I have an RO faucet for just the cold drinking water-but this site is great and my faucet is not ugly (my old one was).

Here is a link that might be useful: RO faucet

Thanks for your reply. That is a nice-looking faucet, but I don't see anything about instant-hot on that site. I LOVE my instant hot for tea, and I also use it for pasta or steaming vegetables. It saves me time in cooking. Looking at that site did make me think maybe I want to hook up my filtered water to the freezer also, for ice cubes.

My filtered water is hooked to the freezer and in fridge water too!

cpang, do you still have a ro faucet along with the fridge hook-up? I am curious because I was thinking of connecting my r.o. system to the fridge only. Is this possible?

astridh -- my husband is better suited to answering your question but from what I remember him telling me: RO water is not just corrosive to the tank / pipes / tube (I think he said "tank" but I'm including it all in case I've forgotten) in an insta-hot, it is dangerous to the drinker. (it's dangerous because what the RO water corrodes is carried through the water supply to your cup of tea)

He really wanted RO water and I really wanted just one faucet. So, we're going with just one faucet that does insta-hot AND filtered water. We've decided to live with it a while and see if the filtered water is good enough. If it is, great. If it's not, then I guess we'll either have to reassess (and get another faucet) or be prepared to frequently replace the insta-hot tank.

I wish I had more details for you -- when I talk with him later I'll ask to see what pertinent info I left out.

I found a panoply of great-looking faucets -- Brasstech and Little Gourmet (Mountain Plumbing) both have a slew of styles and finishes. (We purchased a Little Gourmet faucet and insta-hot tank -- I think it's a Culligan filtered water system?)

Several Questions... What is warranting the RO system? Have you had your water tested or is it just what everyone has in the area. Alot of times it is not really needed and you can do a whole house system that would alleviate your issues and you could simply have a instant hot. If not, I know of a couple manufactures that offer hot/cold faucets in one. HOWEVER, RO voids the warranty with most every faucet and toilet line, hot water heaters, etc. The main reason is that RO takes out all of the elements and minerals and as the water travels through copper, etc it tries to take those minerals back out of the piping and causes leaks, pin holes, etc.

We have an RO under the sink and it is also hooked up to our filter water in the fridge (and ice). The water in our area is terrible and we basically have to have one.

SubZero merely notes that the RO water has to be at least a specified pressure for their icemaker to function correctly.

RO water should be plumbed using polyethylene tubing and (for convenience) John Guest type fittings, with metal used only where essential, such as the faucet. A stainless steel faucet would be the most highly resistant among the usual metals, but I have used a chrome plated brass faucet for several years without it developing leaks.

Faucets don't hold much water volume, so brief flushing should be enough to assuage any fear, founded or not.

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Thanks to you all for your replies. Our reason for having the RO filter is that our local water smells and tastes disgusting. It is city tap water and not a health risk. We drink a lot of water, coffee, and tea, and all taste much better with the RO filter. We tried Britta before and the water was still bad. I don't want to waste all the plastic and have the hassle of bottled water. I will look into Quick & Hot and the WaterStone.

We are considering an RO filter b/c from what I can tell from my research, it's the only system that removes nitrates & nitrites...both of which our well water tested in the "high normal" range. We were told that children under 2 and pregnant or nursing women should not drink our water.

We are also considering an InstaHot and had heard the same things. SS is OK? I had not heard that.

We just replaced our polybutelyne water pipes w/PVC...are these pipes compatible w/a whole-house RO system? [I had not thought about a whole-house system before...but definitely something to think about.]

Does anyone know of a different filtering system that will remove nitrates & nitrites?

Sorry if this is a hijack...but if we can all find a different filtering system that won't damage instant hot water tanks, I think it would solve the OP's problem as well.