Stefani Appliances

Yes I didn't think I liked it at first ,but now I love it, but I want to know if the plastic water float to stop overflowing, would that leach nano… Read more

plastics into my water? Also it had a weird taste while the filter and system worked through a few tanks of water, which I just tipped out, but now my water Tastes Amazing and I put roughly 3 rocks of pink himalyian salt in every bottle of filtered water to remineralise it.

Very impressed with the quality and price. I highly recommend.

I've persevered with this item for nearly 6 months now, and really need to punch myself in the face for doing so. It's useless. It's also unsafe as… Read more

it regularly blows off the tap, sending water onto the floor. We've used every connection configuration that came with the product, and even had a plumber friend have a go at it. He laughed and said this shouldn't even be on market. Please, PLEASE do not waste your time and money on the Stefani piece of rubbish. We researched our options and went to Bunnings to find the filter we wanted was out of stock, despite their devices showing they had 5 on hand. We were suggested this Stefani On Tap solution and I'm kicking myself for allowing that to happen. It's complete Chinese rubbish. Just don't do it.

Good product for the price, improves water taste – I had seen the numerous negative reviews about Stefani's twin under sink filter system, however, I decided to give this triple filter system a go… Read more

because it offered the best 'bang for buck' and there were no reviews on it available at the time. And so far I am glad I did.

In 2017 I moved into a newly built home and found I was unable to drink the water due it having a nasty plastic taste. For two years I lived off bottled water until I got sick of the added expense and decided to see whether a water filter would address my plastic tasting water issue. I purchased this unit from Bunnings in Dec 2019 and have been using it up until now (April 2020).

The installation was straightforward and the instructions were easy to follow. I didn't have a great deal of height under my sink due to mid-shelf so I cut a groove into the side of the mid-shelf so that the metal mounting bracket could be mounted as high as possible under the mid-shelf (see pics, and remember to mount it high enough so that the filter cup can be removed after unscrewing downward!).

After reading the reviews of the twin system I was paranoid that the triple system would leak and flood my kitchen, so I took extra care to make sure every plastic line was cut perfectly square (flat) in order to ensure nice water tight seals. This was more tricky than you'd expect, even with an extremely sharp surgical scalpel, so it would be great to have a proper tool on hand for ensuring the plastic lines are all cut square/perpendicular. So far I have not had a single sign of leakage. Nonetheless, if I'm heading away for a weekend (or more), I turn the Stefani filter off at the T-tap (which comes in the kit) so as to eliminate any chance of a burst line flooding my kitchen while I'm away. The supplied T-tap feels a little flimsy/light, however, it's doing the job and not leaking so no grounds for complaints there.

Now to the filter itself. I have been extremely pleased with how well the filter improved the taste of my water. Myself and my partner are both now able to drink the tap water without noticing an unpleasant plastic taste. She drinks her filtered water at room temp (what a savage) whereas I always chill mine, and the taste is now great for both of us. We ran some blinded taste tests on each other to see whether we could distinguish filtered tap water from non-filtered tap water. I set up 8 identical glasses then filled 4 with filtered and 4 with non-filtered water. My partner then tasted each and attempted to sort the filtered from unfiltered, knowing that there were 4 filtered and 4 non-filtered. She then ran the same blinded experiment on me. We both correctly identified the filtered water 3 out of 4 times. So, I'm pleased that the taste has improved even with just using the 3 standard filters that came with the unit. I've considered purchasing different types of filters that are apparently more directed at removing taste, but that's something I might explore when the existing filters are due to be replaced in Dec 2020.

One aspect of this filter kit that I'm not entirely pleased with is the supplied tap. While it does the job, it's pretty cheap and doesn't look great (just has a black lever and the tap actual moves up when the lever is depressed), and when the water is running at full flow it sprays out all over the place. As such, I swapped it out for a 1-way tap I purchased from Bunnings (an Aquaport I think, for about $68). It looks much better (all chrome with a proper tap) and most importantly, the water remains smooth and laminar even when the tap is fully open (no wild splashing). If the Stefani triple kit included a better tap I would have given it a 5-star rating, but I've docked 1-star due to the disappointing tap.

In summary, it significantly improved the taste of my water, was easy to install, hasn't given me any problems so far, and I've probably already recouped the purchase cost by no longer having to purchase bottled water.

EDIT: It's now 10-months since I installed this unit and everyone in the household is still loving it. There haven't been any issues with leakage whatsoever. I will be changing all 3 filters in Dec, at which point I'll be interested to see what the filter cartridges look like.

Don't waste your time and money – Bought the product installed after 3 hrs wasting water it started working then filled 2 jugs of water just for test the water started draining for another 30 min not worth n will rise normal water bill. Show details

Water jug is great. We have terrible water in the Eyre Peninsula and this jug has made drinking water enjoyable again. Only problems is I wish I had a bigger one. Show details

Casing split overnight, flooded house - PLEASE AVOID PRODUCT! – Flooded kitchen, laundry and part of dining area. The casing plastic split overnight, causing a flood. The plastic itself split, not the seam. It was… Read more

not a particularly old casing, it was in good order generally - clearly a manufacturing fault. Cost us a lot of time and money to rectify the flood damage. DO NOT BUY. Suggest you check out bunnings reviews as well - this is not an isolated case. I'm hoping bunnings removes it from their shelves!