KENT Alkaline Water Filter Pitcher
KENT
7.6/10
₹1,99943% off
- Alkaline
- 3.5 litres tank
- Up to 200 ppm TDS
Municipal supply already low in dissolved solids — not for borewell or tanker water
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🏆 Best Under ₹2,000💧 Water purifier
Brand: Pureit
Pureit Classic Gravity
The ₹1,500 purifier that made safe water universal
7.2/10
Our editorial score
Good — right for the specific buyer
Low-TDS treated supply, homes with unreliable power, hostels, site offices and second homes.
- Purification
- Microfibre mesh + compact carbon trap + germkill processor + polisher
- Storage
- 23 litres (14 L purified)
- Max input TDS
- 200 ppm
- Warranty
- 1 year
About this water purifier
- Genuinely removes bacteria and viruses without electricity or plumbing
- 23-litre body means a family can store a full day's drinking water
- Germkill kit costs a few hundred rupees and is available in almost every kirana-adjacent retail outlet
- Auto shut-off when the kit expires, same safety philosophy as Pureit's RO range
How it scores
Purification6.5
Build quality7.0
Value for money9.8
Running cost9.6
Service network8.5
Our verdict
It is worth pausing on what this product achieved. Before it existed, safe drinking water in India effectively required either an electricity connection and ₹15,000, or an hour of boiling fuel every day. The Classic Gravity delivers verified microbiological safety for under ₹1,500 with no power and no plumbing, and it is still the single highest-impact purchase on this entire website for a large number of Indian households.
The limitation is absolute and non-negotiable: it does not touch dissolved solids. On Chennai's brackish summer supply or a Rajasthan borewell it is the wrong tool. On Kerala, Srinagar or treated municipal supply where your real risk is post-monsoon contamination, it is close to perfect.
What we like
- Genuinely removes bacteria and viruses without electricity or plumbing
- 23-litre body means a family can store a full day's drinking water
- Germkill kit costs a few hundred rupees and is available in almost every kirana-adjacent retail outlet
- Auto shut-off when the kit expires, same safety philosophy as Pureit's RO range
What we don't
- Zero TDS reduction — wrong product for borewell or brackish supply
- Filling it twice a day is tedious
- Plastic body feels cheap because it is cheap
When this is not a good choice
Every condition below is derived from this product's published specifications and from how it compares with the water purifiers we track — so you can check each one against your own room, supply or budget rather than take our word for it.
Your supply runs above 200 ppm TDS
It is suited to supply up to about 200 ppm. Above that this technology removes nothing dissolved, so the water will be disinfected but not desalinated.
Purifiers for high-TDS supply →Your area has documented arsenic, fluoride or nitrate contamination
There is no reverse-osmosis stage. UV and UF deal with bacteria, viruses and cysts, and remove nothing dissolved — so against those contaminants this offers no protection at all, whatever the TDS reading says.
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Transparency Score: 7.1/10
Strong transparency. This is separate from our review score above — it measures how well documented, how supportable and how expensive to own this water purifier is, scored on 5 of 7 axes by formula, with no manual override. See the methodology.
| Axis | Score | Weight | Based on |
|---|---|---|---|
| Documentation | 5.0 | 15% | 6 of 12 tracked specs published |
| Running cost | 9.4 | 20% | ₹1,100 per year |
| 5-year cost of ownership | 9.8 | 20% | ₹6,949 over five years |
| Warranty & free service | 0.0 | 12% | 12 months warranty |
| Service & parts reach | 8.0 | 15% | Pureit service network rated very good |
| Energy efficiency | Not scored | 8% | Not published |
| Water recovery | Not scored | 10% | Not published |
Full specifications
| Purification | Microfibre mesh + compact carbon trap + germkill processor + polisher |
|---|---|
| Storage capacity | 23 litres (14 L purified) |
| Electricity | Not required |
| Running water | Not required |
| Removes | Bacteria, viruses, cysts, sediment |
| Does NOT remove | Dissolved salts / TDS |
| Germkill kit life | 1,500 litres |
| Warranty | 1 year |
Specifications are from manufacturer literature and were checked at the last price-verification date. Brands occasionally revise stage counts, tank sizes and warranty terms without changing the model name — confirm against the current listing before purchasing.
About Pureit
HUL's purifier arm, and the brand that democratised safe water with the non-electric Classic gravity unit. The Copper+ RO and Marvella lines are the modern range; Pureit's differentiator is a genuinely enforced filter-life cut-off that stops dispensing when the germkill kit expires — annoying but honest.
Service: very goodPrice band: budgetHQ: Mumbai, Maharashtra
Pureit Classic Gravity — frequently asked questions
Is a non-electric water purifier enough for drinking water?
It depends entirely on your TDS. If your supply is treated municipal water below about 200 ppm, a germkill gravity purifier handles the actual risk — microbiological contamination — and is enough. If your TDS is above 300 ppm, or you have any heavy-metal or fluoride concern, it is not sufficient and you need RO.
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