APEC Water 5-Stage Under Sink Reverse Osmosis Water Filter System, ROES-50 Essence Series, WQA Certified, 50 GPD, Removes 99.99% of Contaminants, Home Water Filtration, DIY Install

This is an absolute must-have during our unfortunate period of being forced to stay home (forced in a sense, but you know what I mean). Given, our install was within the breakroom at the office here, but some of us will be buying into these for our homes as well as it keeps us from having to worry about finding water in stores with so many hoarders selfishly taking all of the bottles for themselves. Why bother when you can have unlimited clean water at home without ever having to leave the house to buy more? For one, the price of this is pretty good for what you get. It is going to cost you less than subscribing to a Sparklets delivery service, while not much more than filling your jugs up manually at a local water store (I won't compare against the vending machine fillers as those are just plain nasty). Now, add the fact that you don't have to drive anywhere for it, or have to wait for a truck to bring it to you. The water is simply always there. Also, the price of the filters is quite reasonable. Don't get me wrong. They aren't incredibly cheap, but their quality thus far seems to be quite good and we appreciate that they aren't gauging customers like refrigerator manufacturers do with their (useless) filters (these are far better since they actually work). We had to take a (very detailed) vote with an email passed around, on which model should be installed in the breakroom. It was a toss-up between this one and the 6-stage option, which simply added alkalization. However, the final vote leaned heavily toward the 5-stage as the body needs some of its acidity to function properly. Thus too much (drinking nothing but) alkaline water could actually be a bad thing. So 5-stage option it was. Installation isn't too difficult, although it was a little more for our situation since 80% of the space under the sink (the only place we were allowed to put it) is located behind the guts to the sink without any way of actually getting back there (an odd design but looks nice on the outside). So we had to remove more than half the plumbing down there in order to get to the valves/supply in the back. Regardless, with 2-3 of us helping at any given time, he had the entire project (and the extension kit to the fridge, seen running through the cabinets in a frew of the attached images) done in around an hour and a half or so. This included a number of social distractions. As long as you are confident in yourself, you will be fine. Just remember, don't be shy with the teflon tape. If you see threads where something screws together, go ahead and apply some (even if the instructions don't say to). You can never be too safe when it comes to preventing leaks! They also give you enough, which is nice. It asks you to flush the system for the first time by letting the tank fill for 2-3 hours and then flush it out the faucet for 5-6 minutes. This is because the carbon filter initially causes the water to gain some blackness to it. This is true, although you will want to do this twice in our opinion (maybe even three times to be sure). After that, things seem nice and pure. Regardless, after the first flush, it is safe even if you see a little of the black dust left over. It's just the carbon dust from the filter and harmless. If you see what looks like tiny white residue floating on the top, that is also harmless--those are just micro-bubbles caused by the air/pressure in the line (they eventually go away). The PPM (parts per million) of the normal city water coming to the tap was close to 500 PPM (Las Vegas tap water is a bit nasty). The (useless and expensive) fridge filter lead to around 460-470 PPM and similar taste. The RO processed water is around 9-12 PPM. So this seems to be working quite well so far. As mentioned, we also got the additional kit to break off to the fridge as well. It took a little while for the fridge to flush things out so it was only using the new water, but now it has the same PPM. We will make sure to update if anything changes, but so far, we are loving this and there is many of us who plan to buy into one at home. -- Update 05/07/2020 -- So far, everything has been working fantastically. No complaints from anyone, including on the taste. We have also uploaded a few images now that Amazon has returned the option for customer reviews. **If you have found our review helpful, please vote it as helpful below so I know. This helps me provide quality feedback in the future.

I bought this same system in February 2016 and placed my first review back then. This is my update on March 2026. This product has served me well for ten years. I live in the Southwest, and the tap water has a lot of minerals and tastes bad. After all this time, it keeps giving me great tasting water and friends on the area without this RO system, bring bottles to my home, so they can get some good drinking water to their home. Filters last long time, making the maintenance cost low. Installation is easy if you are handy. But you must be careful and not do it in a hurry. Now, If you want to know about potential problems and customer support read the following: After ten years I got some leaking that was not easy to fix, until I understood what the problem was. I learned that the canister caps can crack, especially if canisters are overtightened when replacing the filters. I discovered online that many people deal with this. To prevent this, canisters should be tightened by hand and with the tool just add 1/8 or a turn. When hard to deal with leaks happen, remove the canisters and look for very thin cracks on the caps. The only solution is replacing the "system head" with the three caps attached to the main metal support. Another good solution is to replace the whole system that comes with all filters. If you replace filters for the five stages, the cost is about half of the full system with the filters. So, if you have gotten five or more years of good service, it would not be a bad deal. That is what I should have done that from the beginning, but I did not know what was going on. So I almost $100 in the five stages filters plus O-rings. But that did not fix the problem. Then the system head was out of stock... I had to wait 6 weeks to be able to buy it. But the good people from APEC support went out of their way so that I could get the part really quick. I liked that they stood by their product. Now my system is working like a charm again!

The tap water we use at home had a strange smell.our home is 10 years old. My wife wasnt comformtable using it for drinking or cooking even after it goes through a regular filter. I bought the APEC ROES-50 system after much research. Both me and my wife are completely completely satisfied with this purchase. Water tatses awsome now after installing Apec RO and and there is no stink in the water either. Qyality at the Price: I had veen putting off buying an RO previously due to the cost involved with other systems. But Im gappy to report that Apec RO system delivers quality at a reasonable price. Installation: I also worried about the installation. But it was an easy DIY. Took me about 2 hours to complete. There are plenty of vidoes online and the instruction manual is detailed enough. The storage tank holds enough water for 3 adults through out the day. I could not hear any operating noise tha few people noted. The drain noise that some people noted can also be avoided if you follow the intructions properly . It fits under our kitchen sink faucet cabinet and neatly tucked away. I did not have to drill any holes in the counter top. I just replaced the spray hose with the RO faucet. Delivery and packaging: The product arrived in 3 days and packaging was good. No damage on delivery. The included faucet looks good and feels solid enough. Although it works on water pressure (not electricity), I found the stream of water to be ok and not weak. Water PPM: I tested the water from the RO and the equipment showed 6 ppm which is great and clean. Exactly what I expected out of the system. I would definitely recommend this system

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I have bought this product and wasn't aware or warned the water system of UK differs from US and Romania. I received the "Self piercing feed water adapter" instead of the default "Feed water adaptor 3/8" - 1/2" with needle valve kit" This made the installation a very dificult procedure as all our water cables cannot be pierced and I had to look a day or 2 for a working custom model. Could not find. This is why I am writing this review, to ask you kindly if you know how I can get "Feed water adaptor 3/8" - 1/2" with needle valve kit"

Este sistema necesita conectarse a una toma de tenga por lo menos 40 psi de presión, para trabajar de forma eficiente (más de 50 psi es lo ideal). Yo instalé un hidroneumático de 1/2 HP y tanque de 24 litros, que genera hasta 40 psi y agregué una bomba de saturación (permeate pump), para elevar la presión de salida al tanque y reducir la cantidad de agua de desecho. Logré la eficiencia indicada por el fabricante de 3 litros de agua de desecho por cada litro purificado. En estas condiciones estoy purificando 5 litros por hora con 15 litros de desecho. La manguera negra no la conecté al drenaje porque me puede tirar tanta agua, que además no tan sucia y se puede usar para el aseo o el jardín, en vez de eso pongo la manguera en una cubeta de 20 litros, que se llena cada dos días aproximadamente. En mi colonia el agua municipal trae mucho sedimento, así que recomiendo poner un filtro de los normales de cartucho de fieltro antes del tinaco o cisterna, de preferencia. Logré purificar de 380 TSD que entrega el agua de la llave, a 18 TDS, que es el mismo valor de las aguas de garrafón (e-pura, bonafont). Si en su casa no pueden o no quieren elevar a la presión necesaria, tambien pueden comprar una bomba elevadora de presión especial para estos sistemas, pero son caras (RO booster pump). El agua tiene muy buen sabor!

APEC es un buen filtro pero la llave de coneccion no es compatible con sistema de tubería en España, yo tenía que llamar a APEC en Estados Unidos para que me mandan la llave original que es compatible con España y tenía que para 57€,y no estoy contenta de pagar este dinero además de dinero que pague para el filtro y instalación , la llave que está en la caja es para sistema de tubería de engletera.