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Spent $80 on a fancy water filter jug and it barely filters anything
I bought one of those Brita-style pitchers with the electronic meter last month, thought it would save me from buying bottled water. After three weeks, the filter indicator said it was already spent, and the water still had that weird chlorine taste from our city supply. I tested it with a cheap TDS meter from Amazon, and the reading only dropped from 220 to 190, basically nothing. Ended up throwing the whole thing in the closet and going back to a $15 countertop filter that actually works. Has anyone else found those pitcher filters to be total garbage or did I just get a dud?
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mila_sullivan3mo ago
Dude I had the EXACT same experience with a ZeroWater pitcher. It was like $50 and the meter said the water was dirty after a week. I found out those meters basically measure anything dissolved in the water, even the good minerals, so it's kinda useless for knowing when to actually change it. I switched to a basic Pur countertop filter like you and my tap water finally tastes like nothing, which is exactly what I want. Honestly I think the pitcher things are a scam for most people unless your water is seriously contaminated.
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baker.riley3mo ago
tastes like nothing" - that's exactly what I'm after too. My friend has a whole countertop distiller setup for making coffee water. It beeps like a microwave when it's done. Tried it once, water tasted like a clean nothing but it took like 4 hours to make 2 cups. No thanks.
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