Filtered water taps - anyone have one?

I use a counter top RO system by osmio. Change filters once a year and use it as an instant hot water/kettle. Not what you're looking for but they also do whole house systems. Other companies and solutions exist so you should be able to find a solution for your needs. Eg My mate has a small bin size unit in his utility where his water supply enters.

Whole House Filtration Systems

Whole House Water Filter Systems to filter all the water you use in your home. Buy Quality Water Filtration Products that enhance Health and Wellbeing for the home and workplace kitchen.
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gazref said:
I use a counter top RO system by osmio. Change filters once a year and use it as an instant hot water/kettle. Not what you're looking for but they also do whole house systems. Other companies and solutions exist so you should be able to find a solution for your needs. Eg My mate has a small bin size unit in his utility where his water supply enters.

Whole House Filtration Systems

Whole House Water Filter Systems to filter all the water you use in your home. Buy Quality Water Filtration Products that enhance Health and Wellbeing for the home and workplace kitchen.
www.osmiowater.co.uk www.osmiowater.co.uk
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Is that not a bit overkill?
 
robj20 said:
It's a legal requirement for water companies to test water.
I just put my postcode in and get all the results up, it's very comprehensive.
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That tells you about the locally sampled water (six primary points of testing between the WTW and the final sample point) in your catchment, but it does not say anything about what may be picked up between that and what ultimately comes out of your tap.
Water companies may conduct domestic testing at individual properties under certain situations, but that's it. Unless the developer of your property installed impeccable pipework on the private side, you're likely to have something picked up along the way. This is why your water can still taste different to your neighbours'.
 
we have a whole house filter system. Seems to work well. It has two filter chambers, running in series, the first is a carbon filter, which removes (or reduces) chlorine, organic compounds, nitrates, etc., the second chamber is a TAC filter ('Scale Centurion') which reduces scale forming. It does not soften the water (i.e. remove calcium and magnesium ions), but it does reduce them forming limescale. I was a bit skeptical when we had it first installed, but after 5 years i can say it really does work. We have extremely hard water here and when we moved into the house everything had limescale all over it. Since installing the filter the new pipes and taps have no limescale. We get a bit around the sink on the black granite worktop, and the kettle still creates lots of limescale inside, but otherwise everywhere is pretty clean.
Carbon filter need changing every year and TAC filter every 2 years.
 
gazref said:
I use a counter top RO system by osmio. Change filters once a year and use it as an instant hot water/kettle. Not what you're looking for but they also do whole house systems. Other companies and solutions exist so you should be able to find a solution for your needs. Eg My mate has a small bin size unit in his utility where his water supply enters.

Whole House Filtration Systems

Whole House Water Filter Systems to filter all the water you use in your home. Buy Quality Water Filtration Products that enhance Health and Wellbeing for the home and workplace kitchen.
www.osmiowater.co.uk www.osmiowater.co.uk
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Christ - that's identical to what I've got, but they've increased the price 1000%.

If you want it all, you can get the 3 stage version I've got.

www.ebay.co.uk

3 Stage Whole House Water Purifier and Softening Filter Kit Salt Free 1/2" BSP | eBay

Water Purifier and Softening Filter Kit - Salt Free. In case your feed water contains a high concentration of suspended matter. The softening effect takes place within the filter without adding any salt or chemicals into the water.
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Even got a 4 way tap that does the usual hot/cold and filtered cold and 100C boiling water. Game changer IMO.

Our water supply is softened with a standard salt based softener. We live in a very hard water area and you shouldn’t really drink this.

The filtered side of the tap T’s off before the softener and is put through a big carbon filter before it either goes to the tap or the boiler unit (2 litres).

The manufacturer also sells a chiller unit for the cold side but we didn’t have the cupboard space for it.
 
b0rn2sk8 said:
Even got a 4 way tap that does the usual hot/cold and filtered cold and 100C boiling water. Game changer IMO.

Our water supply is softened with a standard salt based softener. We live in a very hard water area and you shouldn’t really drink this.

The filtered side of the tap T’s off before the softener and is put through a big carbon filter before it either goes to the tap or the boiler unit (2 litres).

The manufacturer also sells a chiller unit for the cold side but we didn’t have the cupboard space for it.
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Got a link?
 
Vidar said:
Got a link?
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sparton_SPA said:
I thought the water filters are there mainly for hard water, not to create drinking water?
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Carbon filters do very little about hardness. Their USP is that they are excellent at removing the stuff that impacts taste and smell of whatever is being passed through them.

So in the case of tap water, it is taking out the chlorine has the biggest impact for me.
 
Hawk Tuah said:
Christ - that's identical to what I've got, but they've increased the price 1000%.

If you want it all, you can get the 3 stage version I've got.

www.ebay.co.uk

3 Stage Whole House Water Purifier and Softening Filter Kit Salt Free 1/2" BSP | eBay

Water Purifier and Softening Filter Kit - Salt Free. In case your feed water contains a high concentration of suspended matter. The softening effect takes place within the filter without adding any salt or chemicals into the water.
www.ebay.co.uk
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That seems like great value compared to the Osmio ones, have you got yours doing the whole house or a single tap?
 
SoundsGood said:
That seems like great value compared to the Osmio ones, have you got yours doing the whole house or a single tap?
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Whole house. Been using it for 3 years with no issue. Replace the filter about every year. The carbon filter does have a bit of a metallic taste for a few days after changing it - but after a week it's completely gone.

I have a gate valve either side of it so I can isolate the filter for easy changing. I also fitted a water hammer arrestor here while I was at it too.

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We installed a Quooker tap which is very useful, I was not keen but I decided to get the quooker cube which gives chilled filtered tap water.

While I thought it would be a waste of money I am really impressed with the quality of the water. I have never been bothered by the taste of london water but im really surprised how good it is now.
 
For us it’s about the taste and in particular removing the Chlorine. Very hard hard water but it does nothing about that.
 
LiE said:
We have a virgin pure
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hadn't heard of them but seems expensive £25+/month ? do you have some kind of tds measure to show when to change filters.

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Use brita atm, like op, but would like something that does higher volume on demand cold water,
using it to get rid of hardness for coffee & tea is main objective (brita has ion exchange resin)
don't need hot water like quooker (with the electricity expense, limited capacity, versus a kettle - per previous threads) or chilled water,

undersink like
spile said:
Definitely worth it. We have a Franke Triflow thats 25 years old but ten years ago I replaced the actual filter (not the tap) with one of these https://www.uk-water-filters.co.uk/products/undersink-home-water-filters
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would seem way to go, unfortunately don't have an excuse to replace bi-directional franke tap.

bestamax looks a nice solution , where you can control flow&bypass via filter to get the tds you want
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BWT bestmax 'V' Water Softener Filter Cartridge – 2500ltr - Bella Barista

For the ideal water in catering, and coffee machines. Raw water needs to be optimised for the specific requirements of the catering industry. BWT Bestmax provides you with a universal filter system that fulfils this task simply and efficiently.
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jpaul said:
hadn't heard of them but seems expensive £25+/month ? do you have some kind of tds measure to show when to change filters.
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The machine tells you when to change. It is a little pricey, we pay £18/month which covers the replacement filter and UV lamp + descaler.
 
£18 a month?!?!?! :eek:

I thought the carbon filter on my boiling tap was expensive at about £30 every 6 months. In reality I change it every 12-15 months.
 
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