AquaRain Model 400/404
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AquaRain Model 400/404
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Made in USA!
AquaRain Gravity Water Filters will provide clean and safe water you can trust, without boiling, potentially dangerous chemicals, or reliance on a power source. The rugged stainless steel housing holds state-of-the-art, high quality filter elements offering the very latest in advanced ceramic technology.
Pore size of the ceramic elements is 0.3 micron absolute. Katadyn and British Berkefeld can't match this! Berkefeld (incl. "Big Berkey" and Doulton) says 0.9 micron absolute, 0.5 micron average; Katadyn doesn't publish an absolute rating, but says 0.2 micron average, so their absolute rating should be around 0.4 micron. This means AquaRain filters finer, so it catches stuff the others let through.
The ceramic removes all particulates, bacteria, giardia, cryptosporidium, protozoa, etc. Silvered carbon core adsorbs pesticides, MTBE, organic chemicals, chlorine, tastes and odors.
MTBE
AquaRain uses activated carbon made from coconut shells. The source of the activated carbon makes a big difference in its effectiveness on various substances, and coconut shell carbon has proven extremely effective at removing MTBE, as well as other dangerous substances. No post filters or other special measures are necessary, just the standard AquaRain elements. Scientific research backing this up can be easily found on the web; a good starting place is Water Conditioning & Purification Magazine's report titled, "Carbon: Optimized Activated Carbons for MTBE Removal in POU/POE Systems - Coconut vs. Coal". Other filters that require post filters to remove MTBE are much more expensive to start with, and the post filters only add more unnecessary expense.
A note about silver in ceramic filter elements: Some manufacturers (British Berkefeld, for example) impregnate their ceramic with silver to eliminate bacteria growth within the ceramic (it doesn't serve any filtering function). AquaRain doesn't do this because the smallest bacteria are 0.4 micron, and the biggest holes in AquaRain elements are 0.3 micron, so it's simply not possible for any bacteria to enter or grow through the elements. So there's no need for the ceramic to be silver impregnated. As of this writing (3/08) we've had one AquaRain element in service continuously for almost 3 years, with no sign of any bacterial grow-through.
Element life, per single element: ceramic, about 2,500 - 10,000 gallons; carbon, about 3,000 - 5,000 gallons. If the carbon wears out before the ceramic, replace the elements if you need carbon; or, if you don't need carbon, keep using them as long as the ceramic is good.
| AquaRain Water Filters | List Price | Our Price AquaRain Model 200
| Comes with 1 element; can use 2 elements. Storage capacity about 1.5 gallons. Max. flow rate about 1/4 gallon per hour, per element, under ideal conditions. Height 18", diameter 8". $159.99
| $153 | BUY NOW AquaRain Model 202
| Same as Model 200 but includes 2 elements. $199.99
| $188 | BUY NOW Package deal - Model 202 with 2 spare elements
| $258 | BUY NOW AquaRain Model 400 | Comes with 2 elements; can use up to 4 elements. Storage capacity about 3 gallons. Max. flow rate about 1/4 gallon per hour, per element, under ideal conditions. Height 21", diameter 10". $239.99
| $222 | BUY NOW AquaRain Model 404 | Same as Model 400 but includes 4 elements. $319.99
| $291 | BUY NOW Package deal - Model 404 with 2 spare elements
| $362 | BUY NOW Package deal - Model 404 with 4 spare elements
| $427 | BUY NOW Shipping Cost $15 per order | within continental USA by UPS ground. Shipping by mail will usually be somewhat higher. Replacement Elements Combined ceramic & carbon elements. Will also work in other drip filters with metal housing, like British Berkefeld (Berkey / Big Berkey). May not work in filters with plastic housing, like Katadyn, which require a longer threaded portion than the AquaRain elements provide.
| Replacement Elements, set of 4
| $152
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| Replacement Elements, set of 3
| $122
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| Replacement Elements, set of 2
| $86
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| Replacement Element (single)
| $51
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| Shipping Cost $15 per order | within continental USA by UPS ground. Shipping by mail will usually be somewhat higher. | ||||||||||||||||
