Gary Slusser wrote:
subeluvr wrote:
Gary Slusser wrote:

The fact is that most people don't know that 99% of all 'filters' are
not "certified" due to the high prices the NSF charges for
certification BUT, those non-certified filters use the same components
as the certified 'filter'. And usually work just as well, kinda like
generic drugs.

NSF certification is a bit like the BBB, or Consumer Reports. People
rely on their 'service' without knowing that the vast majority of
companies and products are never included.

Gary
Quality Water Associates

"And usually work just as well, kinda like generic drugs".

Generic drugs undergo stringent certification and must adhere to rigid
parameters before being certified for sale to the public ... unlike
"plain wrapper" filters made by who knows who in who knows where that
may or may not do what the sellers would have you believe they do.

Seems like you still do get what you pay for and a dollar's worth for a
dollar is still the best deal around.

It seems like you may know something about generic drugs. It also seems
that your knowledge doesn't extend to knowing much about water
treatment equipment, the manufacturers of it or the quality of that
equipment; including the government regulations on both. It also seems
you've fallen prey to the anti business scare tactics of consumer
groups and their supporters, but I may be wrong so if possible, show
some proof of your position.

Gary
Quality Water Associates

The reality of testing a product, ANY product, to certify that it does
what it is portrayed, designed, and sold to do is not restricted to any
industry. It isn't limited to generic or patented drugs and applies
universally to ANYTHING. Sure, an untested product may do it's job as
well as the tested product but how do we know without testing?

Without testing and certfication the buying public is left to the spiel
of the salesperson.

How about you show some proof that generic plain wrapper water
treatment products that are not tested or certified in any way do
anything that they are portrayed to do by whomever is printing whatever
they like on a label in some third world country and shipping them to
the US to be sold by "water treatement experts" with no credentials and
no certifications themselves.

That a filter says "5 micron" on it only matters if someone has tested
it to do so and then certifies those testing results. That you say the
generic filter does so is your unsubstantiated opinion UNLESS you have
untaken testing these filters and can provide the results of those
tests by an independent testing facility or failing that ... NSF
cetification, but that gets us back to the meat of the thread.

While you may accept less than expected performance from generic
filters and generic drugs I prefer them to do as advertised ...
especially my generic drugs.

There isn't anything in the marketplace that someone won't sell you a
similar product cheaper and that's OK as long as it does the same job
as the more expensive tested and certified competing product OR you are
aware that it doesn't. That YOU say it does the same job without hard
data or testing to back your opinion up is well ... just the spiel of a
salesperson..