The plumbing contractor for our new house (still being built) strongly recommends a whole house water filter, to block silt and crap from the 600-ft. water well from getting into the house's water system, valves, etc. He said one of those $75 filters at Home Depot would be fine, and should have a minimum of 20 gpm. He said 20 gpm was pushing it: we could just do one thing at a time, like one person taking a shower.
Welp.... turns out 20 gpm is the MOST I can find. That's about $70, with a 30 micron filter. It has a 1" connector, but the actual water feed inside the device is just 1/4". I can't believe it delivers 20 gpm through that tiny hole. Yet reviewers say "hey I have a wife and 3 kids and it works great!!!"
Many comparable filters just produce 10-15 gpm, or even less.
The real expensive, top line filters that cost several thousand dollars go down to 5 - 10 microns, but only produce 4 or 5 gpm!!! I mean, jeez, are those even usable? Yet, many of these get 5-star reviews; nobody ever mentions not having enough water flow.
I feel like there's something I'm missing here. Can anybody school me on this? I need to buy one pretty soon.
Welp.... turns out 20 gpm is the MOST I can find. That's about $70, with a 30 micron filter. It has a 1" connector, but the actual water feed inside the device is just 1/4". I can't believe it delivers 20 gpm through that tiny hole. Yet reviewers say "hey I have a wife and 3 kids and it works great!!!"
Many comparable filters just produce 10-15 gpm, or even less.
The real expensive, top line filters that cost several thousand dollars go down to 5 - 10 microns, but only produce 4 or 5 gpm!!! I mean, jeez, are those even usable? Yet, many of these get 5-star reviews; nobody ever mentions not having enough water flow.
I feel like there's something I'm missing here. Can anybody school me on this? I need to buy one pretty soon.
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