Alb Filter replacement cartridges for water filters

Yes. All Alb drinking water and shower filter cartridges are compatible with every housing. This means you can also turn a drinking water filter into a shower filter – and vice versa.

Start with a broad-spectrum filter (Active or Active Plus+): it reduces chlorine, off-flavours, heavy metals, pesticides and particles such as microplastics. The Nano germ barrier additionally filters bacteria and germs such as legionella or E. coli.

If you want to combine both stages, choose the Fusion set. With a low-pressure or water heater tap, the under-sink version is required – this is not possible on the tap (Duo).

Limescale is not a pollutant and is not the focus of the filtration. Only the Active Plus+ measurably reduces limescale via an ion exchanger – mainly for the taste of coffee and tea.

Depending on the water hardness, limescale is reduced, not completely removed. Deposits can still form in the kettle.

The Active PFAS cartridge reduces short- and long-chain PFAS in tap water and fits the Duo faucet filter and the Element under-sink filter. You can find all the details in the PFAS water filters category.

Guideline values for drinking water: Active approx. 3,000 liters or max. 4 months, Nano approx. 5,000 liters or max. 6 months. For the shower: Balance and Shungit approx. 5,000 liters or max. 6 months, Nano approx. 5,000–7,000 liters or max. 6 months. The actual capacity depends heavily on the quality of the incoming water; the change is mainly made for hygiene reasons.

The change takes about two minutes by unscrewing the lid: open the housing, remove the used cartridge, insert the new cartridge, close the housing again. You'll find instructions above in the section “Cartridge change in 2 minutes”, and videos for each system on the product pages.

No – only the time in use counts. The 4 months (Active) or 6 months (Nano) are operating time, not an expiry date. If you take the cartridge out during a break between trips and let it dry completely, the clock stops for that period.

Example: 3 weeks of summer holiday, then stored dry – next season you carry on using the same cartridge until a total of approx. 4 months of use or around 3,000 litres is reached (Nano: 6 months or around 5,000 litres).

Thorough drying is important: The Active cartridge needs 2–3 days in an airy, shady place until all residual moisture is gone. Only dry the Nano cartridge in the open air. Then store the cartridges in a cool, dry place – not in the fridge, not in rice and not in airtight packaging. If the flow rate drops noticeably before then, the cartridge needs replacing sooner.

The Active Plus+ is sensitive to drying out and must always stay moist. During a break in use, store it in distilled water; it is not designed to be dried.

Active and Active Plus+: maximum 23 °C. Nano: 5–65 °C.

Correct: cool, dry and well ventilated. Wrong: sealed plastic bag, container with rice or storage in the fridge.

Used cartridges belong in the general waste and are incinerated, as pollutants have accumulated inside them. Please do not dispose of them in any other way.