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

I love this filtered water system! The quality of the system is great, the water tastes wonderful, and I not going through tons of water bottles. The top filter took a couple of times to get figured out, but the overall system it worth it. I’d give it 10 stars if I could!

Happy with the taste and quality of the water after filtration. The flouride filter was a main selling point for me, the water clarity and taste is definitely improved much over direct from the tap water.Assembly is fairly simple, but there are a couple of things to look out for.First, the washers on the spigot are clear and can fall off when removing from the plastic bag. So, be very aware of the washers and keep track of them.Secondly, I had to disassemble and redo a couple of times due to slight drip leak. But, after the second reassembly, the spigot has been leak free.Overall, if you cannot spend thousands of dollars on a water filtration system, then this product by Santevia is a great deal for what you receive. Excellent tasting and refreshing water.

Santevia doesn't get enough praise perhaps because it's a Canadian company and there are a lot of American competitors. This is my 3rd one in 20 years. Sometimes there's a period of neglect that requires replacement as a whole, rather than replacing just the parts. During Covid this happened; we got a little too lazy and let the system get too corrupted. So we switched to bottled water for about 9 months and it wasn't nearly as good as Santevia water. I don't agree with the complaints I've read. This is as good as the first system we purchased 20 years ago. The water is very clean and the added alkalinity is not so much a matter of taste improvement, although the water does taste noticeably better, it's more because it's so smooth and easier to drink more water. Just what the doctor ordered for just about anything.

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...