Rusco/Vu-Flow 1 100 Mesh Spin Down Sediment Water Filter System

Item shipped fast and as described, complete with filter, valve and thread tape. Quality product, best thing is, its made in the USA, in central Florida even.

This is a quality filter that works very well with a shallow well pump.

Im on well water that has a lot of manganese in it. I put two of these sediment filters upstream of a Big Blue 20 DGD-2501 filter and they extend the filter element life two of three times. I do use the flushing feature fairly regularly (once a week or more in the rainy season) At first I had 100 and 250 mesh screens in these housings, but have stepped it up to 140 and 500 screens to see if I can extend the filter life even more. I great product that does exactly what I wanted. Running the washing machine is where I really see whats going on. However, if I had to do it over again, Id get the bigger housing (1.5 inlet & outlet, vice 1) to see if it would increase flow when the screens were getting plugged.

Concept good, but requires manual clearing. Spinning throws heavy contaminants outward where they sink to the bottom. Lighter material clings to the screen and clogs pores. One I bought had its cartridge screwed on too tight--could not remove to clean except with extreme force of pipe wrench & hammer(light tapping on wrench). If impurities at low enough level that could be handled by a disposable cartridge, this device could extend cartridge life, but if impurities are high then the frequent manual flushes and cleaning can be impractical. A backwashable filter would be preferable in those cases. Will clog with light silt and or fine sand requiring periodic disassembly and cleaning. If particles are coarse sand or larger, this is fine. Otherwise too much manual cleaning and pressure loss.

Product worked great until the bottom broke off. I went to flush the sediment from the filter after being installed for a few months and it broke off in my hand, spraying water everywhere.

Filter is working fine. Easy to install. Easy to clean. Saves from buying replaceable cartridges.

Best addition to my irrigation system!

Words very fine.

Works exactly as advertised

Giving it 5 stars because it works. Clogs in 5 minutes, but thats my well. Going to try adding a disk filter to pre-treat it.