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hqtang33
post Nov 4 2024, 07:22 AM

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Hello sifus, I'm currently looking for water filter for my new landed house. Abit out of budget after reno, basically looking for low annual maintenance cost water PoE and PoU. Willing to spend abit more if quality ok + low maintenance in the long run.

1. landed or condo? Landed
2. how many pax in your household? 2 for now, will have kids in the future.
3. got senior / babies / people with disease like kidney failure for example in the house? No
4. can you able to do some small DIY installing yourself or not? (like replacement filter yourself?) Yes, have all the tools.
5. how much u afford to installment per month for at least 5 years? 50/mth or 100/mth or 150/mth? Prefer 1 time off purchase.
6. or do u prefer 1-time off purchase? below 1k or 2k or 3k? Prefer 1 time off purchase.
7. do you own external water filter yet? No, any recommendation? And how do i know if i need one?
8. hot/water function is it a must for you? will you willing to fork out another RM50/mth electricity bill for the feature? or you just stick with thermal pot + fridge cold water? I will boil water, no need direct drink.

Thanks in advance!
hqtang33
post Nov 6 2024, 09:00 AM

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QUOTE(sadukarzz @ Nov 5 2024, 10:54 AM)
3M for PoE

3M POE - Small unit

3M POE - Big unit

Can install 2 units (1 small 1 big) as POE outside of your house.

Filter size: 5 microns

Replacement cartridge:
Small - ~RM30 each
Big - ~RM600 each
*both can wait shopee / lazada voucher to maximize discounts

Small unit first, then big unit. Small filter can help reduce initial contents in water, reduce load in your bigger filter. Both filter replacement cartridge easy to DIY replace, can replace whenever water flow starts to be too slow for your liking. Small unit replace every 6 months or so. Big unit can replace every 2 years if your smaller unit is replaced properly.

Then if you want to install undersink, then can go with

3M undersink

Filter size: 1 microns
replacement cartridge: ~RM260
replace every: 1 year or 1.5 depending on your usage

total cost per year replacement estimate: (RM30 x 2) + (RM260) = RM320 / RM14 per month
total cost per 2 years replacement estimate: (RM30 x 4) + (RM260 x2) + RM600 = RM1240 / RM52 per month

Factors to consider:
- municipal water pressure (adding extra filters will lower water pressure)
- municipal water quality (within city should be cleaner, within developed states should be cleaner, hence prolonging your filter life and reduce replacement needs).
- water consumption needs (use more water = shorter filter life)

Not a seller / reseller for water filters, not water expert also, just sharing my basic setup for standard water quality

So far after I installed 3m, water quality improved significantly, clearly observable, done own testing (I am very intrigued by water related topics, hence I went to study and completed online degree for water management for my own curiosity). Besides that I still do boil water for consumption, my fridge also alot of space so use glass bottle to store purified or boiled water

On top of that no subscription fee for me, no need to arrange time for the filter fellas to come to only just "wash" the filters, used to have coway, but realized its RO filter, gave to my elders

Easy to replace filters, no significant change to my water pressure (landed) and installation hassle also one off, would recommend

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Damn, really appreciate your detailed explanation. Do you mind explaning why you go for 2 POE (Small+Big) instead of just the big one?

 

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