BEST WATER PURIFICATION SYSTEM FOR RV'S AND BOATS! | ACUVA ArrowMAX 2.0 UV-LED Water Purifier -EP197
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- Опубликовано: 26 авг 2024
- The Acuva ArrowMAX 2.0 UV-LED Water Purifier is a compact and affordable drinking water purification system that is perfect for RVers and boaters, both part time as well as full time. Sue & I have been full time RV since June 2017, and have constantly struggled to have clean, purified water to be ready and available as we traveled. This proved to be a tougher task that we anticipated. The Acuva ArrowMAX 2.0 UV-LED Water Purifier has been a game changer. Come check out our unboxing of this product, as well as a quick video of our actual installation and final thoughts of the product after a month of use.
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Great job and good information for all. Thomyt
Glad it was helpful!
I see you really trusted Sue to do the job.
Her dad trained her well!
Hi!!! We are going to have look into this.... fresh good water is life!! Got to have it!
This unit has simplified our purified water life!
I SEE that SUE is under the Sink and doing a Wonderful Job. LOL
Sue is in charge of all the "bendy" things to do on the rig.
@@OurJourneyInMyles It looks like it's working perfectly.
Great info...as always!! Thx!!
Our pleasure Rob!
Great information! 👍 Thanks
Hey,...your welcome Mark.
Sue did an awesome job installing you new water purification system! Good job Sue! Lol
We were like a tag team of surgeons and surgical assistants working side by side.
Excellent info. Travel safe.
Thanks, you too Bob!
Nice unit! Been looking for something like this!
Glad I could help. Like I said in the title on the thumbnail,............I should have gotten this thing a long time ago.
Yea, "Sue" did a great job installing that filter. Where were you during all of this?
We both helped each other a ton. AND,...........after the job was complete, she gave me a backrub!
Thanks for the timely video. Our rig has multiple filters, most installed by the previous owner. I am not a fan of using bottled water, unless it is refilled like you did. Our water is filtered at least three times, if not four, before drinking it.
Glad it was helpful! My main issue was I had to REMOVE the .5 Micron carbon block filter from my regiment of filters to have 35 to 40 psi at my inlet to the coach! Many of the RV Parks have overall system pressure that is TOO LOW to push water thru the filter! By removing this .5 micron block filter, I really had no real protection from bad things in the water,........but I did have pressure. That's why we then used the refrigerator filter and Brita filter for final filtering for ALL our drinking water.
Thanks for the great and honest review Mark and Sue! Hope you are still loving your Acuva unit !
Yes we are,..........and our countertop doesn't have water jugs and a Brita on it now! It has other stuff like bananas on it that are more normal!
great job but you guys crack me up all my best safe travels
Thanks for stopping by once again Allan.
Mark and Sue, you both have a great Thanksgiving Day and my you continue to bless us with your lessons. I enjoy them.
Thanks,..........we just had our Thanksgiving Dinner on a Riverboat Brunch Cruise in Savannah GA today! We planned ahead!
Very clean install. I remember way back when we put an AMF Cuno water filter in the camper and it saved us from a lot of bad tasting water. I thought it was interesting that the manufacturer AMF made everything from bowling and sports equipment, missiles, Dewalt, and Harley Davidson.
Yes,..........that company was really diverse!
Thanks! Tomorrow I am ordering two, one for the rig and one for our 48 foot boat. Thanks for saving me some money.
Sounds like a plan Scott. The unit we showcased is 2 liters per minute. The black friday sale amount should work for the larger flow rate unit as well. We find the 2 liter/min unit is just fine for filling glasses and coffee (Keurig) decanters.
This was a great video Mark. Great subject matter.
Glad you enjoyed it Dennis,......
Mark you have a plastic tube cutter on board? Besides that and your endless drill bits (like I’ve never seen such a set) what tools don’t you have? Anyway, I’ve watched other rv channels install the Acuva units and your detailed explanations and on-screen captions told me far more than I ever knew about installing this unit. But more importantly, you made it clear what to order and from where. I cannot thank you enough for your time and effort in producing this video. Oh, and hi Sue! Thanks for your great video editing. 👍
I confess. I watched the RVGeeks video first so I knew to go buy a tubing cutter so I wouldn't look like an ameuter,..........but don't tell anyone. That's our secret.
Great video! We've been living/traveling in and out of various RV's since the early 1980's. We have found over the years that a Berkey water purification system was the best for us. The Berkey has awesome water quality, low maintenance and very affordable parts!
That is awesome! I know the Berkeys are great units. So far we are loving the Acuva though,.............just twist the knob and we have great water!
You all did a great job skipper. Thanks
Our pleasure Chief!
Happy Thanksgiving! Nice DIY video, but we have the Travel Berkey which Mary loves and she's not crawling under the sink to install one.
Oh no! We understand,.......
Mark and Sue, thanks for the Acuva info. I used the link to buy one tonight. I'm going to install it on the fridge supply line. We get all our drinking water and ice from the fridge dispenser. I like the LEDs and the start/stop action. Again thanks for the information presented in such an entertaining way.
That is an ideal setup,.........but keep this in mind. The unit requires 12 psi and .3 liters per minute flow rate to activate the UV LED lights. The flow rate to fill a glass of water will work perfect. I am guessing, but I would personally not expect the way the ice maker "sips" water that it would reach the .3L/min flow rate for purified water on the fly. You will have to be satisfied with it using the water sanitized and captured in the supply line to the ice maker being made into ice as "way better than you had before!!" The supply line volume from the Acuva to the refrigerator will be your poor mans "tank" of treated water.
Great information Mark….. love you guys…I have learned a lot from your videos. Keep it coming😊
Roger that,.....
Mark and Sue thank you so much for this video on how to put your filtered water together. Looks easy to do. Glad you were able to do it. I hope you like it. Hope you and Sue have a great week and a Happy Thanksgiving! 🦃 Stay safe.
Our pleasure! Thanks for always watching & supporting us. Happy Thanksgiving,....
Love the video. RV Geeks put one of these in there RV and did a video on it. I think that this is a good item to have. Safe travels.
I confess,...........I watched theirs before I did ours,...............and made sure I had a tubing cutter....
Mark, you made a how to video! I’m so proud. Keep up the great work. Happy Thanksgiving and safe travels
Thanks! You too! Don't get too excited though Brad,.......in a few weeks I am going to have our yearly maintenance report videos out and we had Gaffney SC Freightliner and NIRVC do a ton of work!
Good evening guys. Thank you very much for sharing. I heard about this product a while ago from The RV Geeks. They have a great installation and testing of the unit video with lab tests. That said, as always, your video has this special touch that only OJIM has which makes your videos pop and very entertaining. Love to follow your channel.
Thanks for sharing the kind words Michel! We follow the Geeks as well,.......they are the masters!
This seems like it might be a system that would be useful in a sticks and bricks home (?)
I would love to see the out takes for making this video where you, Sue, the camera, the portable light, tools and instructions inside the sink cabinet.....on second thought, maybe not.
Larry,...I actually DELETED the video sound track of me huffing, puffing, grunting, blurting and moaning EVERY TIME I had to get up from under the sink. You would have sworn I was in childbirth,.....
@@OurJourneyInMyles Oh thank you....the power of editing. (very funny!!!!)
place an alkaline filter just before the tap and youll thank me later...great tasting water
I will check it out,.......
Big berky is the best filter for travelers
Yes, that is another great option!
You looked rather handsome, young & flexible installing that system. Good Job
Thanks Peter,....you are too kind.
Hey guys great video. Going to be looking into one of those units, cuts down on how much bottled water you have to bring with you to ensure you’re getting good water. Your Planning on how you were going to mount everything was well thought out… safe travels….
I deleted the discussion of placement to keep the video short. The ONLY SOLID WOOD UNDER THE ENTIRE SINK,.........was the area I chose. All the other walls were paper thin wood panels of MUSH. I could only support about 1/2 of the DIN Rail,........but that proved enough. I deleted my discussion of the rats nest of sub woofer and TV wiring Newmar left back there. How much more would a few zip ties and cable management have cost?
I wish they made one that would work like the whole house filter. Then you would not need the outside filter, or your Flowmaster -just use the Acuva, but it looks like it will not push that much water through the UV system, other than to fill a glass. We get water through our fridge door, which has a filter at the fridge then we have a whole house filter (in the MH) and a clear20 filter at the outside spigot. Drops our water pressure a lot but I don't want to drink the water from the fridge otherwise.
Actually, David Bott from Outside Our Bubble did a video on his Full House RV System! Check out: ruclips.net/video/zTyZm6EiCag/видео.html
I went to the companies website and could not find any NSF certification for these. In having read about these types of water purifiers I know that the strength of the UV light as well as the time the water is exposed to it make all the difference as to
their effectiveness. It would be nice to see the independent certification and the NSF rating.
NSF/ANSI 55 Class ‘B’ and NSF/ANSI 372 certified by IAPMO R&T
Mark,1 pumped RO unit before your storage tank would supply all the water you could ever use. Plus using purified water for your whole motorhome will keep your mineral deposits to a minimum. 😉
All the RO units I am familiar with use water for back flushing. We needed a system that did not use any water to do any of its job!
@@OurJourneyInMyles I put it between the outside hookup and the prefilter in your basement. Clean water goes to storage tank and waste water on ground or sewer hose. My whole motorhome is supplied with R/O water.😉
Interesting video....thank you. Since I don't have a plug under my sink and don't see any wiring, I am a bit kerfuffled about the installation. Perhaps Sue could be of assistance? Happy Thanksgiving to you both.
I would think that most folks would run a new 12v line to underneath the sink. That is way safer and easier to do in an RV. We just happened to have the 120V ac already under our sink area!
What other filters do you use in addition to what is shown in the video? Are you protected against PFAs with your system?
We did a video on the filters that we currently use about two years ago. It is still current. See "RV LIVING- FRESH WATER TANK SANITIZING, FILTERS & SOFTENER MAINTENANCE-EP51" ruclips.net/video/M1KYaF7yyIw/видео.html
The pre-filter shown in this Acuva video will remove lead, heavy metals, chlorine (99%), chromium 6, mercury, carcinogens, and other contaminants (99%), as well as turbidity, unpleasant odors, and improves taste. Sorry, but I do not specifically know if I am protected against PFAs. I know an RO system would again need to be sanitized.
Come on you are not that old! You can bend and twist!
You underestimate you abilities.
I have confidence in you!
Thanks buddy. I ended up doing most of the job,.....especially after the leak happened! But I had Sue handing me tools, lights, tape, screws,....you name it,.....to me like a surgical assistant.
@@OurJourneyInMyles when I do a job on the floor i plan on what i need so i dont have to keep going up and down. But loosing the weight has made it easier.
Hi Mark and Sue. Love your vids. I have watched this video when it came out and now 2 years later I'm thinking of a filter for our full time home in our RV.
I would like to know if you still use this purifier and do you still like it?
We still rely on this Acuva UV Sanitizer for all our drinking/coffee & tea and cooking water. We bottle 10 gallons of water using the Acuva UV unit every time we decide to travel without hookups for a few days. This is what Sue prefers to do for HER. I (Mark) will make coffee with this water directly from our RV water tank as well. The water entering the RV first goes through our Clearsource 5 and 1 micron filters that are attached to the park water supply. The water then travels to the Advanced Pre-Filter that is mounted next to the Acuva Unit, and supplies the flow it sanitizes. From the UV unit, the water flows directly to the sink countertop faucet. We would recommend folks get this the day they pick up their rig! We do not have a Berkey. (Too big & in the way.)
Why not install on the water line into fridge? Seems you would not need the added faucet, extra fittings and tubing. The fridge is where we get all our drinking water from now. I have added a pump and use 3 gallon jugs of bottled water into the fridge now. This looks like a better idea with less work.
We have a friend that draws water from a 5 gallon jug as well. He has a small pump to send the water up from his basement. Our fridge has an ice maker. The flow when demanded is really, really slow. I wonder if the sanitizer would even turn on. This would require looking into! Filling a glass of water would be fine. We really like having the faucet. We use about 1.5 +/- gallons a day.
Hi Guys, I really enjoy the video. We had one of the original Acuva unit back in 2017 in our last Rig. I decided to get the upgrade one for our Tiffin since you recommended it, The only problem is the OJIM10 code didn't work but we purchased anyway. Can you tell us where to purchase extra hose. I know we will need it as our rig, like yours, we have more space under the sink that we must navigate around. Thanks..
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Look at our video at 12:28 seconds in to see the part number for the tubing. I ordered the additional saddle just to make certain I would have the correct brass ferrule. (I damaged my first one.) ruclips.net/video/hVc_8FVojDI/видео.html
@@OurJourneyInMyles Thanks for the info, I damaged the brass ferrule on the first one I installed on my other RV. I remember having to make a mad run to Homedepot and finding a very knowledgeable guy in plumbing who gave me a couple of extra ferrules and the correct tubing. I'm sure Acuva will remember me because as I had to send 2 head units back. The third one was perfect and added value to the rig when we sold it. The folks at Acuva were great to work with as they where just starting out with the RV model. I just wanted to make sure you got credit for the sale since I ordered the newer model.
If I winterize using a air blow out method will the filter and uv Generator be ok or do you need to remove and store inside?
It is so easy to remove the main unit with the spring DIN rail attachment and to snap out the filter, I would remove them for sure. The 1/4 tube fittings are push/pull friction fits.
How much was the white filter? Did that come with it or separate? Does this taste like filtered water? That’s my hope.
The standard filter comes with the system, or you can "upgrade" to the advanced system pre-filter one. I list the advanced filter in our Amazon Store. I think buying the actual UV unit directly from Acuva is best. You will get the latest version of the unit. The filters are OK to get from Amazon. Water tastes fine.
I'm with you Mark, I like the taste of our Berkey water, but hate that it takes up so much space on the counter. Just curious if you were able to smell or taste anything strange using the Acuva water from the tap? Great segment and install demo - you made it look really easy too. Happy Thanksgiving and Safe Travels guys!
SO FAR SO GOOD. No extra taste or smell. We do have the pre-filter. We have used it drawing off the tank while at National Indoor RV Center. It was just fine,.......
@@OurJourneyInMyles thanks for the feedback guys. Happy thanksgiving
Admirable demonstration of flexibility and youthfulness, Mark! May you and Sue have a great Thanksgiving!
Same to you Neal,.....and Happy Thanksgiving as well.
Way to expensive!
We love this thing though! It makes us all the water we need, when we need it, without thinking or planning!
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I purchased and installed the Acuva ArrowMAX 1.2 UV-LED Water Purifier in my RV about a year ago. I recently went to Acuva's website to order a replacement "Advanced Pre-Filter" and had a less than acceptable experience. Acuva charges $50.00 for the filter and their online order system apparently defaults to the $27.00 2--day DHL shipping (even though I selected the slower $10.00 shipping option. I didn't learn about the high shipping cost until I received an invoice by email with the higher charge. I called Acuva the next morning and they said they couldn't change the shipping and that they would cancel the order. A few hours later, I received another email with the DHL shipping tracking number. I called Acuva back again and they said they were sorry that they could not intercept the order but, offered to refund $17.00 for the premium shipping (which they said they never do). I received the filter 2 days later and looked it up on the web. It's made by Woder in Tulsa OK and the part number is WD-4K-ADV-JG (woder.com/products/wd-4k-adv-jg/). Woder sells the filter retail online for $35.00 and no shipping charge. Acuva is price-gouging their customers for replacement/consumable parts. I like Acuva's system and it works as advertised. However, I won't do business with a company that gouges their customers on parts. Acuva should not be selling a $35.00 filter for $67.00.
I think I bought my first one from Acuva as well to make certain I had the correct part number. We now have it in the "Fresh Water System Equipment" section in our Amazon Store for under $40 with free shipping as of 11-25-2022. I would still only buy any extra 1/4 plastic tubing you might need from them directly. The stuff I bought at a big box store that looked identical, didn't work as well. The stuff from Acuva was much thicker and did not leak.