Filter balls - Filterballs

Filter balls are the heart of our innovative and unique hot tub and Swim Spa filter method

Comparison of the Most Important Filter Ball Types

Filter balls are not all the same - there are very large and significant differences! Only Ego3 filter balls are precisely optimized for use in whirlpools and swim Spas in terms of size, weight, density, fiber strength, fiber structure, and fiber surface. We have specially developed these because the products available on the market (white cotton balls, blue fiber balls) did not meet our price-performance criteria. Our customers should get the perfect performance at the best price.

We do not have the cheapest filter balls, but the most affordable with the best price-performance ratio.

Faser Filterballs

Original EGo3 hot tub filter balls

Filterbälle von Fibalon 3D

blue fiber balls

Filterbälle Steinbach oder andere

white cotton balls

How often to clean?

every 8-10 weeks

every 1-2 weeks

every 2-4 days

Self-disinfecting?

YES through elemental silver not soluble from the fiber

YES but for swimming pools with less silver

NO absolute germ spreader

Flow resistance?

very low and not increasing

very low, slowly increasing with whirlpools

very high, rapid clumping

Durability of a filling?

1 year

3 months

2-4 days

Price for 300 grams?

approx. 60 euros

approx. 35 euros

approx. 10 euros

300 grams are enough for?

8-10 years

2 years

6 months

Cost per year?

approximately 6 to 7 euros

approximately 17 euros per year

approximately 40 euros per year

Filter performance accuracy?

1 Micron

5 Micron

10 Micron

simple and quick cleaning by hand?

YES

YES

NO

Can damage the hot tub (filter)?

NO

NO

YES

Can clog (hot tub stops)?

NO

PARTIALLY

YES

CONCLUSION - TEST RESULT

OPTIMIZED AND TIME-TESTED, IDEAL SOLUTION FOR HOT TUB FILTRATION - THE RIGHT FILTER BALLS FOR HOT TUBS

CONDITIONALLY USABLE, SERVICE LIFE AND CLEANING INTERVAL TOO SHORT, IF YOU HAVE REMAINS OF IT, YOU CAN USE THEM UP

ABSOLUTELY UNSUITABLE FOR AMERICAN WHIRLPOOLS, PERMANENTLY CLOGGED, RISK OF DAMAGE TO POOL OR PUMP

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ORIGINAL EGo3 hot tub Filterballs

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Ego3 Whirlpool Filter

RESULT FILTERBALL TESTS

In summary, it can be said: Filter balls made of fiber material are the right and best solution for water filtration and hot tub water care. Cotton filter balls are a cheap and poor copy of fiber filter balls, which, although cheap, are expensive overall and require much more effort or can even damage the hot tub.

TO THE HOMEPAGE EGO3 HOT TUB FILTER

There are different filter balls on the market. Basically, they can be divided into 2 main categories:

Fiber balls

These are filter balls made from continuous fibers, just like the Ego3 filter balls. There are also various versions here depending on the application. There are specially optimized ones for swimming pools, machine tools, and pond systems. Ego3 filter balls for Ego3 hot tub filters, for example, are specially optimized in terms of fiber and composition for use in whirlpools to offer our customers the best price-performance ratio. Their advantages are:

  1. hardly any flow resistance due to the open structure
  2. very high dirt retention due to the open structure
  3. very easy to clean also due to the fiber structure
  4. filters every particle from 1 micron

Cotton balls (mostly white)

These are filter balls made of compressed cotton. They are very dense and compact. Actually, this is a Chinese imitation of the fiber balls, but just an imitation, because there is a patent and a lot of know-how behind the original. Their disadvantages are:

  1. expensive, although they cost very little, because you need much more due to the short durability and difficult cleaning
  2. clumping: the filter balls are far too dense, which quickly leads to clumping and flow problems in pools and hot tubs (they are also not backwashable in pools)
  3. hard to clean, as dirt is hardly removable from the dense filter ball structure