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How does the Smart Shield compare to Reverse Osmosis systems?Updated 2 years ago

The Epic Smart Shield has a few advantages over RO:
1. It leaves the trace minerals in your water so there is no need to re-mineralize the water like you have to with RO.
2. It is a much better value proposition.
3. It is DIY installation whereas RO is not.
4. RO wastes a lot of water to generate one gallon of filtered water.

The one benefit that RO has compared to the Smart Shield is that RO removes fluoride up to 100% whereas the Smart Shield only removes around 30% of fluoride. We are coming out with an inline fluoride filter (for the Smart Shield) and a 3 stage system so stay tuned!

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