Water filters

Our fiver came with one built into the docking station. I carry two filters, one I use exclusively at Coleman Lake as they are on well water and and I get 2 to 3 trips out of it before it becomes usless with sediment. The second one I use on all other trips. It is a 5 micron filter and captures a lot of junk.

Some people are sensitive to water taste and odor others do not mind. As I mentioned in a previous post, I spent 1/3 of my life drinking Chlorinated city water with Fluoride for healthy teeth. I spent the other 2/3 of life drinking Indiana well water; you know the kind that leaves rust stains in the sink.

Our house water runs through a water softener; except for the kitchen sink which is straight from the well. It seems they do not want us to drink the softener's salt residue.:E

We do use iodine tabs or a 5 micron filter when we canoe camp, but my TT has enough doodads to maintain, I do not need another. Other may find a water filter a God send.

We have a Surveyor also. The filter is very hard to access and I don't like having water sitting in the filter between outings. I bypassed mine and put a single canister filter inline. We filter for sediment. We don't drink the water, but I don't want junk clogging up my water lines or faucets. We drink bottled water from our home (filtered) faucet.

Thanks for the comments We also buy bottled water for tea coffee etc.

As far as water filtration goes this is how I do it (https://youtu.be/9PHnSM-kCYI). Remember it is important to not only filter your water but also have a means in which you can test your water! Knowing the quality of your water before you begin is truly half the battle!

The OP's comment about the filter being nearly impossible to remove is what concerns me here. That would lead to people not changing the filter as often as they should. If true, I would pull the filter and then use something external - that is either disposable or has easy filters to change.

we never use a filter and we do drink from our fresh water tank,which we fill up at the campgrounds. never had a problem, have on occasion had water with a sulfur taste, but it won't hurt you.

I have the "whole house" filter under the bathroom sink. Mine is easy to get to. I only put a filter in if I'm going to be drawing water out of the freshwater tank. Other wise any other time I use an external filter from anywhere I can get it for $10. I also have a drinking water filter in the kitchen sink.

I wonder if anyone realized that when you install an inline filter on your city water connection, you are filtering toilet flush water, shower water, etc. I only wanted to filter the water that I drink, therefore I installed an under sink filter connected to the cold water side on the kitchen faucet. They can be purchased at Home Depot for around thirty dollars. DIY install takes about 30 minutes.
When you filter only your drinking water, you'll find the cartridge will last months longer.

OP, having a sediment filter as a minimum is a really good idea, esp. if you have no info. on the water quality or where it comes from at the CG you are at. A filter should not be allowed to freeze (damage), should not be subjected to high temps. (bacterial growth) and filters have a service life (before getting plugged up). What type of filter cartridge and what size is it? It may or may not be doing much good.

Exterior inline filters can be good for sediment but you should read the specs - some have a coarse rating of 100 microns (5-10 would be good). A filter on the outside with carbon (most or all do) removes chlorine which will leave your piping system inside unprotected (use a carbon filter at POU). A filter on the exterior with KDF in it (or sometimes silver) does NOT remove pathogens from the water, it only reduces growth on the filter itself. Some of the RV inline filters don't even have specs available.

If you install a whole house filter housing, you have a wide range of filters and specs. available that you won't ever get in an RV inline filter. A small intro. to RV water quality and filtration: The RV dilemna

Ivylog wrote:
It takes a three stage filter system to guarantee good water... have never seen one installed in a RV. I run water before hooking up and put some in my hand for a taste test. In ten years I've used my inline system maybe three times and we do not buy bottled water.

This is 4-stage filtration I installed after doing extensive research on filtration and water quality around the US. Starts with 63 micron sediment filter, a 5 micron sediment filter, a 1 micron Doulton ceramic cartridge and an "ultrafiltration" cartridge rated down to 0.2 micron. All filters fit nicely under the kitchen sink at the rear and don't interfere with anything.

There is bad drinking water in some locations around the US. When you are travelling around the country, you will likely not know what the water source and quality is and for small systems can be unregulated and untested. Contaminants can include viruses/bacteria.microorgansms, organic/inorganic chemicals, pesticides/herbicides, heavy metals, etc. People who say it's perfectly fine to drink it anywhere you go don't know what they are talking about. I've included a pic of bacterial slime material that showed up on our filter screen in the city water inlet at the CG we spend a lot of time at in Wa., which is supplied from a large public water system. One example of a water quality study (chemicals only): EWG study