AquaBliss SF100 vs SF220
Two inline filters from one maker, priced almost identically, sharing most of their media. The whole decision comes down to one ingredient and one line in your water report — and AquaBliss tells you which way to go itself.
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Buy the SF100 if your utility uses chloramine: it adds vitamin C and AquaBliss states it reduces chloramine as well as chlorine. Buy the SF220 for plain free chlorine — AquaBliss says it is built for chlorine, not chloramine. Neither is certified, neither publishes a flow rate, and neither has an independent measurement.
Quick picks
Ranked on what can be verified: a traceable certification first, then media matched to your disinfectant. Tap a row to jump to the full write-up.
| # | Product | Best for | Certification | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  AquaBliss SF100 Daily RevitalizeThe one product here whose maker states outright that it reduces chloramine as well as chlorine, and then backs that up by routing chloramine customers away from its own cheaper model. That is an unusually honest piece of product literature.Three stages: sand filter, stainless mesh an… | Chloramine, on the maker's own routing | None | |
| 2 |  AquaBliss SF220 Daily EssentialThe cheap inline unit that tells you when not to buy it: AquaBliss states that chloramine customers should choose the SF100 or a whole-house filter instead. For plain free chlorine it publishes a full media list and asks very little.Sand filter, ultra-fine stainless steel mesh… | Free chlorine on a small budget | None |
Every figure in this table links to the page it came from in the write-ups below. Units we claim to have tested: 0.
AquaBliss SF100 Daily Revitalize
Chloramine, on the maker's own routing
The one product here whose maker states outright that it reduces chloramine as well as chlorine, and then backs that up by routing chloramine customers away from its own cheaper model. That is an unusually honest piece of product literature.
Published specifications
- Filter media
- Three stages: sand filter, stainless mesh and PP cotton; then calcium sulfite, redox media and activated carbon; then a PP cotton and mesh barrier. Cartridge infused with vitamin C, minerals and tourmaline.Source: AquaBliss — SF100 Daily Revitalize shower filter (retrieved 2026-09-01)
- Stated flow rate
- Not publishedAquaBliss publishes no flow rate for the SF100.
- Rated cartridge life
- Every 3-6 monthsAquaBliss adds "sooner if you're in a high-chlorine or high-sediment area" and publishes no gallon rating.Source: AquaBliss — SF100 Daily Revitalize shower filter (retrieved 2026-09-01)
- Chloramine
- Stated to reduce chloramine as well as chlorine and sedimentAquaBliss routes chloramine customers to this model rather than to its cheaper SF220, which is a claim it makes against its own interest.Source: AquaBliss — SF100 Daily Revitalize shower filter (retrieved 2026-09-01)
- Format
- Inline, standard half-inch connection, five finishesSource: AquaBliss — SF100 Daily Revitalize shower filter (retrieved 2026-09-01)
- Housing
- Not publishedFinish options are listed; the underlying material is not.
What it does well
- States chloramine reduction explicitly, which almost nothing else in this set does
- Full three-stage media list published, including calcium sulfite, redox media and activated carbon
- Vitamin C infusion in the cartridge, which is the media class that actually addresses chloramine
- Inline body fits fixed, rain and handheld heads on a standard half-inch connection
Where it falls short
- No published NSF/ANSI certification
- No published flow rate and no gallon capacity
- Cartridge cadence given only as a 3-6 month range
What it does not do
- It does not soften water; AquaBliss makes no softening claim for it.
- It carries no NSF/ANSI certification that AquaBliss publishes.
- It publishes no flow rate and no gallon capacity, so you cannot compute cost per gallon from its own data.
Who it is for
Readers whose water report says chloramine rather than free chlorine, and who want a stated media list at the low end of the price range.
Skip it if
You want a certification. AquaBliss publishes no NSF/ANSI certification for this unit, and a stated media list is not the same as a verified result.
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AquaBliss SF220 Daily Essential
Free chlorine on a small budget
The cheap inline unit that tells you when not to buy it: AquaBliss states that chloramine customers should choose the SF100 or a whole-house filter instead. For plain free chlorine it publishes a full media list and asks very little.
Published specifications
- Filter media
- Sand filter, ultra-fine stainless steel mesh, micro-porous PP cotton, calcium sulfite, redox media, activated carbonSource: AquaBliss — SF220 Daily Essential shower filter (retrieved 2026-09-01)
- Stated flow rate
- Not publishedAquaBliss publishes no flow rate for the SF220; it states only that the design maintains pressure.
- Rated cartridge life
- Every 3-6 months, depending on water qualityNo gallon rating is published.Source: AquaBliss — SF220 Daily Essential shower filter (retrieved 2026-09-01)
- Chloramine
- Not suitable — the maker directs chloramine customers to the SF100 or a whole-house filterSource: AquaBliss — SF220 Daily Essential shower filter (retrieved 2026-09-01)
- Format
- Inline, 3.31 x 3.31 x 4.65 in, standard half-inch connectionSource: AquaBliss — SF220 Daily Essential shower filter (retrieved 2026-09-01)
- Housing
- Chrome finish, 5.6 ozSource: AquaBliss — SF220 Daily Essential shower filter (retrieved 2026-09-01)
What it does well
- Full media list published, down to the PP cotton and stainless mesh stages
- The maker states its own limit on chloramine instead of hiding it
- Compact inline body, about 3.3 by 3.3 by 4.7 inches
- Standard half-inch fitting works with fixed, rain and handheld heads
Where it falls short
- No published NSF/ANSI certification
- No published flow rate or gallon capacity
- Explicitly not the right choice on chloraminated water
What it does not do
- It does not soften water, and no hardness claim is made for it.
- It is designed to reduce chlorine only — AquaBliss directs chloramine customers elsewhere.
- It carries no published NSF/ANSI certification.
Who it is for
A reader on free-chlorine municipal water who wants the media named and the price low, and who does not need a certification mark.
Skip it if
Your utility uses chloramine. The maker says so itself.
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Side by side
Every entry is AquaBliss's own published data, re-checked against both product pages on September 16, 2026. We have tested neither unit.
The difference is the cartridge, not the body
Strip the marketing names away and these two filters are far more alike than different. Both are inline bodies on a standard half-inch connection, so both fit between the arm and whatever fixed, rain or handheld head you already own. Both run the same core stack: a sand filter and stainless mesh for sediment, PP cotton for fine particles, then calcium sulfite, redox media and activated carbon for chlorine. Both carry the same three-to-six-month replacement range.
The one real difference is what is added to the SF100's cartridge. AquaBliss infuses it with vitamin C and tourmaline. The SF220's product page is unusually direct about the absence: under vitamin C and mineral infusion it says simply "Not included." Everything that separates these two products follows from that single ingredient. You will notice the product photos on this page are identical: Amazon serves the same image for both listings, because from the outside the two bodies look alike. The difference really is inside.
Why one ingredient decides it: chloramine
About one in five US water systems disinfects with chloramine rather than free chlorine. The shared media in both filters — calcium sulfite, redox media and carbon — does a real job on free chlorine. It does not reliably break the bond between chlorine and ammonia that makes chloramine a different problem.
Ascorbic acid does. Vitamin C neutralizes chloramine chemically in a fast reaction rather than trapping it on a surface, which is why it is one of only two media classes with a real mechanism against it — catalytic carbon is the other. AquaBliss describes the SF100 in exactly those terms: it "reacts directly with chloramine and breaks it down, rather than just trapping it."
The most useful sentence on either product page
On the SF220's page, AquaBliss writes that the filter "is built to reduce chlorine, not chloramine", and points chloramine customers to the Daily Revitalize — the SF100 — instead. A manufacturer telling you not to buy the product you are looking at is rare in any category. In this one it is close to unheard of, and it is worth more than any reduction percentage on a box.
It also tells you something about how to read the SF100's chloramine claim. A company willing to route customers away from its own cheaper model is a company whose stated limits are worth taking seriously. That is not the same as verification — AquaBliss publishes no chloramine percentage, and no certification standard for shower filters evaluates chloramine at all — but it is a meaningfully more credible claim than most of the category offers.
The cartridges are listed as fitting each other's housings
Here is the detail most buyers will not notice. AquaBliss lists the SF100's replacement as AB-SFC100, "also fits AB-SFC220", and the SF220's as AB-SFC220, "also fits AB-SFC100". The two cartridges are presented as interchangeable across the two bodies.
That makes the housing a smaller decision than it looks, and it raises an obvious question: could you buy the SF220 body and run vitamin C cartridges in it? AquaBliss does not publish an answer. It lists the fit, not the performance of a mismatched pairing. So we will not tell you a swap gives you an SF100 by another route. If chloramine is your reason for buying, buy the SF100 and its matching cartridge, and treat the cross-fit as useful flexibility when one part number is out of stock rather than as a workaround.
It does help on the part that decides running cost. A cartridge family that covers two housings is easier to keep stocked than a proprietary one-off. Why shared cartridge families matter over two years.
What neither of them will tell you
Three things, from both, and on this site a blank is a finding rather than an omission. No flow rate, so you cannot check either against a state that caps shower fixtures at 1.8 GPM. No gallon rating, so the three-to-six-month range is the only input you have for running cost. And no certification of any kind — neither unit holds an NSF/ANSI 177 mark from any body we could find, and neither appears in an independent bench test.
Certifications for both AquaBliss filters — the blanks are the finding
0 of 2 carry a certification we could trace to a certifying body.
What the makers claim about themselves
These are manufacturer statements, reported as manufacturer statements. A claim is not a certification, and separating the two is the whole point of this section.
Certification listings and manufacturer wording checked on 2026-09-01. What NSF/ANSI 177 actually covers.
If a traceable certification matters more to you than chloramine, neither AquaBliss is the answer. The cheapest certified unit we cover is an inline body in the same price bracket, and the certified filters are listed with what each mark does and does not cover.
What they cost to run
The two bodies are priced almost identically, so the purchase decision is not a money decision. Running cost is where a real difference could appear — and here the chemistry cuts against the SF100. Vitamin C is consumed by the reaction rather than loaded to a fixed capacity, so on heavily chloraminated water its effective life tracks your utility's disinfectant dose. AquaBliss gives both cartridges the same three-to-six-month range and advises replacing sooner in high-chlorine or high-sediment areas; on a chloraminated supply, plan for the short end.
Replacement cadence and running cost for both
Purchase price + (cartridges per year x cartridge price). Cadence comes from published specifications; the money comes from the live price layer or is left blank.
Prices as of October 16, 2026, from the live retailer feed. Cartridge prices are not included in the year-one figure above because they are a separate purchase with a separate live price. The full method.
One claim in a retail listing worth reading carefully
The SF100's Amazon listing title says it "reduces dry itchy skin, dandruff, eczema". That is the retail listing talking rather than a published result, and the strongest trial anyone in this area can point to — a randomized study of water softeners for childhood eczema — found no significant benefit. Chlorine is a genuine irritant and removing it plausibly helps some people. A shower filter is not an eczema treatment. What the evidence actually shows.
Where to buy, right now
When we checked on September 16, 2026, AquaBliss's own online store showed both models sold out in every listed finish, while both chrome units were in stock at Amazon with live offers. The buttons on this page point to the listings you can actually buy from today, and the prices on them come from the live feed rather than from this paragraph.
Neither one softens water
AquaBliss makes no softening claim for either model, which puts it ahead of much of the category. That is correct: neither performs ion exchange, and no shower filter does — the contact time inside a shower fitting is roughly a tenth of a second and softening needs seconds. The mechanism in full.
The verdict
- Buy the SF100 if your utility uses chloramine. Its vitamin C is the reason it exists, and AquaBliss itself sends chloramine customers there.
- Buy the SF220 if your utility uses free chlorine. You get the same core media without paying for an ingredient your water does not need, and AquaBliss publishes its dimensions if clearance is tight.
- Buy neither if you want a certification, a published flow rate or a gallon rating. Neither publishes any of the three.
- Do not buy the SF220 and plan to run vitamin C cartridges in it as a chloramine fix. The cartridges are listed as fitting, but AquaBliss publishes nothing about how that pairing performs.
- Buy neither for hard water. Neither softens, and AquaBliss does not claim either one does.
What we would skip, and why
Questions people actually ask
+ What is the difference between the AquaBliss SF100 and SF220?
The cartridge. Both share the same core media — calcium sulfite, redox media and activated carbon behind sediment stages — but the SF100's cartridge is infused with vitamin C, and AquaBliss states it reduces chloramine. The SF220 is built for chlorine only, and its page says vitamin C and mineral infusion is not included.
+ Which AquaBliss filter is best for chloramine?
The SF100. AquaBliss states it reduces chloramine and directs chloramine customers away from the SF220 toward it. No percentage is published, and no shower filter standard evaluates chloramine, so treat it as a credible manufacturer claim rather than a verified result.
+ Do SF100 and SF220 cartridges fit each other?
AquaBliss lists them that way: AB-SFC100 "also fits AB-SFC220" and AB-SFC220 "also fits AB-SFC100". It does not publish how a mismatched cartridge performs, so for chloramine buy the SF100 with its own cartridge rather than relying on a swap.
+ Are AquaBliss shower filters NSF certified?
Neither model carries a published NSF/ANSI certification. The four filters we cover that do.
+ How often do you replace AquaBliss cartridges?
Every three to six months for both, depending on water quality. AquaBliss publishes no gallon rating. On chloraminated water, expect the SF100's vitamin C to be used up toward the shorter end.
+ Do AquaBliss filters soften hard water?
No, and AquaBliss does not claim they do. No shower filter softens water.
Sources
Everything on this page traces to one of these. Where a source is brand-owned we say so, because a filter maker explaining filter chemistry has an interest and you are entitled to weigh it.
- AquaBliss — SF100 Daily Revitalize shower filter (retrieved 2026-09-16)
- AquaBliss — SF220 Daily Essential shower filter (retrieved 2026-09-16)
- AquaEarth, "KDF vs vitamin C vs carbon shower filter" — brand-owned explainer, cited with that stated (retrieved 2026-09-01)
- Plumbing & Mechanical, "NSF/ANSI Standard 177: A Level Playing Field for Shower Filter Claims" (retrieved 2026-09-01)
- US EPA — Consumer Confidence Reports (CCR) for drinking water