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Can I order this Aquasafe Ro/di unit ?
I have read alot of good things about the aquasafe ro/di units so I was wondering if this system from ebay is okay to order:
http://cgi.ebay.ca/AQUA-SAFE-AQUARIU...QQcmdZViewItem Thank you |
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I have a similar aquasafe unit (I think they call it a Maximus) with 1 large DI and a 3 gal bladder tank. It's nice because it allows me to have 3 gal of water on demand without the need for a separate holding tank.
-J
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Is the unit any good or do you wish you spent more on a better unit?
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don't waste your time and money on that cheap unit. you dont want the 100 gph ro membrane to start with, and they use cheap filters with a small side di chamber which is just complete junk. if you want it for drinking water, it may work out okay, but for reef keeping its junk.
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You will not be happy with it. It is a passable drinking water filter but nowhere near the quality of the reef systems here on RC. With RO/DI you get what you pay for and e-bay type units just don't cut it.
You don't want little inefficient hollow tubes that are supposed DI filters. You don't want granular activated carbon. You don't want a 5 micron carbon block. You don't want a 5 micron prefilter. You don't want a 100 GPD membrane. Now, you do want a true 10" vertical canister and refillable 20 oz cartridge type true DI filter. You do want a 0.5 micron solid matrix or chlorine guzzler type carbon block. You do want a 1.0 or better yet a 0.5 or 0.2 micron absolute rated prefilter. You do want a 75 GPD Dow Filmtec RO membrane. You will also want a handheld TDS meter and an inline pressure gauge. You will probably need and autoshutoff valve and a RO bypass valve too. Look at the people who sponsor this site and these forums and are all reef hobbyists themselves. They hand assemble their units using quality components one at a time here in the US not China or Taiwan. www.buckeyefieldsupply.com www.spectrapure.com www.thefilterguys.biz www.melevsreef.com www.purelyh2o.com |
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funny...
2.5 years old. same membrane. Still 0 TDS. I have replaced the 3 prefilters with a sediment and 2 chlorine guzzlers from buckeye to the tune of about $25. The housings are all standard size so you can replace any of the filters or membrane with other units if you wish. When the membrane on mine does go, I will get a 75GPD Filmtec instead of the 100. For now 0 TDS is 0 TDS is 0TDS. don't let anyone tell you differently. I am 100% happy. -J
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0 TDS is not 0 TDS.
http://reefcentral.com/forums/showth...hreadid=898154 Add up the cost of better filters, a true vertical DI canister and cartridge, a TDS meter, a pressure gauge, an autoshutoff valve, a RO bypass and in some cases an adjustable flow restrictor or flush valve that just about all the units I mentioned come with as standard equipment and its nt such a good deal after all. As I said before "You get what you pay for with RO/DI". |
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I've been running one for over 2 years with no complaints.
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If you have never had a good RO/DI to compare it to you may not know the difference. Once you have experienced the difference you could kick yourself!
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in the spectrapure forum nonetheless... Do you really think that any two successful tanks measure within less than .05 microseimens of each other? Whatever....
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