Re: _WATER FILTERS_, Roland Stiner wrote to Terry May on 20 Jan 98:
 RS> Interesting.  Price as far as I am concerned is quite reasonable.
Yeah, the price of the IF-10A was by far the cheapest of those tested.  I 
doubt very much if price entered into their ratings factor, though, since the 
top-rated Rainsoft was by far the most expensive.
 RS> Capacity and organics is very good.  I have to read what
 RS> percentage of lead  the Teledyne unit takes out.  Taste is excellent,
 RS> the water tastes like bottled.  Parasites are removed.  Flow rate
 RS> varies greatly between cartridges I notice.  There are some that have
 RS> great flow and some that are poor.  That would be one thing I would
 RS> fault them on.
Capacity was second only to the 2nd rated (and Best Buy) Ametek Kleen-Plus.  
Organics were rated excellent; lead was rated fair; taste was rated very 
good; and flow rate was rated "high".  Parasites was not check marked, which 
means it's not certified as "absolute one micron."
Just looking at all the ratings, it looks like lead and parasites are what 
led to the IF-10A's relatively poor score.  Also, in the comments it says, 
"Does not claim to remove lead.  Hard to change filter."
 RS> Interesting.  Never heard of the Rainsoft in the stores locally.
The Rainsoft costs a whopping $500, so it SHOULD get an almost perfect score.
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