from a pregnant lady; I don't need to test the water because if the chloramine were still there, I would smell it. :) Thank you, Sonaki!NOW, I know for some people who reviewed this product it simply didn't work at all and I am truly sorry for you! Each municipal water system is different, so it is a bummer if this doesn't work for you. But my next thought is to those for whom it DID work but are complaining about the rate and cost of replacing the filter cartridge. At the rate at which we are using this, with me showering up to 4 times a day (because of the rash) and my husband showering once a day, it looks like we will get 3 weeks out of our filter before having to replace it. That sucks, but once I am a normal human again and showering only once a day we will get at least a month out of it. I know this 3-4 week replacement period is really irritating some people, but look at it this way:The cost of a 5-pack of filter refills is $35. Let's say you get one month out of a cartridge, so 5 months worth of filtration:$35 / 5 = $7So that's $7 a month for chloramine-free water. How often in a month do you go to Starbucks? Taco Bell? The movies? Is it worth giving up ONE trip to Starbucks a month for the sake of filtering out your chloramine? These types of shower heads and filtration systems are what is called CONSUMABLES - like toilet paper and shampoo. They have to be replenished on a regular basis. They are not INSTALLMENTS like microwaves and toasters that last for years. You can kind of compare the difference between an installment and a consumable to a computer; my computer warranty replaced my hard drive when it crashed but wouldn't replace my battery, which it considered a consumable. This is part of life; part of adulthood. I had a hard time learning this lesson when my computer battery died, but that situation gave me perspective on the difference between a consumable and an installment. So until you can afford a whole-house filtration system (more of an installment), if this is working for you then $7/month is not an unreasonable price to pay for getting rid of chloramine.And a quick note for those finding their chamber won't drain: if you have a combination shower/tub then you have to switch it back to tub mode when you turn the shower off. This drains the water pressure from the shower head (you still have to turn the chamber upside down, too). For those of you who have just a shower, I'm sorry.Hope this review helps at least one person; like I said, will try to remember to update it once my skin is normal again. And thank you, Sonaki, for this useful product!

I purchased this filter after finding some information about chlorine and chloramines in the tap water and the harmful effects. Our water district uses chloramine to sanitize the water, and after researching, found that Vitamin C is really the only effective substance that can neutralize it. My young son has been suffering from eczema and I have historically felt nauseous and light-headed when taking a hot shower and thought it was just due to the heat of the water. When asking my other family members, they noted similar experiences. I ran across some information that the chlorine/chloramines emit a gas when heated and turn into a form of chloraform and several people reported feeling similar symptoms to mine. This filter was easy to install, and noted no change in water pressure. We noticed immediate benefits. The water felt softer, and as a result skin and hair felt very soft. It's been two weeks, and I have not felt dizzy at all even when the water is very hot, when this was occurring on a daily basis. My son's skin is less irritated, and is beginning to clear up. Not sure how long the filter is going to last, but I'm starting to think that it won't last as long as stated, but two people are taking daily showers. I am buying a second filter for my other bathroom. Can't imagine going without now.

Really makes a difference with shower water. You can tell immediately that it feels different. I run this in line with an Aquasana filter because the chlorine in hot water isnt removed by those standard carbon filters, but the Vitamin C does. The aquasana takes out the rest of the impurities. in tandem, these work great. Life of filter is good, depending on how much you shower. Should last several months per cartridge easily. Great product, it's also sturdy and well made, metal input and output fittings and the plastic is super thick and sturdy.

updating my review from 2018 from 5 to 1 star. I change the filter regularly, and the current filter is brand new, but I moved into an older building where this filter would really show its worth. New filter, installed correctly AND with a filtering showerhead the apartment had - it does nothing. Literally nothing. I think maybe all these years it removed the tiniest bit of chlorine that of course might feel like an improvement from nothing, but pretty much any garbage can do that....in an older building now with either rusty pipes or a gravity system of tanks from the roof. The building is mostly well maintained and they just did testing on the pipes/water system the other week so despite age I'd still say it's probably in better condition than most buildings here in LA, even newer ones. But hard water is hard water and if a filter can't remove even larger particulate like iron how is it removing small particulate? it's not.Did a water test before leaving my old place with my roommate's zero filter stick (I know probably not the best metric but it's something). Our drinking water from that was at 0, and the shower output in my room with the filter was 25ppm or so, hers (without) was 100. That was in a brand new building. Then I moved to a studio apartment recently in an older building: I don't even need to use a ph test or filter meter because WITH the filter on you can *smell* the iron in the water and my previously soft curly hair is now a frizzy mess no matter what. [will update with actual numbers once I can get a test kit].Avoid this junk at all costs, it's only for looks