If your tap water has a smell of stagnant water, rusty pipes, sand, and moss, you DEFINITELY should consider investing in water filters for your household, offices, school or even factories. After all, water is one of the important parts of our survival in life. As mentioned by the Malaysian health minister Khairy Jamaluddin, “Drinking water is a basic human right.” So, why not spend on a long-life water filter product for lifetime health? Now, analyse our articles regarding the Top 10 water filters in Malaysia then make your judgement on which water filter brand you think is the best.

1. Which water filter brand to choose from - Top 10
in Malaysia
Throughout surveying various water filter products, you’ve found that throughout the
process, there’s one big piece that is confusing: What’s the difference between all these
water filtration brands and which one will fit my criteria?
Before you insist to keep on drinking from tap water, watch this to know about the
disadvantage of drinking from tap water::

2. How do I know when I should opt for a water filter product?
If your tap water has a smell of stagnant water, rusty pipes, sand, and moss, you
DEFINITELY should consider investing in water filters for your household, offices, school
or even factories. After all, water is one of the important parts of our survival in life. As
mentioned by the Malaysian health minister Khairy Jamaluddin, “Drinking water is a
basic human right.” So, why not spend on a long-life water filter product for lifetime
health?
Now, analyse our articles regarding the Top 10 water filters in Malaysia then make your
judgement on which water filter brand you think is the best.
Table of Contents
1. Aqua Kent Coral Table Top Hot Cold Normal Water Purifier - Black Silver
2. Cuckoo King Top
3. Snaptec Aurra Plus
4. Panasonic TK-AS45-ZMA
5. ChungHo Water Purifier Compact 450
6. Tankless LG PuriCare™ Water Purifier with 3-stage filtration
7. Coway OMBAK (CHP-7310R)
8. SK Magic Jiksoo Hyper (Silver)
9. Cuckoo Prince Top
10.Aqua Kent Jade Tankless Instant Water Purifier Hot Cold Ambient Water
Let’s kick off the comparison!
Aqua Kent Coral Table Top Hot Cold Normal
Water Purifier
Features:
● Product’s Dimension (mm): 310(W) x 360(D) x 520(H)
● Net Weight: 15KG

3. ● Water type: Hot & cold water
● Water tank capacity: Hot (1.2 litres) & Cold (4 litres)
● Material: SUS-304 Stainless Steel
● Power plug type: Malaysia 3 pin plug
System: 5 Stages Filtration
STAGE – 1 Sediment,5-micron, 11” U Type
STAGE – 2 Pre-Carbon Filter, 11” U Type
STAGE – 3 UF Membrane 0.1 micron 11” U Type
STAGE – 4 Post-Carbon Filter, 11” U Type
STAGE – 5 Alkaline - Optional
Price: RM1,600.00
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This made in Korea product is a good product to start within this list
because you might not believe your eyes reading all the features with
that dirt-cheap price could produce a high-quality product. Facts
because Aqua Kent is always well-known for their real bargain &
high-quality product and maybe that’s why many people go for the Kent
brand as it had an advanced cleaning system at a good price, as
mentioned on this website.
Did you know? This water filter is specifically built with 5 litres of storage
for cold and hot water and SS304 material stainless steel which is
contaminant-resistant and more importantly protects the customer’s
health from drinking rusty water.
With its 5-stage filtration system, Aqua Kent is confident in providing
healthy and pure water for customers without any compromise. This
water filter also has direct piping connected directly to your house by its
feed adaptor or diverter valve fixed to the sink faucet via their advanced
UF system for auto-fill hot and cold water.
Aqua Kent also provides extra features such as an external faucet (for
pure normal temperature water at the sink), stainless steel internal
piping leakproof, large capacity dispenser, easy maintenance panel
and most importantly, the essential child lock’s feature on the product
to avoid accidents happening towards children when using the hot water.

4. Special note: This brand is certified with the highest level of certificates
such as WQA Gold Seal, NSF Certification, ROHS Compliant, CE
certification and many more thus proving that Aqua Kent provides the
best water filter in Malaysia that adhere to local but also international
standards which elevate their brand name in the industry.
Cuckoo King Top
Features:
● Product’s Dimension (mm): 220(W) x 492(D) x 490(H)
● Net Weight: 13.6KG
● Water type: Cold & Hot water
● Water tank capacity: Cold (1.0 litres) & Hot (1.0 litres)
● Material: Antibacterial Stainless Steel Water Tank
System: Nano Positive Filtration
- Removing dangerous heavy metals in water such as lead, cadmium
and arsenic while good minerals are preserved
- Eliminates 99.99% of bacteria and viruses
- Uses electrostatic force to absorb microparticles, bacteria, viruses,
and heavy metals.
Price: RM2999.00
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5. Cuckoo is one of the famous water purifier brands in Malaysia that
serves one of the highest quality products and satisfaction towards the
user. With their tagline, “Beyond Drinking Water”, Cuckoo have
produced around 12 water filters and one of the most memorable is
Cuckoo’s King Top water purifier. It is the first mild alkaline water
purifier that features 7 temperature settings from room to cold
temperature.
With its essential child lock’s feature and slim yet stylish design, no
wonder their customers left good reviews on their representative
website, showing satisfaction towards the product.
Snaptec Aurra Pro 2
Features:
● Product’s Dimension (cm): 56(L) x 21(W) x 51(H)
● Net Weight: 11KG
● Water type: Room, warm & boil water
● Water tank capacity: Cold (1.0 litres) & Hot (1.0 litres)
● Material: Tankless Hot Water
System: 4-stage Purification System
1. Sediment filter: removes sediment, dirt, rust and large impurities.
2. Activated carbon filter: Remove chlorine, unwanted chemicals,
and foul odour while improving taste.
3. Nano positive filter: Removes bacteria, viruses, and heavy metals

6. 4. Mineralizer: Add Trace Amounts of Beneficial Minerals (Calcium,
Magnesium and Potassium).
Price: RM1980.00
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Snaptec is another water filter brand that is certified by the NSF for its
filters, tubing and connectors used in the Aurra Water Purifiers proving
that their brand is also on par with other big brands in the water
purification industry.
Along their mission to constantly disrupt existing technologies through
innovative product development in the water purification industry, they
have produced three water filters with almost similar model names
and one of them is Snaptec Aurra Plus which is their best-seller
product yet.
Although it is said to be the slimmest water purifier in the market, it’s
simple and convenient; it might be everything that you need in a water
purifier as it provides a lot of special features in their product such as
the Automatic Heating Sensor and Capacitive Touch Panel.
Panasonic TK-AS45-ZMA
Features:
● Product’s Dimension (cm): 17 (W) x 10.1 (D) x 29.1 (H)
● Net Weight: 3.50KG
● Water type: Acidic Water/ Purified Water/ Alkaline Level 1,
Alkaline Level 2, Alkaline Level 3

7. ● Water tank capacity: 2.0 litres
System: 4-stage Purification System
- Eliminates Harmful Substances: JIS 13 + JWPA 4 Substances,
and 99.999% of Bacteria
Price: RM 2,299.00
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Panasonic’s water purifier is different from others as they promote
more on the alkaline water but still perform as a water purifier product
towards customers.
The features might attract you as they provide a continuation mode
button as a purpose to save water for the convenience of a customer.
The control panel as shown in the picture also shows how easy it is to
operate it to get the desired types of water with just a press of a
button.
Another attractive feature of this product is the user-friendly water
switching lever that enables customers to choose between purified
water, unpurified water and unpurified shower water.
Alkaline ionisers generate these 5 types of ionised water with four
different pH values and purified water for various uses. It’s sure a
great 5 in 1 deal for a healthy lifestyle!

8. ChungHo Water Purifier Compact 450
Features:
● Product’s Dimension (mm): 255 (W) x 500 (D) x 500 (H)
● Net Weight: 15.4KG
● Water type: Hot, cold, ambient
● Water tank capacity: Hot (0.57 Litre), Cold (2.8 Litre), Ambient
(2.6 Litre)
System: 4-steps nanofiltration system
- uses low pressure to reduce the formation of biofilm or yellow
stains.
- eliminate 100% bacteria and viruses
- eliminate brackish water problems
Price: RM3400.00
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Chungho is well-known for their innovation of water purifying coffee
makers and making their standards in water purifiers and coffee
markets, but no doubt their water purifier is quite good for their price
too!
Chungho has built their own user-friendly and compact water filter that
is easy for customers to place in the kitchen. The safe design by
pressing the manual lever and dial for the hot water purifier is
convenient for customers to avoid any bad incidents happening to the
customers.

9. Tankless LG PuriCare™ Water Purifier with
3-stage filtration
Features:
● Product’s Dimension (mm): 170 (W) x 399 (H) x 520 (D)
● Net Weight:
● Water type: Hot, cold, ambient
System: 3-Stage Filtration System
Stage 1 – Pre Carbon Block Plus Filter
- Removal of chlorine and particularly heavy metals.
Stage 2 – UF Membrane Filter
- Removal of various germs and fine particles.
Stage 3 – Post Carbon Filter
- Removal of odour inducing substances such as green tide, and
decay.
Price: RM3,920.00
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10. As home to innovative digital products, LG also joined in the game to
provide their best water filter to their loyal customer and with no doubt,
LG did provide an innovative water filter as par as other brands.
To give fresh water for their customers to drink, their water filter does
stand out as a convenient product with its high-technology features.
For example, the Up & down auto moving tap and left & right
moving tap help the customers to use it conveniently and safely.
As a saying goes, everything is at your fingertips, same with this water
filter as they created a one-touch display to get water instantly so
you don’t have to wait anymore for the water to boil or chill separately.
Coway OMBAK CHP-7310R
Features:
● Product’s Dimension (mm): 340 (W) x 523 (D) x 518 mm (H)
● Net Weight: 21.9KG
● Water type: Ambient, hot and cold water
● Water tank capacity: 7.8 litres (Ambient), 2.3 litres (Cold), 3.4
litres (Hot)
System: 6 Steps Filtration System
Price: RM 4,300.00

11. ______
Coway is always proud and confident with their product including the
Coway OMBAK CHP-7310R water filter. As claimed by the brand,
which is to accommodate the unique need of Malaysian households,
they provide features that are beneficial for their costumer’s health
such as providing pure water with essential minerals (mineral filter
is optional with additional charge), providing a one-touch button for
costumes to choose their preferred water volume and silent mode
option to suit the customer’s preference.
Completing their product’s features with Child Safety Lock and
Power Saving System, we can say that they did make life easier for
their customers.
SK Magic Jiksoo Hyper WPU-A700D
Features:
● Product’s Dimension (mm): 170 (W) x 490 (D) x 390 (H)
● Net Weight: 12.3KG
● Water type: Ambient, hot & cold water
● Water tank capacity: No tank
● Material: Fully stainless steel
System: 3 Stage Filtration
Price: RM 4,600.00

12. ______
SK Magic is another water filter product that originates from Korea
and has become well-known in Malaysia due to its good quality. With
its reasonable price of RM4600 and its features that guarantee safety
and hygiene, we can see why people invest in this water filter brand.
SK Magic is very proud of its water purifier being child-friendly
because of its child lock button and hyper infant feature that come
with 3 temperature hot water. The brand providing lukewarm water for
infants/babies is an innovative move to help the kids drink healthy and
safe water.
The best part of this product is the introduction of an automatic UV
water tap sterilisation that sterilises every 2 hours to eliminate 99% of
harmful microbes safe water. In a nutshell, their customers won’t have
to worry about their water being exposed to contaminants because of
its high-quality technology.
Cuckoo’s Prince Top

13. Features:
● Product’s Dimension (mm): 170 (W) x 468 (D) x 408 (H)
● Net Weight: 10.5KG
● Water type: Hot & cold water
System: 7-Stage Filtration System
Price: RM4800.00
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These rose gold water purifiers sure attracts the customers as it looks
elegant and sophisticated. However, it’s not only the colour that has
become the attraction point of this product because this product offers
more than attractive features.
Being the slimmest water purifier for Cuckoo yet, this product also
offered customers Smart Temperature Settings for the convenience

14. of the customer. It also came with a Voice Navigation in Malay,
English and Mandarin languages! Very 21st century!
It also has low power consumption due to Cuckoo heat sensor
technology, so people who love to drink hot water, can just switch on
the hot water for 24 hours without worrying about the possibility of a
high electricity bill.
Aqua Kent Jade Tankless Instant Water Purifier
Hot Cold Ambient Water
Features:
● Product’s Dimension (mm): 180 (W) x 520 (D) x 445 (H)
● Net Weight: 12.50KG
● Water type: Hot, cold & ambient water
● Effective water quantity: 1600 litres
System: 4 Filtration UF System

15. Price: RM3,200.00
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Aqua Kent Jade water purifier is among one the water purifier products
by Aqua Kent. With convenient features of the control board on top of
the water purifier, it helps customers to easily operate it.
The product comes with a necessity button such as Child Lock button,
Normal, Hot and Cold Water button and even a button for
Sterilisation. The Child Button for Aqua Kent water purifier DOES
NOT discharge hot water, so parents don’t have to be worried if their
child mistakenly pushes the button.
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Final Decision
In sum, all in all products here have their own specialty with the
similar goals of providing the best healthcare and satisfaction of a good
quality water to their customer. Now, it’s all up to the customers to
make decisions and invest for their lifetime health.

16. Written by: Nur Izzati Mohd Saleh