Whats a good RO/DI?

[dippin61]

And where should i get one?

[vanz]

What I have is the aquasafe maximus unit from ebay - bunch of us has it. decently priced at $130 or so. Great customer service.

And the water that comes out of it doesn't taste bad. Actually taste better than water from the brita filter.

[impur]

Well it really depends who you ask!! The people that spent 300+ on their units will call Sean's unit, and my unit as well a waste of money. But when you get down to it, i spent $130 shipped for my filterdirect unit. I've been using it for almost 3 years and have changed the DI resin once. I just tested again yesterday and still 0tds. I am planning on changing the sediment and carbon filters in the coming month. It came with a 3 gal storage tank, a faucet adapter, a drinking water faucet, and all the plumbing parts need to hard plumb it. I couldn't be happier with this unit.

I do plan on changing my di resin chamber though. I'd like a vertical one that is larger than the one i have.

[dippin61]

where did you pick yours up impur? does it have an inline tds meter? or will i need to go pick one up?
im just really new when it comes to ro/di's. i have no idea about any of them, or how they really work lol

im not looking for anything real special. just either a 50-75 gpd unit, dont need a drinking water faucet. it will have its own dedicated water line to plumb into.

but it just needs to work, consistently :p

[impur]

I got mine off ebay. I bought a portable TDS meter for 12 bucks from the same guy. his store is called FilterDirect.

[dippin61]

thanks impur!

[Ronjunior]

If you play your cards right, you won't waste as much water depending on how/where you install it. I'm thinking of plumbing one in my laundry closet so when the water rushes to the washing machine, the RO/DI goes into the storage container. Need to do more research though when the time comes.

[siskiou]

I bought a used one locally on craigslist ( it's an airwaterice.com model) and have been very happy with it.