Style B

Style A

Installing a RO System at Home.

We’ve had filtered water (RO, Reverse Osmosis) in our pharmacy for quite some time. An outside company maintains it and changes filters when needed. The water is used for drinking and in the lab. We use a testing device that measures total dissolved solids (TDS). Our city water tests at around 300 parts per million (ppm). The filtered water is in the 20s. We filled a gallon regularly for our drinking water at home because we didn’t have room in our condo for a full setup with the storage tank. AN online search directed us to the company that actually sells the filtration device and we could buy it without the storage tank.

I called the company and the person on the phone explained how she has one that she stores in a cabinet and hooks up to the bathtub faucet when she needed to “make” water. We have a completely unused tub in our master bathroom and decided to give this a trial.


Both styles come with everything needed to hook up and start using. There are two versions. One is more compact because of how they arrange the filter bodies. We ordered the traditional one (Style A). The total price was $197.00 and included shipping. It arrived in three days. I read the instruction - very simple - and took the device to the bathroom. I unscrewed the aerator on the faucet and inserted the adapter. Then I hooked up the filter unit. The black tube runs into the filter. All RO units discard some of the water. It goes out another black tube and down the drain. Some people feel that this is wasteful. From my perspective, water is never actually wasted or lost. It moves around but doesn’t go away. The white hose delivers clean water - very clean water. It takes about thirty five minutes to fill a gallon jug.

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We purchased the unit from Pure Water Products in Denton, TX. Here's is what their website says about Style A;

• Full-sized system. This unit is identical to our  undersink units, except it's styled to operate as a countertop. Water enters the black vessel, passes through a carbon block filter, then goes to the reverse osmosis membrane (white horizontal vessel), then another carbon block filter (white vertical vessel).
• Standard Production: 50 gallons per day . This is an accurate figure. It takes us approximately 35 minutes to fill a one gallon jug. 
• Dimensions: 5.5" deep, 18" tall, 14.5" wide.
• Approximate Annual Upkeep: Less than $40 for filters per year / $55 membrane every three years or so

This unit can stand free, as shown, lie on its back, or be hung on a wall. It uses standard MatriKX carbon block 10-inch filter cartridges and a 50 gallon-per-day Filmtec membrane. We can alter the production upon request. (Vessel colors are negotiable. If you want all white, for example, let us know. Clear vessels — vertical only — are also available upon request at no increase in price.)
The two carbon block filters should be changed annually and the membrane approximately every third year. If you own a TDS Tester, you can usually save money on membrane changes.
Standard cartridges for this unit are MatriKX CTO prefilter (black housing) and MatriKX +1 post filter (white housing).