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The best Counter Top Water Filter: Bon
Del.
This unit will provide 10,000 gallons of
purified water.
Bon Del began when inventor Ray Ward read about
the technology NASA perfected in the '70's for filtering water using a
combination of granular activated carbon bound to silver. Ray had just moved to
Arizona in 1977 and the first thing Ray set out to do was improve the taste of
his drinking water, or as he put it, to get rid of the "little floaties" that
made the water taste funny. He did some research on water filtration. His
research led him to call NASA (National Aeronautic and Space Administration) to
get information on the bacteriostatic water purification system developed for
the Space Shuttle. Intrigued by the NASA system, he looked into the possibility
of making a smaller bacteriostatic unit for the home. NASA experts told him to
forget it—it would be too expensive.
That was all the challenge Ray Ward needed. Ray
used several combinations that ended up wrecking his kitchen and cleaning out
his bank account. Finally one night, after combining a Thermos casing with his
NASA-inspired filtration media and some plumbing fixtures, Ray realized he had
it. The prototype for what would be the Bon Del filter was born. Now in dire
financial straits, Ray put together several of the makeshift water filters and
sold them immediately. Satisfied customers bought more to sell to their friends,
and soon Ray was filling orders for his filters day and night. Ray's business
grew beyond his wildest expectations, and millions of Bon Del filters have been
sold in the last 27 years.
Bon Del Water Filters have been cleaning water
longer than any other major brand. In continuous production using NASA
technology for 27 years. As the company developed and prospered, the Bon Del
family of filters grew and became more sophisticated, as did the entire water
filtration industry.
There are many reasons Bon Del has become such a
success, but the major reason is simply this: Bon Del offers a simple,
affordable way to get the freshest tasting water possible. Our technology
consists of these basic component pieces: * Granular activated carbon absorbs
many impurities out of your water, and removes the bad tastes and smells *
Silver bonded to the activated carbon inhibits bacteria growth * Our housings
are built from plastics designed not to leach impurities into the water, and in
the case of the counter top unit are augmented by a pre-filter which removes
sediments before they even get into the main filter. Granular Activated Carbon
(GAC) is a form of charcoal which has undergone treatment by being subjected to
high temperatures and steam in the absence of oxygen. This process produces
extremely porous, small granules which have a surface area on which organic
molecules can "cling." The surface area per granule is extremely high: one pound
of GAC provides a surface area equivalent to 125 acres).
The best GAC is made from Coconut Shells
(strange but true) because the pores in the carbon are quite small and it
provides more surface area. Additionally, most filters that use carbon,
charcoal, or even Granular Activated Carbon don't bond their carbon to silver,
like we do at Bon Del. We use small amounts of silver bonded to granular
activated carbon as a proven means of inhibiting the growth of bacteria inside
the filter. The Silver Lining in Water Purification Since 1893, medical science
has used silver as a powerful bactericide and fungicide. In fact relatively
small amounts of silver in drinking water have proven effective against
Salmonella bacteria and against viruses such as Herpes. And no studies have ever
shown that silver is harmful to man. —The Silver Institute Letter, August 1987,
Volume XVII Number 4. (Italics are theirs) At Bon Del, they use small amounts of
silver bonded to granular activated carbon to make the filter an actual
purifier.
In other words, not only do we screen harmful
sediments out, we inhibit the growth of harmful organisms that otherwise would
breed inside the filter element. Silver is the proven method to do this
effectively and non-toxic ally. Made in the USA