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Nanan Healthy Faucet Review

Based on its performance, we can find very little reason to purchase this water filter
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Nanan Healthy Faucet Review
Price:  $19 List
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Manufacturer:   Nanan
David Wise
By David Wise ⋅ Senior Review Editor  ⋅  April 12, 2018
Contributions From: Austin Palmer
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OVERALL
SCORE
  • Lead Removal - 25% 2.0
  • Chlorine Removal - 25% 3.0
  • Mineral Removal - 25% 1.0
  • Taste - 15% 3.0
  • Flow - 10% 10.0

Our Verdict

The Nanan Healthy Faucet Is No Longer Available as of November 2018
REASONS TO BUY
Cheap
High flow rate
REASONS TO AVOID
Did not perform well in any of our filtering tests
Performing very poorly in our tests, we were not fans of the Nanan healthy faucet. This faucet didn't really do well in any of our filtering tests, failed to make bad water taste palatable — and on top of all that — imparted a rather funky taste to already purified water. Needless to say, we don't recommend purchasing this filter and would suggest that you look elsewhere for your water filtering needs.

Our Analysis and Test Results

The Nanan finished at the back of the pack, right behind the PUR Classic. These filters cost about the same, but the *PUR has the distinct advantage of actually doing well in one of our filtering metrics, removing plenty of chlorine from the water.

nanan healthy faucet - earning one of the lowest scores of the group, we would hesitate to...
Earning one of the lowest scores of the group, we would hesitate to recommend the Nanan.
Credit: Jenna Ammerman


nanan healthy faucet - this filter did very poorly in our lead removal test.
This filter did very poorly in our lead removal test.
Credit: Jenna Ammerman

Lead Removal


The Nanan delivered an abysmal performance in our lead removal metric. We took a sample of the high-content lead solution water before and after it was run through the filter, then sent it to a lab to determine the lead levels.

The Nanan only removed about 76% of the lead from the supply water, leaving the filtered water with lead levels almost 40 times higher than what the EPA's standard for drinking water. This earned the Nanan a 2 out of 10.

nanan healthy faucet - the nanan again failed to deliver in our chlorine removal tests.
The Nanan again failed to deliver in our chlorine removal tests.
Credit: Jenna Ammerman

Chlorine Removal


We ran two batches of chlorinated water through each filter in this test, one with very high levels of chlorine and one with low to moderate amounts. The Nanan failed to make any significant impact on the chlorine level in the highly chlorinated water, as the test strips maxed out when placed in the water both before and after it passed through the filter.

The Nanan performed a little better with the lower-level chlorinated water, dropping its concentration from the 20-50 ppm mark on the test strip to the 10-20 ppm band. However, this still wasn't really drinkable, being orders of magnitude more chlorinated than most swimming pools.

nanan healthy faucet - continuing a trend, the nanan again earned one of the lowest scores...
Continuing a trend, the Nanan again earned one of the lowest scores in our mineral removal test.
Credit: Jenna Ammerman

Salt Removal


Unsurprisingly at this point, the Nanan also did very poorly in this metric. We used a sample contaminant consisting of salt dissolved in water, mixing a batch of supply water with a concentration of approximately 445 ppm. After running it through the Nanan, we measured the water and found the concentration to be about the same.

nanan healthy faucet - unsurprising after its earlier performance, the nanan failed to...
Unsurprising after its earlier performance, the Nanan failed to impress us with the taste of its filtered water.
Credit: Jenna Ammerman

Taste


We had a panel of blind taste testers. For the first test, we ran clean water through each filter to see if it added any unsavory flavors. For the second, we ran a batch of objectively awful-tasting water, flavored with chlorine and salt, through each product to see if it could successfully remove the contaminants. The Nanan did neither of these very well.

This filter added a stale taste to purified water, making it unpalatable enough that the majority of our testers immediately spat it out, reminiscent of a classic spit-take. This product fared even worse when we ran the nasty-tasting water through it, improving its taste by only a minuscule amount.

Flow


The Nanan did very well, meriting a 10 out of 10 for its performance. This filter only slightly longer than the unimpeded faucet, 10 seconds compared to 9 seconds.

Value


While this faucet water filter is inexpensive, it doesn't filter water particularly well, making it a poor value.

Conclusion


All in all, we can't really think of a reason to recommend purchasing the Nanan. It doesn't really do much at all to remove contaminants from water and its only redeeming quality is its high flow rate, which is essentially useless if it doesn't actually filter water. We would recommend considering other products, as there are plenty out there that are comparably priced that come with a drastic increase in performance.

—David Wise and Austin Palmer

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