Kenmore Elite Central Water Whole Home Filtration System

Execelent Product April 29, 2012
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After 35 years of putting up with silt and manganese plugging the pipes and filters used to try and stop it I ran into this, works like a champ, has a high flow valve and uses charcoal-gravel-sand as a filter media, traps particles down to 25 microns completely automatic and takes up little space, now if you figure the cost of the large 4 1/2" X 20" filter cartridges and the housing and the fact you have a never ending cost and hassle to replace it makes this thing a super bargain !! this is made by ecopure BUT sears has put a better high flow valve that actually counts the water flow and flushes it self after whatever you set it for, it also is free standing and contained in a outer housing which I added a overflow drain like the softener as a safety for my laminate floor, my only gripe is sears don't put any info out there to see how good this thing really is, owner manual would be helpful for those who want to study it before buying, you can get the ecopure manual which is the same except for the valve, this filter is well thought out and designed and uses sears proven softener valve design and I couldn't be more pleased with it--not to mention no more dropping water pressure from plugged water filter cartridges as well as the constant hassle of changing them !! A+++++ HIGHLY recommend this product-would have bought it years ago if I would have had more info--

SECURE FOR MY HEALTH March 05, 2012
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This whole house filter isn't any better than without one !! February 22, 2012
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This water filter is only for chlorine removal, nothing else. My water taste like a musty taste to it. I  have called into Sears to complain about this , and to no avail there is nothing different in the taste,It seems the only thing I am going to do is ,put it on BY-PASS to see if there is a different raste !! 

WOW! How can it be? February 08, 2012
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To those of you who know nothing of water filtration or the widely varying techniques used to filter it. Fist note at the bottom of the description it says the filtration is cosmetic. This means it removes setiment, it obviously has carbon in it since people are having issues with carbon permeation. It would be great if Sears actually told you in the video the mechanisms used in the filtration process, Also don't be fooled by the reviewer who states that Reverse Osmosis wastes 2 gallons of water for each gallon of useable water. This simply isn't true with the newer models and definitely not true with other types of filtration. Not to mention this system back flushes, which means it also wastes water. Second an RO unit removes setiment, salt, chlorine, lead and many many other unwanted contaminates this unit DOES'T. Most likely this unit is using Coconut husk coated with carbon which is why it continues to leach carbon into the water and why people are reporting their water still tastes bad. Carbon is used to absorb chemicals from the water, it doesn't however remove any elements (lead, mercury, copper, vandium and the like) and back flushing only washes out the setiment, it does absolutley nothing for the carbon as the carbon will not release any chemicals from simply being rinsed it will only absorb more chemicals during the rinse which is why it's used to absorb the chemicals in the first place. I hope this helps anyone considering purchasing this unit.

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