Tired of running multiple water filter systems


 
Ray J. said:
Congratulations, the "real" test however is how it holds up over time.
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Yep, that, and also how serviceable it will be in the future. But for now I'm totally pleased with this system. Also did not end up drilling the sink. I removed the soap dispenser since it's was more of an inconvenience to use. We got a little bottle of Dawn and now will simply refill that. Also not sure if I listed it, this is the one I bought. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DPH38W84?tag=tvwb-20 and this is the little pressure tank I bought to keep enough water in the system for the ice maker which is currently working better than it ever has! https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09MD7FFYP?tag=tvwb-20
I had bought the drill and some type of German made cutting fluid at Menards but never opened them so I'll just return them tomorrow or Thursday.
 
Just a quick follow up on this. So far the new RO system has been absolutely amazing. I'm a pretty tough reviewer. I don't suffer bad stuff easily. So, if you were to find my review of the system on Amazon you'd see a glowing 5 Star review. And I cannot remember the last time I gave something 5tars. But, the quality of this device, value, and support from the company whenever I've had a question or concern. Honestly can't find a negative to point out.
Really my only small gripe is the faucet requires a 1" opening in the sink/counter top. Others only 1/2". So not wanting to deal with trying to open the previous hole I removed my soap dispenser. No big deal. Wasn't enamored with it anyway. So, with the dispenser removed it dropped right in. Hookup is dead simple as well.
So, I left the old faucet in place and simply reactivated my hard/mineral water system (filtering straight from street service. I do like that water for a drink now and then. It's too hard for properly running the coffee makers/ice maker and such. But it tastes good for a glass of water. Was no skin off my nose to simply reactivate it.
But otherwise I cannot say enough good about this Waterdrop system. It even has remineralization built in. So no need for a separate system to do it as before.
And it's FAAAAAASSSST. When you open the faucet a light hum comes on from the pump and it runs water out REALLY fast. Added benefit my ice maker works better than ever, the fridge no longer needs a filter so I've bypassed it no need to buy replacements here. If you find yourself needing a system IMO almost anything from this company https://www.waterdropfilter.com/ will prove to be top notch But this is the one I bought https://www.waterdropfilter.com/products/alkaline-ro-water-filter-for-tap-g5p700a
 
Just a 2 month follow up on the Waterdrop system. The more we use it the more we're lovin' it. Water flavor and purity is incredible. Flow rate is outstanding. It supplies both the beverage and ice making sides of my fridge perfectly. Honestly so far can't say enough good about it
 
We have some really nice naturally soft water from the Sierra’s in California.
Ours is called EBMUD and the ppm’s are amazingly low.

We have our own well in Washington that supplies our water needs.
I’m not sure if it means anything but it’s in a clean forest far from town and far from livestock.
It doesn’t taste bad or anything and my son who is used to California water actually likes the taste better because it has its own flavor.
I don’t add anything to it.

I now can smell and tastes chlorinated city water when I go to restaurants and I don’t care for that one bit.
I’m normally fine with drinking water with a meal but I now have to drink an ice tea to mask the taste.

The California plumbing codes don’t allow soft water to go to the tap or ice maker because if they use salt it can mess up a person on dialysis. They didn’t care if you used potassium. It was still verboten when I was a contractor.

Edited to add,
Some places in California have such nasty hard water that their water heater won’t last 7 years, whereas good soft water will allow water heaters to go 20 and even 30 years.

Our water heaters (I have 2) are over 15 years old in Washington so it’s not really overly hard water.
 
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The township is almost done running the main and disconnecting from the aquifer.
Getting Lake Michigan water. Haven't had that since I moved out this way .
 
Yea the aquifers are gonna run out in the next 5 years. We tapped in to Dupage county main that gets it from Chicago. Joliet Is spending about a billion dollars to run 65 miles of pipe to tap in to Chicago.
 
Honestly I prefer our aquifer water to Chicago. Yeah it's hard as nails but other than a slight chlorine aroma/taste it tastes much better than Chicago water. Especially at certain times of the year that when you open the tap and it comes out smelling like dead fish. I'll gladly run a softener. I simply run the RO system to get rid of any possibility of salt remaining. But, taste wise and for some other uses I have a second filtration tap on my sink which is taking straight municipal water through I multi stage filtration system but otherwise leaving the water alone. Still hard as nails but tastes as good as any bottled fancy spring water you will ever buy.
 
My wife and I grew up on well water, our first house used village well water which was much softer then well water.
Later on the village migrated to Lake Michigan water which which seems 10x softer water then the village well water.

Current day I plummed RO water to my refrigerators and use a sediment and carbon block filters for my kitchen sink.
The taste and smell of chlorine is no longer appealing to me, much better than rotton egg smell from certain well water sources but over the years my preference is soft water without the chlorine.
 
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