Zerowater - Zero Water FIlter versus Pur or Britta

[MindChamber001]

how do we know there isn't a chemical in the filter that the meter can pick up, and automatically override the meter to zero?

Im not convinced, I wanna see this done with piss.

[starknight97]

Best system i ever seen filter water like this yet it final stage was too run the water over a mineral block too but back some of the good things. Then yes it's true you can get these needed things from food if you eat a unprocessed diverse diet.

[moniquelight]

i have this filter and it works great , water taster so clean and fresh. my only concern is does this product remove fluoride and arsenic?

[cartossin]

My town's tap is 400ppm. It tastes like crap. The zerowater filter rules, makes the water taste like the better brands of bottled water. (fiji water etc) I go to local restaurants and now I notice the crappy town water that I was used to before...

[plasticspine]

i only drank fiji water but now i have this fliter and drink city water out of my camelbak it has no taste awsome!! worth the money

[pete5668]

Why does the zero water glass have half as much water in it as the others?

[danie123182]

@pete5668 It's slow at filtering. But the wait is worth it.

[starknight97]

nice tech but what all zero's mean is you also remove other good things in the water like minerals and other things the human body uses.

[YungCrip63]

@starknight97 nope.

[starknight97]

@YungCrip63 try yes how it putting it back in you can't selectively remove things from the water we don't have that true tech yet.

[danie123182]

@starknight97 You mean things that give people kidney stones. Yeah it removes them.

[starknight97]

@danie123182 no i mean Iron, Silica,potassium, magnesium and others. Then calcium the man cause of kidney stones. Is really not the calcium fault but not drinking enough water too stop a build up into a stone. Though calcium is very important too our bones.

[danie123182]

@starknight97 But all of those things can be found in fruits and vegetables in quantities hundreds of times more dense than in tap water. Even calcium is found in spinach in high quantities. The amount of those substances found in water are so small as to be almost worthless when compared to an apple or a banana. So filtering will make no difference.

Eat some fruits and vegetables and filter your water. Get that chlorine and shit out of your water. It's poison.

[starknight97]

@danie123182 true and sometime like i said yes you can though diet get them. yet look and people diets today. fast food, process crap, pink slime. no they can use ever source they can get becuase so many sources have failed them. we believe they are worthless yet our science let McDonald happens which can kill your liver in 28 days. So no our current science here in this field is just getting started. then yes fluoride(rat poison) and chlorine are 1000times worse then water with nothing in it.

[DarkCloak]

I've been using this for the past 2 years. It does work as advertised, great product.

[jdumars]

Must be employees from Brita that keep hitting the dislike button.

[etarnell1317]

All I want to know is if this actually works better than the brita that i am currently using? yes or no???

[jdumars]

@etarnell1317

Here's an idea, get the tester and test it yourself. Compare your brita or any other water and test the PPM. They even suggest it yourself so why are you asking people on youtube?

[LukeL007]

I had over 470 on my meter, mainly because of the Karst Topograph in the area and heavy limestone and dolomite deposits as well. Even so this filter got it down to 0.

[pete5668]

@LukeL007 Dolomite deposits? Yuck. I wouldn't want my water tasting like smelly old ski boots either.

[BigMikeSaylor]

It sounds good but I have read a lot of negative things about it's taste. I'm going to buy one and test it for myself

[wallaguest1]

so zero means its destillated watter what you get?

[simcity6301]

I bought one of these filters from Fry's, it does work as advertised, the filters are only good for about 3 months.

[ClarkSweet21]

It's called taking your vitamins imbecilles, you don't need to get your minerals from your water.

[zunehdrocks]

PUR leaves healthy minerals and floride, zero water doesn't. Thats why Pur gets like 172

[msnywoman23]

@zunehdrocks

there's no such thing as ingesting healthy fluoride fool. fluoride for the teeth might be healthy because you then spit it out. ingesting fluoride is poison and causes plenty of health problems . do research man.

[zunehdrocks]

@msnywoman23 I'm not just talking about fluoride fool. I'm not saying that fluoride in water is completely healthy fool. There are healthy minerals in water fool. Do the research fool. Listen to 749lineman in top comments fool.

[msnywoman23]

@zunehdrocks

well fool i'M TALKING ABOUT Fluoride and not the other minerals. because it's fluoride that is poison when ingested.not even a little amount is healthy. have you ever heard of a little amount of cocaine that's healthy , same goes for fluoride when ingested

[pete5668]

@msnywoman23 I PITY DA FOO' dat be talkin' 'bout fluoride! lol

[msnywoman23]

@pete5668

lol

[zunehdrocks]

Ok the stuff in the bottles water is good minerals this ad is tricking you a little

[llieske]

I just got one of these. I agree it's not healthy drinking distilled water, but my water is apparently loaded with crap. The TDS meter I got with the kit reads +500!  Afrer filtering it reads zero but that means it takes out all the good stuff. What's the best purifier for me to use that will filter out the bad and keep in the good. Does such a thing exist?

[zunehdrocks]

@llieske Pur is best for you.The ADA Council on Scientific Affairs' Acceptance of PUR model CR-6000C is based on its finding that the product is an effective water filter that does not remove fluoride and good minerals from the tap water. By the way +500!?!?! thats over the EPA limit

[llieske]

@zunehdrocks Really, I'll have to get someone out to check out our line. That's what it is coming from tao, here in phoenix. Might have something to do with the pipes being old? I've been using the zerowater filter for the past month and it works excellent. I know I'm missing nutrients but I take supplements anyway.

[zunehdrocks]

@llieske missing floride too

[llieske]

@zunehdrocks I use flouride toothpaste and .05% flouride rinse at least 3x a day. Tap water contains significantly less than that.

[zunehdrocks]

@llieske true

[GaMEChld]

Can someone explain why everyone is curious about its ability to remove fluoride? Is fluoridated water that bad? If so, why is it added to municipal water?

[USMCFISCELLA]

@GaMEChld Sodium Fluoride is sold to municipalities as a way to help with tooth decay. What it actually does is dumb down the population and cause severe health problems. Water Flourination is DEADLY. You should check out infowars.com. Alex Jones has extensively researched this topic. You will be horrified with what you find

[hangtime911]

@GaMEChld Yes fluoride is very bad to ingest.

[MRtoker2007]

does this remove fluoride?????????????????

[WingThaiJ]

I was wondering whether minerals should be in the water for health. Is '0' better?

[zunehdrocks]

@WingThaiJ minerals are just added for health and zero water filters it so if you drink zero water daily you will be deprived of those minerals and you will get sick. Same thing with distilled water, smart water will probably has all zeros too unless they put minerals in it

[WingThaiJ]

@zunehdrocks I'd rather take a vitamin/mineral tab with zerowater. I use well water and it stinks. I'd rather not assume what minerals are left over so I'd rather get rid of everything and eat, drink other things along with a supplement, so then ya don't have to worry about anything.

[22y32g9]

before you buy look to see if it has a 3rd party tester that did studies on their products why waist your hard earned money. don't listen to there commercials they are there to make money. always seek the truth before hand.

[setbro]

Total filtration is the best and worst thing about this product. Most of us using it, will do so because our water tastes nasty probably due to high TDS so we will find that we need to change the filters constantly.

There's the problem. I think it does a better job than we need it to do. So it does what it says, but it costs

[Shatree1]

Zero water is the best. I have used Pur and Brita and the water still tastes awful. I have been using Zero for about 2 years now. I could tell the difference in the taste immediately. The cost is comparable to other filters. It has cut my bottled water consumption down to zero.

[aml3ient]

APHEX TWIN WOOOOOOO!

[pakalolo28]

Does zero water remove fluoride as well? I had an in-line fluoride filter in my house, but now live in an apartment and I can't hook it up. I may buy a Big Berkey, but it is $250 -- but it is portable.

[heavnnnsent]

"the way nature intended" ha ha ha. Nothing pure about nature, drink water and get all kinds o goodies in there

[Dumbfounded113]

Given the poor nutrient quality of our commercial food supply, unless you eat all organic foods, taking a decent quality multi-vitamin/mineral capsule(s) daily in addition to a few other basic supplements is just common sense these days.

But does anyone know of ANY commercial brand water filters which remove Fluoride? Even The Vitamin Shoppe & Feel Rite don't carry filters which remove Flouride and GNC has NOTHING.

Don't want to pay an obscene amount-Ideas please?

[kelinyc]

I just bought a Zero but am worried about Zero's lack of info on microbial cysts (fecal bacteria). The Pur site says: PUR water filtration reduces 99% of microbial cysts; other brands don’t. I’m also concerned about lead. When I remove used PUR filters they smell like pencil lead. Haven't had to change the Zero yet. But I heard that lead can't be measured with the Zero meter, only minerals. Zero water tastes great; but I'd like to know if the lead & fecal bacteria are removed.

[SounzNice]

@kelinyc Yeah 0 = 0. Zero filtered water is 100% water (nothing but water).

[kelinyc]

I just bought a Zero but am worried about Zero's lack of info on microbial cysts (fecal bacteria). The Pur site says: PUR water filtration reduces 99% of microbial cysts; other brands don’t.

I’m also concerned about lead. When I remove used PUR filters they smell like pencil lead. Haven't had to change the Zero yet. But I heard that lead can't be measured with the Zero meter, only minerals. Zero water tastes great; but I'd like to know if the lead & fecal bacteria are removed.

[foxhound1976]

@kelinyc

so run it on the zero water then the pur...its a busta.....busta...... busta

ya dig?

[BigMacFury]

what if the cup is dirty lol

[highjump44]

Does it remove flouride

[manuel16janica]

We Are Using Brita Water Filter Right Now . And No Bsing . It Works .

[ChadSextoid1]

ZERO IS MY FAVORITE NUMBER!!!!!!! YAAAAAAAAY!!!!!!

[xnf90x2]

@ChadSextoid1 LOL

[likekinds]

What proof do "medical professionals' have, that drinking purified water over along time is unhealthy? Practically all of the minerals in our bodies, comes from the food we eat, not the water we drink.

[chimpuman]

Humans have been drinking river and ground water for thousands of years. Minerals aren't the issue. It's the bad minerals that find their way into the water supply due to contamination.

It's also about taste. This thing is probably good for making really good coffee and tea.

[boob1019]

It works.... buy it give it a taste......

[01rrrdddrrrddd]

You need the minerals to live. Why would you want to remove them? How about a filter removing organic compounds.

[johnnygstacks]

i live in las vegas and are water is around 460-470 tds, just wish it was lower so i could get more pitchers for the money i spend on filters

[silverwolf20015]

By the way, I tested Rain Water On the TDS meter and got 008. Not bad at all. I goes to show you what all is really IN tap water these days.

[silverwolf20015]

I even furthered my testing, and took 3 Ice trays, Filled one with unfiltered tap water, one with water filtered water from the Pur, And one filled with water from the Zero Water pitcher. I checked each Ice tray once frozen, and only 1 tray of ice had crystal clear ice without the hazy white film in the middle. The Zero Water tray.

[silverwolf20015]

I Actually bought a Zero Water pitcher Recently, And at first I was Skeptical about it because it claimed to remove all the contaminants and read out 000. Well, To my surprise the first time I ran the test it read 000. I then tested a glass of unfiltered water and it read about 245. I then went and bought a Pur water filter that fits onto my kitchen sink, and to my surprise, when I tested the outcome of that with the TDS meter, I got 235.

[BRYAN351]

@silverwolf20015, not all dissolved solids in water are bad.  Some are good for you, such as calcium and other minerals. Calcium is what gives ice cubes their hazy white look.

Selective filtration is best. You want to remove the bad things, like chlorine, chemicals, and bad solids like heavy metals, but leave in healthy solids like calcium and other minerals. A large countertop style carbon-block water filter is the best all around choice, such as the Aquasana, Multi-Pure, and many others.

[silverwolf20015]

@BRYAN351, I can see where you are coming from. You are right on many levels, but I guess it's just the differences in each ones desired purity of the water. :)

[telanis9]

@BRYAN351 The white hazy look is from air bubbles.

[myNEONCITY]

PUR is better than Brita

[749lineman]

Zero water is virtual distilled water. Distilled water, medical professionals say, is not good for you on a regular basis because its lack of minerals etc cause it to leach basic minerals from your own body.

[asorlonnn]

@749lineman

People Like you are never satisfied, Never full-filled

If all he says is true

this is the best product in water marketing

if It leeches minerals

I would love to lose all fluoride and calcifying minerals in my body that clogg

[valkour22]

@749lineman ur about stupid, distilled is heated. We do not get our minerals from water ,we get them from food.

[AnotherVoiceless]

@749lineman

I would agree with you but if what they say about rain water is true, than your statement would be wrong, and we both can probably agree that the "things" we find in our tap and bottle water are not the minerals our bodies need.

[ExtremeToothDecay]

Common misinformation...

[YungCrip63]

@ExtremeToothDecay whats misinfomation? 

[ExtremeToothDecay]

It is misinformation (ie, "wrong") to say that distilled water has a harmful effect of leaching minerals from our bodies.

It is also typical for this misinformation to be distributed with phrases like "medical professionals say" to make it sound more true.

[jamescaptainfarrell]

Does it remove chlorine and the other shit that the towns put in there to POISON us? I don't think so. $15.00 for a replacement filter as well? I don't think so ZERO. I'll be buying 0 ZERO products. G'day

[dannybex]

@jamescaptainfarrell ...it does remove chlorine...and the other shit...that's why it's called ZERO water.

[myNEONCITY]

@dannybex it removes detectable dissolved solids, but it doesnt remove organic compounds, as rated in consumer reports.

[xCASDGuyx]

I'll stick with my berkey water purifier.

[Shon7r]

171 parts per million seems like not very much to me...

[frozenrozie2]

What does 'remove all detectable dissolved solids' actually mean? Aren't some dissolved solids actually good for you? Like fluoride?

[dancinghelicopter]

flouride is actually not good for you

[romanosalvatore]

Yeah, pretty bad for you.

[b1naryd1g1t5]

Exactly. TDS just means minerals, and you don't want to remove minerals. In fact, TDS has NOTHING to do with contaminants (a fact the Zerowater people don't mention). I would be interested in seeing the Zerowater NSF data sheet -- I seriously doubt it is even as good as the Brita when it comes to removing heavy metals, VCO's, MTBE, and cysts.

[euroc1]

They publish their NSF report in their brochure. I wont type it all out here, but it claims to remove 99.7% Chromium, 99.3% Lead, 96.1% Mercury, 97.5% Chlorine and Aluminum, and 94.8% Iron. I'm not sure what Brita can do, but so far I have been pretty impressed with the way the zerowater tastes. I had a faucet adapted Dupont brand filter and it really didn't help the taste of city water.

[jamescaptainfarrell]

@frozenrozie2

Fluoride is a neurotoxin. Do the research. Assholes put it in drinking water because it is sold to towns for purification. The real reason it's sold to towns by manafacturers is that they have to pay endless amounts of money to dispose of it because it's HAZZARDOUS. However the FOOLS will tell you it's in minute amounts and not hazzardous. Says who? Where are the long term studies on this. Stop poisoning us assholes with aluminum manafacturing by-products.

[acerone1]

Yes, have mine for 3 months now and it still reads 000 PPM

[Deskonet]

waste of money !!!

[nadreev]

key word "detectable"

[majikal9]

I like how he only puts like a couple drops in the pitchers. Very convincing.

[djrobsd]

That's what multi-vitamin supplements are for, I would never rely on my drinking water to get the minerals I need, I take GNC Mega Man which has all of those minerals you mention above.

[panchogordo1]

my zerowater pitcher read around 70

[acerone1]

Mine 000

[uurrmmomm]

found this on another website

"Much of the "TDS" that your filter removes are actually the minerals that the human body NEEDS. Mineral depletion is a harmful condition that will lead to severe health problems in those who use your filter. Your filtered water will actually remove minerals that the body has acquired from other foods and liquids. The bodily depletion of essential minerals, including iron, selenium, magnesium, calcium and essential salts are known to cause many health problems."

[BoogsterSU]

Hey what about our long lost cousin Aquavie?