Off-grid gear
Water, Filtration & Sanitation
Sourcing, cleaning and closing the loop without utilities. Every link goes straight to the maker — no marketplace middlemen.
Rated for the United States: 120/240V split phase, UL listing and a dealer network you can reach. Europe runs a separate list.
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Water & Rain-Catchment Calculator
Roof, rainfall and household in — annual harvest and the tank that survives a dry spell. Buy against your own numbers, not a guess.
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Squeeze & tap filtration
0.1-micron hollow-fiber filters rated for hundreds of thousands of gallons.
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Hand & motorised well pumps
A deep-well hand pump that lives alongside the submersible — water with zero watts.
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Composting toilets
The self-contained composting head that off-grid builds standardized on.
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The exact models the calculators name
Run the numbers first — the Water & Rain-Catchment Calculator filters these to your result. Street-price bands, checked recently, not list prices.
- Bushman 4" first-flush diverter kit — dumps the dirty first roof-wash before it reaches the tank — the cheapest water-quality upgrade there is. $30–60 · View
- Bushman Maelstrom filter — 180-micron pre-filter rated to 158 gpm at 96% catchment efficiency. $300–450 · View
- Norwesco poly cistern — the standard above-ground tank — budget roughly $0.50–1.00 per gallon as sizes grow (500 gal shown). $400+ · View
- SoftStartUp — clamps your existing 240V pump's start surge so a mid-size inverter can carry it — often the whole fix. $300–340 · View
- Grundfos SQFlex 6 SQF-2 — 30–300VDC solar-direct submersible with dry-run and overload protection built in. $2,000+
- Anker SOLIX F3800 — the 240V battery source with the surge headroom this calculator sizes for. $1,999–2,400 · View
- Zoeller Aquanot 508 — 40 GPM standalone backup that bolts beside the primary you already own. $430–480 · View
- Wayne ESP25 — the budget backup — up to 10,000 gallons on one 75Ah charge, cast-iron housing. $320–360 · View
- Deep-cycle AGM, group 27/31 — the consumable every backup pump runs on — plan on replacing it every 3–5 years. $180–260
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