You absorb more chlorine through your skin in one shower than what you typically drink all day. Chlorine can make skin dry and flaky. It can make hair dry and brittle, and ruin hair coloring and permanents. Chlorine often irritates the eyes and lungs.
This Backwashing shower filter uses the patented KDF copper-zinc alloy (manufactured by KDF Fluid Treatment, Inc.), in a specially designed back-washable, replaceable cartridge. With this technology, our filter has been shown to effectively remove 97+% of this damaging chlorine for up to 15 months for two people.
KDF can also remove low amounts iron, sulphur, and control the mold and mildew in your shower. The special interior design of the filter causes the KDF to be "swirled", enhancing contact with the water which improves efficiency. Click HERE to see a cut-away drawing.The streamlined "off-set" design only lowers the height 1 1/2", allowing for more head room compared to other filters.
A unique feature is the "Quick Flush" back-wash. Simply twisting the cartridge to the "Flush" mark will reverse the flow "back-wash" to release the sediment that can cause other filters to fail prematurely. A good example of this benefit is New York City, where century old pipes contribute to excessively high sediment levels. While non-backwash filters were clogging up in less than two months, this shower filter is providing the full year of service!
Must be used with a 2.5 gpm (or less) showerhead for best results. Replacing the cartridge is a snap, too. Simply unscrew the holding ring and remove and replace the cartridge! Overall dimensions: 6.7" tall X 3.75" diameter. Housing material: ABS plastic. Inlet: 1/2" female pipe thread, swivel. Outlet: 1/2" male pipe thread. To install, simply unscrew your existing shower head from the shower arm and screw on the shower filter. Then screw on your shower head on the end of the shower filter. Shower filter only no showerhead.
New SF-1000 is rated for 15,000 gallons with higher removal of chlorine of >97.6% even after using 9,000 gallons.
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Dimensions: 6.7" tall X 3.75" diameter.
Inlet: 1/2" female pipe thread, swivel. Outlet: 1/2" male pipe thread.
In actual use, the home owner will typically backwash the unit once per week (about every 200 gallons) to keep the media in peak condition. It is also important to note that the test water, which was sourced from a well, contained 0.13 ppm iron, and it was noted that this contributed to the lower percentage of removal without backwashing (see "Discussion of Results" section on report). City water normally will not contain any iron. Based on this, the lab indicated that the filter would remove greater than 90% of the free chlorine past 8,000 gallons with periodic backwashing (as is the design of our unit, by simply twisting the cartridge to "flush").
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