They claim that the water out of the filter will read 000 to start (thus the product name). And they tell you to change it when you get a reading of 006.
Well after following the instructions to the letter our first batch read 004. In the manual they say if it does not read 000 to take it all apart clean it again and try again. I did, I was extremely thorough about it and still the result was 004.
But the water tasted good so we decided to ignore the reading. Well the love of the water was short lived, a week and a half into the new water and it started not tasting so good, by week 2 we could not drink it, it had a nasty sour or tangy taste to it, much worse than our tap water alone tastes.
So I took another reading and it was at 030, way beyond the 006 level they suggested to change the water at. How could this filter last less than 2 weeks?
Looking back on it the company never gave any hard rules as to how long the filters would last, they hinted at months and the commercials made you think it would last a long time but 2 weeks?
Well I put in a second filter and while the water tasted better again the reading was still not 000 it was closer at 002. I have emailed the company asking for any advice or explanation.
After getting the sour taste I did some searching and found a few people mention it and they both felt or found mold growing in the filter. Now our unit was always kept in the fridge when water was in it. I will wait to see what the company says and post it back here. For right now I would not recommend this system to people due to it's short life and at $14-$17 a filter it could be more expensive than bottled water.
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