GE Merlin Reverse Osmosis Drinking Water System
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Tools and Hardware Reviews of GE Merlin Reverse Osmosis Drinking Water System
Customer Review: Merlin ! A Great RO System
Summary: 5 Stars
I purchased the GE Merlin 18 months ago. I am totally impressed with this product. I'm confused about the loud noise the other reviewer spoke of. My unit makes a very soft noise, water running through the three chambers. All water filters for reverse osmosis seem to be costly. The nice thing about Merlin is that filters have a longer life that your standard RO. If you happen to use the maximum (750 gallons/per day), I would guess it could be a bit on the expensive side. In my household we use water for the icemaker, cooking, drinking and watering 4 dogs. I've had a variety of systems since 1980 and none could keep up with the demand. Merlin does it hands down. Another important thing to note. My Merlin works off of my well water that is run through a water softner (recommended for most RO's). I recommend the GE Merlin, it's met every expectation I had and the water tastes great. People have wondered why my coffee is superior to theirs and they use the same brand. I tell them it's all in the magic of Merlin.Customer Review: Merlin Lacks Magic, it can't make water.
Summary: 3 Stars
The "Merlin" reverse osmosis filter does the job. Our 'problem' with this filter, as in another brand we had before, is water waste. All these low pressure, below 90 PSI, filters, waste ten times more water then they produce.
We know exactly, because we recycle light 'grey' water for toilet flushing. In water shortage regions , we are on a poorly producing well, I recomend spending an extra thousand for a small salt water desalination unit such as used on ocean going ships. Run THAT motor on 12V, solar and one has the purest fresh water, free.
Desalinating 'fresh' water should be a snap with few if any, "filter" changes.
With plenty of fresh water available, one could simply redirect "Merlin's" waste water for garden or other non drinking uses. In most regions of North America,GE Merlin Reverse Osmosis Drinking Water System clean drinking water will soon have more issues then Readers Digest.
Customer Review: loud and wasteful
Summary: 2 Stars
I've had this for two years and it has been loud from day one. Ahh, day one, how I remember the grey hair. Installing was a real pain. The directions seem to be written for a professional, though it was indicated to me that installing would be easy. Far from it.
The noise... it grugles really loudly through the air gap when ever I use it. Much more than is acceptable. Beware.
Now, there is a syphoning problem. After usage I can often hear water running down the drain that does not stop until I turn off the water. Once I turn it back on I'm fine, but not prior. I replaced the filters, but not the membranes and that fixed it for a while. Now it is back to syphoning. I don't know if $200 worth of membranes will help but I really don't want to find out they don't!
I will say that I'm very happy with the water quality though.
Customer Review: Everything I Hoped it would be for a small Nursery
Summary: 5 Stars
I'm co-owner of a small nursery specializing in carnivorous plants, and we need a large supply of low mineral water for our plants since our well water is too hard. We chose the GE Merlin because of its high output capacity. We didn't use any of the typical attachments for in home or under sink, which seems to be where most of the negative reviews originate from. Instead I just went to a local hardware store to get adapters to connect both the input and output to regular 3/4" garden hose. It works great. It delivers 700 gpd as advertised, and we use the discharge on our regular garden plants during the summer. We've been using it for 4 years now, and I've replaced the membranes twice. (The first time I probably didn't need to.) We are going to purchase another one soon to increase our capacity. It has been a workhorse at our nursery.Customer Review: Bad Performance - Merlin RO system
Summary: 1 Stars
I installed a GE Merlin RO system couple weeks ago. It gave me several difficulties and problems. One of the major problems was the total dissolved solid (TDS) from the product/outlet could not meet the requirements per their specification even thought I flushed the system over 24 hours during the initial setup. Another problem was the drain connection elbow caused water leak. I tried to call the dealer and found a way to return the product. However, they told me that I used the system and that means I owned the system. In other words, I could not return the product. I was very disappointed their service and response. Also their installation manual description does not provide clear installation instruction, such as which direction to install the RO membranes and manifold connection direction. Therefore, I rated it as a POOR product.