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Sounds like you got taken for a ride. You can get a real RO setup for $150 from wateranywhere.com. They're the retail side of AMI who makes RO membranes in SoCa
by errcorrectcode 5y ago
Sounds like you got taken for a ride. You can get a real RO setup for $150 from wateranywhere.com. They're the retail side of AMI who makes RO membranes in SoCal. The filters need to be changed 2-4 times per year, and the membrane 1-2 also. That's going to cost a lot more than 90. If you're not changing the membrane, that's gross. If it is, I don't see how they can do it that cheaply unless it's an ineffective system. A permeate pump (passive device accomplishing pressure exchange) increases the product-to-waste ratio greatly. In all honesty, a 100 gpd system with a tank is the sweet spot because tankless (200 gpd) is too slow.
Alkaline is a magical, hocus-pocus trend for Hollywood wellness, "cleanses", and hippies with crystals. They sell that nonsense at my water store because enough ignorant fools asked for it and are willing to shell out money because some celebrity probably endorsed it.
Britas are solely for taste, expensive to operate, and filter next to nothing.
- willis936 5y agoA few things: 1. I paid the same price as your preferred RO solution. Water filters are a commodity. Additionally, the filter supply I bought is cheap as hell compared to competitors. The change schedule doesn't change between vendors. How exactly does any of this mean I was "taken for a ride"? 2. Alkaline filters remineralize the water. Not to any great effect, but they do return the pH to 7. The magnitude of the effect? Incredibly minor. The actual cost? Incredibly minor. Why don't you just chill out and mind your own business? 3. Britas are carbon filters. I assume you believe the carbon stages in RO systems filter next to nothing as well? Also, you'll note that the Brita is being used as a storage device, so your critique is not only unasked for but unwarranted as well.