Extra Spare bands with every order September 06 2024

As the season winds up we wanted to let everyone know that we will double your order of bands when you buy a new B filter or order replacements.

Have a great fall!

Mick

Replacement bands June 22 2024

Hey folks,

So we understand the bands do wear out and will eventually break. A quick workaround is that we use an almost identical mold to the "Livestrong" wristbands that were popular in the early 2000s. So if you have some of those around they are more than good enough to use with your orca filter.

Filter well and Live Strong!

Mick

We want to hear from you! March 30 2021

Hey Folks,

We are always looking to improve our products and we would like to hear from people who have had challenges with fine dust/sediment in their pools as we are looking for some folks to try out some new filter media.

If you fit this category or are just interested in helping us out, please contact us and we would love to talk to you.

Orca

New video about the new Dust-Pollen Media July 28 2020

Hey there folks,

Just wanted to let you know we have a new video that gives an overview of the new Dust-Pollen Media. It can be found here: https://youtu.be/bC9bCJXdic0

Enjoy and be sure to send us feedback.

Mick

DP Media now standard on A/C and B filters June 29 2020

Hey All,

So we decided to make the new 2-Stage DP media our standard media so you get it as part of the product. All orders placed in the last couple of weeks have included this and we have been shipping this into Amazon as well since mid June.

So if you place an order you will receive the DP media installed in the filter already.

We want your feedback on how this works for you so please make sure to email us and tell us what you think. We think this is a good upgrade for most customers. There may be situations where it is 'too good' but we think in general that it will provide better filtration over the majority of conditions. Note that you may need to clean it more frequently so be sure to check return-flow to your pool.

Mick

NEW 2-Stage filter media now available May 28 2020

Hey there all, our new 2-Stage Dust Pollen media is now available for purchase on Amazon. Please let us know what you think of our new media as we are very keen to get your feedback.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B088QL1F4C?ref=myi_title_dp

Mick

New 2-stage Filter Media for Orca Filters for High Dust/Pollen environments May 18 2020

Our newest video which describes why you should buy an Orca Filter September 10 2019

When/How do I clean my filter? August 21 2015

When should I clean my OrcaFilter? August 17 2015

So we have had a few folks as us how frequently they should clean their OrcaFilter and the answer is, it depends...

There are a lot of variations that drive the frequency of cleaning but it is typically when the pressure coming out of the pump drops too low indicating the filter screen is highly clogged. As we have mentioned previously, the filter actually works better as it gets clogged as more and more finer particles get caught in the screen. Some of our customers are cleaning their filters every other day as they have a lot of pollen in the pool from surrounding trees. Some are cleaning every couple of weeks.

Here is a photo from our test pool which shows a filter that was still working well but we cleaned it anyway. It had been in the pump for 4 days. The white filaments on the filter are dead algae following addition of an algaecide. You can see the filter did a fine job removing the dead algae and there was still a lot in the pump housing which will get caught once we get the filter screen cleaned off and re-installed. Again, get to know how your pump feels when the filter is first installed and then keeps tabs on it as the filter get dirty.

When you clean the filter, remember to pull the screen all the way out. We will post a video of this on YouTube so you can see how we clean the screens off.