What comes out of your tap, and how much of it do you actually want in your glass?
The Sanuslife ECAIA carafe runs tap water through activated carbon and mineral ceramics. No plug, no plumbing. Two cartridges come in the box, enough for about 600 litres or four months.
Tap water in Austria is tested and safe. Between the waterworks and your kitchen, though, it travels through pipes that may be older than the house's owner, and it picks up whatever the local network carries: a whiff of chlorine, nitrate from farmland, traces of metals from old fittings. Bottled water avoids some of that, at the cost of crates, plastic and a boot full of empties.
The carafe works as a gravity filter. Pour tap water into the upper reservoir and it trickles through the cartridge into the jug below. Activated carbon granules bind chlorine, organic compounds and heavy metals along the way. The ceramics in the same cartridge release minerals and shift the water into the alkaline range, and they leave the redox value in the minus range too: Sanuslife measures −50 to −200 mV, where tap water usually sits at +150 to +300 mV. The base carries an additional harmonising unit that Sanuslife calls the energizing plate.
The filter technology comes from Sanuslife International in Bolzano, South Tyrol. The same carbon-and-ceramic principle sits inside the company's larger ECAIA ionisers; the carafe is the compact, plug-free member of that range. The manufacturer's full test results are in the product data sheet (PDF, German).
Remove the blue seal from the underside of the cartridge and prepare it as described in the enclosed manual before fitting. Fill the upper reservoir with tap water; it runs through the cartridge into the carafe. Replace the cartridge after 300 litres, or after 60 days at the latest. To reset the timer, hold the START button until the display flashes four times; it then counts down from 60 again.
Contaminant reduction (manufacturer's test table)
Product: Sanuslife ECAIA carafe, mineral water ioniser (gravity filter, no electricity)
Box contents: 1 carafe with fitted electronic filter indicator, 2 ECAIA filter cartridges (300 litres each), manual in German/English/Italian
Filter media: activated carbon granule blend and special ceramics (Filter Technology by Sanuslife International)
Material: food-grade plastic, BPA-free
Weight: 1.59 kg
Why does a mineral ioniser give different results in different homes?
Because the ceramics react with what is already in the water rather than forcing a fixed result. Soft water with few dissolved minerals ends up at a different pH and redox value than hard water from a limestone region. That is why Sanuslife gives pH 9.5 as an upper limit, not a guarantee. A pH test strip before and after filtering tells you where your own tap water lands.
⚠️ Notes: Replace the cartridge after 60 days at the latest, even if 300 litres have not been reached. Medicines should be taken with neutral water (drinking-water quality).
📦 Care: Rinse carafe and lid regularly with clean water. Limescale marks come off with citric acid. The cartridge itself is replaced, not cleaned.
💬 Frequently asked questions
Replacement cartridges for the ECAIA carafe
Spare parts and care
Responsible Person (GPSR, EU 2023/988) & Manufacturer: Sanuslife International GmbH/Srl · Via Luigi-Negrelli-Str. 13/C · 39100 Bolzano · Italy · support@sanusproducts.com
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