AFWFilters AIS10-25SXT AFW Air Injection Iron, Sulfur, and Manganese Removal Oxidizing Water Filter, Almond Or Black

Update: November 2020 A home changed hands on our country lane recently, and the new owner had their well water tested. The test shows arsenic levels quite a bit higher than EPA limits. Today I read on the EPA website that shock chlorination of a well can leach arsenic into well water, and should be reserved for severe bacterial contamination in areas with potential arsenic problems. It turns out that I have not had to shock my well this year - it simply hasn't been necessary. I have been dropping 8-10 chlorine pellets into the well every month or so. My plan now is to reduce this chlorination further to test how low I can go, and still avoid iron and sulphur problems. The filter and softener are working perfectly. This certainly qualifies as one of my best purchases ever. My water tastes and smells perfect. Update: January 2020. I had noticed a very slight metallic taste to my water. After some discussion with tech support, it turns out that you are better off not bypassing the filter when you chlorinate your well. Bypassing the softener is necessary though, because chlorine does degrade the softener resin. As discussed before, to control iron and sulfur bacteria, I both shock my well, and use chlorine pellets on a regular basis. About once every month, when I add salt to the softener, I drop pellets down the well. Original Post: I installed this filter along with a new water softener a year ago. My only regret is that I should have bought this years ago! First, some background - we live in northern California and use well water. The water is hard and has high concentrations of iron and hydrogen sulphide. ph is fine. Our old system used a calcite filter and a water softener, but it was ineffective. Iron, sulphur, and manganese were getting through. Symptoms were smelly water, stained porcelain, and black particles clogging the faucet aerators. I got 3 quotes from professional installers, $3900, $5600 and $8400. The spread was a red flag. So I went to a chemical analytics lab and got great advice. First, I was told that iron and hydrogen sulphide are symptoms of infestation by two symbiotic bacteria, and that they can be controlled by shocking the well with chlorine. Second - I was told that It's unlikely that my well is very different from my neighbors' wells, so don't do anything strange or expensive. So I generously chlorinated my well, and after 6 hours ran the sprinklers to clear the chlorine smell from the water. This improved the water quality going into my filters dramatically. After shocking the well like this, the garden hose bib water no longer smells like rotten eggs. This reduces the amount of filtering that the softener plus filter have to do. Most important it prevents the bacterial slime from getting into the filter and softener. Even after shocking the well my water quality was bad. It was time to replace my 20 year old softener and filter. I decided to do it myself, and installed this filter along with a softener from Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01LZNEM8E/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s01?ie=UTF8&psc=1 Installation was simplified by using sharkbite fittings. The good news is that the system has worked flawlessly over the past year. The water even tastes perfect! Shocking the well: It's time to shock when there is bacterial infestation indicated by brown slime, rust staining, and a rotten eggs smell. *Shock chlorination may leach arsenic into your well water. Avoid drinking well water until leached arsenic has been confirmed to have been flushed from your well.* First bypass the softener (my understanding is that chlorine will damage softener resin). Pour liquid chlorine down the well. I used about a quart of liquid pool chlorine, but a few gallons of household bleach can be used as an alternative. The amount of chlorine to use depends on the volume of water in the well. You may need more chlorine if your well is very deep. I also drop in a dozen or so chlorine pellets that sink and sanitize the bottom of the well. https://www.amazon.com/CHLORINE-SANITIZER-PELLETS-LANDOMATIC-CHLORINATOR/dp/B00U1H48XM/ref=sr_1_4?crid=3ET11SINBSN1R&keywords=chlorine+pellets+for+well+water&qid=1568829511&s=gateway&sprefix=chrlorine+pe%2Caps%2C194&sr=8-4 Then recirculate water by running a hose into the well. Run until the water going into the well smells strongly of chlorine. Disconnect the hose, close the well, and let the chlorine stand in the well for about 6 hours. Then flush all the chlorine water out by running your sprinklers or watering your flower beds. The water may be brown and smelly when you start flushing, but will eventually clear. When there is no longer even a trace of chlorine in the unfiltered water, return the softener bypass valves to the operate position, and you are done!

Edit:: After 4 years of using this system it is still going strong!! I honestly have not laid a finger on it since I installed it. It is completely maintenance free. The paperwork says to replace the media every 5-6 years, so I will need to do that in another year or two, but my water, which smelled awful before I installed this system, has had no hit of odor whatsoever during these four years and I have not had to even think about the system. It automatically backwashes and maintains itself, just like it says it will. I have zero complaints and nothing but praise. There is still the caveat of the water looking cloudy from the thousands of tiny air bubbles when it first comes out of the faucet, but that just lets you know it’s working properly! The bubbles clear quickly and the water is perfectly clear, odor free and tasty!! Original review:: This system works perfectly! Removed the horrible smell completely! The automatic backwash system makes it completely out of sight out of mind and maintenance free. I couldn’t have asked for more. The control unit is easy to program, although I did call the manufacturer of the control unit and verify and they had me alter a few settings from what is in the book. The book instructions are not all that great, but much of the instructions are to be skipped because the media comes already installed, making installation a breeze. The only negative is when you first pour water from the faucet it is extremely cloudy. But the “cloud” is only millions of tiny air bubbles that quickly dissipate and you have perfectly clear, odor free water! If you have stinky water, buy this now!!

This filter actually arrived a day early, delivered right to my garage door. This filter is so easy to set up, if your plumbing is configured for it. I use one inch stainless steel flex pipes to go to the filters. Adding this filter can literally take minutes if you have a setup like mine. If you have to replumb, then it's going to take appreciably longer. The filter setup is simple and the instructions spell it out very well. You also get a thumb drive with the filter that has a number of manuals and videos on it for setup and use of the filter. My water quality is so much better! I drank a glass of tap water and couldn't tell it from the filtered water that we normally drink. I've only had it installed for a little over a week, and so far so good. I am more than satisfied with this filter and with the seller. Edit: I noticed after a couple of weeks my water got browner and browner I checked everything and couldn't find the culprit. After reading about different possible causes, I decided that my filter was not backwashing properly. I went through the settings and saw that the backwash cycle was set for ten minutes. I've got nasty well water, not city water, so Iset the backwash for thirty minutes. That did the trick! My water is back to being clear and good tasting! EDIT 6 months later: Here's something I stumbled into that may help others. My water suddenly started getting really brown. After checking all the physical reasons, I went through the settings and noticed there was no Air Draw or brine draw on the menu. Somehow I changed the valve type to the wrong one. I went back through the settings, corrected the valve and got the air draw back. So, you folks who are having issues might want to check that.

I have been on a well in my home for 15 years. We had a salt water softening system when we bought the home, but didn't care for the taste, or "feel" of the water when showering. I'll admit, I knew nothing about the system, other than to add salt when it was time. We decided to remove it, and install 2 whole house inline filters (cartridge type) off the pressure tank. I would change one every month, when water pressure decreased, or started to smell bad. We never drank the water, just drank bottled. Our water is high in iron, and sulfur. turns everything orange, and stinks BAD. When my pressure tank went, I decided since I was getting into the plumbing overhaul, I would add this unit, after hearing good things. Heres the story: THE GOOD: 1. Easy to install, with basic plumbing knowledge. 2. The water is crystal clear, absolutely no smell, and tastes as good as bottled. My wife still will not drink from the tap, though. I filled one of her water bottles from the tap, and re-capped it. The next time she asked me to get her a water, guess which one she got......drank it down and didn't say a peep. 3. We tested the water, and everything was in acceptable levels. Not true prior to this. Iron was off the charts. 4. The unit is relatively quiet when re-generating. Our bedroom is in the basement, right next to the storage room. we cannot hear it running through the backwash or air draw. THE NOT SO GOOD 1. Our drain line is 4' above this unit, and flush with the bottom of the floor joists. I put a tee in the line, and a trap, EXACTLY as it is drawn in the manual. water level was actually an inch lower than what they show, because my standpipe was an inch longer. The drain hose was securely fastened with a split ring hanger, and the 3/4" air gap recommended. When I hit the manual regen, the water pumps out with such force, that the water splashed out of the top of the pipe onto the floor. Just the initial blast, then it ran smoothly. well, I can't have water splashing out every time the thing goes to regen, so I changed it a bit. I added a rubber fernco cap on the 1 1/2" standpipe, and cut a slit in it to squeeze the hose through. that did the trick. If I had more space to make the standpipe taller, it likely would have been fine, but I was limited by the height of my joist (11"). 2. I recall reading that the media MAY last as long as 5 years before it needs replacing, I think thats fantastic.....But upon reviewing the manual for the powerhead, I find that they recommend you replace the piston and seals every 6 to 12 months. The service kit is roughly $100. And I also read that you need a special tool to do the change. (I have not found or priced that yet). I can swallow the price of the tool, and the service kit once or twice a year, but it burns me that This information wasn't readily available prior to my purchase. Perhaps I didn't look deep enough into it. One quick note: I did read on hear that someone made the claim the the unit uses 800 gallons to do one regen., and would not be good to use on a well. This is not true. the unit uses 80-100 gallons per cycle according to my emails with the manufacturer, and you decide how often it will regen. Overall, I'm glad I bought this unit, and would recommend it to anyone.

Exactly what I was looking for! I recently built my house, and I have been trying to combat nasty smelling water ever since. For the past 1.5 years, I have been going through $50 worth of replaceable charcoal filters per month, trying to find the right filter to get rid of the rotten egg smell. I finally did some digging into these types of filters, and decided to give it a shot. It's REALLY hard to spend so much money on something that you've never seen, but trust me, it will work for you. It immediately got rid of the sulfur smell in the water, which was my biggest problem. I don't have a really high iron content in my water, but about every 2 months I've had to give my shower a deep clean because everything was staining orange, until I found this unit. It's been about 2 months since hook-up, and I don't even have a orange ring around the toilet. The media is supposed to last around 5 years, depending on water usage, and I think it'll be around $100 to replace the media. It uses around 60 gallons during its backwash cycle, so if you pay for your water, it might get a little expensive. Also, my tank has been sweating like crazy! Especially after a backwash. So, I searched the web and picked up a neoprene tank cover for about $50. I would highly recommend it. The main connections are 1", and the discharge is 1/2". There are also some great installation YouTube videos of a similar product. Overall, this has been one of the best purchases I've ever made. If you're sick of stinky water, and a stained bathroom, buy it. It WILL work for you.

Timer is inadequate and backwash violently discharges water loudly. Because it is loud, it is desirable to not run it at night or weekends when you are home (also I don't think you are supposed to use the water during the hour it takes for a backwash cycle). However it is impossible to set the timer to do this, unless you only schedule it once a week (it recommends every 3-4 days). The way the rudimentary timer works is you specify days between backwash cycle. You can't tell it to run every Monday and Thursday for instance. Only every 7 days so it would run on the same day each week. Noise may not be an issue if you have this in a basement, also may be typical for filters like this. Two parts of my product came damage but the seller did promptly fix those. The filter seems pretty effective although I still have problems with sulfur odor (iron bacteria) sometimes which is the reason I bought this filter. The backwash drain line is difficult to plumb because it violently expels the water, with air, that splatters everywhere at first. You are supposed to leave a gap between it and the sewer line so you can't have a water tight seal. Other parts of filter were very easy to plumb with no leaks.

I installed this iron filter about 3 weeks ago, and it's been working well. For about the first week, water was fairly cloudy, but has improved greatly since then (I imagine the filtration material has settled, I did run until clear as instructed, but it really took some time to see how well the filter was working). We have very high Iron, about 8 PPM (parts per million), and this, in conjunction with a basic water softener, gives us good, clear water. Previously, we had used a WaterBoss greensand filter, which also worked well, but only lasted 3 years before needing more parts than it was worth, and required a lot of maintenance (not to mention messy purple stuff). I really hope this system is more reliable, and has a longer life than 3 years, but I can't say right now. Installation is made rather difficult by the stainless steel bypass. 1" FIP threads were hard to get to stop leaking. Most people are going to want to seek professional installation, and that will add to the cost. In addition, one gasket was leaking, and a small plastic part was broken on arrival, however both were promptly replaced by the seller, good service there. I will update my review if this filter proves weak in the long run, but right now we have basically maintenance free clear water, which is great!

This is an excellent filtration system for Sulfur. I can't speak for Iron as I don't have issues with excessive Iron. Simple to install. It works very very well. After installation there isn't even a HINT of rotten egg smell in the water. The controller actually comes pre-programmed. The only setting necessary is to set the time. When I installed it, I flushed the tank before connecting it to the rest of my filtration system. Easy. Filled the tank slowly with the outlet line disconnected, and ran water through until it became clear. That eliminated almost all of the trapped air and got rid of the normal gravel and filter media dust. I would highly recommend this filter system. DO have your water tested to ascertain the levels of Iron and Sulfur. There are different media types that are used to remove a specific range of Iron and/or Sulfur. All in all I highly recommend this Iron and Sulfur filter. And the seller is a joy to deal with if you have a question.

We already had a filtration system already in place including a water softener. The one problem we had was iron, manganese and sometimes a smell from the hot water. Sometimes with an accumulation of manganese the water would come out black from the hot water. I purchased this system based upon one review. I had been very sceptical. As soon as I had it all in place and running we've noticed the difference. The hot water is is crystal clear just like the cold water. The unit is cleaning the iron off the shower head, the sinks and toilet. My wife informed me that she loves the hot water and white clothes come out much whiter. I would recommend this unit to anybody having issues with iron, manganese or sulfur smell or even in the need of a filtration system. It was fairly expensive but the best filtration system I've ever purchased.

We are very pleased with this purchase. I had a plumber install the unit mid November in Canada and it was up and running with in 1 hour. Initially the water was cloudy but by the next day it was clear and the sulphur smell had dissipated 95%. After 3 days we no longer can smell the sulphur. We already had another filtration unit that removed the iron so that was not an issue. Overall I am very pleased with the system and would recommend. It has only been 1 week since we installed and have been using so long term review will be determined at a later date.

Used to have iron problems, after much research I finally purchased this unit. Haven’t thought about water quality since; it’s a non-issue now