Our town’s water keeps failing to meet DEP standards, so I’m investing in a filtration system for our drinking water. What I think I’m looking for is:

  • Has a tank, since there are 5 of us
  • Filters out lead, PFAS, PFOA, etc. (Which is why I’m leaning towards RO)
  • Good warranty and customer service, for when something inevitably goes wrong
  • Remineralization (picky about water taste)
  • UV (maybe?)

Does anyone have recommendations for a quality brand, or one that they’ve had for years that they like? I’m not sure where to even start.

  • BakedCatboy@lemmy.ml
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    17 hours ago

    During a boil water advisory that lasted more than a week we got a water drop brand RO system (the G3P800). It doesn’t have a tank but it instead uses a pump to do RO under a higher pressure so it outputs water fast enough to fill up a cup on demand, and a cooking pot if you’re not impatient. It came with a UV sterilizer, remineralization was an addon so we skipped it, especially since I prefer the taste that way and because I also use the RO water in our humidifiers and espresso machine where scale is a hassle. I’m a little biased because they accidentally refunded me so I got it for free, but it’s worked perfectly since we got it, and everything needed to install it was included (we just separately got a drain line adapter that lets us connect the waste line to the dishwasher drain so we could avoid modifying anything in our rental as the included adapter wants you to drill into the drain pipe). I have several TDS meters and the faucet’s included readout matches at usually 2-5, and I’ve used the water in my humidifiers 24/7 for months and still haven’t accumulated more than a couple days worth of regular water scale in any of them.

    Oh and it also has a 3:1 tap to drain ratio which is nice.

    I used to have a simple 3 stage under sink filter, so unfortunately I can’t really compare to other RO systems.

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      15 hours ago

      Exclusively drinking water with zero TDS can be bad for you in the long term, AFAIK.