Anyone familiar with smart buddie?

Jjd531 · Jun 16, 2021

I want to get a smart buddie to use with my aquatic life twist in ro unit I also wanted to get the upgrade kit to increase my water production and further decrease my waste. My question is if my water as is, is reaching correct psi do I still need to use the booster buddie? I would like to still use it, from what I understand it will make my water production more efficient. I would assume I need more pressure for the upgrade kit but can I get too much pressure or will the smart buddie account for that and not boost my pressure?

laverda · Jun 17, 2021

You don't say what your pressure is, but the smart buddy will not make it to high. I am fairly happy with the one I have had for about 5 years now. It automatically flushes the membrane on start up, but not for long enough in my opinion.

Jjd531 · Jun 19, 2021

laverda said:
You don't say what your pressure is, but the smart buddy will not make it to high. I am fairly happy with the one I have had for about 5 years now. It automatically flushes the membrane on start up, but not for long enough in my opinion.

I don't know exactly what the pressure is as I moved my setup to the basement from upstairs (top floor, not main) and have since lost my pressure gauge I just know it was in range when I was upstairs, and assuming under the power elevation that im getting more than I was then, i just replaced all my cartridges on my unit and am testing 1tds with my hanna instruments tds checker, and im making water pretty fast. The question was general, but i assume im getting over minimum for what my carts are rated for and then some considering im now on the bottom level of the house now.