.. of those in line ones you buy that are made for the RV?The in line units look like they cost $30 each.The cartridges for the home units are like $7 at any hardware store.

I always use the house type. My unit came with one installed.

groundhogy wrote:.. of those in line ones you buy that are made for the RV?The in line units look like they cost $30 each.The cartridges for the home units are like $7 at any hardware store.If the cartridge fits your filter it's perfect. I buy my filters at Home Depot and similar local sources. A filter is a filter. Just look at the specs. They will be listed in microns. RV filters are complete BS. NO ONE makes RV filters. People sell "RV filters" but that is nothing more than a marketing gimmick!As an aside, my RV is my home. Why would I use anything else?

The ones from Walmart or where ever. These consumer grade filters don't really give you enough info to make an informed choice anyway. I was a professional (lab) consumer of water filters for many years.

The blue ones that HelMart sells are I believe a 20 micron filter and do contain a carbon layer we used them for all the water for our pet shop with good results even for heavy metal removal. For our trailer we use them too, but we still use a PUR dispensing filter for our drinking water.

Carbon filters 'may' cause problems. They are known to support the growth of bacteria. Also from Wiki:"Active charcoal carbon filters are most effective at removing chlorine, particles such as sediment, volatile organic compounds (VOCs), taste and odor from water. They are not effective at removing minerals, salts, and dissolved inorganic substances. "They generally will not remove dissolved metals tho some specially treated carbon will reduce the levels of lead. Also from the WCP (the authority on water analysis and treatment):"these research teams found significantly higher bacterial levels in water flowing out of activated carbon filters than in the corresponding influent water (Tobin, Smith and Lindsay, 1981). Over the normal useful lifetime of a water filter, naturally occurring bacteria present in the influent water colonized the activated carbon inside water filters. One significant cause of filter contamination is improper hygiene during filter installation. Using gloves to avoid hand contact with the filter and wetted housing components should be common practice during filter replacement."20 micron is laughable anyway and would only remove the bigger chunks in the water. To remove bacteria a lab would use 1 micron down to 0.45 micron. Water passed thru a 0.45 micron is generally considered semi sterile tho some small virus will pass thru that. For general filtering of water I'd use a 5 micron. The problem with small pore size is that it takes more pressure to force water thru those smaller pores.

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DFord
Explorer
May 08, 2019
Any charcoal filter can make the water taste great. There's a lot of bad stuff that can get through a Brita. If you can find the specs on their cartridges compare them with one that can remove cryptosporidium from your water. The best cartridges available filter down to 0.5 micron. If all you're after is good tasting water, Brita will do fine but the water coming from it may not be safe to drink unless it's from a safe source.

A Guide to Water Filters
https://www.cdc.gov/parasites/crypto/gen_info/filters.html

What is the pore size of a BRITA filter?
https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-pore-size-of-a-BRITA-filter
vjstangelo
Explorer
May 08, 2019
We have a Brita filter installed on the kitchen faucet. It has a small quarter turn valve to divert to either the filter or bypass it. The filtered water tastes no worse than bottled water. Very convenient.
Homeless_by_Cho
Explorer
May 07, 2019
DFord wrote:
I can't understand if you guys are bragging or complaining about the mistakes and hardships you had to endure as a child.

Neither, just reminiscing. We never got sick but a couple of times the water from the black rubber hose all of sudden got real hot because a section of it was in the sun. Now that I think of it, maybe I am bragging a little about the very GOOD times and wonderful memories that I have as a kid.

LeRoy
Horsedoc
Explorer II
May 07, 2019
off subject here, but a lot of boys raised in the mountains of N Georgia drank from a mason jar also. The contents pretty much sterilized the jar. :)
MEXICOWANDERER
Explorer
May 07, 2019
Distillation and 03 are the two sterilization methods I trust. The nastiest amoeba and protozoa have a 1000x overkill rating when the water is saturated with 03 for 15 minutes. When on the road and deprived of sterilized water, which is absolutely different from purified water, I use a pressure cooker. 20 minutes of the valve rocking back and forth. The kill rate is ridiculous.

Does not neuter mercury or arsenic. :( very serious hazard in mercury or arsenic areas. My ocean going Village RO removes metals but I trust sterilization to 03
wopachop
Explorer
May 07, 2019
Bill.Satellite wrote:
City water in your home is exactly the same as the city water you are getting at a campground.
Sure if the campground is in the same city supplied by the same facility.
Bill_Satellite
Explorer II
May 07, 2019
I have been drinking the water coming out of my fresh water tank for 18 years. We have a sediment filter and a charcoal filter (no slime, no poison) and a 165 gallon fresh water tank. Oddly enough, I am still alive! It must be a miracle.
I do have a GE fridge filter on the ice maker/water through the door setup which gives really good drinking water but everything else (shower, food prep, dish washing, whatever) comes directly from the fresh water holding tank. City water is your home is exactly the same as the city water you are getting at a campground. Do you not drink the water in your house?
wopachop
Explorer
May 06, 2019
agesilaus wrote:
The ones from Walmart or where ever. These consumer grade filters don't really give you enough info to make an informed choice anyway. I was a professional (lab) consumer of water filters for many years.
We have a tester and a 5 stage filter under the sink.

Might get a blue camco and test then difference between tap water, camco, fancy 5 stage.

I dont drink the water in the trailer. Want to filter just for shower and cleaning dishes.
Marcela
Explorer
May 06, 2019
Marcela wrote:
Homeless by Choice wrote:
wanderingaimlessly wrote:
JWP127 wrote:
I drank from a water hose as a kid!

Ans It wasn't a white one neither.

And it was turned off and thrown on ground when we were finished. If I was down by the barn, I drank from the water spigot using a chipped porcelain cup that hung on a nail on the fence.

LeRoy

You were privileged, we drank out of a well from a mason jar that was turned over on the fence post.
Marcela
Explorer
May 06, 2019
Homeless by Choice wrote:
wanderingaimlessly wrote:
JWP127 wrote:
I drank from a water hose as a kid!

Ans It wasn't a white one neither.

And it was turned off and thrown on ground when we were finished. If I was down by the barn, I drank from the water spigot using a chipped porcelain cup that hung on a nail on the fence.

LeRoy

You were privileged, we drank out of a mason jar that was turned over on the fence post.

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