Does a Shower Filter Actually Work?

A shower filter's job is to reduce certain things in your shower water — most commonly chlorine and some sediment — and a quality filter does measurably reduce chlorine. Whether you notice a difference depends on your starting water: if your tap water is heavily chlorinated or hard, people often report their skin and hair feel less dry and their water smells less of chlorine. If your water is already soft and lightly treated, the difference will be subtler.

It's worth being honest about what a shower filter does and doesn't do: it reduces some contaminants like chlorine, but it isn't a whole-home water softener and won't remove everything. For many people in hard-water or heavily-chlorinated areas, that reduction is enough to feel a real comfort difference. More in what a shower filter removes.

Try a BHG shower filter.