AquaTru Reviews

This is not a review on the product itself. Once it was delivered we realized it was just to big for our space. Our complaint is with their return policy. Aquatru makes you pay the full amount for the return. based upon the size and weight, our cheapest alternative was $91.00. We found this to be outrageous. Better make sure that this is the unit you want or you will pay dearly if you're wrong.

I have had the counter top unit for a couple of years with few problems. I recently bought their under counter unit in December 2021 and it failed in January 2022. It will not pass water at all.

I spoke with Aquatru and they offered to send a replacement manifold and tubes. They sent me a no charge purchase order. That was over three weeks ago and I have received nothing.

I have been calling their customer service number for 4 days and receive either an error message or a rapid busy tone. I have also sent them several emails with no response. I am about to contact the credit card company I used to buy this and report a fraudulent condition.

I don't know what else to do since I cannot reach them.

At no point in their marketing, nor during purchase, do AquaTru mention this product is not suitable for hard water areas. Once you’ve already bought the product, you might be lucky enough to spot the following in the small print in the manual before you use it:

“If the hardness of your water is above 10 gpg (171 mg/L), lime scale will build up rapidly on the membrane inside of the RO membrane cartridge. Scale build up will plug the RO membrane cartridge and make the system ineffective. We do not recommend the AquaTru® to be used with water in excess of 10 gpg (171 mg/L) hardness, unless the water is softened prior to the reverse osmosis system.“

If, like me, you had assembled the product before reading the manual you’ll be refused a full refund. Even if you do read the manual before assembling, you’ll need to pay for shipping both ways for a product that they don’t recommend for use in hard water areas! Given how many of us live in hard water areas surely AquaTru have a responsibility to make potential buyers aware of this limitation prior to purchase. I

Having done further research, many plumbed in reverse osmosis filter products have a backwash function to keep the reverse osmosis filter clear. It would seem these are much better suited to hard water areas. I found the following website helpful: https://roanalyst.com/best-tankless-reverse-osmosis-systems-reviews/

I have had this unit for 4 mos. Today, I washed both tanks as recommended. When I filled the tap water tank and put both tanks back in, it wouldn't power on. Yes, the unit is plugged into the wall and the unit. 1st of all: When I got it, putting the filters in was hell, very time consuming as water continued to leak all over the place. I dread replacing them. Now this.

I'm sure when I talk to them they'll instruct me on troubleshooting, which will be the equivalent of brain surgery. I emailed customer service only to receive a reply that they are in high demand and I may experience a delayed response. Well then, send me return postage, refund my money back and I will mail you this unit along with the year supply of filters.

This is ridiculous and very disappointing. AquaTrue: you better make this right and it better be an easy fix. This is bad business and I will NOT recommend this. Only reason I had trust in this product was due to Dr Mark Hyman endorsement. He is not to be trusted. He obviously has sold out for the benjamins....Shame on you all!

We used this a few times and it stopped working.. I sent email, I called, left messages, and finally one day I called I got a person.. They had me do some silly things to fix the problem.. Since I am a master tech in my trade, I was able to realize that the pump was suffering from cavitation. Our first fix, because we were soon to be going off grid completely, was to leave the "dirty water" tank full for three days before starting the filter..

Then when it was time to prepare for going off grid we stepped it up to having the boys turn off the unit before it sucked air. That has completely solved all of our problems.. The next step is to set it up on a zwave controller and time it out so we don't have to sit and watch it.. So far so good. Very happy with the filtration capability.

We have been using the AquaTru water filtration system for about a year. Loved it at first. After about 9-10 months the unit would shut off before starting the filter cycle. We ordered new cartridges (not cheap) thinking that might be the problem. The unit continued the problem.

After calling customer service at AquaTru, we were told to remove each filter cartridge and replace them and remove the tanks, then replace them and wait 1 minute before starting the cycle each time this occurs. This is just crazy. The cartridges are not easy to take off and on and I should not have to do this each time the unit malfunctions.....basically after one or two cycles.

I would NOT recommend this product due to the amount of work one has to do to run a clean tank of water. Great product when it works...but it doesn’t. Will be looking for a more reliable filtering system.

I received a unit, ordered late in 2016. Because I would not need it until I moved to a new location, I tucked away the unit and the extra filters. Then, on May 1st, the box was opened and I tried to set up the Countertop Filtration Unit. Then I realized that the power cord was missing. Next I realized that the only owner's manual was written in Cantonese.

Next I realized that I don't have everything I paid for, because the bottles of soluble alkaline lytes solution are also missing. When I looked more carefully at the paperwork, I discovered that I was charged $177.74 for "taxes" on a product worth USD $9.95. I live in Canada, so I should be charged GST, maybe HST and duty. Nothing is said about those things.

It gets worse. I looked for an address for Peter Spiegel, the CEO of AquaTru, And found one in Sherman Oaks, California, but it's bogus. It's a law firm, without an office for Mr. Spiegel. I tried to call Customer Service at 1-800-220-6570 twice between 10 AM and 12 AM PST, and I was told by a voice on an answering machine twice that I must be calling after hours. The same is true for calling the AquaTru phone number on my receipts, which is 1-800-220-6570.

My next move is to pull out all the stops. I will call Consumer Affairs, the FBI and other agencies who are better at hunting down scam artists and fraud artists than I am. While I'm at it I think I will call the Canadian government, to report their funny bookkeeping methods for charging "taxes".

At this point, I wish I had never heard of AquaTru. I can't honestly say that I trust them. I can honestly say that they sell an interesting product, but when it's incomplete and the manual is designed for citizens of the People's Republic of China instead of any English speaking country, it's totally useless!

My suggestion: if you think you like this product, based upon their videos and other online information, wait until you talk to them three times during regular business hours before you consider purchasing anything from them.

So far I love it. I have read all these reviews and none of them resembled my experience. It was easy to assemble and use. It is so convenient as it only takes 10 minutes for process to complete. If this unit does everything this company boasts I am in pig heaven. No way to know for sure without having the water tested.

Worst company and product I’ve ever dealt with. They sent me a defective unit, so I sent it back. They sent a defective replacement, so I sent it back. They sent a third one – again defective. Then they sent replacement filters. Still didn't work.

They twice sent items to the wrong address, even after I tripled-checked the address with them on the phone. I wasted hours on the phone with them and at the post office. When I’d ask to speak to a manager, I was always told they’re in a meeting. I asked for a manager and repair engineer to call me. No one ever called.

One time I insisted they put a manager on the phone, and the rep (ironically named Angel) rudely shouted me down and then hung up on me. I finally gave up and told them to send a refund – they said that after this whole nightmare, I’d have to pay return shipping. I finally got a rep who said they’d pay return shipping. Defective product, incompetent staff.

My son put the unit together as per instructions; it leaked all the water out all over the drainboard and floor. He's an engineer, so he does know how to put things together without breaking them. After it leaked I checked all the fittings and tried it again. All the water leaked out the bottom of the unit again.

My son called the customer service number; the guy at the other end couldn't tell him anything and said a supervisor would call. But no supervisor called him back. The next day I called the same number, and was told, "We never heard of that happening before, can't imagine what the problem could be."

A supervisor, "Anderson" called me that night and recommended I check the valve under the tank. But he said he didn't think that was really the problem, not with that much leakage, but check anyway just in case. He said if that didn't work he would send a Free Return Shipping Label and when they received the unit they would replace with one ... that hopefully works.

I checked the valve, that wasn't the problem. The next day, after being on hold for several minutes, I talked to a “Dolores” and she said I should be receiving the shipping label by email soon.

The label never came.

Today I tried to get a hold of “Anderson” but I was told by a “Gabe” that there were “No supervisors there.” “Gabe” said that he would leave a note for a supervisor to call and that he would “Put in an order to have a shipping label sent.”

I said, “How hard would it be to sit down and email me a shipping label?” He said, “Oh gee, sorry, wish I could help you.”

I have sent a few emails to “Customer Service” and always get “We'll be glad to help you, just call our 800 number.”

It would take one minute to send me a shipping label, but I haven't received anything from them yet.

We like the system overall. We have a whole house water filter but the water is still not completely clean. The reason we bought this AquaTru system was to get truly clean water.

Although we use it daily for a year there is no indication that a new filter is needed. We are going to order another filter now.