Bluevua RO100ROPOT-LITE Countertop Reverse Osmosis Water Filter System, 5 Stage Purification, 3:1 Pure to Drain, Portable Water Purifier (No Installation Required) (White)ClimatePartner certified

I bought the Bluevua RO100ROPOT-Lite (UV) Reverse Osmosis System Countertop Water Filter after hours of research over a week or two. I considered many brands and decided on the Bluevua Lite (UV). Mainly because of its compact size and overall performance reviews. I'm very satisfied with my purchase. The Bluevua RO100ROPOT-Lite (UV) Reverse Osmosis System Countertop Water Filter looks and feels premium and very well made. The unit is very quiet and fairly quick to filter water. The filtered water is very good. I prefer it to many premium bottled waters, I won't list names, but some are European and not cheap! I use the included remineralization filter to add beneficial minerals back into the water. I would like to add that the water without the remineralization filter taste great as well. The unit does take some time to setup initially, because of the required flushing of the filters when first using it. But it's a necessary evil that all RO systems require! I really like the all-digital touch screen display. It's very easy to use and the screen displays all the necessary info. I like the sturdy glass pitcher over plastic ones that other brands tend to use. It holds 40 oz. of filtered water. I purchased an extra glass water pitcher, so I always have fresh filtered water, cold in the fridge! I drink a lot of water throughout the day. I've been using a quality gravity filter pitcher for years. Recently the brand was bought by a large water company and even though they made improvements to their filters for longer life and made improvement to their pitchers. The filters are not compatible with the old-style pitchers, very frustrating! I looked into a new pitcher only to learn the new owners eliminated the handy pour spout on their new pitcher. A feature I loved! So, I said, the heck with them! Their filters are the most expensive on the market for a pitcher gravity filter anyway! The Bluevua RO100ROPOT-Lite (UV) Reverse Osmosis System Countertop Water Filter has a filter that last a year with regular use. The filter averages $70 - $80 to replace yearly. Not the lowest priced or most expensive. Pretty average! The filter on the Bluevua RO100ROPOT-Lite (UV) Reverse Osmosis System Countertop Water Filter is a single unit. So, you only need to replace one because it has multiple filtration stages built into one filter! I also like the UV light purification feature as well to keep bacteria from forming in the filter and system. Many brands do not offer this feature and is a major reason I chose Bluevua! I also like the fact that this Bluevua system uses a regular electric cord and plug, instead of a power brick like so many other RO systems! Something a lot won't consider or think about till they unbox unit and discover a power brick and find out it takes up needed outlet space! The system produces about 3 gallons of purified water to 1 gallon of wastewater. Which is better than average for a countertop RO system. Overall, I'm extremely pleased with my Bluevua purchase and highly recommend it!UPDATE: A short update after owning the Bluevua RO100ROPOT-Lite (UV) Reverse Osmosis System Countertop Water Filter for a month. I have been testing the TDS of the water regularly. My water here in Pennsylvania is a very good 30 -34 ppm TDS straight out of the tap (most municipal water in PA have a low ppm TDS reading fortunately!). So, the RO system doesn't have a lot of total dissolved solids to remove from the start! I mostly wanted to remove the chlorine and disinfection chemicals used in all municipal water supplies in the U.S. My reading on the filtered water from the Bluevua system have been a constant 0 ppm reading on my test meter for water without using the included remineralization cartridge. Using the remineralization cartridge, I'm getting a solid 4 ppm TDS reading, which is great! The remineralization cartridge adds back into the water beneficial minerals such as potassium, magnesium and calcium. This enhances the taste as well. Overall, I prefer the water taste using the remineralization cartridge over not using it. Either way the water taste great! The Bluevua system continues to work flawlessly, and I use it daily! Very satisfied with my purchase decision! I highly recommend the Bluevua brand RO systems!

This is my first reverse osmosis water filter. The machine itself is very modern looking and fits very well on kitchen top, also the water bottle. It filters the water quick enough. It has mineral filter (I assume it adds minerals to water) and looks like it consists of small white rocks. I am using it since it comes with, but I don't think it's not that necessary as we can get minerals from other food sources. (and I am not planning on buying replacement mineral filter). I've been using this for couple of months and absolutely love it.I never had reverse osmosis filter before, so I can't speak for much, but if you've been using Britta, you'd love this.Replacement reverse osmosis filter wasn't too expensive for what it does.One tip I'd give will be get another water bottle -- from this brand or other generic, to keep in the refrigerator.

Update to original review. Bluevua contacted me and made this right. I am totally satisfied with their customer service. I would do business with them in the future.First off this thing stopped in the middle of the second round of flushing. So I'm sitting here looking at a dead machine with a half full carafe and a reservoir halfway above the discard line. So I empty everything and try to flush it again when the flush light comes back on; this time it's only a third of the way down, fourth time is only a quarter of the way down. So it keeps getting worse and worse. And you waste more and more water with no clean water to drink to show for it. Also, you cannot see the fill line as it is underneath where the handle rests and it is so faint that when there's water near you can't see it at all. Next, this thing weighs a ton even without the water the carafe or the water reservoir on it. If you have even the slightest disability you will not be able to deal with this I can't. Once you get it positioned you will not be able to move it. It is not portable unless you are very strong. This is a total disappointment and waste of money.

I bought this system last fall, but only started it using it about two weeks ago. I love the function and the water tastes great and is very pure. However, although I’ve been extremely careful with it, it took only a slight knock against my counter to break the borosilicate pitcher. It was MUCH more fragile than my glass coffee carafe which I’ve been using for a year and a half with no problem, only able to give it four stars.