Added all my change up.......

Tim224DT · 06-05-2005, 08:20 PM

Hello, I added all my change up and got about $100 and think i know what i want to put it towards. I have been posting things on here about getting a RO/DI unit. I would like to get a nice unit now i have about $200 to play with. What are some good brands of units around that price?

Tim

wharyat · 06-05-2005, 08:58 PM

I know AquaFX has some good models, that's where I plan to get my next one.

Spectra pure is supposed to be an excellent brand, havn't heard anything bad about kent either.

Tim224DT · 06-05-2005, 09:02 PM

I was looking at some kent RO/DI and they have a Kent Maxixima, and a Kent Maxxima Hi-S. Whats the difference between the two?

Tim

Loverotties · 06-05-2005, 09:09 PM

check out e-bay!

wharyat · 06-05-2005, 09:50 PM

The hi-s, I believe is if you have high silicates in your tap water (special pre-filters included). The normal Maxxima is just plain old RO/DI.

VWD · 06-05-2005, 09:54 PM

I like spectrapure, I have had mine for awhile and don't know the cost now, I think You can pick an RO/DI for around that much

Tim224DT · 06-06-2005, 06:00 AM

How about Pure Flow II are they good units? I see them for around $150

Tim

yousuredo · 06-06-2005, 10:31 AM

aquasafe canada on ebay....is a great 6 stage ro-di for $70 plus $23 for shipping and i got a TDS metter for $7.95 off of ebay as well and i have had it for over a year and still know problems or TDS's so it does the job....

Tim224DT · 06-06-2005, 07:26 PM

I didnt see any aquasafe RO/DI on ebay at all, maybe im not looking in the right place. Im not a big ebay fan to begin with, if possible i would like to try and stay away from ebay. Right now i like the Kent Hi-S 35GPD unit from Marine Depot. Not sure if my water has high silicates or not
Its tax free from buyin on internet and free shipping because its over $175. I think the price was right at $185.

Tim

yousuredo · 06-06-2005, 08:50 PM

if you decide to check it out then do a search for aquasafecanada all one word on ebay and mine shipped fast got it in 4 days....i would recomend them highly

Tim224DT · 06-06-2005, 10:04 PM

I just went to www.ebay.com and looked for that all in one word then a space then just aquasafe nothing. Then i went to www.ebay.ca and did the same thing and got nothing for a search.

Tim

kwjones · 06-07-2005, 03:34 PM

Filter Direct on Ebay, you can also search for Water General.

I got the Filter Direct 110 GPD 6 stage. I think it was around $90
1st stage - sediment
2nd stage - carbon or sediment...I can't remember.
3rd stage - carbon
4th stage - RO
5th stage - DI
6th stage - carbon for flavor polishing (removed this, it's worthless and added TDS)

So I only run the first 5 stages. I have well water with high silicates (off the color range for the Seachem Silicates test kit). It's been in use for over a year and is only putting out 4ppm TDS after the DI unit...not too shabby.

I did end up having to get a booster pump (bigger than the normal booster pump with a bigger price tag too, rated for 50 gpd+ RO/DI units) for the water pressure. House water pressure is only 40 psi, which is minimum opperating pressure, factor in cold water and it was putting out MAYBE 40 GPD. I have the booster pump plumbed between the 3rd stage carbon filter and the 4th stage RO/DI unit. It opperates at 110 psi (I think the max operating pressure for my filter is 160 psi) and is now closer to 90 or 100 GPD.

yousuredo · 06-08-2005, 12:31 PM

i am so sorry about that it ia aquasafesystems
just click the link and it will take ya there...
again i am sorry for the mistake i made it has been over a year...

Tim224DT · 06-08-2005, 12:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by yousuredo

i am so sorry about that it ia aquasafesystems
just click the link and it will take ya there...
again i am sorry for the mistake i made it has been over a year...

Dont worry about it. Im going to be looking around for another month before i buy anything i might be able to get a family member to buy it for me because my B-Day is Jul 5th

I will keep that aquasafe in mind i also really like to reviews i read on Kent and Spectrapure.

Tim

Tim224DT · 06-08-2005, 09:12 PM

Quick question about RO/DI. I was reading a review on the Kent and it said the waste water ratio was 3 to 1. Is that 3 gallons of good water to 1 gallon of waste or the other way around?? Here is the link that i saw that in. Its about 1/2 down the page.

http://saltaquarium.about.com/cs/rod...entmaxxima.htm