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Question: Has anyone tested the water that comes out of the filter with a TDS meter? I checked mine today and found that the TDS was the same as the tap water
Document: EDIT: 20 Jan 2014So I recently purchased a TDS meter (also from Amazon) because I noticed that the ultrasonic humidifiers I was using were still putting white dust in the air. This comes from minerals in the water. The TDS of my normal tap water was 145 so I was shocked to find that the TDS of the "filtered" water was still 145!!! I tested a Brita filter we have and the TDS had dropped a little bit to 110.
May not be good for high TDS water.TIP:  1. the metal adapter comes with a valve. By turning to a minimum necessary position, it can serve as a flow restrictor to protect the filter system from damaging by high water pressure in your city water supply. 2. after installation I flushed it for about 15 minutes until water turns clear.
Comparing to Reverse Osmosis, which has pore size of 0.0001, 100 times smaller than UF, can filter out ions that contribute to TDS. For me, I am less concerned about the TDS because mine is only 65, while US drinking water regulation is 500. I think with this unit I enjoy both clean water with the healthy minerals. If your water TDS is below 100, I would highly recommend this product and the ice maker kit from the same company that hooks it up to refrigerator.
Finally the tap water is drinkable. In my opinion, it is even better than bottled water. My tap water doesn't have high TDS (measured at 65) but tastes like pure breach with odd flavor. One review mentioned this filter doesn't reduce the TDS.
There must be a reason. Maybe these filters are designed by the same folks who design those charming "blister packs" that you need a chainsaw to open?When I tested the water it was cloudy and tasted a little funny, it got better after I ran the tap for a while. Now it tastes pretty darn good. Even my cat likes it. Hopefully it will not develop leaks.
The kit comes with a 1/2 inch plumbing style thread, male to female connector, with a hole to thread the valve the blue hose goes onto, in the middle. A way to tap into your cold water line, would be eazy peezy if it was threaded for 3/8 compression fittings, but it's half inch and has coarser plumbing style threads.So off to the Home Depot you go. Don't forget another roll of Teflon tape to add to your Teflon tape collection while you are there.
Install was a bit tricky, it took two hours, mostly figuring out how to do it, not the work itself. Once we figured it out, it took hands down 15 min! We were lucky and our cold water was already separated into two since I was putting the filter in the place where I had hot water faucet. Water tastes so much better than the tap - you can really taste the difference! (Totally worth the trouble of the install!
The whole installation took me less than 20 minutes. My counter already has the soap hole, otherwise that could take me a good 30 minutes to drill it. I love the twist on stages. It makes replacing extremely easy. The water tastes great. The TDS is reduced to about 35. It is just perfect. I also bought an ice maker kit from the same vendor and start enjoying pure and tasty ice water and ice cube from my fridge without paying for the refrigerator filters.
I must say that I love the faucet included! Oh! It is beautiful! Some of these faucets for these type of undersink systems are sold by other companies for 80 bucks, and it looks nowhere near what this faucet looks like! This looks like Neiman Marcus compared to Macy/ Target!The price for this system is fair - I don't think anyone is fleecing you with this product on quantity or quality, and you are not fleecing anyone either.
Forget the 1/2" adapter and ball valve supplied, Go to Home Depot, Lowe's or other plumbing supply store (I bought mine from HD their Part#-P467) and buy this part "Watts model#LFP467CS", This valve will allow you to connect to a 3/8" male valve and to the 3/8" female hose.
Answer: yes