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Best Shower Filter OverallRorra Filtered Showerhead

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Can you trust the water from your shower? The answer, according to WIRED reporting, is not always encouraging. For more than a year, I've tested the best shower filters among a new generation of stylish showerheads that promise to solve whatever your deteriorating pipes and chemical-filled shower water might be doing to your body, during what may otherwise be the only peaceful five minutes of your day.

If you can rid yourself of the chlorine or other contaminants in your water, the argument goes, clean water may be the cure for your most embarrassing problems: everything from frizzy hair to limp hair to dandruff, hair loss, eczema, dry skin, itchy skin, split ends, blackheads, and the heartbreak of psoriasis. Some of the best shower water filters have been certified to remove PFAS, or “forever chemicals.” The best showerhead filters I tested are quite good at removing the abrasive chlorine compounds that cities add to your tap water to kill bacteria. I have verified this using chemical test kits.

These are the best shower filters I've found. Note that each filter might perform differently depending where you live, because different cities use various chlorine compounds to disinfect your water. For a preview, my favorite filtered showerhead, the Rorra Filtered Showerhead ($199), pairs handsome design with effectiveness and longevity, as shown by both WIRED's own tests and publicly available, independent lab testing (a rarity among the often non-transparent makers of filtered showerheads.) The Canopy Filtered Showerhead ($150), combines effective chlorine removal with variable spray settings and easy installation. And the Weddell Duo ($90) is an inline filter that offers the widest array of public, independent testing for filtering impurities, including PFAS and lead. So, let’s say you don’t like chlorine in your water.

For more purity filters and tests, check out our guides to the Best Backpacking Water Filters, Best Water Filter Pitchers, Best Air Purifiers, and Best Indoor Air Quality Monitors. For more ways to level up your bathroom, check out our guides to the Best Bidets, Best Electric Toothbrushes, and the Best Eco-Friendly Cleaning Products for Your Home.

Updated April 2026: I added Boroux's shower water filter as the inline filter I recommend for the half of US cities that use chloramine to treat their water. I also added the HigherDose Red Light Shower Filter to the honorable mentions.

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- Compare the Top Shower Water Filters

- Honorable Mentions

- Also Tested

- How I Tested Shower Water Filters

- What Do Shower Filters Do?

- What Is Chloramine?

- Are Shower Filters Effective for Hard Water?

- Best Shower Filter Overall

Photograph: Matthew Korfhage

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Rorra

Filtered Showerhead

$199 Rorra (with subscription)

The biggest problem with showerhead filters is untested and sometimes wild claims. WIRED conducts its own tests using the same chemical indicators as professionals (as opposed to imprecise test strips, results of which can be the scientific equivalent of a shoulder shrug). But there's no substitute for independent, third-party lab testing. And most filter makers won't release their results.

Well, Rorra isn't most. The company is not shy about releasing its independent third-party testing results, showing the precise longevity of the shower filter's effectiveness. Unsurprisingly, the showerhead fared as well as possible in WIRED's tests, reducing not just chlorine but also chloramine to undetectable levels.

The Rorra filtered showerhead is handsome, sturdy, and modern, available in a number of colors, including chrome, glossy black, and bronzed brushed nickel. Installation and filter replacement are easy, without the need for plumber's tape or wrenches. Rorra is primarily a water filter company, and I've recently also had good results testing its gravity-fed countertop water filter (if you want, you can bundle this product with the showerhead).

The showerhead is a two-part filter: a mix of KDF-55 and calcium sulfite, without the activated or catalyzed carbon layer some filters use (which has some efficacy, but does tend to lead to faster diminishing returns). Rorra purports to use 30 percent more filter media than its competitors. My testing results show Rorra reduces total chlori

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