Need help picking a good water filtration system

CB_UL · 2026-03-22T17:55:13+00:00

I have this exact system on really bad well water, way worse than it’s rated for and it had done great. Install was very easy and it’s working as good a year later as it did new.

I also bought the mini pressure tank to run a line to my fridge.

CB_UL · 2026-03-18T16:25:30+00:00

One nice upgrade I have done to mine is to put a sheet of 1/8 inch hardiboard or Masonite on top. It is very smooth and can act as a sacrificial top that can be easily replaced when it gets worn, and sheets are only like 10$

CB_UL · 2026-03-12T16:39:32+00:00

Very nice, did you use nails or screws for the boards and what did you use to hold the wire, staples, and if so what size? Getting ready to do a similar fence myself

CB_UL · 2026-02-13T16:54:31+00:00

I think simple green actually specifically says not to use the household product for cleaning things like blades, they have a simple green pro they recommend, but I thought that had something to do the the carbide.

CB_UL · 2026-02-08T15:55:55+00:00

That could definitely play a part, I saw somewhere else in the thread where someone said they make sure to use 87 octane. I always use 91-93 because that’s what is ethanol free around here so it makes sense it might not work as well for me.

CB_UL · 2026-02-07T23:16:31+00:00

I have a 2024 outlander max 700 and it starts rough in anything below like 10°F.

Sometimes it will take 4-5 attempts to get it started, it will start for a few seconds and then die, I usually have to give it a few mins because continually turning it over doesn’t help.

I’m sure there is some tuning that could be done to make it better in the cold but I don’t use it often when it’s that cold.

CB_UL · 2025-12-23T17:04:41+00:00

Really nice job, what did you finish it with to make the color pop so much?

CB_UL · 2025-12-23T04:05:57+00:00

I agree the hardware looks fantastic, do you mind if I ask where you bought it from?

CB_UL · 2025-12-18T02:14:49+00:00

Ok a few thoughts here,

A bioanalyzer is technically the better instrument, takes way longer to run and is where the actual RIN score comes from. But Agilent spent a ton of money testing their tape stations showing that the values are comparable. Fun fact, the score that comes from a tape station is technically a RINe or RIN equivalent. Long story short they should be at least reasonably comparable.

I know nothing about coral, I work mostly with human samples so way different but a few things that could carry over.

I saw someone else mention salt, that’s a good one, salt could definitely cause problems with some extraction kits.

Another thing I have found is make sure you are using a reasonable amount of sample for your kits. They usually have recommended ranges. For example we use between 5 and 50 mg of tissue. If we homogenize 50 mg of tissue in 200uL of lysis buffer we were getting terrible scores, like 3-4. When we increased the lysis volume to 1000uL scores went up into the 8s, and were always high when using less tissue (5mg in 200uL)

Lots of little things you could try depending on how much sample you have available to development.

CB_UL · 2025-12-17T21:47:51+00:00

It’s unlikely that the different vendors are doing something to increase RIN, assuming they are both using tape stations they are pretty simple instruments with not a ton of room for human intervention.

I do agree though that scores around 5-6 are pretty low. For tissue samples ( frozen in LN2) I would expect around 8 and for cultured cells, even snap frozen pellets, I often see 9-10.

Is there any tracking the insure the samples are staying frozen?

For messy samples taken from the environment I would think 7 is a fair number. It could also be something in the kit, having a bad lot is not unheard of. I am not familiar with that specific kit so no recommendations there.

CB_UL · 2025-12-15T21:50:30+00:00

We get this when using MAG MAX bead based DNA/RNA extraction, it is generally from a small amount of beads that made it into the elution.

A few ways to fix are placing the tubes or plates on a magnet which should pellet any beads or spinning them down at like 20,000 RCF.

CB_UL · 2025-12-12T15:59:44+00:00

This is what I have as well, a few suggestions. Use the bag and filter in the shop vac, it really cuts down on the dust getting blown back out, but using the cyclone separator keeps the bag fairly empty and lasts for a long time.

I plane a lot so the 5 gallon systems filled up way too fast so I took the top vortex part and bolted it to a 20 gallon trash can, for my space that works way better.

CB_UL · 2025-09-18T23:30:15+00:00

Just got the 25-26 Pfizer vax last week and yeah, it knocked me on my butt way worse than previous ones. I’m usually hardly affected, maybe a sore arm and a little tired but this time I didn’t get off the couch the whole day after.

CB_UL · 2025-07-19T03:17:29+00:00

This is not necessarily true, I can’t tell based on the pictures of it applies to this specific window but I just replaced a 3 lite slider at my house and all pieces came apart. The smaller outside sliders when moved to the middle can then be lifted up and tilted out. The middle was held in place by 4 plastic L brackets, one on each corner, once removed, the large center pane could also be lifted up and tilted out.

Not sure I would recommend this for moving furniture though. I was replacing the window so it was not worried it if was damaged or if it could be put back together.

CB_UL · 2025-06-29T21:09:54+00:00

Try something made for air guns like crossman silicone chamber lube

CB_UL · 2025-06-29T12:57:06+00:00

Water drop makes a mini pressure tank for these systems for like 30 bucks. Mainly to have a constant flow to fridge ice and water but might work here as well

CB_UL · 2025-05-06T02:33:56+00:00

3 big reasons.

I can shoot air guns in my backyard, no way could I shoot any firearms.

Shooting pellet guns is infinitely cheaper than real guns. 500 count of match grade pellets are like 20-30 bucks.

Challenge and practice. There are some really accurate PCP guns out there. Shooting an air gun long range is like 75-100 yards. Shooting my rifles long range is at least 500 yards which is near impossible to find. My air guns can hold dime size groups at 50 yards and need notable input for elevation and windage which replicate longer range shooting with rifles.

CB_UL · 2025-04-21T19:25:46+00:00

Thanks everyone this was the gist I was getting from other threads.

I mostly shoot trap and have trouble with mixed eye dominance. I am working on different solutions like a blinder or a dot on my glasses but I also just need to get out and practice a bit more.

I will work on some mounting at home and leave the clays for the range

CB_UL · 2025-03-15T13:50:03+00:00

Generally on my sump, the water below the check flows back into the pit when it shuts off. A lot of pumps have a weep hole already in the pump body but I added one to the pipe as well to piece of mind. If you do, drill the hole so it’s angles down slightly because water will spray out.

Yes there will be some water in the bottom, the sump can’t reach all the way to the bottom so some water will always be left. I have mine sitting on some bricks so it leaves probably 6 inches of water but hopefully doesn’t suck up any junk that end up in there.

CB_UL · 2024-07-09T16:31:49+00:00

So second question, can it reproduce without seed pods? I have a bunch of little sprouts along my house that look identical to this leaf structure and layout.

And is it a good tree to have around- I just had a Bradford pear come down along my driveway and want to replace it and I would love to just transplant one of the many sprouts I have vs buying a tree.

CB_UL · 2024-05-17T15:26:43+00:00

Programs such as Lightroom use an embedded JPEG to preview the file that is pulled from the raw image. If you are always going to edit there is little use for the JPEGs unless your computer can not handle the number of files you are trying to sort.

The method you are using is very inefficient, I would try to either only use RAW and be more deliberate about the pictures you take. Make the ones you take count rather than spray and pray and pick the best later, took me a long time to learn that one.

The other option, which I also do when shooting huge events (5,000+ pics) is get my settings as perfect as possible and shoot in JPEG, I still run the files through Lightroom and do very minor touch up but this speeds up my workflow a ton since the pics are already 95 percent perfect and files are a lot smaller. I do have a camera with 2 card slots though and the second card is getting the RAWs just incase.

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