RO Buddie

[taat2d]

Being away from the hobby for quite a few years I forgot a lot of things. I just picked up a 50g RO Buddie for my JBJ 28g cube. I know it'll take some time to exhaust the membrane, I don't remember how to know when the membrane and carbon needs changing.

[Sal10104]

i change mine out yearly and carbon and sediment out every 6 months. Great RODI unit if you aren't looking to waste a bunch on money

[taat2d]

Thanks. Yes it is a nice little unit. I just ordered the DI chamber

[AZDesertRat]

Sorry to see you already picked up that unit without doing more research. Pretty low end and poor performance in the long run and ends up costing much more than a real reef quality RO/DI that only costs about $112 and uses standard size 10" filters and has a refillable 20 oz vertical DI.

http://spectrapure.com/Refurbished-90-GPD-RODI-System

 

To answer your question though you replace the sediment and carbon filters every 6 months like clockwork, you change the RO membrane when the rejection rate drops to where the cost of DI replacements exceeds the cost of a new membrane and your replace the DI filter when the TDS is anything other than 0 TDS using a good ATC handheld TDS meter.

[taat2d]

Sorry to see you already picked up that unit without doing more research. Pretty low end and poor performance in the long run and ends up costing much more than a real reef quality RO/DI that only costs about $112 and uses standard size 10" filters and has a refillable 20 oz vertical DI.

http://spectrapure.com/Refurbished-90-GPD-RODI-System

 

To answer your question though you replace the sediment and carbon filters every 6 months like clockwork, you change the RO membrane when the rejection rate drops to where the cost of DI replacements exceeds the cost of a new membrane and your replace the DI filter when the TDS is anything other than 0 TDS using a good ATC handheld TDS meter.

 

So I guess that it's less cost effective and efficient because of it's size? I read all good review on the RO Buddie. I HAD a 4 or 4 stage RODI unit when I had my bigger tank years ago. I went with this one because of it's compact size and the reviews I read. Thanks for the advice.

 

 

[vision]

i picked up an RO buddy during my FW days (without the DI) but ended up purchasing the DI for reef a few months later. it's served it's purpose but there are better options out there (as mentioned up above) and i would suggest you do not get the RO buddy.

 

i'm nearing the point where i need to purchase a new DI membrane ($25) and i can't stomach it. comparing something a 5 stage BRS filter kit landing at $35 with 10 times the quality vs RO buddy, you do the math.

[taat2d]

I just figured this into would be ideal because I wouldn't be needing to filter a lot of water considering it's only being used on a 28 gallon tank. And I read so many good reviews about it. I should've looked into ileeviews on here first.