Tomd
Don't want to appear to be argumentative, but heres something you might consider. I live in TX. We have some lakes here that have been as low as 25 ft below normal. It doesn't matter if you buy a steel filter, all of the sediment and gunk that comes in from the lake water will destroy a filter in a matter of short time. As a matter of fact I have ordered from the website you posted and was no more impressed with those filters than the ones I bought from Home Depot. As a matter of fact, I went as far as to call the manufacturer of some of the filters (carbon and sediment) and they told me that basically all filters are the same when comparing say a 1 micron filter to another. They had nothing to gain from telling me this as the supply these filters to not only people like Home Depot but also fish entity stores as well. Thought I would interject this. I am still looking for DI resin if anyone knows where I can buy some. The stuff off of Ebay seems to work well. I have had no trouble with it - just want to buy more than 1.5 lbs at a time.
Thanks!