Filters "Aquaphor Viking": the pros and cons of devices

Water purifiers "Aquaphor Viking" are products of the St. Petersburg company "Aquaphor". Today, this company has become one of the leaders in the domestic market for household water purification devices. In addition, its products are exported to 25 countries.

These water purifiers are available in three versions, differing only in size, namely height, but having similar design features. Filters for cleaning cold and hot water from Aquaphor belong to the group of main filtering devices that clean water by water even before it leaves the pipe. These products clean the liquid from various impurities such as sand, iron oxides, i.e. rust,salts of metals and substances of the most different nature dissolved in it.

For water purification perfectly neutralize the chlorine contained in it. Customer reviews indicate high performance and performance filters of this line. Due to the considerable resource of these devices, they are able to satisfy the need for clean water not only for a single family, but also for a larger number of people. Such filters are well established in hospitals, nurseries and kindergartens, various educational institutions, canteens, cafes and restaurants.

With these products, you can not only get clean drinking water for yourself and your family, the state of which has a direct impact on health, but also use clean water when washing, bathing, washing dishes and in other cases. It is well known that staying in water subjected to chlorination for 20 minutes, saturates with chlorine no less than drinking water taken from a tap. Consequently, the use of water for washing contaminated with chlorine and other impurities is harmful to health as well as taking it inside.

All three models of "Viking" differ in height, but the diameter of their buildings and connection elements are the same.Such a body of the product is made of stainless steel food grade and includes two parts, referred to as “head” and “bowl”. They are interconnected by means of a flexible stainless steel clamp. Its function is to tightly press these parts together, fastened with a wing nut.

The “head” of the filter is equipped with a tee mounted into it, to which a metal plate is attached, which allows the filter to be fixed to the wall during installation. The bottom of the "bowl" is equipped with three legs, allowing you to put the "bowl" on the floor at the time of replacement of the spent cartridge. The label on the product with a signature certifies its leak test.

After loosening and unscrewing the coupling and detaching the head from the base, the plastic insert becomes visible. It has two sealing rubber gaskets, for fixing them recessed into the recesses. The inner wall of the so-called bowl of this filter has a rough surface. The head of the Aquaphor Viking water purifier is equipped with a plastic insert with a rubber sealing gasket.

Such is the basic equipment of this filter, which, however, does not include replaceable cartridges. As for the latter, for each type of device to it, replaceable elements in the form of polypropylene cartridges are purchased. Their function is to mechanically clean both cold and hot water. This also includes a cartridge for bringing water into a drinkable state.

On the inlet valves most often put cartridges designed for the purification of both hot and cold water brands B515-13 and B515-14. The first is installed on the cold water valve, and the second is designed for hot, but can also be used to filter cold water.

Cartridge of cold water, provided with covers of plastic brown, otherwise referred to as flanges. Cartridges designed for hot water purification are painted in red. All types of cartridges for "Vikings" are unique, as they can be placed only on the cases of water purifiers of this particular brand, therefore the use of analogues of these products is completely excluded.

When creating cartridges of the brands BB515-13; 515-14, as well as other cartridges of the “Aquaphor” brand, were used based on an innovative technology “Aqualen” fiber with a sorption structure.It can not only purify water from chemical and mechanical impurities, but also retain particles of organic compounds, colloidal suspensions of iron and impurities of heavy metals.

Water purification filters of this manufacturer are available in three versions “Mini”, “Midi” and “Maxi”. In terms of dimensions, having the same diameter, they differ only in height. From the dimensions of the model depends on its performance. Thus, the Mini water purifier is capable of filtering 10 liters of water per minute, the middle Midi filter passes 15 liters of water per minute through itself, and the Maxi large main filtering unit cleans up 25 liters of water in one minute.

In addition, the size of the case and the type of cartridge used in it determine the difference in the working life of filter elements, which ranges from fifteen thousand liters of water for the Mini case with the cartridge model B505-14 to one hundred thousand liters for a product called Maxi. which uses a cartridge of the form B520-13.

The height of the model called "Mini" is 180 mm. The use of one cartridge allows you to clean through the filter about 15-3000 liters of water.For this model, the firm "Aquaphor" produces two types of cleaning modules. The first of these, called B505-14, is capable of operating in temperature conditions up to + 40 ° C with a throughput capacity of the order of 10 l / min and a total resource of up to 15,000 liters. In the case of the model B505-13, the temperature indicator of water does not matter, the throughput parameter is also 10 l / min, and the resource level is already 30,000 l.

As for the case with a height of 450 mm, called the "Midi", the results of his work at the end of cleaning are comparable to the previous model. Cartridges used in it are able to filter 25–60,000 liters of water at a rate of its passage through the system of about 7–15 liters per minute.

Cartridges for the Midi model are available in three versions. B150-Midi is focused on cleaning it from drinking water. The capacity of this model is 7 l / min, and its life is 25,000 liters. The B515-14 cartridge can also be used on the tap for supplying hot water. He is able to pass through himself already 15 liters per minute, having a resource equal to 30,000 liters. With a capacity of 15 liters per minute with a resource of about 60,000 liters, the filter element of the brand B515-13 is able to clean cold water of any level of contamination.

Finally, a product called “Maxi” with a height of 600 mm with one filter module cleans already 40–100,000 liters of water. Its volume depends on the type of removable device used. The minimum amount of water filtered per minute is 10 liters, and the maximum capacity is 25 liters. Four types of cartridges are produced for this model. Of these, the B150-Plus filter is used only for purifying drinking water, the temperature of which cannot be higher than 40 degrees Celsius.

The capacity parameter for this element is 10 l / min, and the resource level is 40,000 liters. The filter element model B520-14 can purify water with a temperature of up to 90 degrees with a capacity of 25 liters per minute and a resource of 50,000 liters.

Cartridge B520-HRP 5 can only be used with water supply, the temperature of which is below 40 degrees with a capacity of 50 liters per minute and a resource of 50,000 liters. Element B520-13 is not designed to work with hot water. The degree of its performance is 25 liters of water per minute, and the resource is 100,000 liters.

According to consumer reviews and manufacturer's estimates, Viking filters are manufactured in accordance with the latest technologies.and are able to completely remove microscopic particles of harmful impurities from hard water. The method of fixation of silver ions used in them allows the filter to actively resist bacteria. The device has a carbon block with granulated coal to make the system highly hydrophilic. If in analogs from other manufacturers far from the entire volume of the filtering apparatus is used to filter the water, then in Aquaphor water purifiers it is used 100%.

Water pressure does not affect the functionality of the product, because the fibers that make up the cartridge are capable of passing through a stream of water at high speed. If there is a decrease in pressure, it became necessary to replace the cartridge. Nevertheless, it is a fact that the filter is made of high-quality metal and uses high-tech cartridges. Both of these points significantly affected its price.

If the majority of consumer reviews come down to a high estimate of the filter's cleaning ability, then opinions differ on the quality of this device. If we exclude those whom this product completely suits,This can be identified by consumers' shortcomings such as the inconvenience of the process of replacing cartridges, which is often beyond the power of one person and the tendency of the filter metal to corrode. Although the filters are the elements of fine cleaning, they still reduce the water pressure.

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