BRS RO/DI, Are They the Only Good Ones?

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How do you know?? I am scared but yes I have city water from and just chlorine, I would imagine TDS around 100-200? I am not sure, water pressure dunno

 

[Water Dog]

Nothing to be scared of... If you have access to the Aquaticlife in Australi, I would get the one with the 10” standard canisters, not the “Twist In” unit. As an example, a Twist in sediment replacement cartridge is $14 USD, the Twist in carbon block is $15 USD, neither have a micron rating. My guess is they’re probably using cheap 5 micron prefilters. A one micron 10” standard sediment filter and 1 micron carbon block can be had for $4 USD and $12 USD respectively. The same will hold true if I make the comparisons for the RO membranes and DI replacements. Don’t lock yourself in with a proprietary cartridge design. Buy the one with the standard 10” generic canister housings. You will save money be able to use better quality filters.

 

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The RO Buddie?

 

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I really don't wanna be someone who listens to someone and then just go a completely different path.

 

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Nothing to be scared of... If you have access to the Aquaticlife in Australi, I would get the one with the 10” standard canisters, not the “Twist In” unit. As an example, a Twist in sediment replacement cartridge is $14 USD, the Twist in carbon block is $15 USD, neither have a micron rating. My guess is they’re probably using cheap 5 micron prefilters. A one micron 10” standard sediment filter and 1 micron carbon block can be had for $4 USD and $12 USD respectively. The same will hold true if I make the comparisons for the RO membranes and DI replacements. Don’t lock yourself in with a proprietary cartridge design. Buy the one with the standard 10” generic canister housings. You will save money be able to use better quality filters.

Hey water dog, you were right, the sediment and carbon are 5 Micron!

 

[Water Dog]

The RO Buddie?

Again, just like the Twist In unit, the RO Buddie locks you into buying poorer quality and more expensive proprietary filters. If you have to choose an Aquaticlife RODI unit, go with one that comes with standard 10” canister housings, so when the first set of filters exhaust, you can replace them with higher quality filters that will fit seamlessly fit into the standard 10” canister Housings.

With Aquaticlife being available to you in Australia, get something like this. Again, it uses standard 10” filter housings and a standard RO filter housing. It even comes with a pressure gauge.

Classic 4-Stage Reverse Osmosis/Deionization System & Cartridges

Description The Classic RO & RO/DI systems make up to 100 GPD of economically filtered Reverse Osmosis water, removing harmful substances like heavy metal ions and total dissolved solids from tap water. The Classic RO/DI system provides up to 100 GPD of economically filtered reverse osmosis...

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Add a triple inline TDS meter so you could measure your tap, post RO and post DI TDS and you should be good to go.

Triple Inline TDS Meter TRM-1

Why does BRS recommend this? Using a RODI system without a TDS meter is like driving a car without a speedometer and gas gauge. At some point you will end up in trouble. With RODI systems it is TDS that you will want to monitor for performance and filter quality. If you have a single or dual...

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