Reusable spin-down pre-filter with a stainless screen and flushable clear housing that extends the life of downstream cartridges.
$110
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Usability
A hundred dollars once, then nothing. The screen is stainless and reusable, so you flush it rather than replacing anything, and every gram of sand it catches is sand your $40 cartridges do not have to. On well water or a supply with visible grit it pays for itself in extended cartridge life. Independent testers use exactly this arrangement ahead of a UV stage, which is a fair endorsement of the approach.
- Reusable stainless screen with nothing to replace, ever
- Clear housing shows the sediment load without opening the unit
- Flush valve clears accumulated grit in seconds
- Dramatically extends the life of downstream cartridge filters
- Cheapest system SpringWell sells apart from the shower filter
- Useful on well water and on municipal supplies after main breaks
- Removes sediment only; no chemical, biological or hardness treatment
- Needs periodic manual flushing rather than being fully automatic
- Requires plumbing work to install inline
- Screen mesh will not catch fine particles a 5 micron cartridge captures
- No published NSF/ANSI certification listing
- Pointless on clean municipal water with no visible sediment
The spin-down sediment filter is a reusable pre-filter that spins incoming water to throw sand, silt, rust and grit against a stainless mesh screen, where it collects in a clear housing. When the housing looks dirty you open the flush valve and the accumulated sediment washes out. Nothing is replaced.
That makes it a running-cost saver rather than a treatment system on its own. On well water or any supply carrying visible grit, a spin-down ahead of the main system stops sediment reaching the cartridge filters and multiplies their service life.
The clear housing means you can see the load without opening anything, which is the practical advantage over a cartridge pre-filter.
Additional information
Specification: SpringWell Spin-Down Sediment Filter
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