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ʻO kēlā me kēia mea e inu ana ma mua o kekahi mau galani o ka wai inu i kēlā me kēia lā, e māʻona loa paha lākou me kahi ʻōnaehana kānana ma lalo o ka poho wai e like me ka Aquasana AQ-5200. ʻAʻole e like me ka ʻōmole, hāʻawi kahi kānana ma lalo o ka poho wai i ka lako mau o ka wai ma ke koi. Paipai mākou i ka Aquasana AQ-5200 no ka mea ʻo kāna mau palapala hōʻoia ka mea maikaʻi loa o nā ʻōnaehana a mākou i ʻike ai; hoʻokomo lākou (e like me ke koena o kā mākou mau hoʻonā ma aneʻi) chlorine, kēpau, mercury, PFAS, nā ʻano pesticides like ʻole, a me nā microplastics.
Ua hōʻoia ʻia ka Aquasana AQ-5200 e ANSI/NSF a hiki ke hoʻopau loa i nā ʻano haumia like ʻole, me ke kēpau, mercury, pesticides, microplastics, lāʻau lapaʻau a me nā mea ʻē aʻe i hiki ʻole i nā mea hoʻokūkū ke hopu. ʻO ia kekahi o nā kānana liʻiliʻi i hōʻoia ʻia e loaʻa iā PFOA a me PFOS, ʻelua mau kemika mau e hopohopo nei i ka Environmental Protection Agency.
ʻO ke kumukūʻai e hoʻololi ai i kahi hoʻonohonoho o nā kānana ma kahi o $60, a i ʻole $120 i kēlā me kēia makahiki, ma muli o ke kaʻina hana hoʻololi ʻeono mahina a Aquasana i ʻōlelo ai. A ʻoi iki ka nui o ka ʻōnaehana ma mua o kekahi mau kini soda, no laila ʻaʻole ia e lawe i kahi nui ma lalo o ka poho holoi. Loaʻa iā ia nā mea hoʻopili metala kiʻekiʻe a loaʻa nā faucets i nā ʻano hoʻopau like ʻole.
Ua like ʻo AO Smith AO-US-200 me Aquasana AQ-5200 ma nā ʻano koʻikoʻi a pau. (ʻO ia no ka mea ua loaʻa iā AO Smith ʻo Aquasana i ka makahiki 2016.) Loaʻa iā ia nā hiʻohiʻona premium like, nā lako metala āpau, a me ke ʻano compact, akā no ka mea ua kūʻai wale ʻia ma Lowe's, ʻaʻole i loaʻa nui ʻia a hoʻokahi wale nō hoʻopau o kāna mau faucets. : nickel brushed. Ua like nā kumukūʻai hoʻololi kānana: ma kahi o $60 no kēlā me kēia set, a i ʻole $120 i kēlā me kēia makahiki ma ke kaʻina hana ʻeono mahina i ʻōlelo ʻia e AO Smith.
Loaʻa iā ia nā palapala hōʻoia maikaʻi loa e like me ka AQ-5200, a me nā hiki ke kahe a me ke kānana kiʻekiʻe ma mua o ka AQ-5200, a me kahi kānana mua e wehe i nā waihona ʻōpala.
Loaʻa i ka Aquasana AQ-5300+ Max Flow nā palapala hōʻoia maikaʻi loa e like me kā mākou koho kiʻekiʻe, akā hāʻawi ia i ke kahe kiʻekiʻe (0.72 gpm vs. 0.5 gpm) a me ka mana kānana (800 gpm vs. 500). gpm). ʻO kēia ka mea e lilo ai i koho kūpono no nā ʻohana e pono ai ka nui o ka wai i kānana ʻia a makemake iā ia i ka wikiwiki. Hoʻohui pū ia i kahi kānana mua o ka sediment ʻaʻole i loaʻa i ka AQ-5200; hiki i kēia ke hoʻonui i ka kānana haumia i nā kahe kahe kiʻekiʻe ma nā hale me ka wai waiwai sediment. Eia nō naʻe, ʻoi aku ka nui o ka AQ-5300+ (me nā kānana i ka nui o kahi ʻōmole ʻekolu lita) ma mua o ka AQ-5200, a ʻoi aku ke kiʻekiʻe o nā kumukūʻai mua a me ka hoʻololi kānana (ma kahi o $80 no kēlā me kēia set a i ʻole $160 i kēlā me kēia makahiki). .
Hoʻokomo me ka ʻole o ka ʻeli ʻana a hāʻawi a hiki i 1.5 galani i kēlā me kēia minuke o ka wai i kānana ʻia ma o nā faucets e kū nei.
Hoʻopili pololei ʻo Claryum Direct Connect a Aquasana i nā faucets e kū nei, e lilo ia i koho hoihoi loa no nā mea hoʻolimalima (nāna paha i kaupalena ʻia mai ka neʻe ʻana) a me ka poʻe hiki ʻole ke hoʻokomo i kahi faucet kānana kaʻawale. ʻAʻole pono ia e kau ʻia ma ka paia o ke keʻena ma lalo o ka poho holoi, kū wale ia ma kona ʻaoʻao. Loaʻa iā ia nā palapala hōʻoia ANSI/NSF like me nā hiʻohiʻona Aquasana a me AO Smith ʻē aʻe a hiki ke hāʻawi a hiki i 1.5 galani o ka wai kānana i kēlā me kēia minuke. Loaʻa i kēia kānana kahi mana i helu ʻia he 784 galani a pono e mau ma kahi o ʻeono mahina. Akā, ʻaʻohe ona kānana mua o ka sediment. No laila, inā loaʻa iā ʻoe nā pilikia me ka sediment, ʻaʻole kēia ke koho maikaʻi loa no ka mea hiki ke paʻa maʻalahi. A he nui ia—20.5 x 4.5 ʻīniha—no laila inā liʻiliʻi a piha paha kāu keʻena poho holoi, ʻaʻole paha e kūpono.
Loaʻa iā ia nā palapala hōʻoia maikaʻi loa e like me ka AQ-5200, a me nā hiki ke kahe a me ke kānana kiʻekiʻe ma mua o ka AQ-5200, a me kahi kānana mua e wehe i nā waihona ʻōpala.
Hoʻokomo me ka ʻole o ka ʻeli ʻana a hāʻawi a hiki i 1.5 galani i kēlā me kēia minuke o ka wai i kānana ʻia ma o nā faucets e kū nei.
Ua hoʻāʻo au i nā kānana wai Wirecutter mai ka makahiki 2016. Ma kaʻu hōʻike, ua kamaʻilio kikoʻī au me nā hui hōʻoia kānana e hoʻomaopopo pehea e hana ʻia ai kā lākou hoʻāʻo ʻana, a ua ʻeli hohonu i loko o kā lākou waihona ʻikepili lehulehu e hōʻoia i kākoʻo ʻia nā koi a nā mea hana e: Hoʻāʻo hōʻoia. Ua kamaʻilio pū wau me nā ʻelele o kekahi mau mea hana kānana wai, me Aquasana/AO Smith, Filtrete, Brita a me Pur, e hoʻopaʻapaʻa i kā lākou mau koi. Ua hoʻāʻo pilikino wau i kā mākou mau koho āpau no ka mea he mea nui loa ka hilinaʻi holoʻokoʻa, ka lōʻihi, a me ka hoʻohana ʻana no kahi hāmeʻa i hoʻohana ʻia i nā manawa he nui i ka lā.
Ua noiʻi a kākau ka mea ʻepekema NOAA mua ʻo John Holecek i ka manual kānana wai Wirecutter mua, ua hana i kāna hoʻāʻo ponoʻī, ua kauoha i nā hoʻāʻo kūʻokoʻa hou aʻe, a ua aʻo mai iaʻu i ka nui o kaʻu ʻike. Hoʻokumu ʻia kaʻu hana ma kāna hana.
ʻO ka mea pōʻino, ʻaʻohe pane ākea i ka nīnau inā pono ʻoe i kahi kānana wai a i ʻole. Ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, ua hoʻoponopono ʻia nā lako wai lehulehu e ka US Environmental Protection Agency ma lalo o ke Clean Water Act, a ʻo ka wai e haʻalele ana i nā hale hana mālama wai lehulehu e pono e hoʻokō i nā kūlana maikaʻi koʻikoʻi. Akā, ʻaʻole i hoʻoponopono ʻia nā mea haumia āpau. Eia kekahi, hiki i nā mea haumia ke komo i loko o ka wai ma hope o kona haʻalele ʻana i ka hale hana mālama, ma o nā paipu e liki ana (PDF) a i ʻole ma ka leaching mai nā paipu ponoʻī. ʻO ka mālama wai i hana ʻia (a i ʻole ka haʻalele ʻia) ma ka hale hana hiki ke hoʻonui i ka leaching ma nā pipelines ma lalo, e like me ka mea i hana ʻia ma Flint, Michigan.
No ka ʻike pono ʻana i ka mea i loko o ka wai o kāu mea hoʻolako, hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻimi ma ka pūnaewele no ka hōʻike hilinaʻi mea kūʻai aku a ka EPA i ʻāpono ʻia e kāu mea hoʻolako kūloko; inā ʻaʻole, pono nā mea hoʻolako wai lehulehu āpau e hāʻawi iā ʻoe i kā lākou CCR ma ke noi ʻana. Akā ma muli o ka haumia hiki ke hiki mai ma ke kahawai, ʻo ke ala wale nō e hoʻoholo ai i ka mea i loko o ka wai o kou home, ʻo ia ke uku i kahi keʻena hoʻokolohua maikaʻi wai kūloko e hoʻāʻo.
Ma ke ʻano he kānāwai maʻamau, ʻo ka ʻelemakule o kou home a i ʻole kou kaiāulu, ʻoi aku ka nui o ka pilikia o ka haumia ma lalo o ka wai. Ua hōʻike ka Environmental Protection Agency "ʻoi aku ka nui o nā hale i kūkulu ʻia ma mua o 1986 i loaʻa nā paipu kēpau, nā mea paʻa a me ka solder" - nā mea kahiko, nā mea maʻamau i hoʻokō ʻole i nā kānāwai o kēia manawa. Hoʻonui pū ka makahiki i ka likelika o ka haumia o ka wai honua e ʻelemakule ana e nā ʻoihana i hoʻoponopono mua ʻia, hiki ke hoʻoweliweli, ʻoiai ke hui pū ʻia me ka hōʻino ʻana o nā paipu ma lalo o ka honua e pili ana i ka makahiki.
Inā hoʻohana kou ʻohana ma mua o ʻelua a ʻekolu mau galani o ka wai inu i kēlā me kēia lā, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o kahi kānana wai ma lalo o ka poho holoi ma mua o kahi kānana ipu hao. Hāʻawi nā ʻōnaehana ma lalo o ka poho holoi i ka wai inu i kānana ʻia ma ke noi, e hoʻopau ana i ka pono e kali no ka pau ʻana o ke kaʻina kānana e like me ka ipu hao. ʻO ke kānana ma ke noi ʻana ʻo ia hoʻi hiki i kahi ʻōnaehana ma lalo o ka poho holoi ke hāʻawi i ka wai lawa no ka kuke ʻana—no ka laʻana, hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻopiha i kahi ipuhao me ka wai i kānana ʻia e kuke ai i ka pasta, akā ʻaʻole pono ʻoe e hoʻopiha hou i ka ipu hao no kēlā kumu.
Ke hoʻohālikelike ʻia me nā kānana pitcher, ʻoi aku ka nui o ka mana o nā kānana ma lalo o ka poho wai a ʻoi aku ka lōʻihi o ke ola—ʻo ia hoʻi he mau haneli galani a me ʻeono mahina a ʻoi aku paha ke hoʻohālikelike ʻia me ka nui o 40-galani o ka hapa nui o nā kānana pitcher a me ʻelua mahina. No ka mea, hoʻohana nā kānana ma lalo o ka poho wai i ke kaomi wai ma mua o ka umekaumaha e hoʻokuke i ka wai ma o ke kānana, hiki i kā lākou mau kānana ke ʻoi aku ka mānoanoa a no laila e wehe i kahi ākea o nā mea haumia hiki.
ʻO ka hemahema, ʻoi aku ke kumukūʻai ma mua o nā kānana pitcher, a ʻoi aku ke kumukūʻai o nā kānana pani ma ke ʻano maoli a ma ka awelika i ka hala ʻana o ka manawa. Lawe pū ka ʻōnaehana i kahi o ke keʻena ma lalo o ka poho holoi i hiki ke hoʻohana ʻia no ka mālama ʻana.
ʻO ke kau ʻana i kahi kānana ma lalo o ka poho holoi e pono ai ka hoʻokomo ʻana i ka plumbing a me nā lako paʻa, akā maʻalahi wale nō ka hana inā loaʻa i kāu poho holoi kahi puka no kahi faucet ʻokoʻa. A i ʻole, pono ʻoe e wehe i kekahi o nā wahi faucet i kūkulu ʻia (ka disc i hāpai ʻia ma luna o kahi poho holoi kila a i ʻole ka māka ma kahi poho holoi pōhaku synthetic). Inā ʻaʻohe ou lua knockout, pono ʻoe e wili i kahi lua i loko o ka poho holoi a i ʻole ma ke countertop inā ua kau ʻole ʻia kāu poho holoi. Inā he mea hoʻokaʻawale kopa a i ʻole ka mea pīpī lima ma kāu poho holoi, hiki iā ʻoe ke wehe a hoʻokomo i kahi faucet. (Mai hoʻokomo i ka faucet ma kahi he hakahaka ea - ʻo kēia ke pale aku i ka wai holoi lepo mai ke komo ʻana i loko o ka mea holoi kīʻaha.)
Kokoke i ka hapalua o ka wai paipa āpau he mau kemika mau. Eia pehea e hoʻoholo ai inā ʻoe i ka pilikia a kaupalena i kou pilikia.
ʻO kēia alakaʻi e pili ana i kahi ʻano kikoʻī o ka kānana ma lalo o ka poho holoi: nā mea e hoʻohana ana i kahi kānana cartridge. Lawe lākou i kahi liʻiliʻi loa a maʻalahi hoʻi ke hoʻokomo a mālama. Hoʻohana lākou i nā mea adsorbent (ʻo ka maʻamau he kalapona i hoʻāla ʻia a me nā resins hoʻololi ion e like me nā kānana pitcher) e hoʻopaʻa a hoʻopau i nā mea haumia. Hoʻopaʻa ʻia ka hapa nui i kahi faucet kaʻawale (i hoʻokomo ʻia), ʻo ia hoʻi e pono ʻoe i kahi lua hoʻopaʻa ma ke countertop; E hana ka lua i hana ʻia no ka hose pīpī, a i ʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke wili i kahi lua hou. ʻAʻole mākou e kamaʻilio e pili ana i nā kānana faucet-mount, nā ʻōnaehana osmosis hoʻohuli, a i ʻole nā ​​​​​​pickets wai a i ʻole nā ​​​​​​dispenser.
I mea e hōʻoia ai ua ʻōlelo wale mākou i nā kānana hiki iā ʻoe ke hilinaʻi, ke koi mau nei mākou e hōʻoia ʻia kā mākou mau koho i ke kūlana ʻoihana: ANSI/NSF. ʻO ka American National Standards Institute a me NSF International he mau hui pilikino, waiwai ʻole e hana pū ana me ka Environmental Protection Agency, ka ʻoihana a me nā loea ʻē aʻe e hoʻomohala i nā kūlana maikaʻi koʻikoʻi a me nā protocol hoʻāʻo no nā tausani o nā huahana, me nā kānana wai. ʻO nā keʻena hoʻokolohua hōʻoia kānana wai nui ʻelua ʻo NSF International ponoʻī a me ka Water Quality Association (WQA). Ua hōʻoia piha ʻia nā huahana ʻelua e ANSI a me ka Canadian Standards Council ma ʻAmelika ʻĀkau no ka hoʻāʻo hōʻoia ANSI/NSF, a pono nā mea ʻelua e pili i nā kūlana like a me nā protocol hoʻāʻo. Ma hope wale nō o ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā laʻana "hoʻāʻo" i hoʻomākaukau ʻia, kahi i haumia nui ʻia ma mua o ka hapa nui o ka wai piula wai, ua mau ka kānana ma mua o ke ola i manaʻo ʻia a hoʻokō i nā kūlana hōʻoia.
Ma kēia alakaʻi, e kālele mākou i nā kānana i hōʻoia ʻia no ka chlorine, ke kēpau, a me nā hui organik volatile (VOC).
He mea nui ka palapala hōʻoia o ka chlorine no ka mea, ʻo ka chlorine kekahi kumu maʻamau o ka "ʻala ʻino" i loko o ka wai paipa. Akā, he mea hoʻomaikaʻi kēia: ua hōʻoia ʻia ka hapa nui o nā ʻano kānana wai.
He mea paʻakikī ka hoʻokō ʻana i ka palapala hōʻoia alakaʻi no ka mea ʻo ia hoʻi ka hōʻemi ʻana i nā hopena waiwai i ke alakaʻi ma mua o 99%.
He mea paʻakikī nō hoʻi ka palapala hōʻoia VOC no ka mea, ʻo ia hoʻi, hiki i ke kānana ke wehe i nā mea hui organik he 50 a ʻoi aku, me nā biocides maʻamau a me nā mea mua o ka ʻoihana. ʻAʻole nā ​​​​kānana āpau ma lalo o ka poho i loaʻa nā palapala hōʻoia ʻelua, no laila ma ka nānā ʻana i nā kānana me nā palapala hōʻoia ʻelua, ua ʻike mākou i nā kānana e hana maikaʻi loa ana.
Ua hoʻohaiki hou mākou i kā mākou ʻimi a ua koho i nā kānana me nā palapala hōʻoia hou aʻe i ke kūlana ANSI/NSF 401 hou, kahi e uhi ana i nā mea haumia e kū mai ana e loaʻa nui ana i ka wai ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, e like me nā lāʻau lapaʻau. Pēlā nō, ʻaʻole i hōʻoia ʻia nā kānana āpau he 401. No laila, ʻo kēlā mau hale i hōʻoia ʻia he 401 (a me ke kēpau a me ka palapala hōʻoia VOC) aia i loko o kahi hui i koho pono ʻia.
A laila, i loko o kēia ʻāpana paʻa, ke ʻimi nei mākou i nā huahana me ka liʻiliʻi o 500 galani. Ua like kēia me kahi o ʻeono mahina o ke ola kānana ma lalo o ka hoʻohana nui ʻana (2.75 galani i kēlā me kēia lā). Ua lawa kēia wai kānana no ka hapa nui o nā ʻohana no ka inu ʻana a me ka kuke ʻana i kēlā me kēia lā. (Hāʻawi nā mea hana i nā papa hana hoʻololi kānana i ʻōlelo ʻia, maʻamau i nā mahina ma mua o nā galani; hahai mākou i kēia mau ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo i kā mākou mau kuhi a me nā helu kumukūʻai. Paipai mākou e hoʻohana mau i nā ʻāpana pani mua o ka mea hana ma kahi o nā kānana ʻaoʻao ʻekolu.)
I ka hopena, ua kaupaona mākou i ke kumukūʻai mua o ka ʻōnaehana holoʻokoʻa e kūʻē i ke kumukūʻai e hoʻomau nei no ka hoʻololi ʻana i nā kānana. ʻAʻole mākou i hoʻonohonoho i kahi papahele kumukūʻai a i ʻole ke kaupaku, akā ua hōʻike kā mākou noiʻi ʻoiai ʻo nā kumukūʻai mua mai $100 a i $1,250 a ʻo nā kumukūʻai kānana mai $60 a kokoke i $300, ʻaʻole i unuhi ʻia kēia mau ʻokoʻa i ka hana maikaʻi loa. ʻOi aku ke kumukūʻai o nā hiʻohiʻona pipiʻi. Ua loaʻa iā mākou kekahi mau kānana ma lalo o ka poho wai i emi ke kumukūʻai ma mua o $200 akā loaʻa mau nā palapala hōʻoia maikaʻi loa a me ke kūpaʻa. ʻO kēia ka poʻe i lilo i kā mākou mau mea hope loa. Ma waena o nā mea ʻē aʻe a mākou e ʻimi nei:
I kā mākou noiʻi ʻana, ua loaʻa iā mākou i kekahi manawa nā hōʻike e pili ana i nā liki weliweli mai nā mea nona nā kānana wai ma lalo o ka poho holoi. No ka mea ua pili ka kānana i ka lako wai anuanu, inā haki ka mea hoʻohui a i ʻole ka hose, hiki ke liki ka wai a hiki i ka pani ʻana o ka valve pani, no laila hiki ke hala i nā hola a i ʻole nā ​​​​lā e ʻike ai i ka pilikia, e hopena ana i nā hopena koʻikoʻi no ʻoe. Ka pōʻino o ka wai. ʻAʻole ia he mea maʻamau, akā ke noʻonoʻo nei ʻoe e kūʻai i kahi kānana ma lalo o ka poho holoi, pono ʻoe e kaupaona i nā pilikia. Inā ua kūʻai ʻoe i hoʻokahi, e hahai pono i nā ʻōlelo kuhikuhi hoʻonohonoho, e makaʻala ʻaʻole e wili hewa i nā mea hoʻohui, a laila e hoʻihoʻi mālie i ka wai e nānā i nā liki. No ka maluhia o ka noʻonoʻo (e hoʻoponopono ana i kāu mau pilikia plumbing āpau, ʻaʻole wale ke kānana ma lalo o ka poho holoi), e noʻonoʻo e hoʻokomo i kahi mea ʻike liki akamai.
I ka wā mua, loaʻa i nā kānana osmosis hoʻohuli (R/O) ke ʻano like o ke kānana cartridge e like me ka mea a mākou i koho ai ma ʻaneʻi, akā e hoʻohui i kahi ʻano kānana osmosis hoʻohuli lua: kahi membrane porous maikaʻi e hiki ai i ka wai ke hele ma waena akā kānana i nā minelala i hoʻoheheʻe ʻia a me nā mea ʻē aʻe.
E kūkākūkā paha mākou i nā kānana R/O me nā kikoʻī hou aku i kahi aʻo e hiki mai ana. Maanei mākou e hōʻole loa ai iā lākou. He palena ko lākou mau pono hana ma mua o nā kānana adsorption; hana lākou i nā nui o ka wai hoʻoneoneo (ʻo ka maʻamau he 4 galani o ka wai "holoi" ʻōpala no kēlā me kēia galani i kānana ʻia), ʻoiai ʻaʻole hana nā kānana adsorption i ka wai hoʻoneoneo; Lawe lākou i kahi ākea no ka mea, ʻaʻole like me nā kānana adsorption, hoʻohana lākou i kahi pahu 1 a 2 galani paha e mālama i ka wai i kānana ʻia; a hana lohi lākou ma mua o nā kānana adsorption ma lalo o ka poho.
Ua hoʻāʻo mākou i nā kānana wai ma ke keʻena hoʻokolohua no nā makahiki i hala iho nei, a ʻo ka mea nui i lawe ʻia mai kā mākou hoʻāʻo ʻana, ʻo ka hōʻoia ANSI/NSF kahi hōʻailona hilinaʻi o ka hana kānana. ʻAʻole kēia he mea kupanaha no ka paʻakikī loa o nā hoʻokolohua hōʻoia. Mai ia manawa, ua hilinaʻi mākou i ka hōʻoia ANSI/NSF e koho i nā mea hoʻokūkū ma mua o kā mākou hoʻāʻo palena ponoʻī.
I ka makahiki 2018, ua hoʻāʻo mākou i ka ʻōnaehana kānana wai kaulana ʻo Big Berkey, ʻaʻole i hōʻoia ʻia ʻo ANSI/NSF akā ua ʻōlelo ʻia ua hoʻāʻo nui ʻia e hoʻokō i nā kūlana ANSI/NSF. Ua hoʻoikaika hou kēia ʻike i kā mākou kūpaʻa i ka hōʻoia ANSI/NSF maoli a me ko mākou hilinaʻi ʻole i nā koi "ANSI/NSF Verified".
Mai ia manawa, me ka makahiki 2019, ua kālele kā mākou hoʻāʻo ʻana i ka hoʻohana maoli ʻana a me nā hiʻohiʻona pono a me nā hemahema e ʻike ʻia i kou hoʻohana ʻana i nā huahana.
Ua koho mākou iā Aquasana AQ-5200, i ʻike ʻia hoʻi ʻo Aquasana Claryum Dual-Stage. ʻO kāna hiʻohiʻona koʻikoʻi loa, ʻo ia ka loaʻa ʻana o kāna mau kānana i nā palapala hōʻoia ANSI/NSF maikaʻi loa ma waena o kā mākou mau mea hoʻokūkū no ka chlorine, chloramines, lead, mercury, VOCs, nā "mea haumia e kū mai ana," microplastics, a me PFOA a me PFOS. Eia kekahi, ua hana ʻia nā faucets a me nā mea paʻa mai ka metala paʻa, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma mua o ka plastic i hoʻohana ʻia e kekahi mau mea hana ʻē aʻe. Eia kekahi, he liʻiliʻi loa ka ʻōnaehana. ʻO ka mea hope loa, ʻo ka Aquasana AQ-5200 kekahi o nā koho maikaʻi loa a mākou i ʻike ai no nā kānana ma lalo o ka poho wai, me ka ʻōnaehana holoʻokoʻa (kānana, hale, faucet, a me nā lako) maʻamau ke kumukūʻai ma kahi o $140 ma mua a i ʻole kahi set o ʻelua. hoʻololi kānana no $60. ʻOi aku ka liʻiliʻi o kēia ma mua o nā mea hoʻokūkū he nui me nā palapala hōʻoia nāwaliwali.
Palapala Hōʻoia ANSI/NSF (PDF) no AQ-5200 Loaʻa ka chlorine, kahi i hoʻohana ʻia e pepehi i nā pathogens i loko o nā lako wai kūlanakauhale a ʻo ia ke kumu nui o ka "off-odor" i loko o ka wai piula wai; kēpau, hiki ke hoʻokuʻu mai nā paipu kahiko a me ka solder paipu. ; mercury; Cryptosporidium Ola a me Giardia, ʻelua mau pathogens hiki; ʻO Chloramine kahi disinfectant chlorine-ammonia mau loa e hoʻohana nui ʻia ana i nā hale hana kānana ma ka hema o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa. Hoʻopau koke ka chlorine maʻemaʻe i ka wai mahana. Ua hōʻoia ʻia ʻo AQ-5200 e kūʻē i 15 mau "mea haumia e kū mai ana" e ʻike nui ʻia ana i loko o nā lako wai, me BPA, ibuprofen a me estrone (kahi estrogen i hoʻohana ʻia i ka kaohi hānau), microplastics, a me PFOA a me PFOS, nā hui fluoride ʻoihana. loaʻa nui ʻia i ka wai piula wai US. Ua hōʻoia ʻia hoʻi ʻo VOC. ʻO ke ʻano kēia hiki iā ia ke wehe pono i nā hui organik like ʻole he 50, me nā pesticides he nui a me nā precursors ʻoihana.
Ma waho aʻe o ke kalapona i hoʻāla ʻia a me ka resin hoʻololi ion (kahi i hoʻohana ʻia i ka hapa nui, inā ʻaʻole nā ​​​​​​kānana ma lalo o ka poho), hoʻohana ʻo Aquasana i ʻelua mau ʻenehana kānana hou e hoʻokō ai i ka palapala hōʻoia. No nā chloramines, hoʻohui ʻia ke kalapona catalytic, ʻo ia hoʻi, ke kalapona i hoʻāla ʻia, he porous a no laila ʻoi aku ka reactive, i hana ʻia ma ka mālama ʻana i ke kalapona me kahi kinoea wela kiʻekiʻe. No cryptosporidium a me giardia, hana ʻo Aquasana i nā kānana me nā nui pore i hoʻemi ʻia i 0.5 microns, he liʻiliʻi ia e hopu kino iā lākou.
ʻO ka palapala hōʻoia o ke kānana Aquasana AQ-5200 ke kumu nui i koho ai mākou iā ia. Akā, ʻo kona hoʻolālā a me nā mea hana hoʻi e hoʻokaʻawale iā ia mai nā mea ʻē aʻe. Hana ʻia ka faucet i ka metala paʻa, e like me ka ʻāpana T e hoʻopili ai i ke kānana i ka paipu. Hoʻohana kekahi mau mea hoʻokūkū i ka plastic no kekahi a i ʻole nā ​​​​mea ʻelua, kahi e hōʻemi ai i nā kumukūʻai akā hoʻonui i ka pilikia o ke keʻa ʻana o ke pihi a me ke kau pono ʻole. Hoʻohana ka AQ-5200 i nā mea hoʻopili compression e hana i kahi sila paʻa a paʻa ma waena o ka paipu a me ka paipu plastic e lawe ana i ka wai i ke kānana a me ka faucet. Hoʻohana kekahi mau mea hoʻokūkū i nā mea hoʻopili maʻalahi, ʻaʻole i hilinaʻi nui ʻia. Loaʻa ka faucet AQ-5200 i ʻekolu mau hoʻopau (nickel brushed, chrome polished a me ke keleawe brushed ʻaila), ʻoiai ʻaʻohe koho a kekahi mau mea hoʻokūkū iā ʻoe.
Makemake pū mākou i ke ʻano liʻiliʻi o ka ʻōnaehana AQ-5200. Hoʻohana ia i ʻelua mau kānana, ʻoi aku ka nui o kēlā me kēia ma mua o kahi kini soda; ua hoʻolālā ʻia kekahi mau kānana ʻē aʻe, me ka Aquasana AQ-5300+ ma lalo, no nā ʻōmole lita. Me ke kānana i kau ʻia ma ke kākoʻo hoʻopaʻa, ʻo ke ana o ka AQ-5200 he 9 ʻīniha ke kiʻekiʻe, 8 ʻīniha ka laulā, a me 4 ʻīniha ka hohonu; ʻO ke ana o ka Aquasana AQ-5300+ he 13 x 12 x 4 ʻīniha. ʻO ke ʻano kēia, ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi o ka wahi o ke keʻena ma lalo o ka poho holoi i lawe ʻia e ka AQ-5200, e ʻae ana iā ia e hoʻokomo ʻia i nā wahi paʻa kahi hiki ʻole ke hoʻokomo ʻia nā ʻōnaehana nui aʻe, e waiho ana i kahi mālama ma lalo o ka poho holoi. Pono ʻoe ma kahi o 11 ʻīniha o ka wahi kū pololei (i ana ʻia mai luna o ke keʻena i lalo) e pani i ke kānana a ma kahi o 9 ʻīniha o ka wahi ākea manuahi ma nā paia o ke keʻena e hoʻokomo i ke keʻena.
Ua loaʻa i ka AQ-5200 nā loiloi maikaʻi loa ma ke ʻano he kānana wai, me ka loaʻa ʻana o 4.5 mau hōkū mai loko mai o 5 mai loko mai o 800 mau loiloi ma ka pūnaewele Aquasana a me 4.5 mau hōkū mai loko mai o kahi kokoke i 500 mau loiloi ma Home Depot.
ʻO ka mea hope loa, ma ke kumukūʻai o kēia manawa ma kahi o $140 no ka ʻōnaehana holoʻokoʻa (ʻo ke kumukūʻai maʻamau ma kahi o $100) a me $60 no kahi hoʻonohonoho o nā kānana pani ($120 i kēlā me kēia makahiki me kahi pōʻaiapuni pani ʻeono mahina), ʻo ka Aquasana AQ-5200 ka mea a mākou e ʻimi nei e pono ai. ʻO kekahi o nā ʻaelike maikaʻi loa ma waena o ka hoʻokūkū a me nā haneli kālā ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi ma mua o kekahi mau hiʻohiʻona me nā palapala hōʻoia ʻaʻole nui. Loaʻa i ka hāmeʻa kahi timer e kani ana ke pono ʻoe e hoʻololi i ke kānana, akā ke paipai nei mākou e hoʻonohonoho pū ʻoe i nā hoʻomanaʻo kalena maʻamau ma kāu kelepona. (ʻAʻole paha ʻoe e haʻalele i kēia.)
Ke hoʻohālikelike ʻia me kekahi mau mea hoʻokūkū, ʻoi aku ka haʻahaʻa o ka nui o ke kahe ʻana o ka Aquasana AQ-5200 (0.5 gpm vs. 0.72 a ʻoi aku paha) a me ka liʻiliʻi o ka mana (500 galani vs. 750 galani a ʻoi aku paha). He hopena pololei kēia o ka liʻiliʻi o ka nui o ke kānana. Ma keʻano holoʻokoʻa, manaʻo mākou ua kaumaha kēia mau hemahema liʻiliʻi e kona nui liʻiliʻi. Inā ʻike ʻoe e pono ana ʻoe i ke kahe a me ka hana kiʻekiʻe, ua helu ʻia ka Aquasana AQ-5300+ ma 0.72 GPM a me 800 galani akā loaʻa iā ia ka papa hana hoʻololi kānana ʻeono mahina like, ʻoiai ʻo ka Aquasana Claryum Direct Connect he kahe a hiki i ka 1.5 galani i kēlā me kēia minuke. , ʻo ka helu kahe maʻamau he 1.5 galani i kēlā me kēia minuke. a hiki i ka 784 galani a me ʻeono mahina.
He ʻano paʻakikī iki nā kuhikuhi hana no ka ʻōnaehana AQ-5200 a ʻaʻole i hōʻike ʻia kekahi mau ʻāpana ma ka papa inoa ʻāpana a i ʻole nā ​​kiʻi. ʻAʻole kēia e hoʻopilikia i ka hapa nui o nā mea nona. ʻO ke kumu, ʻo ka mea wale nō āu e hana ai, ʻo ia ke hoʻopili i kekahi mau paipu i ka lako wai a me nā piula wai, a e wehewehe nā mea āpau iā ia iho. (ʻO ka ʻokoʻa ka mea holoi hoʻonaninani kila kila, ʻaʻole i helu ʻia; ua hoʻokomo mua ʻia ma ka faucet, a ukali ʻia e ka mea holoi laholio lahilahi.) ʻOiaʻiʻo, mai ka mea a mākou i ʻike ai i kā mākou noiʻi. Akā ke manaʻolana nei mākou e hoʻoponopono hou ʻia nā alakaʻi i ka wā e hiki mai ana. I kēia manawa, eia kahi wikiō mai Aquasana e pili ana i ke kau ʻana i ka AQ-5200.
E like me ka mea i ʻōlelo ʻia ma luna ma ka ʻāpana Pehea mākou i koho ai, i kekahi manawa hāʻule nui nā kānana wai ma lalo o ka poho wai (me ka AQ-5200), e hōʻino nui ana i ka wai inā ʻaʻole ʻike ʻia a hoʻoponopono koke ʻia ka pilikia. E makaʻala loa i ka wā e hoʻokomo ai a ʻaʻole e hoʻopili i nā mea hoʻohui a e hōʻoia i ka paʻa ʻana o nā pilina hose a laila e hoʻohuli mālie i ka wai i hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike a hoʻoponopono i nā leaka ma mua o ko lākou lilo ʻana i mau pōʻino. Hiki i nā mea ʻike leaka akamai ke ʻike i nā leaka pōʻino, me ka nānā ʻole i ko lākou kumu, ma mua o ko lākou hōʻino nui ʻana.
E like me kā mākou mau hiʻohiʻona āpau, hele mai ka Aquasana AQ-5200 me kāna faucet kū hoʻokahi, kahi mea paha e kūpono ʻole i kou ʻano. Hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻokomo i kahi faucet ʻokoʻa o kāu koho inā he ⅜ ʻīniha ka nui o ka pilina faucet. Akā pono ʻoe e hoʻohālikelike i kona kahe ʻana i ka 0.5 GPM o ka Aquasana no ka mea ua hoʻokumu ʻia ka hōʻoia o ke kānana ma ka kahe ʻana. E ʻoluʻolu e hoʻomaopopo ʻia ma ke ʻano loea, ʻo ka hoʻohana ʻana i kāu faucet ponoʻī ʻo ia hoʻi ʻaʻole i hōʻoia hou ʻia kāu ʻōnaehana ANSI/NSF.
Inā kānalua ʻoe aia ka sediment i loko o kou wai (he hōʻailona kahi kala ʻalani i hoʻokumu ʻia e ka ʻōpala; a me ka ʻike ma mua me kekahi ʻano kānana, me nā pitchers, e paʻa ana ma mua o ko lākou ola i manaʻo ʻia), makemake paha ʻoe e nānā i nā kānana like ʻē aʻe. ʻO Aquasana AQ-5300 me kahi sediment pre-filter hou aʻe.
Kūʻai ʻia aku ma ke ʻano he kānana wai maʻemaʻe poloka kalapona ʻelua-paepae no nā ʻōnaehana kānana wai ma lalo o ka poho holoi, ua like ka hana a me ke kino o ka AO Smith AO-US-200 me ka Aquasana AQ-5200 kiʻekiʻe loa ma nā ʻano koʻikoʻi a pau. Loaʻa iā ia nā palapala hōʻoia ANS/NSF like (PDF), ka nui like, ka ʻenehana kānana, ke kūkulu ʻana i nā metala āpau, nā mea hoʻopili, ka helu kahe 0.5 GPM, a me ka mana 500 galani. Loaʻa pinepine ia me kahi hoʻonohonoho o nā kānana pani no ke kumukūʻai like. ʻAʻohe mea kupanaha e pili ana i kēia: Ua loaʻa iā AO Smith ʻo Aquasana i ka makahiki 2016 a, ua haʻi mai kahi ʻōlelo a AO Smith iā mākou, ke "hoʻohana" nei i ka ʻike loea o Aquasana a ʻaʻohe ona hoʻolālā e hoʻopau koke i ka hōʻailona Aquasana.