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View the SMART filtration test report Chlorine keeps city water safe on its way to your tap, but nobody wants to taste it, smell it or drink what it leaves behind. Add the metals and trace chemicals that can ride along in older pipes and treated supplies, and one plain carbon cartridge starts to look thin. The SMART water filter replacement cartridge is Crystal Quest's flagship multi-media cartridge. Instead of one media doing one job, it packs coconut shell carbon, catalytic carbon, two Crystal Quest Eagle Redox Alloys, ion-exchange resin, and ceramic and tourmaline media into a single shell, so several kinds of treatment happen in one pass. At a glance Four sizes: match the size or part number on your system or cartridge sticker. Three capacity levels: Plus, Ultra and Ultimate use different ERA media ratios to extend cartridge lifespan. One cartridge, multiple media: coconut shell carbon, catalytic carbon, redox alloy and ion-exchange resin, plus ceramic and tourmaline media. Typical replacement: 12 to 24 months, about 18 months for most homes. Water quality and usage affect actual life. Lab tested for chlorine: the IAPMO R&T test report above is yours to read in full. What you are looking at Each SMART cartridge is a sealed shell with polypropylene end caps, polyolefin inner and outer wraps, polyethylene netting and Buna-N gaskets. Inside, the media sit in layers that blend slightly where they meet. A single 1-micron filter pad at the base supports them and catches fine particles. The sticker on the front gives the size, the SMART level and the part number, which is the fastest way to reorder the right one. How SMART media works Coconut shell carbon: adsorption Activated carbon is riddled with microscopic pores, and Crystal Quest's acid-washed coconut shell carbon has roughly 1,050 square meters of internal surface in every gram. Organic chemicals such as many VOCs, pesticides and the compounds behind chemical tastes and odors stick to that surface as water passes. Carbon also reacts with free chlorine and converts it to harmless chloride. Catalytic carbon: the chloramine stage Many cities now disinfect with chloramine, a longer-lasting blend of chlorine and ammonia that ordinary carbon handles slowly. Catalytic carbon is coconut carbon with a more reactive surface that breaks chloramine down more effectively. Because every Crystal Quest carbon blend pairs regular and catalytic carbon, you do not need to know which disinfectant your city uses. ERA 6500 and ERA 9500: redox Eagle Redox Alloy is Crystal Quest's own copper-zinc redox media. As water flows over the granules, electrons move between the metals and dissolved contaminants (oxidation and reduction). ERA 6500 is built for chlorine reduction. ERA 9500 is built for ferrous iron and hydrogen sulfide. Redox chemistry also converts some dissolved metals into forms that stay on the media. The ratio of ERA in the blend is the main difference between Plus, Ultra and Ultimate; it changes between the levels to extend cartridge lifespan. Ion-exchange resin: metals A modest amount of potable-grade ion-exchange resin trades harmless ions for dissolved metal ions, adding a metals step that carbon alone does not provide. Ceramic and tourmaline media Ceramic and tourmaline balls help condition the water and support a balanced, slightly alkaline pH. Filter pad A 1-micron filter pad at the base keeps the media in place and adds particle filtration inside the cartridge. No overall micron rating is claimed for the cartridge. What it reduces Primary targets: Chlorine and chloramine, and the taste and odor they cause Heavy metals, including lead and mercury at lower levels VOCs, THMs and other disinfection byproducts Pesticides and herbicides Pharmaceutical residues and other organic chemicals Particles, through the 1-micron filter pad at the base of the cartridge Also reduced: ferrous iron and hydrogen sulfide (the rotten egg smell) through ERA 9500, at the low levels a cartridge stage is meant for. Performance depends on the contaminant, incoming water quality, flow and cartridge condition; for a specific water problem, match treatment to your water test results. Not designed to treat: hardness, total dissolved solids (TDS), fluoride, nitrate, arsenic or bacteria and viruses. For those, choose a dedicated stage or a SMART combination: SMART + Calcium GAC Fluoride, SMART + Aluminum Oxide Fluoride, Nitrate Removal + SMART, Arsenic Removal + SMART or Alkalize/Ionizer, Mineralizer & Oxidation + SMART. Plus, Ultra or Ultimate? The key difference is the ERA (Eagle Redox Alloy) media ratio and resulting service capacity. Within the same size, Plus offers the lowest upfront cost, Ultra adds capacity, and Ultimate provides the highest capacity and longest service life of the three. Actual replacement timing still depends on your water and use. Use “Which SMART?” beside Type for the full comparison. Rated flow stays the same across all three levels of a given size. Com...