Picking a Good Reverse Osmosis Water Filter System for Home Use

When you’re picking out the best reverse osmosis water filter system for your home, there’s a lot to consider. But it doesn’t need to be complicated.

In this excellent and extensive article, everything you need to know is broken down. Here’s a brief summary:

1. Determine what’s in your water that you want to filter out.
   Contact local water authority, or test your well water. and make sure the system you choose is calibrated to removed those contaminants.
2. Decide whether you want to remove minerals from your water, or keep them in.If you want to keep them in, you should either NOT use reverse osmosis, or get a system with an additional stage that adds minerals back in.
3. Budget and Schedule the Maintenance
   Each of the filtering stages in your reverse osmosis water filter system will have to be replaced on a regular basis. Check the manual to determine how easy it is to swap these out, and how frequently each filter needs to be replaced. Also check prices for replacements online, so you can set your maintenance schedule and budget.
4. Estimate how much clean water you’ll need in a day.Most people will only use their filtered water for drinking and cooking. Others may want to use it for plants, or brushing their teeth, or more. This is also affected by the size of your household. Popular reverse osmosis systems for home use are rated in gallons per day (GPD). Usually they produce more than enough for an average household, but if you want to know more, check out the sidebar about Reverse Osmosis GPD, below.
5. Installation Considerations:
1. Do you have enough room to store the filtration system under the sink or on the counter? In a separate cabinet? Will it crowd your garbage disposal or other things in your cabinets? The storage tank can take up a lot of space!
2. Will you need access to electricity? Additional stages like an ultraviolet lamp or a permeate pump will need an electrical source nearby to plug into.
3. Will you need professional Plumbing and Construction Work? Determine whether or not you can do the work yourself, or if you should pay someone like a professional or your savvy uncle.
6. Will you need/want any Reverse Osmosis Accessories?What will enhance your experience? A hot and cold filtered waterdispenser for hot water on demand, for for example. Water testing kits for drinking water and pH balance testers for mineralized water are other popular accessories.

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