Water filter for motorhomes, caravans and boats
When you fill up, the CamperFilter goes in the hose between the tap and the tank. Stage 1 holds back sand, rust and dirt, stage 2 improves quality and smell with activated carbon. The cartridges are transparent – you can see what gets caught.
Developed by CamperStation
Filling up on the road
At home you know what comes out of the pipes. At a pitch you do not: the tap is at the end of a long pipe, the water may have been standing in it for days, and some countries chlorinate heavily.
Whatever is flushed out of old pipes ends up in the tank – and from there in the pump, boiler and fittings. That is where it settles. A new pump or a new boiler costs many times as much as a filter.
If the water already smells like a swimming pool at the tap, you will taste it later in your coffee, your tea and your soup.
Many substances cannot be seen in water. In the glass it looks the same as always – what is dissolved in it cannot be seen with the naked eye.
The filter system
The water flows through the filter from bottom to top: first through the strainer, then through the activated carbon. There is a reason for this order.
the coarse filter
Care: Rinse out the strainer insert from the inside out, with water no hotter than 60 °C. If it no longer comes clean, replacement strainer inserts are available in packs of four.
with 10-micrometre fine filter
Change the filter after 2–3 months from first use, even if the water looks fine and even if you rarely use it. At some point activated carbon is saturated – and you cannot see when.
Storage: Let the activated-carbon filter dry out thoroughly. Then put it in a bag in the fridge.
If the flow drops: Flush the cartridge once against the direction of flow with drinking water – this frees up the fine filter at the end of the cartridge. Pour the flushing water away, not into the tank.
Activated carbon works with a huge, porous surface: one gram of the coconut activated carbon in the CamperFilter has around 1050 m². If the sand reached it first, the pores would soon be blocked. The strainer catches the coarse particles beforehand. This keeps the activated carbon free for what only it can do.
Activated carbon from coconut shell · Iodine number over 1000 mg/g · BET surface area 1050 m²/g · Grain size approx. 1.0 mm
Transparent
The cartridges are made of clear plastic. After filling up, you can see with your own eyes what the strainer has held back.
When the strainer is full, rinse it out. And if you add the water meter, you can read on the outside how many litres have passed through – so you know when the tank is full without looking inside.
„Incredible what gets caught in the sediment filter after a short time.“
Why CamperFilter
You start with the sediment filter and add the activated carbon if you wish. Replacement cartridges and strainer inserts cost little – which matters, because the activated carbon is replaced every few months.
Each stage is a separate cartridge with a screw cap. You only replace what is used up, not the whole unit.
Connections for 1/2-inch hoses with quick-release coupling, plus a regulating tap and two sealing caps so that nothing gets in while it is stowed away.
Activated carbon does not remove minerals. Magnesium, calcium and potassium stay in the water – it tastes of water, not of nothing.
While you fill up, a suction holder keeps the filter on the vehicle wall; on hammered-finish and Raptor paint, the ClingCup holder does. Afterwards, pour it out and hang it up in the rear garage.
CamperStation develops and sells camping accessories itself. If you have a question, you get the answer from the people who built the filter.
To be honest
A filter is a tool, not a miracle cure. So that you know where you stand:
Customer reviews
„A water filter was also on our wish list, but the other filters are rather expensive. […] We took it to Lake Garda; there the water from the tap smelled quite strongly of chlorine, after the water filter the smell was completely gone […]“
„The holder and the hose are very practical, the meter helps you know from the outside when there is enough in the tank. Incredible what gets caught in the sediment filter after a short time. […] Good system with reasonable costs for replacing the cartridges.“
Quoted from reviews in our German shop, translated, shortened where marked […]. All reviews in the shop
The sets
All sets are based on the same sediment stage. They differ in whether the activated carbon is included, which holder suits your vehicle wall and whether a water meter and drinking-water hose come with it.
The short route
Three questions at most.
What should the filter mainly do?
What is the outside wall of your vehicle like?
Would you like to see how many litres have passed through?
Our recommendation
For anyone who wants to keep sand, rust and dirt out of the water system. The basis to which the activated carbon can be added later.
Both stages and a suction holder for smooth vehicle walls. For anyone who also wants to tackle smell and pollutants and already has a drinking-water hose.
Both stages with water meter and suction holder, without drinking-water hose – hence the name. For anyone who already has a hose and wants to see how much water passes through.
Both stages with drinking-water hose and the ClingCup holder, which also holds on hammered-finish and Raptor paint.
Everything that belongs to the system: both stages, water meter, drinking-water hose and ClingCup holder. Unpack, connect, fill up.
The ClingCup holder for hammered-finish and Raptor paint is also available separately – in case you have a set with a suction holder and your wall is not smooth.
How it works
Fill up as usual – just with one stop in between.
Attach the filter to the vehicle wall with the holder, connect the hose from the tap to the inlet at the bottom and the hose to the tank to the outlet at the top. Vertically, so that no air bubbles are trapped.
Direction of flow: from bottom to topAccessories and spare parts
The activated carbon is replaced every 2–3 months, the strainer insert lasts longer. Everything else can be added when you need it.
The cartridge for stage 2, with activated carbon from coconut shell and fine filter. Change the filter after 2–3 months from first use.
Replacement cartridge in the shop
For the sediment cartridge, mesh size 0.15 mm. If a strainer can no longer be rinsed clean, you do not have to replace the whole cartridge.
Strainer inserts in the shop
Shows how many litres have flowed through: two-line LCD up to 999.9 litres, single and total measurement, switchable to gallons, battery included. Fits between the couplings.
Under normal conditions the reading typically deviates by under 10 %. It is intended as a guide and does not replace a calibrated measurement.
Water meter in the shop
Suction holder and retaining ring for smooth, clean surfaces. Holds the filter on the vehicle wall while you fill up.
Filter holder in the shop
For walls where a normal suction holder does not hold: hammered-finish surfaces and Raptor paint. With adapter for the CamperFilter cartridges, ready assembled.
ClingCup holder in the shopGoes well with
We develop both ourselves, and both have to do with water in the vehicle.
The 25-litre water tank on wheels with built-in 12-volt pump, made of food-grade HDPE. Roll it to the tap instead of carrying canisters. If you fill via the CamperFilter, take the WaterBob with the 1.4-bar pump – a filter costs pressure.
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The cap for the filler neck that a hose with a Gardena coupling simply clicks onto. Not a drop is spilled, and the hose does not touch the tank opening. For almost every motorhome and caravan.
To the tank adaptersWhat customers ask us
Contact
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