RO system recommendations

I’m looking for an RO system due to the fact that my municipal water is very hard. I spoke with them and found out that they use chlorine and not chloramine, so that’s good news. Also the hardness is about 250ppm according to them give or take. The ph is really high out of the tap as well I’ve had readings between 9.5-8.0 I was looking at this one on Amazon; it’s a Hydro Logic 150gpd unit. I just get thrown off after reading reviews and there’s so many to choose from so I’m even more confused than when I started. Thanks

Aqua life RO buddy is pretty cheap and ive heard good reviews on it, you can get the 3 stage or 4 stage(+DI) 50-100g per day system for like 60-80$
https://www.amazon.com/Aquatic-Life-Reverse-Osmosis-50-Gallon/dp/B00DOG63OY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1525465319&sr=8-1&keywords=ro+buddie

All of these RO system companies are just resellers. They buy membranes, housings, carbon blocks, and sediment filters and put them together and slap some stickers on them. The fancier ones have their own housings made. Just a few industrial type companies make RO membranes, Dow Filmtec are the best. The only thing worth paying for is a company that tests/guarantees >98% rejection on the membrane. Otherwise they are all the same with a few exceptions. Buy a cheap housing and put good cartridges in them.

Your water is fine,don’t waste your money.

Also if you do get one and your water has chloramines, you have to get a specific filter to remove them as that or the one I listed wont remove them

Luckily I don’t have to worry about that, I checked and they don’t use chloramine, only chlorine. I’ve been bubbling with an air stone to get rid of the chlorine but I don’t have a ppm meter so I’m kinda going off of what the water report says. 250ppm. I’m sure it’s varying if the ph swings that much out of the tap

Yea, I've been buying ro water because my tap is pretty bad.. 500-550ppm with chloramines. So I use half tap half to. I should prob invest in a system to save me some money long term.

I went with an iron, sulphur magnesium
Whole house filter. That way my appliances, laundry etc got soft water
Saved the ro unit for drinking
Plus the ro is so slooooow

I've been reading that vitamin c(asorbic acid) can remove the chloramines and chlorine though, I'm going to try that first.

I used an RO/DI filter for my saltwater aquarium for years. It wasn’t totally necessary but it made everything thrive that much more. Wish I still had that system. I could just take out the DI filter. I see what you mean about the membranes though. The filter guys went out of business and that’s where I got my last setup from.

You will be hard pressed to find a better deal than this.
https://www.bulkreefsupply.com/75gpd-4-stage-value-ro-di-system-bulk-reef-supply.html
Comes with quality filters from the start and use universal 10 inch cartridge housings so you can put in any kind of filter you want. I removed the DI stage from mine and run 2x carbon blocks instead with a sediment filter. I am on a well so no chlorines or chloramines to deal with luckily.

https://www.amazon.com/iSpring-RCC7AK-Capacity-Filtration-Remineralization/dp/B005LJ8EXU

I appreciate all the information, and have been thinking of getting this system instead so I can have drinking water as well. I’m not 100% sure about the calcite filter portion though. It says it adjusts the ph and I’m not sure how that would affect the final ph after filtration since my water is almost 9.0ph from the tap.

The only thing I didn't think about when I did mine is the water comes from the pressure tank warm.

I know you can run it to your icemaker
But not sure if it would dispense cold water from the fridge door.

Still better than nothing.