ZeroWater 20 Cup Ready-Pour Dispenser Water Filter Pitcher, clear

The water tastes bland but I boil it anyway. The filter does an amazing job. So far so good.

صناعته جيده و أداءه عالي ولقد حاز على رضاي التام

I’ve tried a few replacement filters, but all of them need replacing after 7-10 days (original TDS of my tap water is 700), which is really expensive. The quality of water is exceptional though, so if cost is not an issue, get this.

Useless. Filter doesn’t fit in without unfiltered water dripping through (and yes I have tried EVERYTHING, I’m not attaching it poorly) the filters in Dubai last a really short period of time for example I changed it 4 days ago and now it’s not working anymore.

My only ask is it to have a glass recipient for water. How ever tds tester says 000 which is amazing.

TDS showed 00 after filtering... Very good... There was a certain light taste to it... Which increased many folds after 10 days of usage... Meter still shows TDS 00...returned back to mineral water.

Product effectively filters water as advertised. Gives confidence in the quality of water that I am consuming. A must have in Dubai.

Cumple con las expectativas, sin olores ni sabores. Buen producto

Convenient and does an excellent job of water purification. The TDS meter is easy to use, the jug is a good size and fits in the fridge well giving a convenient and safe supply of water. Removing all particles which can be confirmed using the TDS gives confidence in the product and peace of mind. Well Done Zero Water

お水がとてもまろやかで 美味しくなります。ZEROWaterのお水で緑茶を入れると最高です。

UPDATE 4 (final): I could not get these filters to last longer than about 30% by using the prior (old) filter to pre-filter to a new one. So I bought a reverse osmosis system ($200) which gets TDS down to 18 ppm and other reported this same amount (about 225 ppm TDS input). But my daughter still said it tasted a little bad. So I'm using a zero filter to filter the output from the reverse osmosis and it's 0 ppm. The strange thing is that I'm using an old zero water filter that was starting to show 5 ppm. It went to 0 ppm after a few days and for I think 2 months now, it's output is still 0 ppm. (about 0.5 gallons per day) UPDATE: After starting this, I used the TDS meter to check the output of the top filter once a day. It slowly raised to 6 and then I stopped checking. A week later (about 1 week after I started doing it) the TDS showed 250 while the tap water was 200. It also tasted bad (out of the top filter, not the bottom). So it seem to have "breakthrough" a lot worse than I expected [see up date 3 below]. The day before I squeezed the sides of the top filter to get air out and I wonder if that let gunk that had been caught over the previous several weeks and in the top part of the filter had got around the sand by flowing down the sides. UPDATE 2: I broke the used filter apart to try to see why it started having TDS as high as the tap water. Inside, on the first 1/3 or 1/4 is an activated carbon layer. The rest is "sand". I didn't see any other stages, just the sand that looks interesting and weird when light reflects off of it. There's a thin white "filter" at the bottom, but that's just keeping the sand from coming out. I looked at it under a microscope & knew what it is. I visited a 3M plant in Alabama where they made it & took home a sample. They're really small, very smooth, hollow glass beads that they sprinkle on paints to make things like traffic signs reflective to on-coming lights. There's only a certain angle that solid rain drops reflect light to make a rainbow. The optics of a hollow sphere reflect back to the light. They may use it as a filter because the smooth round shape is easy to clean (if not bought perfectly clean form the manufacturing process), and no super-fine particles are in it like natural sand, although the diameter varies a lot to pretty small which helps in compacting & filtering. It's neat stuff. UPDATE 3: Seeing what it is, I rinsed the old "sand" in a pan with clean water from the new filter. The TDS of the rinse went from about 100 ppm to 0 ppm in 6 rinses. I also tried soap and hot water. At first it seems to filter down to 20 ppm, but then in only 1 cycle of water it was up to 150 ppm, so the top 1/2 layer of activated carbon (and I think sand) that I had removed must have been doing a lot more. See image. After TDS meter says 4 ppm after a few weeks (250 ppm tap water) my daughter complains (she's super sensitive) that it's not perfect anymore. So to extend life of filter I move it to the top holder and put a new filter in bottom. Top drains into bottom so old filter pre-cleans before going to new filter, so it should last a LOT longer. I'm just now trying it, so I don't know but simple math says it should last at least 10x longer. It depends on what the "breakthrough profile" which depends on the concentration. For example, the output water of the top filter could suddenly jump from 6 ppm to be more like tap water. Or the small particles coming through the top should find it easier to make their way through the new filter, so it could make it through faster in the bottom. Then there's the "fishy smell" people talk about. If that's something in the filter form using it too long, then the top filter could start causing that and possibly it's something that the bottom filter can't filter out. But my impression is the the fishy smell was in the rest of the container and they just need to clean it, especially the valve. Maybe just run 1 part bleach to 10 parts water through it for a couple of minutes instead of trying to take it apart.

I am mightily impressed with this product, waited 6 months to write a review. I have had to change the filter only ONCE during the 6 month period and that was at a PPM reading of 4. The instructions say you don’t need to change until it reads 6 but I changed it anyway. Tap water PPM reading at my home is 249 which is way higher than other states or cities. Which usually sit between 118 - 200, So a filter is necessary for us. With a high metal content in our water the filter still has lasted longer than expected. Very happy with the system will buy the fridge sized system to replace my Brita. If I had to compare the two, brita filters work very well but only last at most a month. Within 3 weeks the zero reading will start to rise, by a month it reads at 8 and I will change it. The Zero for me only needed one change in the 6mnths that I have had it. The zero wins out over the brita in all areas. The system may be more expensive, I’m not sure, but the filters don’t need to be changed every month If you have a normal water hardness like the Brita. Follow the instructions when using or changing the filter. Don’t skimp on time. It will make the filter usage that much better. If not you will have charcoal specks leaking into the reserve tank, which isn’t a problem as it doesn’t go into the filtered water supply but it does look weird. This filter has sand & charcoal so if you don’t clean it properly before use, it’s not going to go well for you. It needs a short soak then it needs to be filled and emptied TWICE at a minimum before the filter would be ready for use. If you don’t follow those instructions you will have smelly sandy water. Also the harder your water, the quicker you will need to change your filter. That’s true of any water filter.