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7 Best Shower Filters of 2026 Are WIRED-Tested and -Approved

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  • A good number of filtered showerheads claim to remove microplastics. But the funny thing is, most such filters are made with a significant amount of plastic. Take that paradox as you will. But English brand Curo uses far less plastic than any other brand I've found, aside from a bit of polyester in the filter's mesh—and according to founder Harry Bilby, Curo is working on getting rid of even this tiny bit of plastic.
  • Like my top pick, Rorra, Curo's three-layer shower filter reduced total chlorine to undetectable levels in testing. Bilby also shared third-party lab testing results showing that the filter is effective on free chlorine levels for 8,000 gallons at a high flow rate. The catch for those in the US is that Curo is a handheld showerhead that doesn't come with a hose and adapter for American shower pipes. Americans will have to figure...

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Gavin Verhey explains the biggest difficulties of adapting Universes Beyond into Magic: The Gathering — from avoiding five-color soup, to ‘Figuring out what Green means’

For the past couple of weeks we’ve been seeing how Reality Fracture will conclude the multiverse-tearing Omenpath saga of Magic: The Gathering’s story. Jace’s domination of his Echoverse rings through his presence on seemingly every other card as the Empower Jace mechanic — which brings forth a Planeswalker