The AQUAPHOR laboratory has received a certificate of conformity from a testing center , which means that we are now officially accredited to conduct our own research – that is, we can check both ourselves and other manufacturers for integrity.
Strength test
We did not fail to take advantage of this opportunity and conducted comparative tests. The results will be of interest to anyone who asks legitimate questions: if the best, then why, what numbers and substances are we talking about, what are the results of other participants – in general, to anyone who values specifics and prefers not to take anyone’s word for it.
The starting conditions – temperature, pressure in the this is because they are supply system – are the same for all, and the filters themselves are comparable in terms of the class, speed and filtration method declared by the manufacturers. And here is what the fight against invisible enemies looked like in laboratory conditions.
Participants: AQUAPHOR Viking with cartridge B520-13 and third-party Manufacturer’s product No. 2.
Impurities involved: colloidal iron, sand, chlorine.
Applicable standards: GOST and NSF.
In the first test, we compared main filters, Viking with a B520-13 cartridge from AQUAPHOR and a third-party trends and prospects for the development from Manufacturer No. 2, in terms of the quality of purification from colloidal iron, sand and chlorine.
Colloidal iron
Colloidal iron is the smallest particles of a very insidious organic compound of iron. They are present in be numbers as a suspension and do not form a sediment, but they make the water cloudy and give it a dubious yellow or reddish tint.
Colloidal iron accumulates inside and on the surface of pipes, subsequently damaging household appliances and plumbing. But that’s not the worst of it: once it gets into the body, it can cause allergic reactions, lead to stomach ulcers and intestinal colic, darkening and thinning of tooth enamel.