Pitcher · model P-V3
Clearly Filtered pitcher review: the PFAS marketing is not a PFAS certification
The Clearly Filtered pitcher, model P-V3, is certified for chlorine, taste and odour reduction, plus NSF/ANSI/CAN 372 for lead-free components. It carries no certified PFAS claim and no certified lead reduction claim, despite marketing that leans heavily on both.
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What the listing shows
Checked in both the NSF and WQA databases. The certified claims are chlorine plus taste and odour, over a 100 gallon capacity, alongside NSF/ANSI/CAN 372.
372 is where this gets easy to misread. It certifies that the product's own components are lead-free, so the pitcher will not add lead to your water. It is not a claim about removing lead that is already there. Those are different things and only one of them is what a buyer worried about lead is looking for.
Manufacturer testing is not certification
Companies in this category often commission their own laboratory testing and publish the results. That testing may be perfectly real. What it is not is certification: independent verification by an accredited body, against a defined standard, with facility audits and continued surveillance.
Phrases worth recognising: "tested to NSF standards", "meets NSF standards", and "independently tested" are all distinct from a listing in an accredited certifier's database. Only the last one is checkable by you, in about a minute.
The price question
This is among the most expensive pitchers in its class. In the same batch, an under-sink unit in a comparable price band holds nine NSF/ANSI 53 claims including lead and PFOA/PFOS. That is the comparison worth making before buying on category alone.
To be fair to the product
We have not tested this filter and make no claim that it fails to remove PFAS. It may well perform. Our position is narrower and, we think, the right one: we report what accredited bodies have verified, and for this model that is chlorine, taste and odour. If the company obtains a certified PFAS claim, this page changes the day we can confirm it.
Check it yourself
Everything above is verifiable in about a minute. Search the exact model number at NSF's certified products database or WQA's Gold Seal directory. Use the model number, not the brand: certification is granted per model, and brand-level results routinely describe a different product.
Common questions
Is Clearly Filtered NSF certified for PFAS?
Does NSF/ANSI 372 mean the filter removes lead?
What is the difference between tested and certified?
What you need depends on what's in your water
Look up your own utility's published figures before buying anything. A filter certified for the wrong contaminant is money spent on the wrong problem.