RO vs UV, Which is Best for You ?

RO vs UV are two different technologies that are being compared in water purifiers these days. Market is full of different products same technology some costly some cheap. Customer gets confused in selecting what’s better for them and why there is so much price difference when same technology used everywhere. You might think that RO water purifiers are best, while this can be true if we only consider that it’s a high end technology, but still that doesn’t mean every home should use RO water purifier.

Water purifier selection should be based on the water supply that you receive in your area. Some water supplies that comes from clean rivers, lakes or other clean sources may have beneficial minerals and low TDS. Hence RO water purifiers will waste these important minerals which we could have naturally obtained from water.

When RO membrane filters water, it removes all soluble from water. RO membrane can’t differentiate between good minerals or bad impurities mixed in water, this might cause us loosing good water. Lets read more about RO vs UV purifiers.

This process requires very less electricity as low as 11 watts and can be used with an Inverter also. The drawback in most UV water purifiers is that the dead bodies of the microbes still remain in the treated water, so some water purifiers like Aquafresh RO use UF along with UV to clear out all the remnants of the microbes. But point to remember is that UV water purifiers are incapable of removing any other impurities from water.

RO vs UV water purifiers Difference

It’s a fact that RO water purifier is best used if water supply in your area is high TDS and hard water with lot of impurities. Before buying a water purifier we suggest you buy a TDS meter and check the TDS level in your water.