CamoChameleonsHuman
Chameleon Enthusiast
Corona, corona, corona.... Once upon a time it was my favorite beer..... Now it's the cause of store shelves being left empty....
I hit a predicament one day. I was completely out of distilled water for my humidifier and misters and I went to Walmart to purchase my usual 9 gallons a week. But wait all the idiots bought it all up!!!??? So I was left with finding a new solution. I thought to myself a Pur or a Brita filter will definitely be better than putting straight tap water through my Mistking. Then I stumbled upon this Zero Water filter pitcher that claimed to take your tap water down to 000 TDS which is equivalent to distilled water and RO water using a 5 stage Ion exchange filtration system. I was skeptical to say the least. I did some quick phone research and turns out the company and the filters are legit. They even filter out Lead and other nastiness that the Britas and Purs can't.
I bought the 12 cup pitcher (actually only hold 11.5 cups) which comes with a filter and a TDS tester which ran me $30. The filters need to be replaced after the tester reads 006 TDS. Now the length of time 1 filter will last you is entirely dependent on what your tap water reads on the TDS before its filtered. My tap water usually tested in between 175 and 230. I was able to get a filter to last me 2 weeks and granted me almost 29 gallons of filtered water in that time (bought a Mistking and needed to fill that reservoir). Each filter costs on average $15. And here in Colorado 1 gallon of distilled water costs about 98¢. Which would of cost me $29. So I saved $14 just on water using this filter. Not to mention the plastic jugs I'm no longer buying and throwing away on the daily. So I'm saving on the environment too. Now of course this pricing doesn't include the price of my tap water but the way I see it is I'm already paying for tap water anyways so I'm not going to see a drastic change on my bill from this.
I love this thing. But it has a few caveats. It takes about 30-40min just to fill the 11.5 cup pitcher. You'll need to fill the top reservoir twice in this time to completely fill the pitcher. The filters can be hard to find and range in price online. Usually the more filters you buy the cheaper they are individually. The spout on the bottom is very slow as well and usually causes more messes than success.
This isnt going to be for everyone. Maybe just the people like me who has only 2 chams and 3 new Caledonian geckos. Who rents their home and doesn't buy so putting in a huge or really nice RO system isn't ideal.
https://www.zerowater.com/index
I hit a predicament one day. I was completely out of distilled water for my humidifier and misters and I went to Walmart to purchase my usual 9 gallons a week. But wait all the idiots bought it all up!!!??? So I was left with finding a new solution. I thought to myself a Pur or a Brita filter will definitely be better than putting straight tap water through my Mistking. Then I stumbled upon this Zero Water filter pitcher that claimed to take your tap water down to 000 TDS which is equivalent to distilled water and RO water using a 5 stage Ion exchange filtration system. I was skeptical to say the least. I did some quick phone research and turns out the company and the filters are legit. They even filter out Lead and other nastiness that the Britas and Purs can't.
I bought the 12 cup pitcher (actually only hold 11.5 cups) which comes with a filter and a TDS tester which ran me $30. The filters need to be replaced after the tester reads 006 TDS. Now the length of time 1 filter will last you is entirely dependent on what your tap water reads on the TDS before its filtered. My tap water usually tested in between 175 and 230. I was able to get a filter to last me 2 weeks and granted me almost 29 gallons of filtered water in that time (bought a Mistking and needed to fill that reservoir). Each filter costs on average $15. And here in Colorado 1 gallon of distilled water costs about 98¢. Which would of cost me $29. So I saved $14 just on water using this filter. Not to mention the plastic jugs I'm no longer buying and throwing away on the daily. So I'm saving on the environment too. Now of course this pricing doesn't include the price of my tap water but the way I see it is I'm already paying for tap water anyways so I'm not going to see a drastic change on my bill from this.
I love this thing. But it has a few caveats. It takes about 30-40min just to fill the 11.5 cup pitcher. You'll need to fill the top reservoir twice in this time to completely fill the pitcher. The filters can be hard to find and range in price online. Usually the more filters you buy the cheaper they are individually. The spout on the bottom is very slow as well and usually causes more messes than success.
This isnt going to be for everyone. Maybe just the people like me who has only 2 chams and 3 new Caledonian geckos. Who rents their home and doesn't buy so putting in a huge or really nice RO system isn't ideal.
https://www.zerowater.com/index