frontpagebabgaly | Staff posted Jan 07, 2026 12:42 AM
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frontpagebabgaly | Staff posted Jan 07, 2026 12:42 AM
SimPure Reverse Osmosis Under Sink Water Filter System (Alkaline or Near 0 TDS)
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To improve taste and balance pH, an alkaline filter is added as a final stage in some RO systems. This filter reintroduces essential minerals such as calcium, magnesium, and potassium into the water. Doing so raises the pH to a more neutral or slightly alkaline level (typically 7.0–8.5), enhances flavor, and gives the water a smoother mouthfeel.
In short, the alkaline filter prevents flat water by restoring minerals removed during RO filtration, making the water more pleasant to drink and less acidic.
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Its all pseudo science
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"Upgraded" to a Waterdrop G2 tankless - which turned out to be a downgrade.
Super slow water flow, and not as effective as the APEC.
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You can buy 3 year supply of filters for $90 from their website. If your municipal water is not too bad, you can multiply filter life by 2.
https://www.expresswate
You may be able to find it a little cheaper at home depot.
I can easily go 2 years on a membrane and as long as I change the prefilters once a year im still under 10ppm.
The $90 3-year kit will last me 6 years easily.
This is a generic kit using off the shelf parts. If you look up "reverse osmosis filter" you will find many results by different brands that all look the same, and you can expect them to work pretty much the same. In most cases the replacement filter kits are interchangeable too, but your mileage may vary.
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To improve taste and balance pH, an alkaline filter is added as a final stage in some RO systems. This filter reintroduces essential minerals such as calcium, magnesium, and potassium into the water. Doing so raises the pH to a more neutral or slightly alkaline level (typically 7.0–8.5), enhances flavor, and gives the water a smoother mouthfeel.
In short, the alkaline filter prevents flat water by restoring minerals removed during RO filtration, making the water more pleasant to drink and less acidic.
My water just has about 580 ppm of sodium in it. And an almost equal amount of bicarbonate. It tastes like saline. No way to filter out sodium without RO as sodium is typically used on the ion exchange surface of a water softener. Calcium and magnesium wreak havoc on plumbing so you wouldn't want to add it to take the sodium out with a water...uhh..."hardener".
If taste is your thing, sure. Spend the extra money on the alkaline marketing BS. But it gets neutralized as soon as it enters your stomach, from a tiny drop of gastric acid. "Alkaline water" and the "essential minerals" scam needs to end.
But you can't look at instances of erroneous claims as evidence that the underlying product itself has no application. Not everybody who is utilizing alkaline water is doing so because they believe it can "alkalize the entire body". It is a very effective as a targeted tool to treat conditions like LPR that results in a build up of pepsin in the upper esophageal tract, serving to neutralize the acids that should not be there, but are, and are causing damage to tissue in the region - with the implication that you are also taking concrete steps to address the underlying dysfunction itself.
The cool thing about Alkaline water is it's strictly speaking a generic term that refers to a water with alkaline properties, which no company (and their erroneous marketing campaigns) has a monopoly on. I produce my own Alkaline water in house at a fraction of the cost of any marketable product, and my utilization of the product is based on my understanding of the underlying chemical science, not any marketing team trying to convince me nonsense about the health benefits they claim their product can offer.
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