Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I have owned the iSpring RCC7AK for over a year now. I've always been able to taste the city water and for years really played a role in the small amount of water I was drinking. When I wake up in the mornings I would try to drink a glass of water. When I did, I did not feel very good and my stomach was upset. I decided to use Crystal Spring, and paying almost $30 a month for 15 gallons of water was not cutting it. Between me working out and drinking water, and my wife and our 3 kids water was starting to cost me a lot of money. I will not lie, I drank the hell out of that Crystal Spring water. I moved out of the apartment into our new house and I felt like I was just throwing money away and wanted to get a RO water system. I looked at Home Depot, Lowes, and a few online. The cost for those were very high and when I read the reviews online they were not very high. There were a lot of customers who hated their systems or the filters were junk. I looked a while on Amazon, and came across this system and the 9 stage with the UV light. From what I read about the UV, people were saying the water was coming out really warm, and for me I love cold water. I opted to forgo the 9 stage and just get the 7. So now you know why I wanted the system, lets talk about the actual system. I thought the install was a 4/5. Instructions were OK, but if you go on the website and watch the video, it will make it a lot easier. Once you get everything hooked up you have to prep the tank by running the system for a while and flushing it out. You want to make sure you have an extra opening on the counter, because it has it's own facet for the water. My city water is a good alkaline value; however the TDS meter reads at over 400 parts per million. That is considered on the high side of things. With this system in place I have a healthy alkaline value and my TDS is around 24 on average. I can wake up in the morning and drink 2 glasses of water and I have 0 taste and my stomach is not upset. One of the other reasons I like this system is that the filters are not expensive at all. $70 for a year supply. That equals about 2 months for me at Crystal Spring. Im happy i made the switch, i'm saving money and at the same time I still have some great quality H20.