{ "id": "reverse-osmosis-water-filter", "sku": "reverse-osmosis-water-filter", "title": "Countertop Reverse Osmosis Water Filter, 5 Stage Benchtop System", "slug": "reverse-osmosis-water-filter", "price": 375.99, "currency": "AUD", "availability": "in_stock", "category": "water-filters", "category_label": "Water Filters", "tags": [], "colors": [], "materials": [], "dimensions": null, "weight": "6 kg", "images": [ "https://homeimprovement.net.au/dropship-images/water-filters/reverse-osmosis-water-filter/main-reverse-osmosis-water-filter.jpg", "https://homeimprovement.net.au/dropship-images/water-filters/reverse-osmosis-water-filter/reverse-osmosis-water-filter-2.jpg", "https://homeimprovement.net.au/dropship-images/water-filters/reverse-osmosis-water-filter/reverse-osmosis-water-filter-3.jpg", "https://homeimprovement.net.au/dropship-images/water-filters/reverse-osmosis-water-filter/reverse-osmosis-water-filter-4.jpg", "https://homeimprovement.net.au/dropship-images/water-filters/reverse-osmosis-water-filter/reverse-osmosis-water-filter-5.jpg" ], "description_short": "Five filtration stages, a 2 litre pure water tank, four touch-select pour sizes and tool-free cartridge changes, with no plumbing work needed.", "description": "The problem with filtered water at home\n\nMost people arrive at this product after trying the easier options first. A filter jug in the fridge works, until it is empty every time you want a drink and someone keeps putting it back with 2 cm in the bottom. A tap-mounted filter helps, but it changes how the tap feels and it does nothing while you are filling a bottle in a hurry. Bottled water is a chore to carry and store.\n\nThe next step up is usually a proper reverse osmosis system, and that is where it stops for a lot of households. Under-sink RO means cutting into the cold water line, fitting a drain saddle and drilling a hole through the benchtop for a separate tap. If you rent, you cannot do that. If your sink cabinet already has a bin, a water meter and the cleaning cupboard crammed in, there is nowhere to put a tank. If you are not confident with plumbing, you are booking a tradesperson for a half-day job.\n\nA countertop reverse osmosis water filter is the way around that. It is the same type of filtration, packaged into a unit that stands on the bench and runs off a power point.\n\nHow a benchtop reverse osmosis system works\n\nWater goes in the feed tank at the top. It then moves through five stages before it reaches the pure water tank.\n\nThe first stage is a stainless steel filter mesh, which is a physical screen for the larger material. Second is a 5 micron PP sediment filter, a finer barrier for smaller particles. Third is activated carbon, which is the stage designed to reduce chlorine taste and odour, and in practice that is the change most people notice in the glass. Fourth is the reverse osmosis membrane itself, the stage that defines this type of system. Fifth is a UV light stage, and the panel shows you whether it is operating.\n\nRO systems split the water you put in. Some comes through as filtered water, the rest is sent to waste. This unit runs a 4 to 1 pure-to-drain ratio, so roughly four parts filtered to one part drain. You will empty a waste tank along with the drip tray, which is part of living with any RO unit, benchtop or plumbed.\n\nThe filtered water collects in a 2 litre pure water tank. That is the amount sitting ready at any moment. The unit tops it back up as you use it, so the practical capacity over a day is much higher than 2 litres.\n\nUsing it day to day\n\nThe touch panel is where everything happens. Four preset pour sizes cover most of what a kitchen needs. 80 ml is a splash or a top-up. 180 ml is about a cup of tea. 300 ml fills a standard glass. 500 ml handles most drink bottles without standing there holding a button.\n\nThe same panel carries the information you actually want. Filter life tells you where the cartridges are up to. Low water tells you the feed tank needs a refill before you reach for a glass and find nothing. Change water prompts you to refresh what is sitting in the tank. UV status shows whether that stage is running. There is also a flush function, which you use as the instructions direct, typically after a cartridge change.\n\nThe drip tray is magnetic and lifts straight off. That sounds like a small thing until you have fought with a clip-in tray that cracks the third time you remove it.\n\nWho this suits\n\nRenters are the obvious group. Nothing is drilled, nothing is cut, nothing is attached to the plumbing, so there is no bond conversation and no need to ask permission. When the lease ends, you unplug it, empty the tanks and put it in a box.\n\nSmall kitchens and apartments are the second group. The footprint is 19 cm by 19 cm, which is less bench space than a toaster. If you have been looking for the best water filter for apartments, the usual blocker is cabinet space under the sink, and this sidesteps it entirely.\n\nOffices and share kitchens work too. One unit on the bench, a power point and someone keeping the feed tank filled covers a surprising number of people. The preset pour sizes stop the usual mess of someone leaving a tap running into a cup.\n\nThe people it suits least are households that go through very large volumes of water very quickly, and anyone who wants filtered water from the main kitchen tap itself. If you want to fill a stockpot from the filter, a benchtop tank system is not the right tool.\n\nHow to choose and what to measure\n\nThree measurements decide whether this works in your kitchen.\n\nHeight first. The unit is 41 cm tall and you need clearance above the lid to pour water in. If your overhead cupboards sit 45 cm above the bench, you will be sliding the unit forward every refill, which gets old fast. Measure from the benchtop to the underside of the cupboard before you buy.\n\nBench depth second. 19 cm square is modest, but it still has to sit clear of the splashback with room to lift the lid and remove the drip tray.\n\nPower third. The cord is 1.5 m and the unit is rated 100 to 240 V, 50/60 Hz at 30 W. Work out which power point it will use and make sure the cord does not have to cross a sink, a cooktop or a walkway.\n\nThen think about running costs over time. The maker rates the RO cartridge at 6 to 12 months and the PPC cartridge at 3 to 6 months. Those are ranges, not promises, and your actual life depends on how much water you run and what your local supply is like. Budget for cartridges the way you would for a coffee machine, as an ongoing item rather than a one-off.\n\nLooking after it\n\nCare is simple, and doing it regularly is what keeps the unit pleasant to use.\n\nWipe the housing with a soft damp cloth and dry it. Do not put any part of it in a dishwasher and do not hold the body under a running tap. Empty, rinse and refill the feed tank regularly rather than letting the same water sit for days. Lift the magnetic drip tray off when it fills and rinse it.\n\nChange the cartridges when the filter life display prompts you, and run the flush function as the instructions describe afterwards. Changes are tool-free, a twist, lift and lock by hand, so there is no reason to put it off.\n\nOne more point worth repeating. This is for use with drinkable mains (town) water. It is not a treatment system for rainwater tanks, bores or any supply that is not already drinkable. If you are not sure about your supply, ask your local water authority before you rely on any filter.\n\nThe short version\n\nIf you want reverse osmosis filtration without a plumber, this is the format that makes it possible. Five stages, a 2 litre pure water tank, four preset pour sizes and a panel that tells you when it needs attention. It stands 19 cm by 19 cm and 41 cm tall, weighs 6 kg, and runs off a standard power point with a 1.5 m cord.\n\nMeasure your clearance, check your power point, and plan for cartridge changes at the intervals the maker gives. If those three things line up, a benchtop unit gets you filtered water on the bench without touching a single pipe.", "llm_summary": "This is a countertop reverse osmosis water filter, a stand-alone benchtop unit that needs no plumbing or installation. You fill its tank, plug it in and dispense. Filtration runs through five stages, a stainless steel mesh, a 5 micron PP sediment filter, activated carbon, a reverse osmosis membrane and a UV light stage, at a 4 to 1 pure-to-drain ratio. The pure water tank holds 2 litres and the touch panel offers 80, 180, 300 and 500 ml pour sizes, plus filter life, flush, low water, change water and UV indicators. Cartridges change without tools, rated by the maker at 6 to 12 months (RO) and 3 to 6 months (PPC). It measures 19 x 19 x 41 cm, weighs 6 kg, runs on 100 to 240 V, 50/60 Hz, 30 W with a 1.5 m cord, in white and black. Sold online by Home Improvement Company (homeimprovement.net.au) at $375.99 AUD including GST. Delivery is Australia wide, free on orders over $90, with express at $25. Returns within 15 days on unused items in original packaging, and the Australian Consumer Law applies to every purchase.", "returnable": true, "return_policy": "This store's own change-of-mind window is 15 days from delivery on an unused item in its original packaging with proof of purchase; the customer pays the tracked return postage and no handling or restocking fee applies; direct exchanges are not offered. Australia has no statutory cooling-off period for an ordinary online purchase, so that window is the store's policy rather than a legal right. Separately, the consumer guarantees under the Australian Consumer Law, Schedule 2 to the Competition and Consumer Act 2010, apply to every sale, cannot be excluded, and cover faulty, damaged or misdescribed goods at the store's cost including return postage.", "shipping_profile": "standard", "warranty": null, "brand": "Home Improvement Company", "gtin": null, "mpn": null, "condition": "new", "url": "https://homeimprovement.net.au/reverse-osmosis-water-filter", "canonical_url": "https://homeimprovement.net.au/reverse-osmosis-water-filter", "json_url": "https://homeimprovement.net.au/api/products/reverse-osmosis-water-filter.json", "updated_at": "2026-11-11", "compare_at_price": 450.99 }