favorites water filter for RVs?

[araucano]

Hi:
In your experience,which are your favorites
water filters.Which types gave you the best results.........
Thanks.....araucano

[araucano]

Hi:
In your experience,which are your favorites
water filters.Which types gave you the best results.........
Thanks.....araucano

[jperry29]

Depends on what you are looking for.

I use a whole-house water filter. It is one with the large cartridge. I connectect it at the water source so that it catches all the particulate matter and odors before the water even gets into my white hose. But this cartridge filter only takes care of the "big stuff". It is charcoal activated and removes particles up to double digit micron size. It also gets most odors and tastes. The pressure drop across the filter is minimal and has little or no effect on water pressure in the rig.

If you want purified water, something that has the chlorine and other chemicals as well as bacteria stripped out of it, then you are talking about a completely different choice in filters. These are the filters that you would install under the sink, and maybe even have a seperate faucet for. They have tremendous pressure drop across them and are not suitable for filtering water to the whole rig. And since they catch "everything" the filter catridge needs sevicing frequently. These cartridges are also considerably more expensive.

I know I have not told you about any particular brands. As far as the actual filtration, they all have to do what they say they will because of the regulations that water filter manufacturing must abide by. From there, many times, it is a matter of preference on features, functions and style.

If you are near a Home Depot or Lowes they typically have a nice display of several types and brands. First narrow down by what kind of filtration you want to do and then pick the brand that is configured best for your rig and has features you like.

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33' Kountry Star by Newmar
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[Kirk]

I use a whole house type filter and I use one of the carbon block filters with a 1 micron filter size in it. If you visit the RV Filter Store website, he has about the best discussion of the different types of filtration that I have found. And he has very reasonable prices as well.

Good travelin! ......Kirk
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[Justme]

We have "everpure" filter,hooked to cold water ,under the kitchen sink.The filter is changed once a yr & wouldn't be without it.Our water is so clear,no chlorine taste...we've never bought water & have removed & reinstalled this filter in 3 RVs.Works great for us.

[Vette Racer]

We use the pure water filter that hooks to your faucet and use it when needing cold water filtered. Kind of expensive for the filters but does a good job filtering out the bad taste and all that.

[repoman]

i am having trioble finding fittings for a water filter. It is a culligan with 3/8 fittings. I am trying to hook it up to a garden hose. LocaL HARDware store was unable to help . Suggestions are welcomed

[John Harrelson]

The BRITA water pitcher is my choice.

It works perfectly and is a heck of a lot cheaper than some of those big in-line filters.

A filter cartridge will last about three months and cost about $5.00.

I buy a six pack of the small size bottled water twice a year just for the bottles. When the bottles are empty, I fill them again from the BRITA pitcher and store the bottles in the fridge.

I figured out that a 12 ounce bottle of water from the BRITA pitcher cost about one to two cent each, compared to a dollar a bottle in the convenience store.

I understand that some folks like to filter the "whole house" water supply and thats fine.. it's just that I see no rhyme or reason to filter water thats used to flush the toilet or take a bath with..

after all... the water coming in the RV is the same water that the locals drink and bathe in and they are not sick or dead from it.

So the only thing I want a filter to do is filter the "Local" taste of that place's water..

But once again... each to their own...

John

[Trek-Cyclist]

We have found the best bang for the buck is the GE whole house filter. We bought it at Home Depot for under 30.00 and the high end filters are less then 12.00 for two which should last 6 months. Each filter can filter up to 16,000 gallons before replacement. All we had to do was adapt it for our water hose which added 1.50 to the total.
So far it has been working great! No bad taste or orders.
It even comes with a reset 90 day timer to remind you to change it out.

[Ron1247]

Filter all water, including holding tank with inline exterior filter. Have interior Nature Pure under kitchen sink that filters water to U-line ice maker, and gooseneck faucet used to refill gal. jugs for backup and all drinking, cooking requirements. Interior replaced every 24 months, exterior 8 months more-less.
Nature Pure claims to remove chemicals, viruses, lead etc., been meaning to have sample tested.

[zetron]

I am not familiar with the water filter you mentioned.

One thing that is coming more into vogue with RVers is the ceramic water filter. I bought one from Doulton. It is a whole house rated ceamic 'silver impergnated' filter. It will last forever. You simply brush off the material that accumulates on the outside to clean it.

Ceramic filters have been used for many years in all parts of the world to provide clean safe water.

Before I got this filter I had problems with the water from my fresh water tank. I had to be careful where I got the water nd how long I let it sit in the tank. NOT ANYMORE. NOTHING GETS THROUGH MY SILVER IMPREGNATED CERAMIC CANDLE!!!

David/zetron

[Ron1247]

Camping World carries the Nature Pure filter, in the $175. range. Have not done a search on net to find best price. Still plan to have water samples tested, hope for the best.

[Doggievet]

I use an 'everpure - I think' under the sink for drinking water, but I also use an activated charcoal filter outside to get rid of bad taste in the water, such as hydrogen sulfide on the coast. The activated charcoal doesn't get bacteria, viruses, giardia, cryptosporidium, etc, which hopefully the everpure filter does.
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[zetron]

For $175 I would think this is a ceramic filter?
I need to take my Doulton ceramic filter out and clean it. I have been using my TurboKool Swamp Cooler and run a lot of water (about 5 gallons/day). A lot of the water leaks out the bowl and runs down the side of the motorhome. This is because the float is on the high side. I mounted it on the curving surface of the roof near the edge. I need to build up the one side.

As far as cooling goes the TurboKool gets an A++. It works great, it was 105 outside and 84 inside. I have not taken all the measures I can to maximize the cooling of this unit. Today it was 96 outside and 74 inside, at the TurboKool it was 68 DEGREES!!!!!

Humidity peaks at about 50 %. It is around 15 % outside. The water pump must be left on. I can hear it cycle about every 2 seconds. I think that once I get the TurboKool level with my two fresh water tanks and my 6 solar panels I should be able to go for 2 weeks in the desert IN COMFORT at temperatures up to 110 degrees.

This is " a whole new ballgame" it extends the range I can boondock in the summer to almost anywhere.

Sorry I got off the subject of water filters. With the amount of water the TurboKool uses I will have to clean my ceramic candle much more often.

There is a way to revitalize the candle with silver nitrate solution, but I am not sure exactly how to do that.

David/zetron