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Can anyone recommend a reverse osmosis filtration system? The wife and I drink a lot of water and the quality of water where we live is poor to fair. It is sandy and the mineral buildup is atrocious in our area, not to mention that New Mexico water tends to be higher on arsenic content. We currently use brita pitchers, but I want an easier fix as we fill two pitchers daily. With a little one on the way, we would like to have better water.

I have been looking at a whole house system (water softner + whole house filter), but we really dont have the space to add all of those components.

Anyone have any recommendations / suggestions? Most seem to be around $200 - $300 for the tanks and filters that fit under the sink.

For those of you with older systems, do you have problems finding the filters?
 
With very few exceptions, the filters and membranes are only made by a couple of companies, the housings by a few more.

Most of the companies I linked to are just assemblers...they buy parts from other companies then assemble the finished units.

IME, Spectrapure does a better job overall than any of the others, and has a much higher quality control than the rest.
 
I have sand and hard water also. The softner and the filter are outside and don't take up much room but if that is an issue for you at least consider getting a sediment filter. Mine is 30 micron and works great. Without it I get sand in the bottom of my water heater and in my aerators at the sinks and showers.
 
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If you want the best, Spectrapure.com.

You can buy cheaper...but you can't buy better.

Otherwise, here are some of the other good suppliers (most specialize in aquarium/reef tank set-ups) I've used or know of:

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

http://www.aquariumwaterfilters.com/

http://www.plumbingsupply.com/kissproductslist.html

http://www.buckeyefieldsupply.com/showproducts.asp?Sub=103&showspecials=103

http://www.airwaterice.com/
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My wife and I live in a place where the water is undrinkable and we use Multi-pure water filters...
They have several models and they have filter inserts that are rated for whatever part of the country you live in and almost always for a particular city you live in!...all we drink is water......

also reverse osmisis is truthfully not recommended for home use....as most if not all the minerals are removed from the water....

http://health.ezineseeker.com/belie...advantages-to-reverse-osmosis-13d776d467.html

http://multipure-see.com/Products.html
 
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Interesting that reverse osmosis takes too much out. I will look into that. I may go with a whole house carbon filter (Have to sell a freezer to make room).


A coworker has the sears kenmore elite system and it seems to work okay, but after reading the user reviews, no one can find the RO membrane replacements.


I cant put the units outside as the wind and sun literally destroy anything that is not metal. With metal it takes all the coatings off. Also the dogs yard is right outside the garage and she absolutely loves to eat plastic.

Thanks for all of the suggestions.
 
Don't they make the more efficient RO systems now?

I've been thinking of getting one at my place too and hooking it up to the ice maker supply.
 
AFAIK, the whole "Don't drink RO water...it's bad for you," is just an old wives tale. There used to be good reasons not to drink deionized water from RO/DI filters...the deionizing beads weren't considered "food safe" and had the potential to be unsafe for drinking...but that's pretty much all ancient history AFAIK...yet, MOST places that sell drinking water systems still rely on sediment -->carbon filters -->reverse osmosis -->carbon block final filters.

I've drank water from RO systems for 20 years, and it hasn't hurt me all.

I've drank water from RO systems for 20 years, and it hasn't hurt me all.

I've drank water from RO systems for 20 years, and it hasn't hurt me all.
 
Second going to airwaterice.

BoomerD and I are both reef addicts, we know RO and DI.

You could also always go with a whole house softener with RO/Carbon.
 
HomerSapien said:
I cant put the units outside as the wind and sun literally destroy anything that is not metal. With metal it takes all the coatings off. Also the dogs yard is right outside the garage and she absolutely loves to eat plastic.

Thanks for all of the suggestions.
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Mine sits in something like this http://www.samsclub.com/shopping/nav...&ci_sku=676364

but if plastic is not suitable perhaps you could make/buy something out of wood.
 
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