How To Change Your Kinetico K5 Drinking Water Station® Filters

The Kinetico K5 Drinking Water Station® is designed so you know when your filters need to be changed. The PureMometer® (located at the top of the K5 above the MACguard® postfilter) has a blue gauge that shows you how much filter capacity remains. When the gauge is about ¾ of the way up, your postfilter is at full or near-full capacity. When the gauge is less than halfway, your filter is close to the end of its useful life, indicating the need for a filter change soon.

All Kinetico drinking water filter cartridges are designed and rated to filter 500 gallons of water. When the PureMometer indicates the postfilter needs to be changed, all the K5 filters should be changed at the same time.

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How do you know when to change your K5 Filters?

We suggest keeping a replacement set of filters on hand so you never have to go without reverse osmosis water because you are unprepared for a filter change.

Learn more about the Kinetico K5 Filter Cartridges

TheKinetico K5 Drinking Water Station uses three standard filters - one to remove chlorine, another to remove contaminants such as metals and nitrates, and one more to eliminate additional compounds that could result in foul tastes and odors. The Standard Filter Cartridges include two sediment prefilter options, the reverse osmosis membrane and a postfilter. The Kinetico K5 Drinking Water Station with VOC Guard includes the 3 standard filter cartridges, plus the VOC Guard Filter, which reduces volatile organic compounds like pesticides, paints, cleaning supplies and other chemicals that may be in your water.

	Sediment Prefilter The Sediment Prefilter cartridge is designed to reduce sediment content during the prefiltration stage. It is commonly used for well water supplies.
	High Capacity Carbon/Sediment Prefilter The High Capacity Carbon/Sediment Prefilter cartridge is designed to reduce sediment and chlorine content during the prefiltration stage. It is most generally used for municipal water supplies or in cases where water is treated with chlorine.
	K5 Reverse Osmosis Membrane The reverse osmosis membrane is the heart of the K5 Drinking Water Station and its design is exclusive to Kinetico. It is not a FlexFilter and does not need to be replaced regularly like FlexFilters.
	Taste And Odor Postfilter The K5 Drinking Water Station’s postfilter reduces tastes, odors and aesthetic chlorine before water is consumed to ensure it tastes great.
	Perchlorate Guard The Perchlorate Guard cartridge significantly reduces perchlorate in water. Perchlorate is a byproduct of certain forms of manufacturing, but it can also occur naturally.
	Purefecta® Guard The Purefecta® Guard cartridge generates biopure drinking water by significantly reducing 99.99999% of bacteria and 99.99% of viruses.
	VOC Guard Our VOC Guard significantly reduces volatile organic compounds like pesticides, paints, cleaning supplies and other chemicals that may be in your water. * VOC Guard filter cartridge comes standard with the K5 Drinking Water Station with VOC Guard.
	Mineral Plus The Mineral Plus is an additive cartridge that lets you add beneficial minerals such as magnesium and calcium to your treated drinking water.
	Arsenic Guard The Arsenic Guard cartridge is specifically designed to reduce arsenic (AS III) in water.
	Chloramine Guard The Chloramine Guard cartridge is designed to significantly reduce chloramine, a chemical compound made of free chlorine and ammonia. Chloramine is used to treat approximately 1/3 of US municipal water sources.

Filter Change Alerts

1. Check the PureMometer periodically; it will alert you when a filter change is impending. The lower the blue gauge sits in the window, the less time you have before your filters run out of capacity. If the gauge is at or near the bottom of the window, you can be proactive and change your cartridges before the flow of water at the faucet significantly slows or shuts off.
2. You can wait to change the filters until the flow of water at the faucet stops or slows considerably. To verify a filter change is indeed needed, check the PureMometer. Slow or no water flow plus the blue gauge at the bottom of the window indicate the need to change the filters.

When your K5 filters need to be replaced, contact your local Kinetico dealer to schedule a system sanitization and filter change. Having a Kinetico water expert perform the service ensures your system will be properly cared for.

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If you prefer, you can perform the filter change on your own by following the steps below.