Water Filtering system

[anmikazuki]

Hi cotters,
I want to share my experience in buying water purifier. I know it can be a headache if you are looking for one and no one seems to know what you are talking about. So let’s share, shall we?

This article is quite long, so please bear with me, ya. (If it’s too long to post, please let me know)

Usually, I always drank from tap water directly, even from public toilet (refilling my water bottle). At home, the taste is quite ok for me. My sister cannot take it, so she always boil it. I could not stand the taste of boiled water. In public toilet, the chlorine taste is quite strong. But Singapore’s water should be safe for drinking, so I did not really care so much drinking from public toilet (or tap water at home) last time. But nowadays I always look for the water dispenser near the toilet to refill my water bottle.

After reading several reviews these past few days and based on my personal experience with tap water, I found that I need to filter my drinking water. But which water filter suits me best? Yes, the Spore drinking water is safe to drink. But the problems lie in the pipes during transportation to our home tap. It can be rusty, contain molds/algaes, etc.

I did some tests few months back. I cover the tap with filter clothes bought from DIY or neighborhood’s shop. After few weeks, the clothes became brown from sedimentation in the tap water. This sedimentation could not be removed by boiling water.
Also, I find this article about boiling water http://www.urwater.com.au//products/gurgle_tap.asp
In short, boiling kills disease causing organism, but it can cause chlorinated water to release small amount of chloroform gas into the air.

OK, so now into my research of water filter. So many water filters, but which one to suit me? I googled and found this page: http://www.waterfiltercomparisons.co...comparison.php
But, there’s a catch. In the page, it seems aquasana holds the best tap water filter. But…. This page was created by them because I found similar page descripting the same comparison. Price wise, need to be careful because only the filters accounts for the price. Not the device itself. I have read through Aquasana, Brita, Culligan (only short one), eSpring, and Pur. Most offers the same feature of reducing harmful elements (I could not find the exact details of percentage of reduction in respective homepage except for aquasana). eSpring and Pur have extra benefit of reducing bacteria and harmful virus. Then, in Spore there is OSIM, also claims to reduce 99.99% bacteria. But the device is so small. I am a bit doubtful >_< Also Diamond is quite popular from what I read from cotters because it can reduce the size of water molecules for ease of water absorption into the body. I did not find about bacteria reduction though. There is also Hyflux (I did not read much about this), Gurgle (http://www.urwater.com.au//products/gurgle_tap.asp) – claims to reduce general bacteria and some viruses) costs S$104 from DIY store (source: my friend :p).

The best that I read from reviews is water distiller. However, not feasible for me because not much space in my apartment plus it is noisy and slow. 5 hours for 4 L of water. Plus it heats the water first (wasting electricity – yeah, I do not want my electricity bill to go up >_<)

I almost bought one of the tap filter, but then, I realize I will probably not like there is something on my tap. Silly me…

So I downgraded – jug water filter or water dispenser. Note: tap filter performs better than jug filter. But I like slower filtration because I am ensured that the harmful materials are filtered out. Here I only list out whether the filter system can filter out bacteria or other microorganism. Other than that, they have similar features to each other (similar does not mean the same but I can compromise that) I have few choices:
- Brita Marella XL 3.5 L S$67 (incl 1 filter): no filtering of bacteria (at least I could not find this claim in the website). Cost of filter: 3 for S$36 (maxtra filters) Life time: ~ 150L or 2 months whichever is faster. Has water dispenser for 8L water. But I read reviews that the tap sometimes can leak, also not all water can be dispensed out.
- Panasonic 2 L S$ 69 (won Women’s weekly award 2009) incl filter. Filter lifetime: 3 months with 4L a day. (quite worth it I think, but it’s out of stock! I also could not find the price of the filter) http://panasonic.com.sg/web/pid/6560
- Pur – claims to reduce bacteria with its 2-stage system, though in website, 2 stage does not seem to reduce bacteria http://www.purwater.com/pur-technology/ I see one in Takashimaya but did not notice the price
- Novita (our own Spore brand) ~ S$68-80 (I forgot the exact price). Incl filter. Filter life: 35 days 145 L. Each filter costs S$ 45 http://www.novita.com.sg/drink-2210.htm have anti bacterial silver impregnation. Novita also have water dispenser costs S$ 169 and S$ 268
- Cleansui (Body made in China, filter and design – Japan) ~ S$ 80
- Gurgle – 1.5 L at AUD 27.5. Filter life 8 weeks or 150 L whichever faster
In the end, I chose Brita Marella. The water does not have chlorine odor or taste anymore. Yay!

[silvereyed]

You might be interested in ionized water, which supposedly has better health benefits and is very popular in South Korea and Japan

[anmikazuki]

Where can I buy that? :D

[silvereyed]

Try http://www.kemptrading.com/

or

http://www.h2olifesource.com/singapo...FUhB6wodrhdGdw

[anmikazuki]

Thank you. I'll look into that

[gigiyeo]

Or you can try NANO water system.. I have been using it for 2 years. My hubby often get mouth ulcers but it had never been happened after taking this water system. That's why my sister joined them few months ago. They have exhibition in EXPO from 16-18 July. What I know is they are at Hall 5B. If you are interested, visit their website www.nanowatersystem.com You can drop by to check more details with them or look for my sister, Lily. She can do demo to show how does it works and give you FREE nano water to try first.

[gigiyeo]

Sorry anmikazuki, I am wrong. The website should be www.nanoswater.com

[Joshua.Lee]

Hi cotters,
I want to share my experience in buying water purifier. I know it can be a headache if you are looking for one and no one seems to know what you are talking about. So let’s share, shall we?

This article is quite long, so please bear with me, ya. (If it’s too long to post, please let me know)

Usually, I always drank from tap water directly, even from public toilet (refilling my water bottle). At home, the taste is quite ok for me. My sister cannot take it, so she always boil it. I could not stand the taste of boiled water. In public toilet, the chlorine taste is quite strong. But Singapore’s water should be safe for drinking, so I did not really care so much drinking from public toilet (or tap water at home) last time. But nowadays I always look for the water dispenser near the toilet to refill my water bottle.

After reading several reviews these past few days and based on my personal experience with tap water, I found that I need to filter my drinking water. But which water filter suits me best? Yes, the Spore drinking water is safe to drink. But the problems lie in the pipes during transportation to our home tap. It can be rusty, contain molds/algaes, etc.

I did some tests few months back. I cover the tap with filter clothes bought from DIY or neighborhood’s shop. After few weeks, the clothes became brown from sedimentation in the tap water. This sedimentation could not be removed by boiling water.
Also, I find this article about boiling water http://www.urwater.com.au//products/gurgle_tap.asp
In short, boiling kills disease causing organism, but it can cause chlorinated water to release small amount of chloroform gas into the air.

OK, so now into my research of water filter. So many water filters, but which one to suit me? I googled and found this page: http://www.waterfiltercomparisons.co...comparison.php
But, there’s a catch. In the page, it seems aquasana holds the best tap water filter. But…. This page was created by them because I found similar page descripting the same comparison. Price wise, need to be careful because only the filters accounts for the price. Not the device itself. I have read through Aquasana, Brita, Culligan (only short one), eSpring, and Pur. Most offers the same feature of reducing harmful elements (I could not find the exact details of percentage of reduction in respective homepage except for aquasana). eSpring and Pur have extra benefit of reducing bacteria and harmful virus. Then, in Spore there is OSIM, also claims to reduce 99.99% bacteria. But the device is so small. I am a bit doubtful >_< Also Diamond is quite popular from what I read from cotters because it can reduce the size of water molecules for ease of water absorption into the body. I did not find about bacteria reduction though. There is also Hyflux (I did not read much about this), Gurgle (http://www.urwater.com.au//products/gurgle_tap.asp) – claims to reduce general bacteria and some viruses) costs S$104 from DIY store (source: my friend :p).

The best that I read from reviews is water distiller. However, not feasible for me because not much space in my apartment plus it is noisy and slow. 5 hours for 4 L of water. Plus it heats the water first (wasting electricity – yeah, I do not want my electricity bill to go up >_<)

I almost bought one of the tap filter, but then, I realize I will probably not like there is something on my tap. Silly me…

So I downgraded – jug water filter or water dispenser. Note: tap filter performs better than jug filter. But I like slower filtration because I am ensured that the harmful materials are filtered out. Here I only list out whether the filter system can filter out bacteria or other microorganism. Other than that, they have similar features to each other (similar does not mean the same but I can compromise that) I have few choices:
- Brita Marella XL 3.5 L S$67 (incl 1 filter): no filtering of bacteria (at least I could not find this claim in the website). Cost of filter: 3 for S$36 (maxtra filters) Life time: ~ 150L or 2 months whichever is faster. Has water dispenser for 8L water. But I read reviews that the tap sometimes can leak, also not all water can be dispensed out.
- Panasonic 2 L S$ 69 (won Women’s weekly award 2009) incl filter. Filter lifetime: 3 months with 4L a day. (quite worth it I think, but it’s out of stock! I also could not find the price of the filter) http://panasonic.com.sg/web/pid/6560
- Pur – claims to reduce bacteria with its 2-stage system, though in website, 2 stage does not seem to reduce bacteria http://www.purwater.com/pur-technology/ I see one in Takashimaya but did not notice the price
- Novita (our own Spore brand) ~ S$68-80 (I forgot the exact price). Incl filter. Filter life: 35 days 145 L. Each filter costs S$ 45 http://www.novita.com.sg/drink-2210.htm have anti bacterial silver impregnation. Novita also have water dispenser costs S$ 169 and S$ 268
- Cleansui (Body made in China, filter and design – Japan) ~ S$ 80
- Gurgle – 1.5 L at AUD 27.5. Filter life 8 weeks or 150 L whichever faster
In the end, I chose Brita Marella. The water does not have chlorine odor or taste anymore. Yay!

great job for doing all the research but a lot of information here are not accurate. There is a lot of to water then just a tap filter. Even clean water can be bad for the body if its deviod of minerals, causing the ph to be slightly acidic. Study shows that such water going into the body begin to leech minerals from the body, resulting in brittle bones over long period.

There are a log of pseudo science in the water business and have u heard of people losing hair and health after consuming clean filtered water. FIltered, distilled, clean, alkaline, ionised, oxygenated. U name it.

For those who want to know more, pm me..

[Mingyan]

i tried Brita Marella before. Bought it in Australia.. i like it.

not too sure about the benefits and disadvantage of it but without flitered the water, you could actually white stuff floating ard..

i dont like that..

[Geneveive]

Hi hi,

I would like to share about EVOPURE ALKALINE ANTIOXIDANT WATER FILTRATION SYSTEM which I bought few months back...

The following are the benefits :

Removes Chlorine
Removes Rust & Dirt
Removes Bacteria & Virus
Removes Odour
Retains Beneficial Minerals
Provides Alkaline
Provides Anti-Oxidant


Currently they are having the following PROMOTION :-

System - $1,800 (FREE)
Installation - $100 (FREE)

All you need to bear is the yearly maintenance of the Filters.

4 Filters per set

If you were to purchase a package of 3 sets of Filters, you will get 1 extra set of Filters for FREE.

Therefore, it is 3+1 sets of Filters for $1,596 (NETT) inclusive of Transportation & Installation & Servicing for 4 years, which means $399 per year, approximately $1.10 per day.

Every set of Filters can filter 6,000 Litres of water, with an estimation of 5 pax per family, with yearly change of Filters with NO EXTRA COST for Servicing & Transportation during the Yearly change of Filters, which means they PROVIDE FREE SERVICING every year to change a brand new set of filters for your family yearly.

This promotion will end by End of May 2011.

From June 2011 onwards, the package price will increase to 1,688 (NETT).

So if you are interested to purchase a Water Filtration System, pls feel free to PM me for my Sales Agent contact for FREE DEMO with NO OBLIGATIONS @ ur hse @ ur convenience timing.. before the price increase.. =)

Take care..

*Drink Cleaner & Healthier Water to Stay HEALHTY* =)