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Filtering water for my travel trailer

rvshrinker
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Iโ€™d like to add 2 filters to my trailer.

One, a hose attachment that filters all the water coming in.
Two, a drinking water filter at the kitchen sink.

Easiest would probably be a Camco inline filter for the outside, and a water pitcher for the inside.

Would be open to something better if not too difficult, especially for the kitchen sink as I donโ€™t really want to have to bring a pitcher with me on all my trips. But that is admittedly pretty simple.

We just sanitized our tanks. We normally go to known locations in the mountains with pretty clean water, but we will be traveling across country this summer with less known water supplies (not worried about disease, more about inorganic contaminants).

thank you
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MEXICOWANDERER
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thomasmnile
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Check out these folks.

Bought all my potable water handling "stuff" from them years ago. You'll spend a little money, but quality products.

8ntw8tn
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Several (many?) years ago I adapted a whole-house filter housing for RV use. I buy good quality charcoal filters and use a couple/year. It's free-standing and while we're wintering in Texas it's housed inside an enclosure I built for it and the water softener. Works well for us. Hope this helps.
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soon2bexpat
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Wiscampsin wrote:
We use the blue torpedo at the campground spigot and a Zero Water counter top pitcher.

Same here. Iโ€™m spending the summer in the NM southern mountains. I put an ice cube in a glass of bourbon. When I got near the bottom, I noticed particles floating on the bottom.

The Zero Water comes with a TDS monitor. The water here was off the chart- over 600! Made my coffee taste bad, too. After the Zero, the water tested at zero. Much better tasting. But the filters donโ€™t last long with water like this.
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GordonThree
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Lynnmor wrote:
GordonThree wrote:
Camco inline hose filter ... the filters cost like $5 ea if you get them on sale in a multipack, didn't expect much.



Source for those $5 filters?


My how time flies ... I bought a 4-pack from Amazon back in 2017, was $22 shipped... Same 4 pack is now $41 ๐Ÿ˜ž

That's some impressive inflation!

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rvshrinker
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blue torpedo?

Wiscampsin
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We use the blue torpedo at the campground spigot and a Zero Water counter top pitcher.

Lynnmor
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GordonThree wrote:
Camco inline hose filter ... the filters cost like $5 ea if you get them on sale in a multipack, didn't expect much.



Source for those $5 filters?

Dick_B
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Walmart has pretty good Spring drinking water for practically nothing which we use for coffee and baking.
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GordonThree
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Just my observation ... things I've tried removing with the Camco inline hose filter ... the filters cost like $5 ea if you get them on sale in a multipack, didn't expect much.

Tannic acid (tannins from well water) - nope, water still brownish / yellowish after the filter

Iron (compounds) - nope, water still had metallic taste

Dissolved salts, mostly calcium and manganese - nope, evaporated water still leaves durable white residue

Chlorination by-products (the stuff that smells like pool water) - yes worked on this
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rexmitchell
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The camco I line is fine IMO. At least I have noticed a difference in using them for a couple years.

rvshrinker
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our HD and Loweโ€™s have nothing in stock. What about that Amazon filter. Is the Camco inline filter helpful or a waste of money?