QUOTE(cwhong @ Apr 10 2012, 11:39 PM)
what brand is ur water filter?
The product name is Hendrex. It is a water generator. A good filter must make sure it is safe to drink and to be approved by FDA (Food and Drug Administration, USA).
There are many things to consider buying a potable or drinking filter system and ensure it is in tip top condition all the time and cost of maintenace like filter replacement. No use pay initial investment and leave it to rot. It is worse if you cannot maintain the filter. and un-maintain filter water is worse than drinking unfiltered tap water.
First is the source of water. The dirtier the water the higher the cost of purification. You got to change the filters often and it clogged too.
2nd, is to remove as much impurities as possible and fresh water with little contamination. Rain water is the best natural water for drinking as it is fresh and purer cleaning our bodies. If our tap water is from upper stream the better. Lower stream mostly highly contaminated. Rain water is life water. Ever heard of dead water? Water that are stagnant/still water or non running water in a pool, like mining pond water. Dont collect water from these areas. Running water that flow all the time as it refresh and constantly being replaced by newer water. The purer the water the better.
3rd, to ensure there is no bacteria and virus and any other micro organism present. The only way for home filter is UV. You see why Amway uses UV. All others with no UV they cannot assure you of virus/bac free. The container or the filter itself live the virus and bacteria. Our tap water has chlorine if you thing cholrine is bad then think about drinking bacteria! The activated carbon remove chlorine from one filter to another those multistage filters. And if you think it is good then care to take sample of the water and look at it with microscope, you dont believe what you see. Because the carbon filter remove the bacteria killing agent (chlorine) and they live in the filter! You need UV. Of course not all bacteria cause us problem. Even when they do our body fight them without us knowing and we usually win but at a price, a weaken body.
This Hendrex has Activated carbon filter, RO, UV. The source of water is from the air moisture, the air that we breath, that form rain. The water generated is very pure and fresh, should there be any chemical present it will be absorbed by the activated carbon and yet it go thru RO to make sure no dirt present up to 0.0001 micron. It then go thru another activated carbon to sweethen the water so that it take like natural stream water. and finally before you drink it as you dispend the water the UV kills any micro organism that present in the filter/tank and to your glass. The UV only turn on as the water flow thru it to your glass. That is why the UV can last and be as good as it is after 10 year unlike most other that on most if not all the time (what a waste of its effectiveness). Maintenance of filter is low becasue the source of water is very pure. And to make it perfect the filter/dispenser is mobile with wheels and you can have icy cool water or 88 to 94 degree C hot water.
BTW, the filters are all made in USA and FDA approved filters every one of them including the UV by phillips.