Can you equip this model with Bone Char Carbon instead of Activated Alumina for fluoride removal?
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Usually the bone char carbon is sold in 1.5 to 2 cu. ft. qty only. So it would be a special order. We can do it. You will need to just phone our office during business hours for pricing and to place an order. Mark, AFW Filters 785-735-9769
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A charcoal filter will not filter out fluoride. You would have to use reverse osmosis if you want the fluoride out.
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Fluoride can be removed with reverse osmosis, distilling or with activated aluminum. The 10 Stage does not contain activated aluminum, as it tends to dump in high concentrations what it has already filtered. Enviro Products has also chosen not to use activated aluminum due to the link between aluminum and Alzheimer's Disease. Reverse osmosis is the better option, but it, too, has limitations: it takes 2-3 gallons of tap water to make 1 gallon of R.O. water. Also, reverse osmosis removes everything from the water, including good minerals. I hope this helps.
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You can but I would double up on the purigen if you can its much more effective. If you do use carbon make sure you replace every month or else whatever bad stuff it absorbs will leach back into water
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I believe the 'standard' filters DO NOT remove fluoride... separate filters are needed.
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The ceramic filters are the only other types of filters that are used for removing fluoride, next to a reverse osmosis system, so, the answer here would be yes. Thank you, - jacques
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I don't think so, but there are some systems on the market that do. Google it. More to the point, have you done any real research on the fluoridated drinking water controversy? I suggest you take an hour or three and do that, then just go with the Everpure system. It's really excellent.
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If you purchase the flouride removal filters for it.I have found our Berkey better for that though.
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But just to be clear. This machine doesn't remove flouride. My whole house filtration system does though.....and I seriously encourage everyone to get the fluoride out...!
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I'm not sure what medium would remove flouride. You need to do more research on that.
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I don't see that anywhere for the black filters that come with it, but there are white filters that say that fluoride is removed.
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The Performance Data Sheet doesn't list fluoride. I found this sheet on the Aquasana website. I think there is a customer contact on their website too. Sorry that I couldn't be of more help.
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Pretty sure the only way to remove fluoride is through reverse osmosis. The Seychelle filters claim to this...but so far have failed independent testing.
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No, it does not! The company is purposefully vague about answering this. I use Berkey and ProPur to remove fluoride. I have since thrown out my ZeroWater.
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so i guess the bottom line is you will need another water filter system, such as possibly a reverse osmosis system, to get rid of things like fluoride and chlorine in water.. i agree the description could have been infinitely improved as i'm not sure how shifting electrons in water's molecular structures completely eliminates fluoride and chlorine
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You could probably replace the carbon filter with it but not the sediment filter. Make sure it's the right physical dimensions for a good fit, otherwise the water will just flow around it. I'd strongly suggest you research what KDF media is and does. www.kdfft.com/HowItWorks.htm If you want to replace the ceramic prefilter with something better, search Google for: sustainable Hannish NanoAlumina Water Filters
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Almost everything is porous. It is extruded "pressed" into the tube shape that it is. If it was non-porous the carbon would not work.