That looks great! I may order one. Price is good too. Will that take out 120 years of (stuff) in these ancient water pipes?
Probably. The filter has 5 layers of different materials. The pitcher comes with a water tester that displays the number of PPM (Parts Per Million)TDS (Total Dissolved Solids). When I got mine, I used it to test tap water, Arrowhead & Sparkletts bottled water and water from the Zero Filter. Big surprise.
Tap water: 182 (varies by location.) The pitcher also includes a chart that shows the TDS of different areas.
Sparkletts Bottled Water: 282 (BIG surprise)
Arrowhead Bottled Water: 261
Water after going through the Zero Filter: 0. The instructions say to replace the filter when it reads 006. That usually takes 2-3 months. Depends on location. I detect no difference in taste between bottled water & the Zero filtered water.
Also interesting that bottled water tastes good in spite of the high TDS. I think they add certain minerals to it so it tastes good or people wouldn't keep buying it.
The pitcher (or the larger square-shaped dispenser) includes one filter. The price is good because I think they make their money on the filters, which are $15.00 each. But they are a great company to deal with. I dropped my pitcher on the counter & the little hinged door broke off. The pitcher was still useable. I phoned the company & asked if I could buy that small plastic part. They sent me a whole new pitcher, filter & tester. They didn't even charge me shipping.
I've tried the PUR & Brita filter pitchers. The PUR was OK - until the filters started to not last very long. The water stopped going through the filter after only a couple of weeks. They probably cheapened out on the manufacture. And the pitcher started leaking after a few weeks. The Brita filter leaked bits of carbon from the filter into the water because the filter is not well designed; the screen at the top of the filter was not fine enough.
