FilterSmartFS1500 PRO Filter Softener Combo with UV 15 GPM
Another size of the FilterSmart FS1500, which ranks 12th of 12 in Combo Systems
FilterSmart’s largest configuration: 15 GPM carbon, salt-free scale control and UV in one installation.
$4,499
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Usability
Usability
At 4,499 dollars this is the most expensive thing FilterSmart sells and the hardest to justify. The specification is coherent - a four to six bathroom home on a private well with hard water and a chlorine or organics problem needs all three stages, and handling them at the point of entry is correct - but at this price the buyer is entering the territory of manufacturers who will show a certification listing for every stage, and FilterSmart cannot show one for any. The UV omission is the serious one. Dose falls as flow rises, so a 15 GPM installation is where a published mJ/cm2 rating and a validated flow figure matter most, and FilterSmart provides neither, nor an NSF/ANSI 55 listing. Paying 4,499 dollars for disinfection you cannot verify is a poor trade when NSF 55 Class A and Class B systems are widely available. The UV premium is also again about 1,500 dollars against a standalone AquaUV at 1,585.50 dollars, so buying the combo and the UV separately costs roughly the same. What remains genuinely good is the mechanical design: two tanks with no drain, no backwash and no salt, a million-gallon carbon guarantee and a lifetime tank and valve warranty. That is a strong ownership story attached to a weak evidence story.
- Treats chlorine and organics, scale and microbiological contamination at the highest flow rating in the range
- Carbon stage retains the 1,000,000 gallon or 5 year guarantee
- Conditioner media is not consumed and needs no salt, drain or power
- Lifetime warranty on tanks and valve heads
- Chemical-free disinfection with no byproducts or taste penalty
- 4,499 dollars with no certification for any stage, in a price band where certified systems are readily available
- No NSF/ANSI 55 listing, no published UV dose and no validated flow, which matters most at 15 GPM
- UV premium of about 1,500 dollars is roughly the standalone AquaUV price, so the bundle saves nothing
- Needs mains power, an annual lamp change and sleeve cleaning
- Two 58 in tanks plus a UV chamber, about 30 in by 10 in of floor space, and conditioner media that fouls on iron and hydrogen sulfide
- The conditioner stage still does not soften and the carbon stage still has no published reduction data
This is the largest system FilterSmart sells: the 15 GPM dual-tank combo with the AquaUV chamber added, for four to six bathroom homes needing carbon filtration, scale control and ultraviolet disinfection together. Both tanks are 10 in by 54 in, the carbon stage carries the 1,000,000 gallon guarantee, and the UV stage needs mains power and an annual lamp change. At 4,499 dollars it is the top of the range.
Additional information
Specification: FilterSmart FS1500 PRO Filter Softener Combo with UV 15 GPM
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