I have old water dispenser that works fine but after le wife visited a relative new house suddenly wants finer things with it like digital touch & volume control

Prefer outright purchase and to buy OEM filter on my own (I'm a DIY person) rather than being lock to 7 freaking long years payment

Our body is not that weak so not fancying those 3 or 4 stage filtration gimmick

I researched many big players have gang up to only sell the high end models in monthly subscription format

Mi , end of story .

DIY RO

toshiba purifier available for outright

Go shoppe search for midea hot and warm water dispenser.

Filter system with RO membrane should be common

Old thinking just buy pasar malam will do ....owai

panasonic, simple

what kind of function you need? i use bacfree, rm1k+, 4 catridges inside.

got 25, 45, 60, 85, 100 degrees. volume control too

water tank 5L.

Get Panasonic

shopee belambak. state what function you want to chatgpt.

suggest a water dispenser that has the following criteria: 3 stage purification, hot water, room temperature water and chilled water, and able to control the dispensed water volume, and it must not be subscription based




This post has been edited by lj0000: May 1 2025, 01:59 PM

Those subscription thingy, you can also just purchase the water filter with full payment and without subscription also.. Subscription is just for people who lazy to service the filter themselves, and to those who want to pay in installment..

Use Doulton candle stick ceramic filter with double housing. One clear one shikded for activated carbon filter.

The cermaic fikter can be scrub oncs the surfave gets dirty or flowrate slowed.

LG currently macam ada outright purchase for their phasing out model for 1.9k

3M. Simple

You just need 3 stages that you can buy very cheap from shopee.

1. Sediment filter= remove suspended solid and rust
2. Activated carbon filter= remove chlorine and chlorine Taste.
3. UF filter= 99.9% remove bacteria.

The rest is optional. If you want higher removal, that can remove till mineral, virus and heavy metal content, u need to use RO filter.

u can check for price for outright (eg: LG or SK magic)

but subsequent filter replacement either opt for their service package or u replace your own

if u really pure DIY and know what u doing ..just buy from shopee (eg: MIDEA or any local brand) ; then buy ori or third party filter and replace yourself


sample



This post has been edited by fantasy1989: May 1 2025, 02:17 PM

a lot of option in shopee

Visit water filter sub-forum, pretty sure there is alot of useful recommendations there

But if you want just a blatant suggestion

Here you go - One off purchase, no tie downs, straight forward as requested

https://www.panasonic.com/my/consumer/kitch...r-purifier.html

youre using it?

Thanks. Didn't know such niche sub-forum exist in Lowyat

This post has been edited by knwong: May 1 2025, 03:41 PM

either mr.diy simple version or search carousell for used unit

thn shopee that model if parts sold or not online

thn can proceed from there

I use 3M CTM-02 counter top.

Just buy one large outdoor filter and boil.

Ya.

I'm using this too. But the cartridge is very expensive. Rm250 for 6 months before the water flow runs slow

Can share more ?

Search Shopee or Lazada for Doulton ceramic filter. Low cost in the long run.

Can share kat mana cari? Store or online offer?

Nesh.

You can always pay in cash.
It's cheaper than subscription.

Coway, LG all got buy off one. Not only subscription.

Nesh also one off payment mah.... ada 12,24,36 months zero interest EPP

Ceramic as secondary filter after pp.
Actually can drink already.
Want better taste then add a carbon block

But at super inflated price.

change wife easier.

Yes every 6-8months I change. Usually buy during 11-11 sale. Over the last years i noticed the price of each cartridge went up by about 30%

Might switch to LG soon, subscription based but they mail you the cartridge so tukar sendiri at home.

You're right. My setup just one candle stick with Ceramic outer, activated carbon inner.

Drink the water direct after these filter without boiling.

LG rm40 per month
Cheaper than 3M complete filter if calculate
But electric bill wiill be higher cause got hot water tank.. Correct me if I'm wrong

Parking

LG ada tankless model also but yes either way electricity is still consumed whereas for 3M no need

Whats the maintenance on this

Pass by the bacfeee store in subang all the time since I was a kid, never heard of people using it before cuckoo / coway / kangen days

U may want to check with LG Puricare sales person, there is one in LYN u may drop him a PM, just search LG Puricare thread from google you'll get there.

Bacfree. Serious. Don't know why not more popular.

Low maintainence. Can readily buy filters. Filter also can tahan 1 -2 years if you wash from time to time.

Very good quality for the price

Hardware shop filter + cheap electric kettle

Settle

Espring

I see someone like to have their water flavoured with animals and org asli fluids.

.weird right? i also never heard of bacfree before this, but when i wanted to buy then baru survey. they are very long timer in the water filter industry (didnt know) lol..

no maintenance le, jus change filter when the light pops up. total got 4 cartridge inside. so when no.1 turn red light, u change no.1 lo.. jus diy only

I just buy the filters from Taobao ....after filter then boil the water

very cheap only rm200 ?

Too bad this one need to manually fill in the tank. Too leceh. Prefer the one that directly feed from main

https://nesh.com.my/product/nesh_ihot/

This one while good, does not have the wow factor. See TS wife also get wowed after seeing other's filter. Its a status symbol now

Lazy people like me pay RM50 for 7 years. Total 4.2k over 7 years. No need to worry of filter etc.

Yes subscription.

Basic basic ada ini:


Better klass sikit:


Better quality air karat is the past thing:





Image big open spoiler at your own data consumption.

This post has been edited by fu'house: May 1 2025, 11:32 PM

oh then you buy bacfree that works like tap directly .

got hot n cold water. can see from their website ya

LG puricare can opt for non subscription model.

Filter must buy bacfree brand or any brand will do?

You can pay one off if you don't want to subscribe

water purifier or filter still need to change filter la. no purifier purifying forever. still need to change the purifyer/filter
you still need to subscribe to your own self doing the maintenance

and then you still have to call them to do maintenance (and pay)
unless you do it yourself
now unless you're also their agent that know how to do it
i dont recommend paying one off

This post has been edited by darosha: May 2 2025, 03:38 AM

I use this low-tech setup. No glamor but much cheaper and it works well.



Mr DIY sells spare filters, and activated carbon filters. easy to change.

Want hot water?

Want cold water?
Pour the cooled boiled water into a water jug and put it in the fridge!

Been using Diamond filters fr over 17yrs, since they sudah close,now pakai Joven filters je.been boiling even after 6 filters frm diamond

How many years have you not change the Diamond filters?

Every 6mths or 1 yr for some filters since they are operational until last yr

buy from cosway saja and drink directly from tap.the filter just works. less than rm 400

the catridge is by sold by bacfree. total 4 catridge.

its about rm50-60 for the first 2 catridge. these 2 catridge normally will blink red before the other 2 catridge.

the other 2 catridge is 100+ each, but that 2 can last very long.

and, if you wanna save money, even if blink red, u still can pakai one more cycle. you jus press reset je. then the blinking will be gone.

Will this work? Manually add a float valve to have constant water supply

wow quite smart. it wil work but u need diy with drills lo. drill some openings on the tank's cover. but yes, i imagine it will work

I use h20 hydrogen. It’s simple purifier. Open tap and you get purified water

The replacement cartridge has 3 with varying level of replacement interval and not cheap

But it pass my alkaline test flying colors and has a ceramic filter that I can wash along with some other filter

I don’t need hot water cold water shit because I got a good thermos for hot water instead of let this shit plug into my electric socket and suck my electrify. I have adhd which I need to ensure all plug in house is off except fridge

Thanks. Many here are recommending this Bacfree. I saw there's probably going to be big promotion this coming 5.5 sale

Wondered why some people are so cheapskate with their life? Putting food and drink into your body also kira so much.......ayoyo....

Touchwood, ayam's parents been drinking unfiltered water for 70+ years, ok lagi.

Oversea people just drink direct from tap no problem also

Any subscription based payment you are just making the company richer...like how banks earn from your mortgage, loans. There is always a better way to extract the same value

Im using elken more than 15 years, no subscription
About 3-4 cartridge and change every 15-18 months
But it doesn't have fancy digital stuff, i prefer less electronic so that have lesser possibility of breakfown

Which model?

I just use Cosway Hexagon 2
https://my.shp.ee/BaX3GRb

Can add/diy additional pre filters before input to above
https://my.shp.ee/Q1D8cSA

pakai amway espring je.
filter around 1 year tukar sekali

watero

Elken

Those who tasted RO water cannot go back to kettle boiler ever. The true odorless water.

Good health ain't cheap ....you agreed on this? Why penny wise pound foolish .... When you reach middle age you will realise money earn is to be used, don't be a miser .....my 2 cents

i am drinking normal water for ages. now got big external intact outdoor filter and cheap coway rm200 filter in kitchen. boil water and drink. very alive and healthy

I'm surrounded by family and friends that is full of doctors, pharmacist, nurses...never seen their house install any fancy water purifier pun.
Also like I reply in my post above...oversea people drink from tap directly...all doing fine
Don't falsely believe into what marketer/sellers tell you
If you read my post again, I'm not saying I'm skimping on water filter, just not keen on paying for unnecessary $$ and filtration gimmick

Once you aged, you will realise what you are is what you eat/drink for the past decades. No wrong or right ....

Is our water same standard as other countries? Don't need marketers to tell me, sendiri pakai sendiri tahu la ..... don't play play with your health bro. Good things ain't cheap anymore....

This post has been edited by etan26: May 3 2025, 09:39 AM

cant find this subforum

Here you go