How it works

It reads
the color.

A filter shows its own status by changing color. EyeOnFilter is the eye that watches it — here's exactly how.

The principle

Clean is light. Dirty is dark.

As a filter traps impurities, its media darkens — a new water cartridge is pale, a spent one is deep amber or brown. That color change is a reliable signal of how much life is left.

EyeOnFilter shines white LEDs onto the filter through the housing's transparent window, then measures the reflected light as red, green, and blue values. The onboard CPU maps that color to a status and reports it.

LIGHT PATH● LIVE
SENSOR LEDs FILTER illuminate → ← reflected color
Operating sequence

From install to alert

STEP 01

Install the app & sensor

Download the EyeOnFilter app, then place the sensor against the clear window of your filter housing. No tools, no plumbing changes.

app: iOS / Android
mount: housing window
tools: none
STEP 02

One-time Wi-Fi setup

During setup you enter your home Wi-Fi credentials through the app; the sensor registers itself and joins your network. No hub or bridge.

pairing: via app
network: home Wi-Fi
hub: not needed
STEP 03

Daily color reading

The sensor mostly sleeps. About once a day it wakes, the LEDs illuminate the filter, the color sensor takes a reading, and it reports dirty / not-dirty over Wi-Fi.

wake: ~1× / day
reads: RGB color
idle: deep sleep
STEP 04

Alert & reorder

When the color crosses the dirty threshold, the app notifies you anywhere in the world. Order a replacement cartridge in a tap.

trigger: dirty color
alert: push + app
reorder: 1 tap
Under the hood

The hardware

RGB 12-bit

Optical color sensor

Measures red, green, and blue light reflected from the filter at high resolution to map exact color.

4× AA

Years of power

A regulator and battery monitor feed the CPU, radio, sensor, and LEDs. Daily-wake duty cycle means 2+ years.

Wi-Fi + BT

Connected, no hub

An integrated radio and antenna talk straight to your network and phone — alerts reach you anywhere.

Ready

Let the sensor do the looking.

Order the sensor — $89