Santevia Gravity Water System Filter | at Home Water Filter That Makes Water Alkaline and Adds Minerals | Chlorine and Fluoride Filter (Countertop Model)

A Great System!
UPDATE: THIS MUST BE DOING ITS WORK because for a 1st ever our dogs stainless steel dishes are not getting a gross residue and build up after multiple refills of water that came from this product!!!We luv how much water this holds/filters and that it does have such a great filter system. It purifies and dispenses the water at a fair speed and chose the filter that removes chlorine as well as fluoride. If I remember soon to find a way to test for removal of both i will update what we find. I found it to be a good price & prepping it before first use was easy.

What you need to know…
Ok, I’ll preface this with saying that we have a municipal water supply that is quite acidic.Filtered it, ran it through reverse osmosis, and still of course had the acid component.I’m talking acidic enough to etch tooth enamel…Experimented with several alkaline technologies.You have the super expensive countertop alkalizers that use electricity, various devices like the Santevia system, and of course simply buying water, if you happen to be rich and need a good workout hauling the gallon a day we’re all supposed to drink…Alkaline water, if you buy it, is at least a couple bucks a gallon. A gallon weighs 8 pounds. At a gallon a person a day, we’re talking a family of four needs 28 gallons a week and it weighs 224 pounds and costs $56…In 6 months, you’d haul 5824 pounds of water, and spend $1456 to buy it, not counting time and gasoline or shipping…The Santevia will create that much water for you, and at most need about $60 in supplies in the same 6 months.For our purposes, we use the Santevia system. Brings our extremely acidic city water up to somewhat alkaline, does it without electricity, and gets other trace minerals into it as well.Recommended.No, it doesn’t take out fluoride – as others have pointed out – but Santevia has a system that does, based on reverse osmosis. I haven’t tried it but I have added a mineral cartridge to our reverse osmosis system…Knowing what I know today, I’d recommend first using any good reverse osmosis system ahead of the counter top unit if your water has contaminants in it like fluoride, and then pour the result into the Santevia counter top unit, because mineral cartridges in the reverse units only get a quick single pass for the water and don’t alkalize uniformly or well. The counter top unit is slower and alkalizes more thoroughly, the process takes time…Where I’m coming from in terms of “water beliefs”:There’s ph, ionization, and actual alkaline content at issue with units of these kinds. People believe different things…Personally, I believe alkalinity and ph are the main important factors, as this has a demonstrable effect on human mineral balance and therefore human biochemistry.Pro’s:Makes and maintains a few gallons of alkaline water with little pain and little ongoing cost.Filters most contaminants, bacteria, parasites, and pesticides.Con’s:I would not trust it or any other consumer grade filter to filter unsafe drinking water, and they don’t claim it will.Doesn’t take out fluoride. Then again, they never said it did…You do need to pull maintenance on it every 6 months.Why not 5 stars?A few small gripes, considering the cost of the system:The unit is heavy plastic, would rather have seen glass.The advertised ph is 8.5, but our HIGHLY acidic water can’t seem to get up to 8.5, more like 7.2 to 7.7The tub on ours had a rough spot on the hole for the spout, needed to smooth the plastic so it would not leak.Summary: Good and affordable alkaline water, uses no electricity, and the process is natural…Update: Still working fine. I had a few questions about our low ph for their customer service. Found them to be unresponsive and failed to send me information that they promised me. Don’t hold your breath waiting for them…

Buen filtro de agua, el agua no sale con mal sabor, el filtrado es un poco lento, espero que no dejen de vender los repuestos acá en México como el de cerámica que se tiene que cambiar aproximadamente cada año.

Using to filter my town water that smells like rotten eggs and swimming pool. Water tastes so clean and yummy! 10/10!The only thing I’d like to change is that it has more glass parts to reduce the micro plasticsI’m buying a second to have more accessible water on hand since the filter system does take a while to process as we drink and use it often!

Purchased as a “must have” for my family and me and dont regret it for a second