Several year ago zerowater filters were good but something went wrong and it’s getting worse. The water just sits in the top as the filters stop the flow. I have to be darn sure I’ve already checked that all the water has made it into the pitcher before I pour. I use all the workarounds: Slap the side of the filter when it stops flow. Let tap water sit in a container for a bit (to minimize bubbles/air in the water) before running it through the filter. Suspend the filter (apparatus) above the pitcher so that it doesn’t sit in any water. I even keep my new filter stock right side up in case it helps. Yet it always the same - no flow. How does zerowater get new customers anymore? They probably don’t as it seems impossible.
Response from CulliganBy CH, 1, April 20, 2021
From time to time, a filter may develop an air bubble or air pocket. Carefully lift the reservoir, grip the body of the filter at its mid-section and give the filter 4-5 squeezes while there is water filtering through. This will return the flow back to its normal state.
Most of the time I feel confident my zero water is clean and pure and that is a great relief to me. The water here is very hard and full of all the stuff we hate…. Fluoride and who really knows what? Even my Keurig loves zero filtered water. Machines work much longer and tastes great. If you are on the fence, take the challenge and measure the solids in your water…. It amazed me what I was drinking before zero filters….
I use my water tester daily, to insure that I am drinking the purest quality water possible. To prolong the use of my first stage water filter unit, I have a smaller pitcher. I rotate filters, discarding the filter on my pitcher, and replacing my filter with my larger pitcher, which keeps my filter within range for weeks. Sometimes, I do not have to replace my filter for my large pitcher for three months. When I replace filters, I clean both pitcher with clorox to kill germs and insure that I am drinking the cleanest water on my end. So far, my system is working great.
We live in a community which has very hard water. We usually run 2 - 3 vaporizers to maintain humidity in our house during the winter. (The dry air causes my wife to have frequent, severe, nosebleeds.) In the past our vaporizers would become caked with lime deposits and no longer function efficiently - not to mention the fine lime dust that would settle on all nearby objects. Since we've been using the ZeroWater filters to treat the water that goes into our vaporizers lime build-up is a thing of the past.