20 Cup Water Filter Pitcher with 2 Plus Filter Cartridges (1 Original + 1 Replacement), 1 Plus Filter for 3 Months/60 Gallons, Reduces Lead & vs Culligan 12-Cup Water Filter Pitcher with ZeroWater Technology: which is safer?

Where these two actually differ

• We flag Bacterial growth in exhausted filter media, Filter media migration into drinking water and Incomplete contaminant removal claims on the Philips and not on the ZeroWater.
• We flag Bacterial growth in reservoir if filter unmaintained or water stored too long, Filter cartridge degradation and particle escape if overfilled or misseated and Ion-exchange resin saturation without visible warning on the ZeroWater and not on the Philips.
• The Philips is Activated carbon filter cartridges (standard RO/carbon media) where the ZeroWater is Activated carbon and ion-exchange resin filter media, which is most of the difference in these two grades.
• These two are 5 points apart, close enough that price and fit should decide it rather than our grade.