[dazmond]

Thanks Colin!🙂👍

[Simon Trapani]

I started using finest filters:

https://www.finest-filters.co.uk/ro-filters/reverse-osmosis/20-ro-filters/

[Spruce]

I started using finest filters:

https://www.finest-filters.co.uk/ro-filters/reverse-osmosis/20-ro-filters/

If they work for you, Simon, then that's great.

What always concerned me is that Finest Filters never gives a service life on their carbon filters. Is it 6000 litres, 10,000 litres, 12,000 litres or 18,000 litres? I've seen other suppliers give all of these specs to the filters they sell.
I know my Fiberdyne c/b is much more expensive, but it's good for 76,500 litres. Pentair is very open about the test parameters they are using. The 'residual' chlorine in the water they test with is much higher than what we will have in our taps. I've used Fiberdyne ever since I got my 4040 and the membrane is 13 years old. The rejection rate was 98% when new and 97% now.

Doug at Daqua is advertising his own brand of carbon block filters (Refyne) which he notes has a service life of 105,000 litres at the same chlorine water content as the Pentair filter. Each filter is also cheaper than the Fiberdyne filter. In the future, once my stock of filters is used up, I will try the Refyne filters.

[Simon Trapani]

Thing for me though Spruce is I’m using cheap filters in conjunction with a cheap (£200) membrane. I do have my water softener as I said earlier but am getting through lots of salt.

What I’m trying to say is my latest school of thought is to go cheap & replace more
often if needed. Think I’ve had the membrane about a year now with two vans that use roughly 400 litres a day each I would guess.

[Don Kee]

Doug at Daqua is advertising his own brand of carbon block filters (Refyne) which he notes has a service life of 105,000 litres at the same chlorine water content as the Pentair filter. Each filter is also cheaper than the Fiberdyne filter. In the future, once my stock of filters is used up, I will try the Refyne filters.

I notice that he is advertising 3 different ‘Refyne’ filters, which one would you ‘give a go’, Spruce?

I was going to ring Doug tomorrow and ask him the differences, I get bored reading the spec sheets; I just want someone to tell me “use that one”.   

[dazmond]

I started using finest filters:

https://www.finest-filters.co.uk/ro-filters/reverse-osmosis/20-ro-filters/

If they work for you, Simon, then that's great.

What always concerned me is that Finest Filters never gives a service life on their carbon filters. Is it 6000 litres, 10,000 litres, 12,000 litres or 18,000 litres? I've seen other suppliers give all of these specs to the filters they sell.
I know my Fiberdyne c/b is much more expensive, but it's good for 76,500 litres. Pentair is very open about the test parameters they are using. The 'residual' chlorine in the water they test with is much higher than what we will have in our taps. I've used Fiberdyne ever since I got my 4040 and the membrane is 13 years old. The rejection rate was 98% when new and 97% now.

Doug at Daqua is advertising his own brand of carbon block filters (Refyne) which he notes has a service life of 105,000 litres at the same chlorine water content as the Pentair filter. Each filter is also cheaper than the Fiberdyne filter. In the future, once my stock of filters is used up, I will try the Refyne filters.

I think I'll stick with the PureFreedom filters. They are pentair/ fibredyne and they are not much more expensive than the finer filters

[Spruce]

Doug at Daqua is advertising his own brand of carbon block filters (Refyne) which he notes has a service life of 105,000 litres at the same chlorine water content as the Pentair filter. Each filter is also cheaper than the Fiberdyne filter. In the future, once my stock of filters is used up, I will try the Refyne filters.

I notice that he is advertising 3 different ‘Refyne’ filters, which one would you ‘give a go’, Spruce?

I was going to ring Doug tomorrow and ask him the differences, I get bored reading the spec sheets; I just want someone to tell me “use that one”.   

RFO-5M-20 is what I will next consider.

[the king]

mine look the same after 4 months or more