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If you noticed, we had installed those cheap water filter at our house after water meter. Since Aug 2009, the filter has bursted twice. It gave me lots of headache. Being approached by Brandon for bulk purchase of GE outdoor water filter at RM999, we attended the product demo at Brandon's house on one weekend. This was the first time we attended outdoor water filter product demo. Wow, so many info.

After the demo, we were thinking & thinking. Finally decided to get an unit & arranged the installation to be on 18th Apr 2pm. Out of sudden, the cheapo water filter burst for 2nd time on Monday. With our full water tank, we thought it will be enough for us until Sunday, silly me. So, we washed clothes twice on Tue & Thu. Suddenly on Friday morning, the water was running slower than usual.... oh my god.... water tank become empty on Saturday night. Can you imagine no water? I think no electric is still alright for me, but no water is really hard for me. Serve me right!!!

Luckily the installer came to our rescue on time (no aeroplane, if not, no water again). Within 2 hours, he did the installation + water tank cleaning with his helper. We never realize our water tank will serve us free flow of teh tarik. Thanks to Syabas for your water quality.

The water pressure was very high (maybe limited owners move in) at my area. It was at 6-7 bar (87-100psi). No wonder my cheapo water filter burst twice.

We bought GE935 at RM999. Suitable for 3-4 persons usage concurrently. It is a manual valve (3 years warranty) that required us to do backwash & fast rinse once a week (depend on water quality). It is able to filter up to 5 micron sand. Typical filter in the market. Among the materials in the fibreglass tank (10 years warranty) are activated carbon, zeolite, fine, medium & coarse silica sand. The carbon has 6-9 months life span. Maintenance cost is RM380 for every 4 years. Hopefully this filter will give us peace of mind & teh tarik will be lesser.