Anyone using the Stiebel eltron compact 5 IN 1 composite fountain water filter?

[jiangaq]

I've heard that it's a famous brand name in German, which I would like to change from Mazuma system, is it worth using it? It seems no have UV system even if there's including 5 filters, is it a bad news? The mode is AP 1010.

[PoorSucker]

moved to "Do it yourself housing forum"

[jingjoke]

^^ "the Stiebel eltron compact 5 IN 1 composite fountain water filter"... as they say 'down home', with a moniker like that mouthful, 'it must be some good'.

[stevende]

Hi, I am using the new Stiebel Eltron 5 cartridge water cleaner system, works perfect and the outcoming water tastes perfect.

And yes, it s a very reputable brand in Germany, I did research on the Thai brands, but there seems to be a lot of bogus

claims, that are just not true. (printing an US flag on the system, does not achieve US qualitity ...)

SE was the only "real" foreign brand I found in the stores here in Pattaya.

[johnjohn2]

I just got this thing. Seems pretty good to me. Compact and nice looking. Water tastes fine. Extremely easy to set up. About 5 minutes.

[wgdanson]

Replacement cartridge after 5 years use......BHt 2890 from Home Pro.

[Crossy]

41 minutes ago, wgdanson said:

Replacement cartridge after 5 years use......BHt 2890 from Home Pro.

 

Five years seems an awful long time for a single cartridge.

 

Any indication how much water this will treat before replacement? These units seem to have very small amounts of filter media for the performance they claim.

 

I can find no detail of what the 5 stages are or what it removes, other than it being 0.01u "nominal", 0.1u "absolute" whatever that means.

 

EDIT We have a Mazuma RO system, ceramic, carbon, ion-exchange + RO (no UV) about 5 years old now. Change the elements (except the RO) when Wifey says the water doesn't taste so good (I can tell no difference).

 

EDIT2 Before going for a filter, you really need to know what you have to filter out, no point having an iron filter if there's no iron in your water etc.

 

[Hereinthailand]

This system is 780.00 US Dollars on amazon.com with a replacement cartridge of almost 100 dollars. My 5 stage R.O. system approx. 4000B from lazada. Replace filter cost = ceramic filter (.3 micron) 90B, carbon filter (5 micron) 60B, sediment (1 micron) 27B, RO filter 490B Post carbon filter 85B. I replace sediment monthly carbon/ceramic approx. 6 months and RO when tested <90% TDS Reduction. I dont see the steibel as a good buy or nearly the quality of water filtration I get with my 5 stage RO. I also found this http://info.nsf.org/Certified/dwtu/listings.asp?CompanyName=stiebel&submit1=Search+by+Manufacturer&Program=DWTU  The steibel is only good for 1141 gallons not nearly five years as some might claim.

[David B in Thailand]

HereinThailand:  Thank you for posting that link to NSF.  Very good information. 

[wgdanson]

On 2/11/2017 at 5:37 PM, Hereinthailand said:

This system is 780.00 US Dollars on amazon.com with a replacement cartridge of almost 100 dollars. My 5 stage R.O. system approx. 4000B from lazada. Replace filter cost = ceramic filter (.3 micron) 90B, carbon filter (5 micron) 60B, sediment (1 micron) 27B, RO filter 490B Post carbon filter 85B. I replace sediment monthly carbon/ceramic approx. 6 months and RO when tested <90% TDS Reduction. I dont see the steibel as a good buy or nearly the quality of water filtration I get with my 5 stage RO. I also found this http://info.nsf.org/Certified/dwtu/listings.asp?CompanyName=stiebel&submit1=Search+by+Manufacturer&Program=DWTU  The steibel is only good for 1141 gallons not nearly five years as some might claim.

It is 12000 Bht at HomePro with a replacement cartridge Bht 2890.

[Hereinthailand]

Hmmm the keyword I think was ALMOST and 2890B is ALMOST 100 dollars us. I would also be interested to know how Homepro can sell an imported filter at less than half the price of the worlds biggest discount seller, maybe a cheap copy ?