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Home Master TMAFC-ERP Artesian Full Contact Reverse Osmosis System, 7-Stages, Patented 2-Pass Alkaline Remineralization, Fast 4.5s Fill Rate, 1:1 Waste Ratio, 8.5” Catalytic Carbon, 5-Yr Limited Parts

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Size: TMAFC-ERP


Pattern Name: Filter System


Features

  • A better RO system | Home Master Artesian Full Contacts innovative design solves most common problems associated with cannister and tankless RO systems.
  • Mineral Water on Tap | Patented remineralization system adds calcium and magnesium twice during the purification process for reduced storage tank degradation and great tasting, highly pure Mineral Water on Tap.
  • NSF Certified Components | meets or exceeds NSF standards for material safety and performance. NSF listed company. Made in USA.
  • Reduced Water Waste & TDS Creep | Built in non-electric permeate pump reduces TDS creep and water waste up to 80%, increases water production up to 50%. No electricity required.
  • Faster Flow Rate | Included Fast Flo RO! Kit has larger fittings and tubing provide twice the flow of traditional RO systems.
  • Modular design | Easy to upgrade and service. Filter changes once per year or 2000 gallons with no wrenches required.
  • In the box: assembled purification unit with filters and DOW RO membrane (0.0001 micron, 50 gpd), storage tank, 3/8 in. feed water adapter with shut off, chrome faucet and adapter, drain saddle. DIMENSIONS: Purification cluster - 16 high x 15 wide x 5 deep, Reserve tank - 15 high x 11 diameter.
  • Catalytic Carbon | Home Master catalytic carbon outperforms ordinary activated carbon in removing stubborn chloramines, chlorine and other chemicals.
  • Dedicated Sediment Filter | 5-micron depth sediment filter prolongs the life of down-stream filters, ensuring highest possible water pressure and reduced water waste.

Description

The Home Master Artesian Full Contact with Permeate Pump Undersink Reverse Osmosis System delivers exceptional water purity while also adding beneficial minerals that produce clean, great-tasting mineral water on tap. The built-in non-electric permeate pump will reduce water waste while increasing water production. Home Master's innovative design eliminates the most common problems found in traditional RO systems -- canister filter housing leaks, slow flow rate, high water waste, service challenges, and slightly acidic water. Its superior performance has made it one of the best RO systems on the market and it. What makes the Home Master Artesian Full Contact with Permeate Pump a smarter choice? Clean, great-tasting water; modular filter design; better water efficiency; easy-to-change filters; and a faster flow rate. Home Master components included in the design and construction of this product meet or exceed NSF standards for material safety and water purification performance. This package contains a fully assembled purification unit that includes the RO membrane and filters, storage tank, 3/8-inch feed-water adapter with shut off valve, chrome RO faucet, RO adapter, drain saddle, and instructions..


Brand: Home Master


Special Feature: 4.5 second Fill Rate, Patented 2-pass remineralization system, 7-stages, 8.5" carbon contact per pass, 11 waste ratio See more


Product Dimensions: 20"L x 16"W x 12"H


Package Information: Can


Installation Type: Under Sink


Power Source: Adapter


Item Weight: 14.5 Pounds


Model Name: TMAFC-ERP


Lower Temperature Rating: 40 Degrees Fahrenheit


Maximum Flow Rate: 1 Gallons Per Minute


Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No


Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 20 x 16 x 12 inches; 14.5 Pounds


Item model number ‏ : ‎ TMAFC-ERP


Date First Available ‏ : ‎ August 26, 2014


Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ Home Master


Country of Origin ‏ : ‎ USA


Domestic Shipping: Item can be shipped within U.S. International Shipping This item can be shipped to select countries outside of the U.S. Learn More


Best Sellers Rank: #90,418 in Tools & Home Improvement (See Top 100 in Tools & Home Improvement) #201 in Under-Sink & Countertop Filtration


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    • Like drinking water from a leaky squid shaped water softener
Size: TMAFC Pattern Name: Filter System
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When I moved into my first (and current) house from my apartment, the previous owner had a Whirlpool (Ecodyne) WHER25 reverse osmosis system installed under the kitchen sink. I liked the water the system produced, but the flow control was misfunctioning, causing an annoying dripping sound that was almost constant. The installer (previous owner, not a plumber) had NOT made the common mistake of trimming out the flow control--which was the first thing I suspected. No, the problem, rather, was deformation of the thin rubber membranes (there are two) inside the head of the unit. I flipped them over (they are reversible) and this fixed the problem for a month or so, but it returned. I priced out new membranes/gaskets and flow control insert, with shipping, and decided that I should just start fresh with a whole new unit, since it was on a special sale locally and it would come with all new filters ($80 worth). I replaced just the head and all was well for a while. Then the tank stopped pushing water out and re-pressurizing the bladder only worked for a short while. But, hey, OK, no problem. I had a whole new tank! Replaced that. All was well for a while. Then just recently, the head unit developed a leak at the flow control, due to--you guessed it--deformed membranes in the flow control. If you search YouTube for "WHER25" you can see that this is a common problem (and how to repair it). But, I was SICK of constantly fixing my water filter system! I wanted a RELIABLE system! So, I started the many hours of online research to find my next RO system and settled on this TMAFC model from Perfect Water Technologies. It has a VERY impressive review spread and enough reviews for the spread to be a reliable indicator of the product. All previous large purchases I have made with this distribution of ratings have turned out to be money well spent. I also liked the sound of adding in just a touch of beneficial minerals to the almost pure RO water for improved taste and possible health benefits. So, I pulled the trigger on this system that costs almost three times as much as the WHER25 and had it shipped overnight as I was sick of drinking bottled spring water. First thing: given the comments about the "excellent" instructions I expected a great manual to accompany this product. This was not the case. I don't know what kind of product manual and set up instructions other reviewers are used to dealing with, but in my opinion, these instructions are poor at best. Actually, I should say they are spotty (incomplete) and amateurish. They read as if they were written by a well intentioned Amazon reviewer! That is, they would be a great ADDITION to a proper manual, but are NOT a replacement for one! The pictures are small and pretty bad when viewed online via a computer color LCD screen, but the PRINTED, black and white versions of them are almost unusably bad. Black and white line drawings would have been much better! And it's just not a complete manual, nor even a good set of installation instructions. Don't take my word for it, though. Just search online for both the Tap Master manual and, say, the WHER25 manual. The TM manual is 12 pages long, including the stupid mounting template page. The WHER25 manual is 23 pages. The TM has no table of contents, the WHER25 does. The TM has almost all of its illustrations on one page (the second one), thus placing them far away from the instructions which refer to them. The WHER25 illustrations are almost always to the right of the text which references them. The TM specifications section consists of just five lines of text and do not include dimensions. The WHER25 specifications take up a whole page and include three diagrams of the head and tank dimensions. The TM contents are just a list. The WHER25 contents include 10 illustrations which visually show you what you should have received, along with the text. Same goes for the installation location options--TM is just a short list, WHER25 has illustrations. And this trend continues! Check it out. Compare them side by side in browser tabs! The TM manual lacks a section on how the systems works. It lacks a black and white blow up parts list. It even lacks the PWT part numbers for the freaking replacement filters! The "troubleshooting" section is a freaking joke--it just basically tells you how to work with push connect fittings--which, don't get me wrong, is vital, but it's far from all you need to know to troubleshoot system problems! But, OK, so what, right? Manual, shmanual. Even I would say that this is by no means a deal breaker. I wasn't that perturbed by the manual. For a home owner, I'm a pretty advanced plumber at this point, and I've dealt with RO systems and plumbing issues before. I had very little trouble installing the TM. (One note from the installation process that may be helpful: pushing the RO filter case (which holds every other filter onto it via brackets) was VERY DIFFICULT. I had to push on it for all I was worth to get it to snap into place. And I am not exaggerating. And I'm by no means a weakling. It took some freaking FORCE!) Next note from the installation is that there really wasn't enough tubing length included in this kit. I needed more length on the supply line than was provided, for example. Hence the different colored tubing in the picture I uploaded. I just used the same tubing connection I already had in place from my WHER25, so no problem. In fact I had plenty of extra tubing, but others certainly might not, and for a system as expensive as this one, extra tubing length for the tank, supply, drain, and faucet connections should be provided. But, again, not a deal breaker. I wasn't perturbed. OK. So at this point I have everything mounted and neatly connected and hooked up. Outstanding. I carefully crack the supply valve and water starts to flow into the system. Very shortly on the heals of this water starts SPRAYING out of the top connection to the final "artesian" filter. Tuns out that someone had just pushed the tubing into it at an angle, resulting in the o-ring getting pushed out of its channel (caterpillared), blocking the tubing from going further in--but enough for the collet to grab it. I had to carefully push the o-ring back into its channel with a toothpick and re-seat the tube. Yet after this, it was still dripping from this connection. I believe this was because the tubing had been nicked and/or the bend radius was too tight. So I replaced this bit of tubing and lengthened it somewhat. Problem solved. However, I should point out that this--and ALL of the other--connections that leaked were connections that I did not make. They were made at the factory, so to speak. Which is disturbing because it doesn't take much experience with push fittings to get a feel for when is done right--to know when the tube has pushed in past the o-ring and made the seal. This one obviously wouldn't have felt that way, nor would it have gone in nearly far enough. The assembler SHOULD have caught this! But, anyway, OK, one bad connection, which I figured out how to fix. Not a deal breaker. Problem solved. Actually not. Because the unit was now leaking from the bottom artesian filter connection at this point. So I replaced this tube section as well and this fixed the problem. Problem solved. Well, actually, not so fast. Other connections were dripping! (None of which I had made--just reiterating that). I was not impressed! So as not to bore you or lose you in wordy descriptions of which connections leaked, I annotated the picture I uploaded, so please check there for all the unpleasant details. But the final result is that there was one connection I could not stop from dripping. It was a slow drip, to be sure, but it wasn't going to get any better. Or I wasn't going to take a chance on it spontaneously getting better, anyway. So I did return this to Amazon for a refund. Yeah, yeah, OK, fine. So I got a bad unit. This is a known issue. PWT could have sent me a leak-free unit if I had only asked. Other reviewers mentioned this, if I had just read the reviews. I shouldn't have given this a bad review just based on that. Actually, I DID read all the reviews. And I did know that I could presumably get a new main unit which would not leak. There is more . . . So why did I return it? Why did I give this two stars? Well, mainly, in a word, THE WATER DID NOT TASTE GOOD! If you're like me, you imagined crisper, livelier, richer, FRESHER water from this "artesianal" system. What a great idea! Gid rid of the "flatness" of the typical RO water, which "strips" the water of these beneficial minerals! Yea! Hallelujah! Take your RO water to the next level! OH MY GOD WAS THIS SO NOT THE CASE! Have you ever accidentally drunk water from a water softener? I mean like at someone's house who has really hard well water and has a whole house softener installed? Usually in this case, the kitchen sink has its own connection which by-passes the softener. Or this was the case in the house I'm thinking of. Water from the sink was hard, but drinkable. But water from the bathroom faucets? AURGHHHH! YUCK! So not pleasant! Well, for MY PALATE, that was the case here. But, admittedly, it was subtle. My wife actually didn't find it that objectionable. However, that was for just the water. Make coffee from that water and the result is much more objectionable. Or that was my experience. There was this weird--I don't know how to describe it--peanutbutter?--off taste to the coffee. And seltzer made from this water left a bad, lingering aftertaste in the back of the throat. This was very disappointing as I had read all the comments about other, less advanced RO systems over-extracting and making "bitter" coffee and so on. In my experience, the opposite was the case. The coffee made from the TM water was MORE bitter than that made from the WHER25 water. And from my research, experts recommend making coffee from water with something like a 60 TDS number because it extracts MORE flavors from the beans. I also read information about some calcium helping the taste but too much really hurting it. I don't know what the truth is, I only know that the coffee was way better with my old water. And I have a Technivorm drip coffee maker and I roast my own green beans, and grind them fresh with a Zassenhaus grinder just before brewing. And they are never more than a week old (from roasting). I also have a vac pot and a french press as well as a Bonavita BV1800 8-Cup Coffee Maker with Glass Carafe maker at work (incredible maker for a very reasonable price!). In other words, I have more than a basic knowledge of coffee and coffee making. I wasn't just throwing some Maxwell house in boiling water. Anyway . . . To be fair, it is within the realm of possibility that I got a defective unit and that a second one would have impressed me. Or perhaps I just simply prefer pure RO water. So, considering these things, why not get the Tap Master low end model with no artesian minerals added? Well, I did consider that option. But the more I thought about it, the less I liked this Tap Master design. On their website they list a number of advantages to the Tap Master, one of which is as follows: "Leak elimination: The leading competitors canister type RO system uses the same filter housing year after year, subjecting it to constant high water pressure, water erosion, and wear from maintenance. Only the filter element is replaced. After about 5 years the walls and seals of the competitors canister filter housing begin to weaken and decay, eventually failing, potentially causing a substantial leak." Ah, OK, I'm sorry but this is a load of marketing nonsense. The seals on most other RO filter systems--certainly the WHER25, anyway--are ON THE FILTER CANISTERS. So the o-rings get changed out every time you change the pre and post filters or RO membrane, or whatever other filters are on the system. It is true that there are plenty of seals and components in the head that do NOT get changed, of course. But this is ALSO TRUE of the Tap Master! Look at all those various inline and T and other connectors in the system! Those don't get changed when you change an inline filter or the central RO housing. AND THEY ARE ALL PUSH CONNECTIONS, with o-rings making the seal. In the WHER25 at least half of those analogous connections are just channels that are injection molded right into the plastic of the housing. I can tell you which I have more faith in! Plus, aesthetically, a single integrated housing just looks a lot better. The TM looks like a sort of squid shaped tangle. And, actually, this is more than just aesthetics, because those tubes end up supporting the filters from sliding down vertically, with gravity. The brackets only hold them on a parallel axis with the RO housing, which is the only thing that is firmly mounted. It's a little unsettling to handle the unit, or to make or un-make push connections to it. It's a big, slidey, moveable mass and you worry that the unintended and unwanted movement that happens while you are making and unmaking connections stresses the other push connection(s). As for purification, this RO system isn't any better than the WHER25. Go to the National Sanitation Foundation website and look both models up for yourself. As for speed, the tap master did indeed have faster flow than the WHER25, but it wasn't that much faster and the WHER25 had plenty of flow. I could fill quart bottles for my seltzer maker in about 10-15 seconds or so. Plenty fast enough. As for the carbon filters, I don't know which "leading" competitors they are thinking of, but the specifications on the WHER25 pre/post filters indicate to me that they ARE using premium grade filters. Further, truly premium SBAC filters can have down to a .5 micron filter-pore size, so 5 microns isn't that impressive. In short I was far from happy with this product, to say the least. For me, for the time being, it's a case of "better the devil you know" and back to the WHER25, which at this point I know how to keep leak-free and operational. I just need to keep the flow control membranes replaced on a yearly basis. Inexpensive and only a minor inconvenience on the whole. At some point I will re-visit RO systems and upgrade to a better one, but it won't be one made by this company. For the record, I am NOT recommending the WHER25. Presently, the Aqua-Pure Reverse Osmosis System APRO5500, Under Sink Water Filtration System has my interest because Aqua-Pure is a division of 3M, and a local plumbing supply house which I definitely trust for recommendations carries and recommends their filters (but does not carry the RO system, only the less expensive in-line carbon filters). Also, it is definitely true that one bad set of experiences (and a few bad reviews) do not a bad product make. You be the judge. I offer this review as a counter-balance to the mass of five-star reviews. For what it's worth, my experience of this product was not a five-star kind of experience. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on June 15, 2013 by Sabrina Sexton Sabrina Sexton
    • BEST AFFORDABLE water filter available.
Size: TMAFC Pattern Name: Filter System
I will give you the bottom line up front - WE LOVE IT! Although I live in an area of Michigan with pretty good water quality, after the Flint Water Crisis, we became more cognizant that things can go wrong without anyone realizing it for quite some time - with the damage done. So began our journey to the Home Master TMAFC Artesian Full Contact Filter. My Girl is always reading up on the latest health news and trends. And while a lot of it is helpful, sometimes she gets to thinking about things that I am not sold on: Fluoride.She has become one of those that believes Fluoride is bad for you, that it acts as a poison, and hampers proper function of something called the Pineal Gland. I will spare you all the rest of the discussion, let me just say that at this stage of life, I find it easier to just give in some times and not fight it. So, even though I am one of those that believe Fluoride has done immense good for America's kids by reducing cavities, I am at the age where my teeth are fully developed and I am not worried about cavities anymore. So she began to buy and drink ONLY bottled water. After her first month of spending a King's ransom on bottled water, I decided to investigate to see if I could bring some better solution to the table. At my local Better Health food store, I discovered that the latest trend was not only bottled water, but PH water. I researched the issue, and understood the logic behind it. So I told her if we are going to spend a fortune on bottled water, we might as well do the PH positive thing and gain the health benefits of that as well. So over the course of three days I purchased 28 various brands of bottles water - from local grocery store brands, to the very high end waters. Then I performed a PH strip test on them all. I was shocked to find out that nearly every water that advertised itself as PH high (with a few exceptions) was lying. The brands that rated the highest numbers were Perrier and Crystal Mountain (from Michigan). To ensure that I was correct in my thinking, my ex father in law, the former Head of Chemistry at the University of Minnesota, said that any water should be testable with test strips - to within a half PH number or so. That was good enough for me. Yet, I knew that paying for these would still be a costly and cumbersome solution. So nearby, I found a store that sold purified water. Sort of like a Deer Park, but one that you bring your containers there and pick up the new ones yourself. The savings over a home delivered one was huge, and would have been much better than buying bottled water by the liter or less. Guess what, his PH water tested the same as tap (7)- after he had assured me that he had tested that morning with a PH of 9. I figured that if I couldn't trust him with that, that I couldn't trust him on any claim of additional purity over tap. So then we began our research into Under Sink Water Filters. Because of my experience with the famous brand waters, as well as the local water business guy, my trust in any company's claims was shot. So I researched numerous third party sites that tested various filter's water, and narrowed it down to three - which included this one. One was much more expensive, and one about half. I read EVERY Amazon Review, Question, and Answer for each of the three. I was pleasantly surprised to read that the data on Amazon coincided with the data from the third party sites; and that all three finalists seemed to be good honest solutions. In the end, we chose Home Master because we wanted a Mineral Water not just Purified Water. We also a positive PH level. And finally, the under sink set up seemed to look ideal for our existing under sink world. I figure the money I spent on the Water Filter system would pay for itself in a year or so, instead of buying bottled water. Although we already had a hole drilled in the counter top, where we had removed a failed hot water tap for tea/coffee, I had the wisdom to not try to install it myself and had my plumber brother in law do it. Excellent move on my part. Although I had measured the space for the water tank properly, I had failed to account for it slipping under the existing disposal and its plumbing. In short, the tank wouldn't fit, nor would the filter assembly in the place it really needed to go. So my plumber took out the disposal, put the tank in, and re-routed the existing plumbing so that our Home Master could fit. Perhaps many homes don't have this problem, but I did, and am so glad to have had a plumber do it. It took him around two and a half hours to install. Afterwards, I read the directions and ran the system flushing operations three times to get the water quality where it needed to be. I measured that it took an hour and half to refill my tank, and it would take six minutes at filter tap full on to drain it. Good to know for future reference. Your numbers may be different though. So, since then my girl and I love the water, it tastes great - as good as any bottled water out there. And I am confident that it is filtering out the stuff we don't want while providing the minerals and PH we do. My cats seem to love it too, although i do plan to conduct a test with them, where I put regular tap water next to the Home Master water and see if they really do prefer the filtered. One final thing. My gal did not like the faucet style that came with the unit. So we found another on the company web site she did like. We ordered it from the company and it arrived and looks great. During the whole process - just before Christmas - we spoke on the phone about three times with Customer Service and found them to be absolutely professional, knowledgeable and friendly as can be. I could not have asked for a better experience. So, if you want my recommendation. For a reasonably affordable unit for a couple this unit is a no-brainer. Yes, you can cut corners and get something about half price - but that won't give you the mineral water element, and in fact will raise your acidity. And Yes, you can spend over a thousand bucks more and get a very nice filter, but why do it you can get the same quality here? ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on December 29, 2016 by Theodore Kanakis
    • The Perfect Water truly lives up to its name - best home water system ever!
Size: TMAFC-ERP Pattern Name: Filter System
Expectations exceeded! For more than 20 years I was paying for a bottled home water delivery service because I wanted good, healthy water. It was expensive, deliveries weren't always on time, and then there were those enormous 5-gallon bottles I had to lug into my apartment and onto the dispenser. Then someone told me about The Perfect Water, and I purchased their Home Master TMAFC-ERP Artesian Full Contact Reverse Osmosis Water Filter System. First, the water quality and taste is excellent. I'm health minded and something as basic as water is extremely important to me. Our city water is routinely rusty and gets very nasty after even a bad rainstorm. Now with the The Perfect Water system I can enjoy delicious, safe, water anytime. I use it for drinking, cooking, washing fruits and vegetables, and making that all important morning pot of coffee. If I'm traveling I fill up my Yeti thermoses with The Perfect Water filtered water because it's the only water I trust. I would add that the customer service is shockingly good - and 'shockingly' only because these days it's so hard to speak to a real person vs a bot, and then have that person actually be professional, polite, and able to help. And I love that their products are made in America. The Perfect Water truly lives up to its name! ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on August 2, 2023 by beach girl
    • Remarkably Superior
Size: TMAFC Pattern Name: Filter System
From the very beginning, my experience owning the product and with interacting with the head office and the exceptionally knowledgeable technicians has been thoroughly gratifying. The self-help videos are thorough and spot-on. Compared to other RO systems we owned, the water's taste is cleaner, clearer, and more tasteless (the way it should be). Whenever we need clean water (drinking, cooking, rinsing produce, and even giving our puppy a drink, the RO system is our go-to stop at the sink. It has positively changed our lives! I particularly enjoy filling a pitcher from the RO tap to then refrigerate it until the next morning, when I use it to make the morning coffee: indescribably delicious! Many thanks! ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on September 2, 2023 by Etienne le Meilleux
    • Easy Install, Easy Maintenance, Low Waste Water, Excellent Taste, Superior Customer Service
Size: TMAFC-ERP Pattern Name: Filter System
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The Home Master TMAFC-ERP Artesian Full Contact Undersink Reverse Osmosis Water Filter System is exactly as advertised. I finally gathered the gumption to replace our old system due to (1) the need to change the filters every six months (which was always an ordeal), (2) the annual cost of said filters, (3) a slightly off-taste (the tank needed replacement—cleaning it did not help), (4) the ridiculous amount of waste-water it produced (originally 3:1, but definitely worsened over time). The Home Master resolved each of these issues: (1) an annual filter change with easy quick disconnect/connect fittings, (2) less expensive filters per year, (3) excellent tasting water (the old system was not artesian, so the Home Master was an upgrade), a 1:1 ratio for waste-water (with a passive pump). Additional plusses: the Home Master’s reservoir fills quickly, and in my case the output pressure is solid. I highly recommend going to Home Master’s home web-site for full details and lots of additional information, as well as a link to their short installation videos. I would supply that here, but want to remain friends with Amazon ♥. The install booklet that came with the unit is also very clear, albeit it could be improved with the addition of better pictures: some of us are visual learners who appreciate diagrams more than videos (even short ones). As for the install videos, they are also clear enough but are definitely not professional (I’m a bit of a production nerd). In my case the install was plagued with old-house plumbing gremlins. Once these little guys were pacified with a trip to the hardware store for adapter fittings, and another hardware run for a new faucet hose (yep, I broke it *sigh*), installation was indeed a breeze. Those pesky gremlins. In the past I had avoided adding a pump for efficiency since they were electric. The Home Master TMAFC-ERP resolved this with a no-brainer passive pump: no electricity hookup required! No need to worry about power-outages, running conduit, etc. As long as I have water pressure, I have artesian water. The primary complaint that consumers have frequently reported has to do with the noise said pump produces. There are two models that I am aware of: the ERP 500 and the ERP 1000. Both units “click” regularly as water passes through them, and the latter model is apparently worse than the former with an added “swooshing” sound. I made sure to get a system with the ERP 500, and it does indeed click in the 50+dB level (i.e., loud enough for most humans to plainly hear). In our case this clicking is amplified due to the pump’s need to be installed in a bracket anchored to a wooden panel within an enclosed cabinet space. Not ideal. Others have attempted to resolve the issue by padding the unit with t-shirts or towels, or avoiding Home Master’s mounting solution altogether (apparently using Velcro to attach the pump to a pipe works ;-). My solution involved a layer of old memory foam between the installation bracket and the cabinet wall to dull vibration transfer, and additional memory foam installed with packing tape around the pump as a muffle (pictured). Not pretty, but it essentially works (hence five stars). Even so, I can still plainly hear it clicking if I am in the same room. It is also occasionally audible in adjacent rooms if the doors are open, but not enough to distract (so far). At an additional cost the manufacturer offers a muffling material to add between the pump’s bracket and wall. While it would be helpful if they just included it with the unit in the first place, I suspect than anyone who relied on this bit of rubber (or whatever it is made of) would be disappointed by the results. In our case, dulling the vibration transfer was simply not enough to dampen the pump’s clicking to a tolerable level. The whole thing needed to be shrouded. IMHO the manufacturer would significantly increase their fan base (with higher reviews) if they included a full shroud with their whole systems, and as a paid option for those who just need the pump. Surely Home Master could come up with something better than old t-shirts or towels (or a rubber sheet), as well as an improved mounting system, without breaking the bank. Such an addition would make a great system just plain fantastic. UPDATE: A year has passed and I still love this system! I encountered one snafoo so far: the faucet became loose over time. I contacted the company directly via their customer-service system on the web site, and *the same day* they contacted me for an address and sent a replacement faucet--no questions and absolutely no hassles. This was hands-down the best customer service experience I have ever had, period. After watching one of their videos and how to adjust the faucet, I was able to fix the existing faucet without using the replacement (see pics). I was going to try doing this before ordering a replacement, but they contacted me before I had a chance to test my theory 😇. I changed out the filters with the yearly replacements while I was at it. The directions were crystal clear, and the process was painless and fast 😀. I look forward to years of service from this unit. ❤️ Kudos to Home Master for a great product and for fabulous customer service! ❤️ I bought my Home Master fair-and-square, and did not participate in the dubious activity of a paid review. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on July 9, 2019 by NAHNAH NAHNAH
    • Have purchased 3 over the years and would buy again
Size: TMAFC-ERP Pattern Name: Filter System
We've had one of these in our last 3 homes and always been happy. Flavor is consistent, better water pressure than other systems I have installed for family or seen, especially sustained pressure. There are systems out there a hair easier to install, but none I have seen that I would say are better.
Reviewed in the United States on August 18, 2023 by SM
    • Careful, this will greatly change your expectations of water!
Size: TMAFC-ERP Pattern Name: Filter System
My family first purchased and installed this unit in February 2016. My wife and I have only ever known city/tap water. I've lived in many different states, cities with some water tasting better than others. But I've always been fine drinking tap water and thought nothing of it except for one location where it was just beyond terrible. But whatever right? So late 2015, my crazy wife (so I thought) started going back and forth from the store refilling your everyday gallon containers at the distilled water location inside the store. Why she started doing that? Probably saw some article or youtube video explaining what's really in our drinking water and/or just how reliant and at the mercy we are of the city. Also, the CIty of Flint fiasco was going on around this time too and I started to think she wasn't so crazy. But I mostly drank my tap water while teasing her about the water jug lugging back and forth. Then on my trips to the store I found myself being asked to fill water containers. That didn't last long before I started looking around the net at reverse osmosis and the different systems available. Since I buy nearly everything on Amazon my search quickly led me to "Home Master" because of the great reviews. I pulled the trigger on this package (home master has several options) because of the permeate pump which it "reduces waste water, increases production, and allows your tank to fill fuller." Anyway, it's been 4 years and my wife AND I and the entire family are obsessed with this unit and the quality and taste of the water!! I take my water to work each day in fact and NEVER drink and can't stand tap water. Even several different bottle waters are no longer "good." I can't over emphasize how awesome and in love we are with this unit and the water it gives us. Installation? I took my time, for your average person, not difficult and very doable. Two years later we moved, I was reluctant to mess with uninstalling this and contemplated just buying a new one. Well, removal wasn't bad either, reinstalled at new home. Ended up buying one and installing for my mother who is obsessed as well. Then uninstalled and installed in her new home. So between all the installs, uninstalls and filter changing I feel like a true Home Master veteran! Like any company, I don't care how great the product is if the company/customer service is lacking, especially badly. No fear, I've dealt with customer service on a few occasions (you won't need them much) and they've been nothing but extremely helpful and patient, even when I asked a dumb question like why is my water white??? After filter change your water will have many many tiny air bubbles making the water appear white. When we first received and installed our unit, water would shoot out of the faucet to the point it would fly back out of the glass if you weren't careful. This was great because you weren't standing there for 10 minutes trying to fill the glass. After a year or two the water was much slower coming out and we contacted Home Master, they walked me through fixing this issue easy enough by adding pressure to the tank but they even sent me, free of charge, a replacement part that may be the cause. It wasn't. Just the tank pressure. No big deal. This has truly caused us to demand more from our water. Has made me a water snob. We drink a lot of water in my family and I don't leave home without our RO water not just for my day at work. The company is GREAT to deal with if you have any needs. Can communicate with them chatting on the website or by phone of course. Not dealing with someone overseas. There may be other good companies out there with a good product and service but you will not find BETTER service with a BETTER product than Home Master. It just won't happen. We've never looked back! Highly recommend and I'd give it 10 stars if I could. Thank you Home Master, even if you have turned me into a water snob! I have become the guy at work that I would make fun of for bringing water to work, WATER! ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on March 31, 2020 by Av8or
    • Good filter
Size: TMAFC-ERP Pattern Name: Filter System
Love this so far. Installation was super easy following the video instructions. I would upgrade the spigot if I were to install this again. Not that the one they give you isn’t quality it’s just hard to fill with one hand and as the mom of toddlers and a baby I’m frequently working with just one hand. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on August 10, 2023 by Allegra Bice

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