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Sprite Handheld Filter Cartridge Specifications
Municipal water treatment relies heavily on chlorine to disinfect public water supplies, effectively neutralizing bacteria and microorganisms during transit. However, once this treated water reaches your home plumbing, the residual chlorine can negatively affect your physical comfort, personal appearance, and long-term health.
The Sprite Handheld Filter Cartridge is engineered to intercept and neutralize these harsh chemicals at the point of use. Utilizing an exclusive, patented filtration media, this cartridge guarantees highly efficient chlorine removal across a significantly wider temperature range than standard water filters.
System Compatibility and Features
This product is supplied as a convenient Twin Replacement Cartridge Pack, ensuring you have a backup on hand to maintain uninterrupted filtration performance.
- Hardware Compatibility: Precision-engineered to fit seamlessly within Sprite’s Handheld Chrome Shower Filter, Sprite’s Universal Shower Hose Filter, and other premium Sprite models, including the Royale, Shower Falls, and Filtered Extensions.
- Thermal Durability: The patented media is specifically designed to withstand the extreme heat of shower water without degrading or releasing trapped contaminants back into the water stream.
- Maintenance Schedule: To maintain maximum chlorine reduction and steady water pressure, each cartridge is recommended to be replaced every 3 months.
The Mechanics of Chlorine Vaporization
While many households filter their drinking water, they often overlook the shower as a primary source of chemical exposure. Scientific studies indicate that up to 50% of a person's daily chlorine exposure takes place in the shower.
This occurs through two primary mechanisms:
- Dermal Absorption: Hot water dilates the skin's pores, allowing dissolved chlorine to be absorbed directly into the dermis. This frequently strips the skin and hair of natural oils, leading to dryness and irritation.
- Vapor Inhalation: Within the enclosed, high-temperature environment of a shower, liquid chlorine rapidly vaporizes into a toxic gas. When inhaled deeply into the lungs, this vapor is transferred directly into the bloodstream.
Frequently Asked Questions
Why must the cartridge be replaced every 3 months?
The patented filtration media inside the cartridge works through chemical adsorption. After approximately 3 months of daily use, the media reaches its maximum capacity to bind chlorine. Replacing the cartridge ensures you continue to receive fully purified water without experiencing a drop in shower pressure.
Will these cartridges fit a standard wall-mounted showerhead?
No. These specific replacement cartridges are designed exclusively for Sprite's handheld units, hose filters, and specific extension models (like the Royale and Shower Falls). They will not fit inside a standard, non-filtered wall-mounted shower fixture.
Does this filter remove heavy metals or fluoride?
The primary function of the Sprite Handheld Filter Cartridge is the rapid and highly efficient removal of free chlorine and chloramine vapors at high temperatures. While it may reduce trace amounts of other elements, it is not specifically calibrated to remove dissolved heavy minerals or fluoride.
Shipping and Delivery Policy
Ace Water Shop can ship to virtually any address in mainland Australia, including Tasmania. Unfortunately, outlying islands off the mainland may incur extra charges.
Note that there are restrictions on some products. Our free shipping offer delivers to most areas around Australia, but some regional areas may incur extra charges from the transport company for delivery to your door.
When you place an order, we will estimate delivery dates based on the availability of your items. As a general rule, we aim for all orders to be delivered within 2-7 working days from the date of the order, depending on your location within Australia and the product purchased.
Home Deliveries For the Convenience and Security of Our Customers
- No Signature Required: All home deliveries are completed without the need for a signature, unless otherwise specified by the customer.
- Special Instructions: If you have specific delivery preferences or require a signature upon delivery, please provide these instructions during the checkout process in the designated notes section on the cart page. We will do our best to accommodate all such requests.
Surcharge Chart for Heavy or Bulky Items
Additional shipping charges apply to some items of unusual size or weight. If a surcharge applies to your order, it will be indicated on the product page or during checkout. If a freight quote is necessary, we'll contact you with the additional surcharge as quoted by our courier, if applicable.
Freight is calculated per order, based on the destination and items being shipped. We provide free shipping for metro areas, but outside these areas, we request a quote upon receiving an order. Freight costs depend on the cubic size and/or weight of the product, the destination, and the level of service required.
If an item cannot be delivered to the provided address or if you place an order without acknowledging the freight quote, we will contact you via email with the extra shipping fee after the order is paid. You will need to pay the extra fee for the order to be delivered. Orders without shipment service or those declined due to extra shipping fees will be canceled and refunded automatically with email notification.
Change of Mind Request Procedure
We offer a 30-day no-questions-asked return policy for our ace water filtration systems, minus return shipping costs. We also offer an unlimited 2-year warranty on our compressors and a 12-month warranty on all parts of our Ace Water Coolers & Purifiers.
- Consult with us about any change of mind refund request before returning the product.
- Contact us via email at acewatercoolers@gmail.com or chat with us on the website, providing pictures or video that shows the condition of the received product and explaining why you wish to return it.
- Returns due to change of mind must be arranged by the customer.
- If a change of mind return is accepted, we will refund the item price minus return postage and a restocking fee of 10% of the item price and the shipping fee, or just the restocking fee if no return address was provided. For items returned to sender before receipt, the refund will include a restocking fee and the shipping fee, provided after the item is received back at our facility.
Waterworks Water Coolers Warranty
We offer a 36-month comprehensive warranty on bottle top & POU coolers and the IC8 chiller from the date of purchase. Most transactions may not be covered by the Australian Consumer Law (ACL), but all goods are warranted to the level provided by Waterworks Australia. Returns, for warranty purposes or otherwise, must be pre-approved and at our expense.
Under the ACL, consumers are entitled to a replacement or refund for a major failure and compensation for any other reasonably foreseeable loss or damage. The guarantees, rights, and remedies under the ACL vary significantly by factors such as industry standards and the nature of the product. Waterworks Australia adopts this approach for its warranty policies.

