10-Cup Ready-Pour Pitcher

My wife and I live in Arizona, which has some of the hardest water in the country. It's safe but it's basically dusty, dirty desert river water with all sorts of minerals and dirt in it. We use a filter on our refrigerator for drinking water but my wife still refuses to drink it; she says it tastes terrible. I never noticed it that much - I feel like straight drinking water usually tastes bad regardless - but especially with ice, I could smell it. So I ordered this pitcher because I feel like constantly buying bottled water like my wife's been doing is really wasteful in a whole bunch of ways. And we both love it. We don't use it all the time and I'll get to why in a second, but when we want just clean, good tasting drinking water or ice, it really beats any other filtered water, especially here. I thought it was a nice touch that it comes with a TDS (total dissolved solids) meter that you can use to measure your water before and after to both be sure the Zero Water filter is working and also know when to buy a new one (they say when the TDS go above a certain threshold, the filter needs replacing). I measured our water from the tap with 500ppm dissolved solids! That is very high. I then filtered this with Zero Water and it went down to 3ppm. Not 0, but that's a tough number to start with. I then tested our filtered refrigerator water and it still measured at 400ppm! So the fridge filter (which is a standard carbon filter like in every other filtration system) is doing something, but it's not very effective on Arizona water. Also, my wife was right! The fridge filtered water is still pretty terrible compared to even unfiltered water from, say, New York (which actually has really good natural water). But I then re-filtered the fridge water through Zero Water and the result was 0ppm. And I think that's a fairer test, since most people will be starting with water that's probably in the 100-300ppm range. Since the fridge filter starts complaining that it needs to be changed at 6 months regardless of usage, and there's really no other convenient way to know when it's dead, we just do that all the time now... we re-filter our fridge water for drinking and ice. But most people won't need to do that - most people can just filter their tap water and will get 0ppm water from Zero Water filters. Now, I will say that I still drink the straight fridge filtered water sometimes, and we also use it in cooking and other things. That's because Zero Water literally filters *everything*, even the good stuff like fluoride and certain minerals your body needs. If there's a situation where the taste doesn't really matter or otherwise gets masked, like in cooking, I'd recommend sticking with unfiltered or less-filtered water. (Other filtration systems are designed to specifically leave alone things like fluoride and good minerals.) But man, the first time I tasted our Zero Water, it was like tasting water itself for the first time. It almost didn't taste real. I don't think I've ever had truly pure water before. It was borderline sweet, maybe because I'm conditioned to our water tasting a bit bitter so that's what my brain expects. But it was very clean, otherwise tasting like absolutely nothing. And obviously with nothing dissolved in it, it's totally clear as well. I can't really comment on filter longevity as we haven't had to replace ours yet. That's after about a month of use, though, filtering still some pretty hard water even after the fridge filter got through it. That said, I don't think this is a system meant to filter *all* your water, and if you use it that way, you'll probably go through filters pretty quick in this part of the country. (The pitcher comes with a brochure that shows how long you might expect a filter to last - in volume, not time - in different parts of the country.) It is best used as a filtration system just for straight drinking water and ice, and if you use it that way, the filters seem to last decently long enough. I did just test our water again a couple days ago and it was still at 0ppm, so our first filter is still working fine after a month.

After doing the research, this was the one which I found to have the maximum filtration while I am living in an apartment. In a home you own, your best bet is an under the sink or whole-house reverse osmosis system. However, for a whole lot less, you can get this with pretty much the same water quality! That's quite astounding given the price differential (thousands versus a hundred or two). Nevertheless, this system takes more work in terms of: * Vigilance - you'll have to use the TDS monitor provided with purchase to see how the filter is doing * Keeping the water levels full in the container as you use it * Keeping new filters on hand After reading the reviews, I realized that the filter would last maybe a month given my usage (about 1 gallon a day for one person). I use it for both drinking and cooking. Before this I was lugging multi-gallon containers from the water store to home every week. The price was okay though has been going up. I was paying may $400 a year for water. Now it's more like $250 in the first year, and it will be less in ensuing years because I won't be buying any new pitchers, just filters. My tap water here in Florida tests out at 300 particles (ppm). Anywhere you live, there will be additives, pharmaceuticals, pesticides and heavy metals - even on well water because the aquifers are now contaminated. Flouridation (terrible for the organs), is another factor if you use city water. I have used filtered water exclusively for 30 years. I had a very good Culligan system installed under my kitchen sink at home, but as I have moved, I have gone with a portable setup. Zero Water eliminated the need to lug heavy water containers, which is wonderful. But I wasn't going to compromise. Turns out, the filters are exceedingly effective. I won't go into it here, it is covered extensively in other reviews and on YouTube, this system far exceeds other gravity systems. One thing that struck me, though, was how to maximzie usage of the filters. At my current rate, I'd use 1 filter a month. Not at all a bad thing. However, I have brought that down to 1 every six months. Here's how. I have purchased two pitchers, as shown. On the right is the 10-cup, my first pitcher. At center, the 12-cup. On the left is a 2 gallon glass container with spigot. I do the following. 1. Fill the first pitcher with tap water. Use it exclusively for a month. (I pour the water into a glass container almost immediately after filtering. That's just me.) 2. Once the TDS monitor tells you that the water has more than a safe number of particles (6 is the recommended number), start using the second pitcher. Your first pitcher becomes your dirty pitcher. 3. Pour the water from the "dirty" pitcher to the second pitcher (the clean pitcher). The clean pitcher's filter will have to do much less filtering because the dirty pitcher's filter is still picking up most of the particles. 4. Keep testing the water from the clean pitcher. Once it reaches the maximum of 6 or more, (which takes 6 months in my case), throw away the filter in the dirty pitcher and replace it with the filter in the clean pitcher. Install a brand new filter in the clean pitcher. 5. Repeat steps 1-4. Doing it this way, your filters should last a lot longer, depending on your usage. If you are a family of 4 or 8, and use 2-4-8 gallons a day, you may get 1 week out of one filter, but you will get much more out of each filter doing it this way. I like to use glass for holding the water longer term. But if you are using all BPA-free plastic containers, which all the pitchers ZeroWater provides are, you should be ok. Which Container Zero Water offers several options for containers. I chose the pitchers because they are small enough to lift, while still having a spigot on the back end if I want to use them directly to fill a glass. But pouring the water is faster than the spigot, so a pitcher is more versatile than the larger container. I chose different sizes in the pitcher mainly to be able to differentiate which is the dirty and which, the clean. Personally, I prefer the 12-cup - the top fits better than the 10-cup, and is molded to prevent leakage from the water that is still filtering through if you happen to need to pour it before it's all drained down. TDS Monitor The TDS monitor comes with each unit. It is accurate. I tested it on various water sources. So I trust it when it says my filtered water is zero. They are sensitive enough to detect 1 ppm. These monitors work on batteries. They should last quite a while. I called customer service about this because one of the TDS monitors stopped working. They were very informative and helpful. I have taken the monitors out of the slot where they can be carried on top of the pitchers. The possibility that water will fill the top is too great. The TDS monitors are actually not waterproof. They will die if submerged fully in water. You should only submerge the bottom where the sensors are. Put about an inch of your filtered water in a clean cup to test it. The TDS monitors have a "hold" button and an "on/off" button. If you mistakenly press the hold button, your monitor will not read the water levels and will say "000". This may be incorrect if your monitor is on hold. Just press the hold button a couple times and test the water, and whatever number it reads will be accurate. Customer Service Zero Water has its own website. They can be contacted by email and phone. They are highly responsive, knowledgeable and friendly. This speaks volumes about the product, because they back it. Water Taste The water tastes like a spring-fed stream. It's great. At one point, when I was still getting used to how to use the equipment, I was drinking water at 55ppm and it still tasted very good. When I caught this and started using a clean filter, bringing the water to 000 ppm again, the taste improvement was noticeable, though not as dramatic as the difference between tap water and purified. I've read on here that the taste becomes sour or metallic when the water purification levels drop. To me, it has not been that noticeable. I would suggest replacing the filter in such cases as it might be faulty. Camping Out I would take this with me on a camping trip. But I would use an initial filter designed for camping first, then put it through the Zero Water filters. This system is not really designedf for pond water that has mud and algae. However, once you filter those out, I wouldn't hesitate to use it. Overall, I am pleased with this system. As long at the quality of the filters stays the same, I plan to use it until I get another home. Stay safe and be healthy. I will update this review if my experience changes.

I have used Brita for a long time and while I think its good, the ZeroWater is superior. Water taste and consistency is much better; no minerally flavor and light. The filter is much larger than the competition so that's probably one of the reasons. Only potential downside is that the jar is larger than comparable products so you'll need extra space in the fridge. Totally worth the money.

Ottima soluzione per migliorare la qualità dell'acqua domestica e ridurre il consumo di plastica. L'acqua filtrata ha un sapore più gradevole e risulta più dolce, test fatto con cartine tornasole per la durezza dell'acqua. Il filtro, sebbene non economico e con una durata di circa un mese per acqua mediamente dura, è efficace nel ridurre impurità e metalli pesanti, come evidenziato da tanti test di laboratorio disponibili su YouTube. La caraffa include un comodo misuratore elettronico per verificare la durezza dell'acqua. Nonostante la caraffa non sia molto maneggevole, il dispenser a molla per l'acqua è pratico. La consiglio per chi ha un'acqua mediamente dura, per renderla più buona e avere un'alternativa sostenibile all'acqua in bottiglia, pur considerando il costo dei filtri.

I have both this and another 10-cup zerowater (without the dispenser tap). The tap makes it convenient to get a cup, but the flow is rather slow, compared to just pouring it from a jug. The refill process requires that you take off the lid. I find it easiest to use another jug to collect tap water, and then pour it into the filter jug. Pros and cons compared to the other design.

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