PENTEK-150072#10 Standard Blue/Clear Filter Housing, 3/4"

The filter body is rugged and good value. The clear body makes it easy to check how dirty the filter is. The threads worked nicely with 3/4 NPT pipe fittings.

Not that it’s a bad product, it’s big and solid. The problem is it’s expensive, and if you need the wall mount…more money, and the spanner wrench…more money. It all adds up to, too much money for this housing.

Parecía buen producto, fuerte, resistente, de calidad, muy bonito. Pero tiene la etiqueta causa cáncer y problemas reproductivos "Warning-Cancer and Reproductive Harm". Por lo menos son sinceros en dejar la etiqueta de advertencia o porque la ley los obliga, y ya uno decide qué hacer. Mejor lo regresé, no me arriesgo, se supone que busca uno un filtro por salud lo que menos se espera es lo contrario, mejor nada. Lástima porque está muy bonito y transparente.

There aren't as many options for filter housings without pressure relief valves, but this one is definitely worth it. The pressure relief valves on just about any of these will eventually leak if you keep using them because they're not made well. I had to remove and plug the last one up because it wouldn't stop leaking. Then the old housing started leaking because of a hairline crack. The Pentek 150072 is much beefier than what it replaced - both the blue upper and clear lower housing are thicker and very solid. My only gripes are that you have to get the bracket separately (Pentek 150578 MC-1A Bracket for 3/4" 3G Filter Housings) and the female threads could be tighter. The first shot at installing this with CPVC fittings resulted in a very slow leak from the fitting on the outlet side even though I used plenty of PTFE thread tape with thread sealant and fully threaded the fitting into the housing. The second try was with brass fittings, PTFE thread tape with thread sealant, and fully threading the fitting into the housing resulted in no leaks. Even when the 3/4in NPT male fittings fully threaded there are still about 3/8in of the female threads exposed inside the housing. I'm not sure if they make 3/4in fittings with longer male threads (didn't seem to be any CPVC ones), but that would also help prevent leaks on the first shot. The filter housing screws smoothly onto the upper housing and compresses the o-ring nicely. It only needs to be hand tight to seal. There are nice protruding ribs on the housing that make it easy to grab and loosen by hand. A plastic wrench would have been nice but isn't really needed. All in all this is a solid housing that's a bit more expensive than other options, appears to be well made, and will hopefully last longer without leaking.

It gets the job done well.