UPDATE 9/8/16: Appears to have gone out of business...
We have had the opportunity this summer to try out two new filtration products from Genius Clear Water Systems: WaterShield In-line Filter, an in-line ceramic fresh-water supply filter with strainer and the WaterShield Ceramic Element Showerhead with built-in ceramic filter and strainer.
These can be used in our RVs while camping and also at home in domestic applications such as filtering the drinking water supply and for shower-bathing, although the mfr. says the showerhead is meant primarily for in-home, domestic installation. [Note: while we have tried out two other makes of showerheads up to now, we have yet to try any other filters that are available and cannot provide any comparative insights].
LINK: http://www.geniusclearwater.com/{Note: link out of service}
WaterShield In-line Filter [strainer at hose end; filter at TT inlet with "Y" bib]:
From the website: "The in-line filter products of WaterShield are designed to remove virtually all microorganisms, contaminants and even Chlorine and Chloramine from your drinking water. Thanks to the innovative Ceramic filtering technology, the filters can provide up to 33,000 liters of safe and clean drinking water when used with a strainer or 30,000 when used without strainer, depending on local water quality. No more need to change your filters every month! Can be delivered with or without strainer."
The WaterShield In-line Filter with strainer system can be added to the TT/TC shore/park supply hose with the addition of 1/2" female pipe-to-hose fitting adapters purchased separately. One can also use these on the filler hose to fill the fresh tank.
Review Notes by Plance:
The WaterShield In-line Filter with strainer system filtration performance seems to be very effective, especially once we found an RV park water supply that was particularly unpleasant in taste. The bitter, alkaline-tasting water with chlorine notes was very drinkable after being run through this system. Bare traces of the original flavors came through. We even filled our water jugs for use in the TT and the TV on the road home and we did not need to buy more bottled water as previously planned. Coffee brewed from this system's water was good as well. This product performed great in the taste-test arena!
From the website: "The Ceramic Element Showerheads are developed for domestic and commercial use and remove virtually all microorganisms, contaminants and even Chlorine and Chloramine from your drinking water. Thanks to the innovative Ceramic filtering technology, the showerhead filter can provide up to 33,000 liters of safe and clean shower water, when combined with a strainer and depending on local water quality. The filter is mounted inside the handle and when saturated, the handle assembly can easily be replaced..."
The WaterShield Ceramic Element Showerhead and its supplementary strainer screw into the existing 1/2" male pipe-threaded shower hose in the TT; however, note the mfr. says it is meant primarily for in-home, domestic installation and use.
Review Notes by Plance: The new showerhead has a "rain shower" style feel that we found to be very pleasant at a line pressure of 45 psi; the flow rate was 1 gallon per minute at the beginning of our use of it. The initial water supply was unfiltered, from RV park supply, without the strainer attached [my oversight]. However, after two weeks of showers for two, largely from the fresh tank supply [unfiltered when filled], the showerhead's filter [while doing its job] clogged with solids or precipitates and its flow dropped to 12 oz. per minute [0.9375 gpm], a pitiful dribble. Back-flushing it later at home mostly reversed this and the flow came back to near 1 gpm at 45 psi park supply and with the strainer in-line where it belongs. Using this showerhead with the park supply at 30 psi and the WaterShield In-line Filter with strainer system [above] was less satisfactory [and unnecessarily double-filtered, btw]. The flow was cut to .5 gpm and gave a slow rinsing cycle while showering. The flow using this showerhead supplied from the fresh tank and pump was superior to the 30 psi park supply connection alone, and was FAR superior to 30 psi park supply filtered through the In-line Filter system. Does this showerhead's filter make for a better shower experience from an epidermal-chemical-aesthetical standpoint? Can't say I noticed anything showering at the badwater park except when the water went in my piehole - it did taste better when filtered than when not...
Upshot: the WaterShield Ceramic Element Showerhead, with rubber-nub sprayers, performs nicely in its gentle fashion at reasonable waterline pressures and without the redundant In-line Filter when attached to the park supply. Our Oxygenics showerhead gives a stronger washing feel at only a bit more flow rate [1.1 gpm at 45 psi], however.
LINK: http://www.geniusclearwater.com/ {Note: link out of service}
