Review on 💧 AquaPure SST1HA Industrial Stainless Water Filtration System by William Dean

At first I thought I would have to return the product. Avoiding plastic in my water system, I chose this metal housing with a Doulton Ultracarb 10" ceramic filter. Filter into housing, housing did not close completely. Damn. I assumed standard sized DOE cartridges would fit in the Aqua Pure -Housing fit. I called Aqua Pure and they told me that the housing really does fit 9 3/4" filters (actually, even with 9 3/4" filters you still need a compression ring (tensions the bottom of the housing up ) use to fully assemble the base. In other words, the goal is to really compress the filter in the housings (which is why standard DOE filter cartridges have rubber pads at the top and bottom.) The compression ring does not need to be fully tightened for this it works. Or remove the bottom rubber pad of the ceramic filter and it basically becomes a 9 3/4" filter. And yes! It worked! So all 5 stars! Customer service wa r great several times in my research and I found a plastic-free solution! PS - I ordered a Pentek ST-1 housing and had to return it as there was a rod in the middle preventing my DOE ceramic filter from being seated.