https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ja0ioX6
It did TDS test and Iron/Ph test using test strip. It also open up all the filter to see what's inside those filter.
Conclusion from the video....
If you're looking for a water filter that's going to do a good job of cleaning up the water leaving the minerals alone but taking out some of the impurities the, Aquaphor seems like a great option
ZeroWater did a great job of cleaning up the water, removing the impurities including the iron.
And finally I really like the reverse osmosis that's offered by the AquaTrue, it does a great job.
Tap Water (Total Dissolved Solids)
| ppm (part per million/milligrams per liter (mg/L)) | |
| ZeroWater | 0 |
| AquaTru | 36 |
| Survivor Filter Pro | 231 |
| Aquaphor | 233 |
| Brita | 234 |
| Homemade | 237 |
| Frizzlife | 253 |
| Sawyer | 256 |
| Untreated Water(baseline) | 259 |
| Lifestraw | 259 |
| PUR | 260 |
| RV Filter | 267 |
| Berkey | 284 |
Iron
| (ml/L)) | |
| ZeroWater | 0 |
| AquaTru | 0 |
| Aquaphor | 10 |
| Brita | 50 |
| Frizzlife | 50 |
| Berkey | 50 |
| Sawyer | 100 |
| PUR | 100 |
| Lifestraw | 100 |
| RV Filter | 250 |
| Survivor Filter Pro | 250 |
| Homemade | 500 |
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Latest Project Farm video comparing water filter like Brita, ZeroWater, PUR, Berkey, Aquaphor, AquaTrue, RV Filter, Lifestraw, Survivor Filter Pro, etc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ja0ioX6
It did TDS test and Iron/Ph test using test strip. It also open up all the filter to see what's inside those filter.
Conclusion from the video....
If you're looking for a water filter that's going to do a good job of cleaning up the water leaving the minerals alone but taking out some of the impurities the, Aquaphor seems like a great option
ZeroWater did a great job of cleaning up the water, removing the impurities including the iron.
And finally I really like the reverse osmosis that's offered by the AquaTrue, it does a great job.
Tap Water (Total Dissolved Solids)
| ppm (part per million/milligrams per liter (mg/L))
ZeroWater | 0
AquaTru | 36
Survivor Filter Pro | 231
Aquaphor | 233
Brita | 234
Homemade | 237
Frizzlife | 253
Sawyer | 256
Untreated Water(baseline) | 259
Lifestraw | 259
PUR | 260
RV Filter | 267
Berkey | 284
Iron
| (ml/L))
ZeroWater | 0
AquaTru | 0
Aquaphor | 10
Brita | 50
Frizzlife | 50
Berkey | 50
Sawyer | 100
PUR | 100
Lifestraw | 100
RV Filter | 250
Survivor Filter Pro | 250
Homemade | 500
Britta / all the others sucked compared to this.
if I didn't have a fully installed RO system i'd buy this plus all the other accoutrements.
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I think ZW did update their filters > 5-7 years ago. If I'm not mistaken, a gasket contributed to some fishy smell eventually. If you go way back in reviews, you'll see that complaint. That was many years ago though and they've since updated them.
If one worries that every great deal is a fake product, no one would ever by anything on SD.
EDIT: ZeroWater's web-site shows both single and double-circle filters! Therefore, likely NOT a fake photo on Amazon.
https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1...1616023827
If they were "UPDATED" filters, don't you think it would be ON their OWN website...
Look up this product by UPC or model (188781000010 / ZR-001) and you'll see target / home depot / etc... are all hosting the product image with two holes in the filter. They must just have two revisions of this item.
We are after all machines. Just biological machines.
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The most important thing is to replace your ZeroWater filter, either when you have filtered 20 gallons of water, or when the included water quality meter displays a measurement of 006 in your filtered water. If your tap water has a higher TDS (total dissolved solids) score than 300, your filter won't even last as long as 20 gallons.
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ZeroWater's answer to this slight shortcoming is to make a filter that uses a different technology, namely ion exchange, to remove contaminants. Scientists have been using it for ages because many of their experiments require 100 percent pure water. During this process, dissolved ions, such as metals in water, are removed and replaced with ions of the same electrical charge.
How does this work?
The ion exchange resin consists of organic polymers that form a network throughout which there are lots of ion exchange sites. At each of these sites, there are either positively charged ions (cations) or negatively charged ions (anions). These cations and anions contain hydrogen and hydroxide.
Every time a cation or anion pulls a contaminant ion from your tap water, it replaces it with a hydrogen or hydroxide ion. And when hydrogen and hydroxide combine with each other, they form pure water, or H2O.
In other words, the cation and anion resins extract contaminants from the water and then replace them with pure water.
When all the ion exchange sites in the network are filled with contaminants and all the hydrogen and hydroxide ions that used to be there are used up, it is essential to replace your filter.
But as perfect as this technology appears, there is one possible problem. Cations and anions degrade and decompose over time, like almost everything else degrades. Think vegetables, cooking oil, iron, water, and so on.
This is fine in the case of cations; all that can happen is that they might stop working. But as a byproduct of their decomposition, anions release trimethylamine, the same compound that is produced when dead fish flesh decomposes.
And now you understand the origin of the fishy smell in your ZeroWater filtered water. It is released when the anion ions in your filter degrade.
If people do a quick google search, you will see because TDS/ppm is an aggregate measure of charged compounds in water, uncharged things do not contribute to a TDS/ppm measurement. Things like....
- motor oil,
- gasoline,
- many pharmaceuticals,
- pesticides
- toxic nail polish remover
- etc
do not contribute to a TDS/ppm measurement.Also TDS does not give meaningful information about their presence or concentration in water......
Example, when 50 ppb (part per billion) of lead — three times the EPA limit — was added to the water. When tested for TDS, the meter read 4 ppm (part per million), which indicates safe water by those cheap TDS meter.
Per wirecutter "ZeroWater's most prominent claim is that its filters remove 100% of "total dissolved solids" in water—basically, minerals. Tests we conducted in 2016 confirmed that claim—but it's not necessarily a good thing. According to the World Health Organization (PDF), higher TDS in drinking water is associated with lower incidence of cancer and heart disease, and, as the WHO says, "Water with extremely low concentrations of TDS may also be unacceptable because of its flat, insipid taste.""
what does everyone think of the above?
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If you look at how much stuff filtered from the Project Farm video, it make sense ZeroWater filter likely only last for short time and need to replace very often.
Latest Project Farm video comparing water filter like Brita, ZeroWater, PUR, Berkey, Aquaphor, AquaTrue, RV Filter, Lifestraw, Survivor Filter Pro, etc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ja0ioX6
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