SakiGT

Reverse osmosis?

Under the sink only?

Space is extremely limited. Mainly interested in better tasting tap water. We currently use a brita filter but it isnt as good as our friend's tap water (they have a salt based system).

Any systems on amazon.com that would work well for our needs?

joerockt

I've had this RO unit for about 4 years now:

http://www.freedrinkingwater.com/products.htm

I just change the 3 main filters once per year. Water comes out perfectly clean. Its more then paid for itself in bottle water costs over the years...

The tank and filter unit fit just fine under the sink. Pretty easy to hook up too.

moeronn

I have a dual filter GE system we got from Home Depot a few years ago for about $100. We change the filters about every 9 months (they say 6, but we don't drink that much water) for about $50-60. It's pretty compact and has worked well for us. I couldn't find it one the HD site, but we got the one with the yellow filters.

Here's the link at GE:
http://www.geappliances.com/smartwat...fs.htm?GXSL55F

Edit: I think we bought the set with a lower quality filter and replaced the filters with the higher quality ones when the originals needed to be changed.

TSXEd05

We have the same system and it works great! We had our water tested in December and our tap water was cleaner than the Deer Park bottled water I had sitting in the fridg.

jupitersolo

Just put a Pur filter on your kitchen sink faucet.

SakiGT

How is that different than using the Brita pitcher I have, as described previously?

Thanks for the suggestions, guys! Ill find something comparable on amazon.

fuzzy02CLS

iTrader: (2)

Reverse osmosis system under the kitchen sink. I had 1 in my old condo. Lowes or HD will carry kits. They just go in line with your under sink lines.

joerockt

Those filters do nothing but get rid of the smell. They take nothing out of the water. When I got my RO system, they send me a PPM meter and I had one of those Pur filters. The PPM was exactly the same from pur filter as it was from the tap, around 500 PPM...the RO system was 20 PPM...

moeronn

What exactly were you measing?

joerockt

Water hardness.

Smalls

Support from these guys is second to none. The guy will talk on the phone for hours. This is their life and hobby. Support the small guys!

http://www.thefilterguys.biz/ro_systems.htm

moeronn

Glad you were able to understand what I was trying to type.

But water hardness doesn't make water smell or taste bad. I'd be more concerned with metals (lead, mercury, etc) , chemicals (chlorine, etc) and any sediments or organics.

joerockt

Right, which an RO unit does a lot better at then those crappy PUR filters...

Chlorine doesnt make water smell? Thats a new one...

moeronn

I'm not arguing with your statement, just getting clarification

I never said that chlorine doesn't make water smell. I said water hardness doesn't.

joerockt

Gotcha...