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What is the size of your filters, and how fast do you push water through them? Full hose flow?

Here's an option - on the end of the RO hose put a quick connect union elbow, and then a short piece of tube that extends down into the kettle. https://www.buckeyehydro.com/union-elbow/ Russ

Ugh. Good luck with a low end cheapie pH "pen." Some low cost meters, like TDS meters are typically ok. That's not the case with pH meters. https://www.buckeyehydro.com/mw102-pro-ph-temp-meter/

Sounds like your meter or your probe is bad.

https://www.buckeyehydro.com/sediment/

Your prefilters, meaning the filters that touch the water before it gets to the RO membrane, you'll typically replace every 6 to 9 months or so for about $15 to $25 depending on which/how many prefilters you have. You'll typically get 2 to 5 years out of an RO membrane. Replacement is $35 to...

Filmtec membranes, arguably the best in the business, rated from 36 to 100 gpd are factory spec'ed at 50 psi. Nearly every single other brand of residential membranes are spec'ed at 65 psi. This is an important differentiator when you're shopping for a new membrane. Our 150 and 200 gpd...

You certainly don't want to run a "few 200 gpd membranes" with a typical residential-scale system (10" x 2.5" prefilters with 1/4" OD tubing and 1/4" fittings). Russ

City of Cinn water at 5.8 pH??? Hmmm. What is the source of these numbers?

I believe you are correct -

Sorry - didn't notice you were the original poster...

Sweet mother of pearl. You're not kidding!

Hardness (primarily dissolved calcium and magnesium) is a component of the Total Dissolved Solids... so yes, they are correlated. High hardness will cause a high TDS for example.

https://www.buckeyehydro.com/pinch-valves-adjustable/

https://www.buckeyehydro.com/3-way-splitter/ Russ

Brass and poly fittings (called hose bib adapters) to do just that can be found here: Feedwater Fittings - Buckeye Hydro

https://www.buckeyehydro.com/mw102-pro-ph-temp-meter/

Holy Tomoly the prices of these things!

Yoder has 9 pellet smokers.... that start at $2000. Too rich for me... https://www.yodersmokers.com/pellet/

So smoking = wood pellets?