July 2015 ~ Ask About It At Play

The Mi Water Purifier sits on kitchen surfaces and turns tap water into drinking water. The device is branded as being smart because it is part of Xiaomi’s Mi Home network, meaning that customers can check on its settings and recent activity, as well as get alerts when replacement filters are required.

The compact water purifier measures just 205 × 260 × 410mm. It uses Reverse Osmosis (RO) to purify water and churns 400 gallons of water in 1 day. With a total dissolved solids (TDS) value of less than 100, it turns tap water to drinking water, said the company.

It has 4 filters – PP Cotton filter with 5 micron filter accuracy, activated coconut carbon filter to reduce discoloration, odor, chlorine taste and volatile organic compounds (VoCs), a RO membrane for 0.0001 micron filter accuracy and post-filter activated coconut carbon filter to improve the taste of water. It offers 1.0L/min water flow and 1:1 high water production rate.

Just like other Xiaomi products, this purifier can be controlled via smartphone. It has built-in WiFi support and lets you check real-time water quality using Android or iOS app. Installed app would give real-time data on the purity of the water, and also remind when it is time to change the filters. The purifier is also smaller and 8 times faster than a standard purifier.

Detail Review

The Mi Water purifier's apparent is somewhat similar to the Mi Air Purifiers. They are rounded rectangular cylinder, but the water purifier is shorter in length, the footprint area is also a little smaller, but the overall weight is slightly heavier than the air purifier.

The Mi Water Purifier has the "Mi" Logo on the front panel, there is a led light on the top as working indicator.

The accessories box comes with six different sizes of faucet adapter, it also comes with a removable wrench with multiple dimensions.

There is no fixed cover snaps, after had lifted the cover, you can see the water purifier's four filtration column.

There are detailed instructions printed below the cover, as well as four led lights for the filters, wifi and settings, on the far right are two buttons for selecting operation options.

Under the cover are instructions for phone connection and operation precautions.

Laying the water purifier on the side to look at the bottom of the ourifier, you can see the Mi Logo in the centre, and four stand padded with thick silica gel.

At the back of the air purifier is the specification plate, the rated power is 96 watts.

At the bottom of the back plate is the power cord and water duct outlet, on the left is inlet and outlet of the water co-packaged with thick tube, waste water filter pipes and power cords.

The inlet and outlet are designed in the touch faucet, you can select the top two buttons for direct tap water or filtered water.

The waste pipe is relatively small, with two suction cups attached, users can easily secure it to the appropriate location for neat piping, the details of the design is very nice.