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Posted: May 15 2004 at 10:00pm |
Hello all,
It has certainly been a while since I have posted. My family consumes a lot of distilled water. So much so recently it seems buying an RO unit would save a lot of money. MY mom is all for it and I have found a good one but she wants to know if the ones you guys got from filterdirect on e-bay had any problems...Beware
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Posted: May 15 2004 at 10:41pm |
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check out Marine Aquatics they had sweet deals.
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Posted: May 16 2004 at 7:05am |
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If you would like to conserve water and not waste the 4-5 gallons of water going down the drain for every one gallon produced by the R.O. unit, there are two perfectly reasonable alternatives.
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Posted: May 16 2004 at 7:51am |
No problem with my RO/DI unit from Filter Direct.
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Posted: May 16 2004 at 8:14am |
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I got my RO from Marine Aqautics and it was a good price. I don't
know what they sell for on the net. It was easy to install and
makes great water. I still have to have it attached directly to
the tank but that was another days work to figure out how to run the
lines and set up the float. When I drink the water it is
good. I don't have it hooked up to a sink, but it could be.
It comes with all the parts.
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Posted: May 16 2004 at 9:41am |
Filter Direct's Store: http://stores.ebay.com/Filter-Direct-store_W0QQsspagenameZl2 QQtZkm
Prices for 100 gpd units are $90 - $115 depending on what you want. There are other equally good on-line places or you can get one from your LFS.
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Posted: May 16 2004 at 10:00am |
 Mark Peterson wrote:
If you would like to conserve water and not waste the 4-5 gallons of water going down the drain for every one gallon produced by the R.O. unit, there are two perfectly reasonable alternatives. |
Well mark... Want to ellaborate? I too feel it is a waste to the environment on RO water makers. My mom has one. They do make better / cleaner water, but at a great waste percentage.
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I will just give my warning that your system will flood, bulbs will burn out, and things will take continuous maintenance... get over it.
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Posted: May 16 2004 at 10:35am |
Mark Peterson wrote:
If you would like to conserve water and not waste the 4-5 gallons of water going down the drain for every one gallon produced by the R.O. unit, there are two perfectly reasonable alternatives. |
Mark, I know of one you have mentioned before. What is the other one?
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Posted: May 16 2004 at 4:09pm |
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run your drain out to your lawn or flowers that is what I do and it works great. also Marine Aquatics has a better filter than the one Filter direct is offering and you could get it today.
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Posted: May 16 2004 at 5:19pm |
tom-, why do you think Marine Aquatics has a better RO unit? The one I've seen for sale in there is a Water General 5 stage RO/DI... the exact same one Filter Direct sells. Do you have reason to believe that they're different? But you're right about getting it today from MA and you'll get all the installation advice you need from Eric.
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Posted: May 16 2004 at 5:21pm |
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Besides recommending Kold-Steril, I suggest checking out a special recirculating method for R.O. wastewater, mentioned in a thread here some time ago.
The only reason I can figure why these other methods are not used is lack of information or marketing.
Just because everyone seems to use something, does not mean it's the best or only way!
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Posted: May 17 2004 at 2:41pm |
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Thanks for you comments. But no one has answered my question yet. I know there are a bunch of you who got these same untis from e-bay. What about the quality/warenty? The system I am eyeing is $135 including shipping.
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Posted: May 17 2004 at 3:33pm |
 I thought I did answer your question...
Quality is fine and I've never had a need for the warranty.
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Posted: May 17 2004 at 6:00pm |
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Okay that helps. Just want a striaght answer.
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Posted: May 17 2004 at 6:21pm |
I think what Tom ment was we have the new upgraded DI filter that can be replaced and the unit is a 6 Stage r/o and thanks Jon all the advise you can get for a $0.00 
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Posted: May 17 2004 at 8:20pm |
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Sorry I could have explained more good luck.
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