tested the blue camco filter with a TDS meter
I ran about 150 gallons through the filter and then checked the total dissolved solids. Garden Hose: 94, 97, 100, 98 Camco filter: 98, 104 Reverse Osmosis: 23
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The Camco filter is designed to make the water taste better, not lower TDS. It's a far cry from an RO filter and the two can't be compared.
You can find good cartridges that do more than just make the water taste better - they're rated at 0.5 microns and fit a standard cartridge canister. They're much too restrictive to filter all the water going into your RV - your pressure at the faucet will be awful.
Here's an example of a 0.5 micron filter cartridge:
https://www.purewaterproducts.com/products/fc004
If all you want is to make the water taste better and remove any smell, you can do that with any charcoal filter cartridge which will allow full flow to your faucets.
If you want completely safe water, you'll need to buy it by the gallon. Make sure it's purified by a RO process.
I put one of the 0.5 filters in the line to the special drinking water spigot on our sink but we also buy water by the gallon.
You can find good cartridges that do more than just make the water taste better - they're rated at 0.5 microns and fit a standard cartridge canister. They're much too restrictive to filter all the water going into your RV - your pressure at the faucet will be awful.
Here's an example of a 0.5 micron filter cartridge:
https://www.purewaterproducts.com/products/fc004
If all you want is to make the water taste better and remove any smell, you can do that with any charcoal filter cartridge which will allow full flow to your faucets.
If you want completely safe water, you'll need to buy it by the gallon. Make sure it's purified by a RO process.
I put one of the 0.5 filters in the line to the special drinking water spigot on our sink but we also buy water by the gallon.
