Product Description The Watts WP5-50 Premier 5-Stage Manifold Reverse Osmosis Water Filtration System is the most complete water filtration system on the market. The system optimizes sediment, coconut-shell carbon and reverse osmosis technologies (certified to industry standard) to remove or reduce particulate matter; chlorine taste and odor; chloramines; arsenic; lead; perchlorate; chromium; copper; TDS (total dissolved solids); sodium; nitrates; TDS; bacteria; viruses; parasitic cysts such as giardia and cryptosporidium; and a long list of other water contaminants. Features 50 GPD membrane, chrome air-gap faucet and water shutoff valve. One-piece manifold design provides a seamless water path, effectively eliminating 17 different mechanical connections .com The Watts Premier Five-Stage Reverse Osmosis Water Filtration Device is the most complete water filtration system available on the market. Featuring a five-stage filtration process, the RO incorporates sediment, coconut-shell carbon, and reverse osmosis technologies to provide great-tasting, bottled-quality water straight from your tap.Other ProductsYou May Want to Consider:All-in-One Water Test KitStandard Faucet with Air Gap, Brushed Stainless SteelWater Filtration Booster Pump KitFive-stage filtration and reverse osmosis provide cleaner water straight from the tap.During the lifecycle of a single filter, you can save up to 16,000 plastic bottles from being deposited in landfills. Five-Stage Filtration Removes ContaminantsThe Watts RO filters in five stages to ensure that your drinking water is as healthy and clean as possible. Once the system is connected, water passes through a 5-micron sediment filter that traps particulate matter--such as dirt, rust, and silt--that can affect the taste and appearance of your water. Next, a 5-micron carbon block filter reduces chlorine taste and odor, as well as other materials that can give water a bad taste. For the third stage, another 5-micron carbon block filter further reduces chlorine, as well as difficult-to-remove chloramines.Reverse Osmosis for High-Quality Drinking WaterThe system's fourth stage of filtration is especially important, as it involves the passage of water through the reverse osmosis (RO) membrane. This semi-permeable membrane effectively removes arsenic, lead, perchlorate, chromium, copper, TDS (total dissolved solids), sodium, and a long list of other water contaminants. It also removes parasytic cysts, such as giardia and cryptosporidia.The fifth stage of filtration utilizes a high quality GAC filter, which works as a final polishing filter when the water leaves the storage tank on its way up to your faucet. The end result is consistently great-tasting water at just pennies per gallon.The Importance of Drinking Clean WaterWater is critical to proper food digestion, kidney health, brain function, blood health, joint functionality, and more. It's important to make sure that the water you drink is devoid of contaminants. Thankfully, using a Watts water filtration device will ensure consistent quality for all of your drinking and cooking needs. In fact, when you use Watts' high-quality certified water treatment devices and filters, your water will be free of chlorine taste and odors, particles, and many other contaminants that can be detrimental to your health.*Please refer to the Performance Data Sheet for the complete list of claims for which this system is certified.Not only is the RO filter a healthy choice for you, but it's also a healthy choice for the environment. This filter helps you minimize the harmful environmental consequences of buying bottled water. Incredibly, if a mere ten percent of North America's bottled water intake were reduced by switching to home-filtered water in reusable containers, we could eliminate:133,000 trucks driving an average of 500 miles--saving nearly 12 million gallons of diesel fuelOver 100 million pounds of greenhouse gasses--equal to taking 1,100 cars off the road annually213 million pounds of PET--equal to 1.5 million barrels of crude oil or improving the PET recycling rate by 10%Depending upon which Watts water-filtration product you use, you can prevent up to 16,000 half-liter bottles from being deposited in landfills--all in the time it takes to use and replace a single filter.The Watts Premier Five Stage Reverse Osmosis Water Filtration Device is backed by a three-year limited warranty. What's in the BoxFive-Stage Reverse Osmosis Module (complete with filters), parts bag (with a 10-inch final filter), 3-gallon storage tank, faucet assembly, and manual.Compare Water Filtration DevicesCT-1WP-2 BVCWP-2 LCVUF-3UV-RRONum. of Filtration Stages122335Reduces Sediment Chlorine Bacteria Viruses Cysts Lead Chemicals Arsenic, Nitrates, Chrome, TDS, Perchlorate, Turbidity Dimensions (L x W x H)6 x 6 x 1414 x 6 x 1614 x 6 x 169 x 3.5 x 146 x 4 x 1617 x 17 x 6Replacement Filters5-Mic Carbon BlockPurifier Filter Pack560088560039560017Annual Filter Pack P.when('A').execute(function(A) { A.on('a:expander:toggle_description:toggle:collapse', function(data) { window.scroll(0, data.expander.$expander[0].offsetTop-100); }); }); From the Manufacturer Ensures consistent water quality for all your drinking and cooking needs. Depending on your water source, you can expect about 1 gallon of filtered water to every 3 diverted to waste. Unit is 16 x 16 x 17 inches. Replacement filters are available from Watts. Comes with three-year limited warranty. See more
M**R
Good news and bad news - but overall I still really like the system
I've purchased and installed two of these systems in two different properties. The first was installed one winter 2014, and the second about three weeks ago. We have a little camp with well water that was >700 parts per million dissolved solids. Our city water had >450 parts per million of dissolved solids. If you read up, 450-500ppm is the EPA recommended action limit. For both systems this RO filter produced water with less than 16ppm dissolved solids. That's remarkable and why I like this system. The water is crystal clear, makes ice cubes that look like diamonds, and it tastes amazing. I'm not kidding that our dog will no longer drink the unfiltered tap water - she walks away.The filters are easy to change and relatively inexpensive. The water quality had not changed at the recommended filter replacement time. Allow for some water mess when you change the filters, and a lot of water mess when you replace the RO membrane. I think this is true for any of these systems, and for that reason I located both systems in unfinished basement areas. Honestly - you might squeeze one under a kitchen sink, but I wouldn't do it. loosening the filters requires some muscle and that is so much easier in a more open and accessible place. I don't like the supplied faucet, and ordered a non air gap faucet for my installations. The faucet I picked is far more attractive and higher quality. Because my systems are installed in basements - an air gap faucet is not required as long as your discharge line spills into a laundry sink or sump. Also, the non air gap faucet is dead silent (no hissing), and installing the system in the basement locates the small water rushing noises the system makes away from where I spend my time. Double win.First some advice / experience. The instructions are not great, but you can puzzle through it. One huge tip - buy yourself three shutoff valves. One for your connection to the tank, one for your connection to house water, and one for the connection to your RO water dispensers (faucet and/or fridge). That will make it so much easier to fix problems or change filters, trust me. Also pre-order enough 1/4" line to reach your water supply, and enough 3/8" line to run to your faucet so you can fill large glasses or sports bottles quickly. If you run 1/4" line, and your faucet or fridge is more than 10 ft from the system, you won't be happy with the slow trickle from the faucet. Think about all the tee fittings and couplers you'll need. Draw it out. I changed the compression fitting that comes out of the final carbon filter to 3/8 inch to allow greater flow. It helps a lot. Buy only plastic valves and fittings apart from connecting to your house water - as anything else will actually leach ions into the filtered water and contaminate it - defeating the purpose somewhat.Now for the only bad news. The first system I bought (winter 2014) was perfect as far as quality. I had zero issues. I hesitated buying the second one after reading some of the reviews here, but I decided it was still a great value so I went ahead. The system I received leaked in three places - all due to small imperfections in the large plastic part with the Watts logo (the part the filter canisters screw into). I called Watts product support, and after some wait time spoke with a sympathetic and helpful person at Watts. I sent them pictures of the leak, and they offered to send a replacement part no questions asked. Remember how I suggested you buy valves to isolate the system for filter changes? They were a lifesaver here. Also, remember how I suggested NOT trying to squeeze this under your sink? You get the idea. Sure enough in 5 days the replacement part arrived, however two of the water connections were leaky - again due to imperfections (gouges) in the plastic housing. I have pictures. Being a hacker sort I spent 1/2 hour with a dremel tool and a tiny 400 grit drum sander removing the gouges. Now everything is great - BUT Watts owes me a 2nd replacement part. Bad luck? I think so, but I also think they should be pressure testing these before shipping. My unit and the replacement part had poor quality control.Once working the system produces water that's pretty near perfect. I'd likely buy another, because it's a great value. If your luck is poor like mine - you may have to work a little to get the system up and running. Weigh that against paying double or triple (or more) for another brand with likely equal performance and more expensive filters.I attached a picture of my installation. I had a spare extra tank around so my system has two tanks. It only ships with ONE. We drink a lot of water. The two tanks aren't necessary, and all it means for us is the system only runs once a day. Also, we have low water pressure. I installed a booster pump for my system on well water and my system on low pressure city water - it helps the system recover much faster - and thus wastes less water.
C**G
It has to be some of the best money I've spent in my life and I'm a ...
We've had this system for nearly 8 years now. It has to be some of the best money I've spent in my life and I'm a little surprised that this isn't rated higher. Attached is a photo of three filters in alternating order -- dirty to clean from the left. This was after SIX months of use in a newly-renovated (read: a lot of new pipes) kitchen. And this is in suburbia -- you don't even want to know how horrible the used filters looked when we lived in an old apartment building in Brooklyn. It is insane the crap that is in "clean" tap water. The install is pretty easy, the price is very reasonable. The water tastes FANTASTIC out of this system -- better than any bottled water I have had (and I travel a lot). I was already a water fiend, but just having it has encouraged my wife and daughter to drink way more water than they normally would. And if you're drinking bottled water now, just buy a water bottle to refill and this will end up paying for itself in no-time, not to mention the positive environmental impact. Think of how much money you've spent on frivolous material crap -- a huge television, an insane night at the bar. You've got ONE body. Don't you think it's worth a bit of money to take care of it?
R**N
MINE WORKS GREAT, I tested my water. My results listed…
I have been using this now for almost two years. Love it. Water is significantly better tasting and there is a definite improved taste over tap. It's easy to change filters which I do about every year. I have a TDS (Total Dissolved Solids) meter gauge I got for about 20 bucks on E B A Y by HM Digital, I measure my water from this RO unit and straight from the different taps around the house not filtered. I think its pretty accurate but these are not "conclusive" scientific results from calibrated sophisticated equipment. Your results may vary.My RO System… (about 30-45 parts per million ppm consistently) I test it sometimes right before I change the filters that have been used for a year, then right after. A nice steady 30-45 parts per million either way.From the tap… Depends, sometimes its 350 all the way up to 525 (I think regulations say it is not supposed to go over 500) It varies much more that the RO. Sometimes I can smell my tap water (not RO Water) and when it has a chlorine type oder, I grab my tester. This is when it seems to by higher. It tastes really bad, this one of those many times when you are very glad you have RO System.I also test bottled water which usually tests around 25-35 ppm.My personal conclusion from my own experience is that this RO System really does reduce the solids in my water.Also, I like to replace the first stage filter a little more because it gets the big stuff first and seams to get pretty dirty (brownish). It's easy to do. When you see how dirty it gets after a year you are pretty glad you did not drink those particulates. I keep a few sets of filters and always write the change date and test figures on a piece of paper that I tape to the system under the sink. Then I put the "year away" date to change them in my Siri Calendar.As you may have heard, most bottled water is nothing more than tap water filtered in much the same way this unit works. Save the planet from those dreadful plastic bottles that are everywhere choking the planet and drink it right from the tap, the water often comes from the same source anyway. Save money too. I grab the water bottles my friends use and reuse them with my own RO water I pack to go in coolers or when I need water away from the house. Sometimes I will use the bottles dozens of times over.So, Drink lots of water!! (just make sure it's nicely filtered) :))
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