Hi, my name's Sam and I work for Pure Water Systems, I never normally do this when I see threads with misleading information, but I felt compelled to sign up just to reply and set some things straight.
As a direct sales agent I am responsible for knocking on the doors of the public to convince them of the idea of drinking purified water. I agree that the water purification industry is comparable to the snake oil business, there is a lot of jargon and mythical information floating around in order to suck people in to buying inferior products at a cheaper price. I just have to say though, when it comes to people trying to do the right thing in this industry, in actual fact we are not talking about "shonky pseudo-science" but real chemicals and pollutants in our water supplies that we all ought to be aware of. I can't speak for the rest of the sales agents out there working for pws, but I certainly know we were drilled for a full week of training about the difference between carbon block and reverse osmosis filtration - namely, the inability of carbon to remove TDS from the water supply.
Not once is it advertised or are we taught to push carbon filtration as reverse osmosis or vice versa, and I completely agree with you when you say that is a dodgy tactic! I, for one, would never recommend a countertop filter to a coffee shop (for a number of reasons)! Having said that, reverse osmosis is a very time consuming process, so if any of you have what's claimed to be a reverse osmosis system hooked up to your machine without a pressure holding tank you should start looking for the real deal
In regards to the counter top system that bombora is offering for a much cheaper price, it only filters at a nominal level (meaning it can work between 6% and 95% efficiency at any given time), and only filters down to 0.5 of a micron - anyone who knows what they're talking about will know that ecoli can squeeze down to 0.4 of a micron, not to mention the other things getting through with that 0.1 of a micron difference. The cartridges that we use filter down to 0.4 of a micron at an absolute level, meaning they have 96%+ efficiency at all times, they are made from compressed carbon, contain a statically charged vegetable cellulose outer wrapping and a central membrane (so a 3 process filtration).
The other thing you have to watch out for when purchasing a filtration system on the cheap is cheap plastics and chrome that can leech back into your water, and that's not even mentioning lack of warranties and after sale support
Please, I would like to set these things straight and welcome any more questions or differing opinions!
Cheers,
Sam.
As a direct sales agent I am responsible for knocking on the doors of the public to convince them of the idea of drinking purified water. I agree that the water purification industry is comparable to the snake oil business, there is a lot of jargon and mythical information floating around in order to suck people in to buying inferior products at a cheaper price. I just have to say though, when it comes to people trying to do the right thing in this industry, in actual fact we are not talking about "shonky pseudo-science" but real chemicals and pollutants in our water supplies that we all ought to be aware of. I can't speak for the rest of the sales agents out there working for pws, but I certainly know we were drilled for a full week of training about the difference between carbon block and reverse osmosis filtration - namely, the inability of carbon to remove TDS from the water supply.
Not once is it advertised or are we taught to push carbon filtration as reverse osmosis or vice versa, and I completely agree with you when you say that is a dodgy tactic! I, for one, would never recommend a countertop filter to a coffee shop (for a number of reasons)! Having said that, reverse osmosis is a very time consuming process, so if any of you have what's claimed to be a reverse osmosis system hooked up to your machine without a pressure holding tank you should start looking for the real deal

In regards to the counter top system that bombora is offering for a much cheaper price, it only filters at a nominal level (meaning it can work between 6% and 95% efficiency at any given time), and only filters down to 0.5 of a micron - anyone who knows what they're talking about will know that ecoli can squeeze down to 0.4 of a micron, not to mention the other things getting through with that 0.1 of a micron difference. The cartridges that we use filter down to 0.4 of a micron at an absolute level, meaning they have 96%+ efficiency at all times, they are made from compressed carbon, contain a statically charged vegetable cellulose outer wrapping and a central membrane (so a 3 process filtration).
The other thing you have to watch out for when purchasing a filtration system on the cheap is cheap plastics and chrome that can leech back into your water, and that's not even mentioning lack of warranties and after sale support

Please, I would like to set these things straight and welcome any more questions or differing opinions!
Cheers,
Sam.

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