Elite R/O filtration system with some digital features for good measure
Amazon invited me to review this as part of the Vine program. I've used RO water filtration for more than 20 years in two countries with multiple installations. This one has some upgrade features--all of which are detailed in the description. The quality looks great, but the replacement filters will be more expensive because they are not the traditional standard size and shape. Here are the improved features I particularly like. 1) The flow is faster. I received the RO800G and it claims a flow rate over 1 oz per second, 8x as fast as a traditional RO faucet. 2) There is no pressure tank. This reduces the footprint significantly, simplifies installation, and means faster filter changes as well. 3) It has a digital display on the faucet to indicate remaining filter life and current total dissolved solids. This isn't particularly critical, but it's cute. I could live without it. 4) It extends the filter life by having backwash cycles built in to keep the filters unclogged. 5) Normally the waste to pure water ratio is 4:1, but this one advertises 1:3. While not significant, it's nice to waste less water. That's a lot less! No wonder it needs a backwash cycle, which is both automatic but can also be initiated manually. The rest of the feature list is unremarkable from my point of view, but not in a bad way. The 9 levels of filtration are essentially the standard five with some less meaningful frills thrown in--non-woven fabric protection layer? twice? really?! An extra carbon membrane after the R/O filter? What for? The water should already be clean. Since my daughter grew up with R/O filtered water, she's a bit of a water snob, and prefers it even to our rather wonderful water pumped in from the Continental Divide. She should be quite pleased. Read more




















