IPW Industries, Inc. - Bulk Activated Carbon - Coconut Shell Granular Activated Charcoal (GAC) for Water Filtration and Replacement Media (20lbs.)

Live off grid in a hostile environment. I live off grid in Alaska bush.. my water source is from a spring fed creek Water is clear and cold.. However much of Alaska water contains arsenic and carbon removes it. This product also removes other products from water that are harmful. I built a carbon filter out of 4 inch diameter ABS 48 inches long with a small drain hole in bottom. It contains and slows water flow long enough to eliminate elements i do not need or want. This is a good product..

Glad to see that waste products from the coconut industry have been put to good use out their in Southern California where lots of coconuts and fibrous products are abundant

Bought 2 20# bags to refill my large Pelican water softener system (filter). Refilll etc went fine BUT (and this is big) there was a huge amount of charcoal dust and fine grit that even after a lot of backwashing and use (3 weeks so far), still comes through and gets into and clings to everything. I had asked IPW what the mesh size was - they replied 10x30. Well maybe some of it, but there was, like I said, a lot of smaller stuff that just isn't fun to deal with.

Have had a chance to use the IPW Ind. GAC in our water filtration system for a few weeks. Works well. As with all GAC we've tried, it needs to be rinsed to remove the dust and soaked to help remove the phosphates from the acid used to activate the charcoal. We're happy with it and will order more.

I replaced the media in my pelican (now pentair) water filter with this product. Worked perfectly. Pentair doesn't sell direct to the public any longer, but home depot sells a kit for $269 (ouch). Just order this media for about $98 and make your own funnel out of a plastic milk jug. The old o-ring was still good, just a little lube is all that it needed. Youtube has the instructions on how to do it. Good luck.

If you're planning to use this in a water filter design, you're going to need to test the PH as you run water through it. When I first started using it, lye was about all I got. It took a while for all of the lye to get cleaned out and start working properly.

Good for emergencies if you swallow poison this is said to detox you. Is said to trap mold spores and reusable if you put in Sun uv will renew or sanitize it

I did everything possible to remove most of the fines, before I installed into the tank, but still took about 4 weeks of using before fines settled down. I originally poured the charcoal into a homemade fine screen unit and flushed it with the garden hose, several times. This still did not get enough out. Look for another company with less fines in it's product, if that is possible. If need I would buy it again and work even harder to get rid of fines for installing.

Excellent item and fast shipping

très bon produit pour un système de filtration d eau. facile a manipuler.

Arrived promptly . Does a great job of purifying my well water

Unfortunately the size of the carbon was too small for what I required. I needed it for an air purifying unit. I gave the media to a friend to planting purposes. If there is a larger sized media I would buy it.