Filter Cartridge

[jjohnwm]

Hello; Way to go overboard on the environmental guilt tripping. You are talking about a very different material that what I use. I already allow that stuff which can be practically cleaned should be cleaned. The stuff i use is not so durable. As it is I do not throw out a lot of filter material. Good for you having found a reusable material which is also an effective filter.
The later made HOB filters remind me of ink jet printers. The companies have fixed it so you have to keep buying new ink cartridges for outrageous prices. years ago i had one I could simply add ink to. For a while I had one I could add ink to the cartridge. Now the cartridge seems to be chipped and if I ad ink and try to reuse it it will not work. I
I think the OP wants to avoid having to buy a new pack of factory filter pads and I do not blame him/her. Talk about environmental waste. Years ago in a addition to other windmills I tilted at, was the excess packaging of products. Lost that one same as some of the others.

I accept the challenge. I will mail you samples of my very old underwear and allow you to judge if they are cleaned well. So far, I have not failed to launder the biological remains. I do toss underwear for things such as the elastic gets too stretched. I am not quick to toss undies with more holes that the factory included.
I tend to reuse those in my rag bin for wiping up spilled oil or grease when working on my car. I even launder those destined for the rag bin. My brother was not amused when i handed him one when he had his pickup over for some work.

I and my siblings were children back when cloth diapers were the norm. Now the disposable diapers are the norm. I lived & worked in Harlan County KY for 40 years. Saw the transition to Pampers. When we got a big flood, the rain would wash the tossed pampers out of the hollows and into the Cumberland River. Especially after the flood of 1977. I could drive from Baxter KY to Pineville KY along US Hwy 119. You could judge how high the flood waters got by the diapers in the trees along the river. I began to call the m pamper trees.

Not overboard at all, IMHO. The decision to never procreate is a major choice that profoundly impacts the course of your entire life; you've stated that you made it out of a concern for the state of the ever-more-overcrowded world. That's a serious commitment.

The decision not to throw stuff away and to keep buying more of the same disposable stuff throughout your career as a hobbyist is, by comparison, a trivial and minor impact on your life. Spend a few bucks on Poret or similar, spend a few minutes per week cleaning it, save money in the long run, and stop clogging landfills with unnecessary junk. If everybody did so, the world would be a better place, and the inconvenience is almost nil.

I get that the material you use and the material I use are completely different. That's my entire point. You are using the wrong stuff, and it is both more costly to you in the long run and causes more environmental problems. Switching to a better, more economical and more environmentally-conscious alternative is a no-brainer with no realistic downside. But...you do you...

 

[skjl47]

Hello; To the OP; if we have not run you away let this be understood. jjohn and I get along on many subjects. What you have are two different approaches to replacing filter material. You do not have to pick between. You can figure a way different form either.
I have not tried the stuff (Poret ). So cannot naysay it. Do not know the cost factor
Either way can and apparently has worked.
Good luck

 

[jjohnwm]

Hello; To the OP; if we have not run you away let this be understood. jjohn and I get along on many subjects. What you have are two different approaches to replacing filter material. You do not have to pick between. You can figure a way different form either.
I have not tried the stuff (Poret ). So cannot naysay it. Do not know the cost factor
Either way can and apparently has worked.
Good luck

Lol, I think we "get along" fine on most topics...even ones like this where you are completely wrong...

But, yes, OP, this is just a difference in general outlook on this topic. Either way, your tank will be fine. In any case, this isn't a lifetime commitment. Whatever you try is easily modified, reversed or abandoned at a later time if you wish.