KENT Excell Plus RO Water Purifier (11003) | RO+UV+UF+TDS Controller | Under the Counter | Patented Mineral RO Technology| 7L Storage | 15 L/hr…

 One year update!
Love this filter! It’s worked great the whole year. It became a little louder and slower right at the one year mark, but our well water is likely the culprit as it has lots of sediment. It still worked great right up till the filter change. I put in a service request through the app. Got a message confirming date and time within 24 hours. Service person came early!!! Called ahead to make sure we were there. Same person who installed, so it was quick and tidy changing the filters. The West Bangalore service person is really excellent! We paid for the filters but not the service. Good deal. Back to being a quiet and fast filter. Definitely still recommend this filter.

Origin review:
So far so good with this a few weeks in! Filter is super quiet. I have to look for the lights to see if it is on. Taste is excellent. I love having the filter out of sight. The tap is super convenient for filling the kettle, rinsing veggies and cups, etc. Love this! I’ll update as time goes on, but it’s been perfect so far.

Delivery was quick and the driver brought it up to my 2nd floor flat. The tank was in it’s own box and the filter in another huge box.
Installation was also easy. I called the Kent number they sent in a text and got in their system. The local person called me back within 24 hours and within another 24 the install person came. This is in Bangalore, FYI. Installer was excellent! He put it exactly where we wanted it and explained the basic things of running it, service, etc. The plumbing connection he did is good with no leaks. The filter is well designed, so it’s basically hang and plug in and go, so that makes it much easier! Installer did a good job and everything has gone fine so far.

I got the Kent service app and we have four years free service with that. Kent has been good so far, and I know they have a lot of service providers in my area, so that helps. I’ll update after our first filter replacement service call!

A few notes!!!
We designed our kitchen specifically for an under counter water filter. We have a wider sink space you can see in the photos with plenty of room on the side of the drain pipe for the filter to be put in and taken out for service. The inlet water tap is also under the sink for our countertop style faucet, amd that works perfectly for this filter. Our drain pipe is in the wall, so we were able to run the filter drain directly into this alongside our sink drain pipe and fill the gap with putty. We had a plug point installed under the counter in the adjoining cabinet and cut a hole in the cabinet big enough for the plug to go in. We drilled a hole in our counter for the water tap. This was all done in a renovation prior to buying the filter! I highly recommend you renovate or design your space for this type of filter; accounting for water source, drain, plug point and space for the filter and tank all under the counter, plus a hole in the counter for the tap. If you have done that, this will be excellent! If you are not setup for this or prepared to do the renovations needed, I’d get another type of filter. This one is too huge and ugly and expensive for over counter install. And this would have been a real pain to install if we hadn’t planned for it in advance. That all said, I’d totally go through the hassle again as this has turned out so nice!

Some other details to help you plan for this I wish I’d had!
Filter mechanism size / dimensions:
8″ deep
15″ wide
20″ tall
Can be hung on the wall but can also stand up on the filters if needed, though I would not recommend that.

Tank size / dimensions
Roughly 12″ clearance space needed

I store mine on a gas cylinder wheely trolley to make it a little easier to clean around. It is a few inches smaller around than a gas cylinder. I wish they gave a wall mounted bracket for this as that would be much easier to clean around.

Go for it with this one if you want the look! It’s great!

Very satisfied with the installation process. Works wonderfully. Minimal noise. I was expecting more noise. A UTC RO is definitely more expensive (almost double) of the regular RO but from a looks perspective, this worked perfectly for our kitchen. The water also tastes fine. Initial drainage ensured clean supply after. There is a spout that comes with the system so that can be attached on the counter. Using for three days no complaints yet. Also the RO comes with 1 yr warranty and 3 years service package which gets activated when you sign up on the app.

Nice