What Does a Vortex Do?
A vortex inside your filter means that you'll have cleaner, healthier water than all the other brands of filters that don't have a vortex. Why? Because a vortex "spins" water, and spinning water causes particulate matter to settle in the center of the vortex. If the spinning water vortex is above a settling cone, the spinning water vortex will cause particulate matter to settle down into the bottom of the cone. If the settling cone has a drain at the bottom, then the sediment can be easily flushed out. That is the Hydro Vortex™ filter's design! Water enters the filter parallel to the radius (at a tangent). This uses the pump's force to cause water to "spin" into a vortex. A settling cone is below the spinning water vortex, and a drain is located at the bottom of the settling cone.
The following photos clearly show you what water does inside a Hydro Vortex™ filter. This is a newly installed Hydro Vortex™ filter demonstating what the filter does with dirty water.
Do a "Vortex Test" yourself!
Take an ordinary round 5 gallon bucket. Fill it with water. Go outside and grab a pinch or two of dirt. Sprinkle the dirt into the water that's inside the round 5 gallon bucket. Now stir the water in a circle with your hand or a stick.
The following photos demonstrate what will happen:
(click on the photos to enlarge)
See how the heavier particles settled into the bottom center of the bucket? You just witnessed the power of a vortex. Spinning water causes debris to move to the center of the vortex where gravity then drops it downward. Patented Hydro Vortex™ filters are designed with a whirling water vortx - complete with a bottom drain. Other brands of waterfall filter don't compare.
