AquasureDash Carbon Block Countertop Water Filter
The cheapest Dash, running a 0.5 micron Microban carbon block with no power or plumbing needed.
$80
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Usability
Usability
Eighty dollars for a countertop carbon block is squarely in pitcher-filter territory on price and comfortably ahead of it on performance: a 0.5 micron block treated with Microban does more for chlorine, taste and odour than any gravity pitcher, filters far faster, and lasts 800 gallons against the fifty or so a pitcher cartridge manages. Aquasure's own comparison against a Brita puts the cost per gallon roughly three times lower, and that arithmetic holds up. What it is not is a treatment system. Carbon block at 0.5 micron addresses aesthetics and some particulate matter, and it leaves dissolved solids, fluoride, nitrates and hardness untouched, which is the honest ceiling for this class of product regardless of who makes it. The ultrafiltration model fifty dollars up adds real membrane filtration and is the better buy for anyone with a microbiological concern. Nothing in the Dash range carries any certification.
- Faster and cheaper per gallon than any pitcher filter, by roughly three times on Aquasure's own arithmetic
- 0.5 micron carbon block treated with Microban to inhibit bacterial growth in the media
- No power supply and no plumbing modification required
- 800 gallon annual cartridge cycle with an LED indicator
- Three year warranty, longer than the under-sink and cartridge systems
- No certification on this or any Aquasure finished system
- Carbon block only: no dissolved solids, fluoride, nitrate or hardness reduction
- Microban inhibits growth in the media and is not a disinfection claim about the water
- 800 gallons a year is roughly two gallons a day
- Occupies counter space next to the sink
- No retailer listing and no independent coverage of the Dash line at any channel
The Aquasure Dash AS-D100MCB is the entry countertop drinking water system, running a 0.5 micron Microban-treated carbon block behind a radial flow sediment stage. It requires no power and no plumbing modification and carries the same LED filter indicator as the rest of the Dash range. Aquasure rates the cartridge at 800 gallons with an annual replacement, and the unit is sold in piano white and piano black at the same price.
Additional information
Specification: Aquasure Dash Carbon Block Countertop Water Filter
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