Water Filters

[Rockpool]

Have been toying with the idea of installing a water filter in our van basically to give us a better tasting water and help with reducing micro bacteria. So have been looking at a Micro Hiflo 10 Flostream filter and thinking about installing this between the fresh water tank and our surflo pump, so that all the water is filtered in the van.
The filter has a flow rate up to 10 LPM and the pump works at 6.8LPM and the pressure range for the pump works okay with the filter.
Has anyone fitted one of these filters and if so how have they performed? Also would you thing the addition of the filter in the system would compromise the pumps performance with the added resistance of the filter?

Thanks.

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[mrai]

Ye this seems like a good system actually. I'll have a look at that . Do you have a method for cleaning your filter you have in the van ?

 

[mrai]

I must admit I am more into industrial sized municipal water treatment than I am small scale hiking/portable stuff.

However I guess the theories stay the same.

UV is great but it only works if the water is clear. That's because it relies on the light penetrating through the liquid. I would be very wary of trusting it if the water was cloudy. On big UV plants the transmittance of the light is measured and the disinfection is deemed to have failed if the transmittance falls below a threshold.

With respect to activated carbon, its activated at temperatures up to 1200C so I would be confident to say that boiling water will not harm it.

Ok thanks this makes sense . In terms of boiling water sterilising the carbon filter , in theory this should kill any potential bacteria that has been able to develop on the filter itself .

I'm glad I read this post because I hadn't considered the carbon filter itself being a breeding ground bacteria (it's makes alot of sense though in a warm wet environment with a large surface area )

The subject of water filtration is not a straight forward one !

 

[Canucks]

Hello, I'm new to the forum and I came here specifically to discuss this topic, so I hope you don't mind me piggybacking on this thread. I have a new Knaus Boxstar and it's time to replace the filter which is a BWT Bestcamp MINI Filter, and at 130+ euros it's a no go for me, so it got me thinking about alternatives.

Do any of you have concerns or read anything about bacteria building up inside of these filters (the ones that last 6+ months)? Probably much less of an issue when a filter is installed in your kitchen at home where the water is flowing more regularly and also your kitchen isn't exposed to the deadly heat of summer like the camper is.

Siiva
Did you get a resolution? I'm in the same predicament with our Knaus. I've found that suppliers in Europe won't ship to the UK. And I resent the price being charged for the filter.

 

[Camper634]

After trying many filter systems including the super expensive nature pure,we now use a britta jug bought at a car boot sale for £6 including 6 filters.

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[John Russell]

gpat has contributed a scientific perspective to this discussion. There's been a lot of discussion about bacterial or similar contamination of water - how common are such problems from water filters processing tap water? - but little about taste.

In the UK my experience of mains tap water in London and Cambridgeshire has been that it tastes unpleasant and taints whatever you make with it. From fresh water to boiled vegetables. That can be alleviated by boiling the water first.

I've used bottled water to improve the taste, but that also has a mild taint, and it's expensive.

Water from the tap in SW Scotland is fine, as are the above from the Seagull water filter.

It may not be bacteriologically clean, but for me it's a matter of taste.

When I installed the filter in London, I was able to reduce the salt required for boiling vegetables by around half, and get a much better flavour.

My preferences won't be everyone's, but that's why I prefer to use the filter.

Btw I have drunk plenty of Brita-filtered water and I didn't think it had the same effect.

 

[Lenny HB]

This filter housing ........

https://www.directwaterfilters.co.u...lter-housing-only/SL10-12-Inch-Filter-Housing


with this filter cartridge .......

https://www.directwaterfilters.co.u...-disruptor-pac-nano-filter-cartridge-423.html


hooked up to this tap

Premium Single Lever Filter Tap

Premium Single Lever Filter Tap

www.directwaterfilters.co.uk

Did you bother with the anti scale option?

 

[Two on Tour]

Did you bother with the anti scale option?

Our filtered water is only plumbed into a standalone tap for drinking water, so did not see the need for it.

 

[PatapscoPaul]

FWIW I see the Flostream filters down to 10 microns, and the General Ecology which ceejayt mentioned and quite a few here use for drinking water filters to 0.4 microns.

I've used four of the Seagull IV filters, since the 90s, and got a fifth waiting to go into our motorhome. Tap water tastes better than bottled water.

https://generalecology.com/product/732007/

Not really suitable for filtering all the water though.

If you're using non-mains or questionable water supply, how about filtering it as you fill the tank?

On the barge we recently sold I filtered all water from shore taps, a 20 micron then a 5, into the tank. Slows the flow but wasn’t really an issue (we carried 2,500litres). it was surprising how much crap they caught, particularly in Fr. I was thinking about doing the same on our forth-coming MH and then just using a gravity filter (Brita or similar) for tea/cooking (?)

 

[PatapscoPaul]

On the barge we recently sold I filtered all water from shore taps, a 20 micron then a 5, into the tank. Slows the flow but wasn’t really an issue (we carried 2,500litres). it was surprising how much crap they caught, particularly in Fr. I was thinking about doing the same on our forth-coming MH and then just using a gravity filter (Brita or similar) for tea/cooking (?)

Should have mentioned also had a carbon filter on the barge for the galley’s cold tap.