Softener cartridges source UPDATED

Post by **Abouna** » Sat Jun 23, 2007 9:29 am

My first post here.

First, I'm not an S1 owner but did encourage a close friend to get one, does that count?

I'm a Vetrano owner and bought the same water system from Chris that several of you did. I'm not exactly thrilled with the cartridge prices so after looking through the forums here, I found an alternate source that doesn't require you order 6 carts.

UPDATE:

I went ahead and ordered from FiltersFast.com and couldn't be happier.

I ended up with these two filters:

Pentek WS-10 $18.75, which looks identical to the original cartridge I bought from Chris. The only difference I think is that the Chris filter is 850 grains (IIRC) compared to this 750 grains.

OmniFilter T01 $6.89, this is a one year or 15,000gal. carbon 5 micron NOT 10 micron that Chris sells

The order was filled fast and the customer service rep I called was knowledgeable and courteous.

Again, these are not cheap from Chris'. I'm a fan of Chris Coffee for many reasons but these filters are $50.00 combined from him. My total with shipping on the other hand was $30.00. If the difference were a couple bucks I would prefer to buy from Chris, but for this one item, I have to defer to the $20 savings.

Cheers.

MDL · Post by **MDL** » Sat Jun 23, 2007 11:31 am

Other threads on the site discuss the carbon cartridge (check out the following wforum/viewtopic.php?t=388).

Chris sells a 10 micron carbon cartridge, but numerous other forum members have gone to a 5 micron. For our use I don't think that it matters a bit which one you use.

Post by **Niko** » Sat Jun 23, 2007 11:42 am

Hi Abouna,

Of course you are welcome to join us, you look familiar...I think I've seen your avatar before on another forum on a far off land, somewhere.

Thanks for the info, we really appreciate it.
The Vetrano is a nice machine and any friend of Chris' Coffee is a friend of ours also.

Post by **Abouna** » Sat Jun 23, 2007 11:51 am

Niko wrote:Hi Abouna,

Of course you are welcome to join us, you look familiar...I think I've seen your avatar before on another forum on a far off land, somewhere.

Thanks for the info, we really appreciate it.
The Vetrano is a nice machine and any friend of Chris' Coffee is a friend of ours also.

Well, I bounce around here and there. The avatar is the logo for my company.

Thanks for the greeting.

I'd prefer to buy from Chris but $30 for the softener is killing me.