I bought a 2 pack of those basic blue colored water filters. The box says it lasts up to 3 months and store in the fridge. Now what if i only filtered 100 gallons of regular quality tap water through it? Does it start to form mildew after 3 months? Or is the 3 months an estimate of gallons? Guess i should probably email the manufacture. Instructions also say do not freeze. What if i put 10 gallons through the filter every couple weeks to keep the water inside fresh? Maybe that could extend the life?

Ditch the "one and done" filters, they are stupidly expensive for what you get.Instead get one of these..$35 at Home Depot.Then you can simply buy the replacement cartridges like these..For $9 for two filters..You will need to buy garden hose to 3/4 threaded pipe adapters.Once done, you will have a much better filter that will outperform any throwaway cartridge in flow and cost.When done camping, remove the filter cartridge and toss it, dry inside of filter housing and put away.Your life is certainly worth much more than the $5 per filter..Recycling throwaway filters is not worth taking a chance with your health..

I save the caps, drain after use, & recap it. Throw away after my camping season.I did not read the "store in fridge". I suspect that is to minimize any growth in it instead of leaving it in a hot RV iparked between uses. I will probably go the route Gdetrailer recommends next year.

Oh that looks nice!! Do you ever put a very small amount of bleach into your fresh water?

wopachop wrote:Oh that looks nice!! Do you ever put a very small amount of bleach into your fresh water?I use one for my sticks and bricks, it is inline before my water softener. My RV, nope, no filter, don't drink out of any of the RV taps. For RVing we simply buy $1 gallon bottles of drinking water for drinking, ice or preparing food. For 2 weeks of camping we spend less than $10 for drinking water, although we do have a 3.5 Gallon water jug in our RV fridge which we preload with water from our home before we leave on a trip.Sort of reduces the possibility of ingesting non regulated drinking water from highly questionable water sources which may have high bacteria levels. Not to mention different campground sources can have high mineral content which affects the taste. None of the cartridge filters can fix high mineral or bacteria issues.For mineral issues you need a softener and bacterial needs things like a bleach treatment system or UV treatment system..I find store bough water is simpler and not much cost for camping.

Once or twice a year we will but a small amount of bleach in the water tank and run it through the pump and lines to each faucet/shower. Filters, either the blue canisters or replaceable ones are cheap enough to toss after three months. Having said that, the previous owner of our S&B had a blue inline filter to the fridge. Finally got around to changing it. 10 years after buying the house. Anything that holds water, gets warm has the potential to grow stuff so should be managed.

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wopachop
Explorer
Sep 30, 2018
Oh that looks nice!!
Do you ever put a very small amount of bleach into your fresh water?
Boomerweps
Explorer
Sep 30, 2018
I save the caps, drain after use, & recap it. Throw away after my camping season.
I did not read the "store in fridge". I suspect that is to minimize any growth in it instead of leaving it in a hot RV iparked between uses.
I will probably go the route Gdetrailer recommends next year.
Gdetrailer
Explorer III
Sep 30, 2018
Ditch the "one and done" filters, they are stupidly expensive for what you get.

Instead get one of these..

$35 at Home Depot.

Then you can simply buy the replacement cartridges like these..

For $9 for two filters..

You will need to buy garden hose to 3/4 threaded pipe adapters.

Once done, you will have a much better filter that will outperform any throwaway cartridge in flow and cost.

When done camping, remove the filter cartridge and toss it, dry inside of filter housing and put away.

Your life is certainly worth much more than the $5 per filter..

Recycling throwaway filters is not worth taking a chance with your health..

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