Air Injection Iron Eater Filter Great at Removing Iron Manganese, H2S Whole Home, Almond Series

I installed this myself with Pex tubing and shark-bite connectors. The most difficult part was getting it downstairs. Instructions were simple to follow, they send everything in two boxes, the media already loaded. There weren’t installation instructions included, but when I called their customer service, they promptly sent me the youtube video and I followed along easily. I had previously purchased the AFW Filters Iron Pro 3 48k softener, Black prior and installed the drain line and air-gap. I purchased this model specifically since I have a H2S smell as well, with minimal iron issues. I was initially hopeful that the Iron Pro 3, combined with the Morton's rust and smell reducing salt bags would be able to eliminate both the hard water and smell with this one unit. The softener did reduce the smell and eliminated the hard water. I installed this air injector a week later since there was still an H2S smell. With both working for about 3 weeks, I’m very happy with the result: no hard water, no smell, easily programmable fleck control heads and outstanding customer service. In the pictures you will see both products and my drain line that I ran to the washer drain. I added the three-way PVC and then the tubing and moved the Iron Pro brine container over; this is just what I felt was the easiest for my specific installation. I've never done this type of plumbing and with a little google and youtube research, along with the right tools, this install took about an hour, including the call the customer support. I took my time and the most time was measuring and installing the Pex tubing.I'm very happy with the result and don't know how the previous homeowners went without this for their entire time here. The red stains have all disappeared from the toilet and sinks, the water tastes and smells better. I'm thinking the main sediment filter will now be replaced every three to four months with a regular micro filter instead of every ten days with a carbon filter. Removing the Sulfur smell like this is a great improvement to the house. Everything is downstairs. I did change the programmed backwash time so that it doesn’t go off at the same time as the water softener. I also increased the back-wash time from 3 days to 6 days, since my Sulfur PPM is lower and there is only minimal iron in the water. No more morning Sulfur smell shock with cold water.

The Iron Eater filter installation and set up is straight forward. After the first day of use, the total iron concentration was reduced to 0.15 mg/L as measured through a tap located furthest from the outlet feed of the iron filter. I suspected that because of years of iron build-up in the piping, there may have been a leeching effect going on. I retested the treated water at the same tapa day later, this time letting the water running for about 7 minutes before drawing a sample. The total iron concentration this time was non detectable, so the filter is working great! The reason for four stars instead of five deals with the bypass valve or more specifically the threads on the out-board side. These threads seem to be cut very deep and when threaded into a stainless nipple using Teflon tape, it could not be stopped from leaking even tightening it to the point to where there was a fear of cracking the valve. The nipples were then removed and the Teflon tape was removed and pipe thread sealer applied. Although better, one nipple is still leaking about a drop every third hour. I plan to obtain brass nipples instead of the stainless ones installed to see if that solves the issue.

This single piece of equipment took my water from a smelly, stain-inducing mess into just normal, clear, regular water. My water ranges from 4-6 ppm of iron depending on the day and has a nice bloody sulphur smell that is hard to get used to. With this kind of iron concentration my shower would get red spots within days, and have large red areas within weeks, it was quite disgusting and difficult to clean even with Iron Out (ended up using a drill brush). After having multiple plumbers give me quotes in the $4000 range to install an iron filter alone I decided to just do this myself since it appeared fairly simple.To begin, I bought a pre-filter that goes to about 200 microns just to get sediment out and then redid my piping from the pressure tank to the water heater with steel band crimp PEX, leaving a bypass section for an iron filter / water softener before the heater. In my first setup I just went through the iron filter, then later added a softener inline after the iron filter, using flexible piping for both since I knew my arrangement would be changing with a new pressure tank in my future. Just the iron filter alone took my water to a totally different level, no stains, no stink, no nasty taste.... I was absolutely amazed. If I had known just how drastic the difference would be I probably would've made time to install it quicker rather than let it sit in my back room for two weeks first. After getting the new pressure tank my setup turned into the picture attached. Now I enjoy water that is palatable from the faucet, zero stains in my fixtures, and all the benefits of a softener. Saved about $6000 from what the plumber wanted for the iron filter & softener ( I did use one for the pressure tank) and got to set it up just how I wanted it. This iron filter will drastically change your water.

HUGH PRESSURE DROP THRU HEAD.