Immediately improve the taste of your tap water with this Bench Top Water Filter and included submicron cartridge. This filter is supplied with your first cartridge, the powerful Hi-Tech Optimiser Cartridge (HTO) or the Hi-Tech Optimiser+ Cartridge (HTO+), exclusive to Pure Water Systems. The Bench Top Water Filter is excellent for removing unpleasant water tastes and odours, making staying healthy and hydrated simple. Enjoy more than just great tasting drinking water, as the Bench Top Water Filter is perfect for washing fresh produce, water for cooking, drinks like tea and coffee, pets’ water dishes, watering plants and more! 💧Why Filter Your Tap Water?Naturally occurring contaminants such as parasites and disinfection products used by Australian water authorities (such as chlorine and aluminium sulphate) can be found in our everyday tap water. Some harmful parasites like giardia and cryptosporidium cysts can even survive disinfection processes, potentially causing severe illness. The Hi-Tech Optimiser Cartridge range utilise compressed carbon technology, which has been exclusively formulated for Pure Water Systems by the world leaders of water filtration. Both the HTO and HTO+ use an electrostatic outer wrap, advanced compressed carbon block, and a pharmaceutical grade membrane to reduce unpleasant water taste, odour and over 101 contaminants. For safer and healthier water, the HTO and HTO+ allow natural and beneficial minerals to remain, while reducing potentially harmful contaminants such as chlorine, chloramine, lead, volatile organic compounds (VOCs), trihalomethanes (THMs), herbicides, pesticides and parasites, to name a few. ✅Added benefits of the Hi-Tech Optimiser+ Cartridge Choosing the Hi-Tech Optimiser+ Cartridge will provide you with superior compressed carbon block filtration with the additional benefits of reducing arsenic from your water, which commonly affects people through contamination of water sources via human activities such as mining, fracking, coal power plants and pesticides to name a few. The HTO+ will also reduce microcystins which can come from certain cyanobacteria blooms. These can be found in Australian water catchments that have calm and stable water conditions like slow-flowing rivers, which can then find their way into our drinking water catchments. Another important benefit of the HTO+ is its ability to reduce polychlorinated biphenyls and PFOA/PFOS (PFAS). Both these contaminants are introduced to the environment via industrial processes and products which have a need to be resistant to water/heat/oil/grease etc with the most publicised being firefighting foam used around airports. When using the HTO+, you know you have the best possible protection provided by the best compressed carbon block technology. A great value water filter that doesn’t compromise on quality, the Bench Top Water Filter is also easy to DIY install, connecting directly to most taps in 3 easy steps. The Bench Top Water Filters are completely portable, making it ideal for people who are renting or on the move. Bench Top Water Filter Tap Adaptors Our Bench Top Systems come standard with three tap adaptors, so you can choose one that fits your tap and quickly DIY install your water filter system. View our tap adaptor information or phone our Friendly Product Solutions Team on 1300 896 526 for information and support on which tap adaptor you will require for your tap. Please note that due to the large range of kitchen taps available on the market, e.g veggie sprayers, there could be some taps that may not fit our tap adaptors. Installation Instructions