I wholeheartedly agree with waterbear's comments on the cost of StaRite's System 3 cartridges!!!

I read about some cartridge owners having a spare set so you could just switch the sets at cleaning time and take your time cleaning the ones you took out. Sounded like a good plan to me, especially if they needed soaking. Then, last summer, I looked at several websites to price the replacement filter elements and got sticker shock! The system has 2 cartridges. The smaller one ran from $92.95 to $149.99, depending on the site and the larger one ran from $183.95 to $239.99. That's $276.90 to $389.98 per set!!!

I'm going with just my original set for now and trying to take VERY good care of it...