can someone recommend a good RO/DI filtration unit?

[knutcracker]

it's about time i invest in one. arms and shoulders are dying from lugging buckets from LFS and friends' homes.

Can someoner recommed a good one that's not too pricey? looking for a good value for money. TIA

[knutcracker]

hello reefland community . . . someone's gotta know of one . . .

[jiggly75]

it's about time i invest in one. arms and shoulders are dying from lugging buckets from LFS and friends' homes.

Can someoner recommed a good one that's not too pricey? looking for a good value for money. TIA

Hello , I got a good deal at Buckeye Field Supply. Also, when you have an installation problem they are very quick to help you fix it.


www.buckeyefieldsupply.com

[knutcracker]

thanks a lot! which series did you get? value, premium or reef/residential?

[jiggly75]

thanks a lot! which series did you get? value, premium or reef/residential?

I got the 100 gpd premium. They didn't have the reef systems then. I get all my replacement cartridges from them because they are alot cheaper.

[knutcracker]

thanks so much for the recommendation. they look really legit. i'll probably get one soon.

[BubbaWPB]

I got mine from one of Reefland's sponsors, AquaFX, at http://www.aquariumwaterfilters.com/

[oktober7609]

I have a unit from Kent Marine which is extremely powerfull at removing TDS.

I live in Arizona where we have really hard water... day in, day out the TDS reading going in to the unit is around 750- coming out TDS is usually around 25.

Check it out here, this is where I picked up mine...

http://www.marinedepot.com/md_viewIt...product=KM1491

Good luck,

Oktober7609

[knutcracker]

thanks oktober, I went ahead and purchased a kent marine RO/DI unit from marinedepot. It came quick and looks very well-built.

Except my faucet is not very powerful and gives only 30 psi. The recommended level is 65 psi. Does this in anyway compromise the quality of the water? I know it slows down production tremendously, but does it diminish the quality of water produced?

Can you or anyone else recommend a solution to boost the psi? TIA

[oktober7609]

thanks oktober, I went ahead and purchased a kent marine RO/DI unit from marinedepot. It came quick and looks very well-built.

Except my faucet is not very powerful and gives only 30 psi. The recommended level is 65 psi. Does this in anyway compromise the quality of the water? I know it slows down production tremendously, but does it diminish the quality of water produced?

Can you or anyone else recommend a solution to boost the psi? TIA

My pressure is reading around 50psi on a regular basis...

I do not believe it hurts purity at all, but you are right that it will drop the output- so will really high TDS...

I took mine after I got it up and running, and took the filtered water into a measuring cup for one hour to see how much it produced... I've determined that mine, even though rated at 35gpd actually produces 20gpd...

When I contacted Kent, the rep told me this was due to the unusually hard water in my area...

I'm glad I could help you... enjoy!

-oktober7609

[No_Floaters]

Sounds like you'll have to buy a booster pump to increase the water pressure. Without enough pressure, a lot of water will be wasted because it's not being pushed through the membrane.

[knutcracker]

yea, i heard of booster pump and looked into it. It costs around $150. I would prefer not to waste water, but since i don't have to pay water utilities, i rather save the $150 provided that the quality of the product water is not diminished.

[oktober7609]

Have you tried an outside line, or using the bath tub faucet? Sometimes this will change the pressure from the regular sink faucets depending on the plumbing runs...

-oktober7609

[knutcracker]

hmmm . . . i'll look into using the bathtub faucet. Although i think it will be hard to find a coupling for that to the RO/DI unit. great suggestion.

[oktober7609]

Try Home Depot or Loewe's or True Value- they all will have it (a store that sells water beds will have it also...).

-oktober7609