ZeroWater Filtered Pitcher
Do water filters in pitchers actually do anything? a colleague asked me a little while back. I realized I didn’t know the answer.
But after some testing, I can attest that this particular ZeroWater filtered pitcher from Culligan lives up to its name. It pretty much zeroes out your water of minerals, and a lot of other stuff. It successfully removed all detectable chlorine compounds from my water. I was also able to verify it removed basically all dissolved solids: calcium, magnesium, whatever. It’s been tested, its manufacturers say, to remove lead, chromium, fluoride, and PFAS. Why would you want to remove fluoride? I dunno. But you do you, boo.
Not only that, but the pitcher comes with a TDS (total dissolved solids) meter, to tell you when the filter needs changing. If the number goes above zero, it needs changing.
Note the usual caveats: These filters, like pretty much all filters made for home use, don’t kill bacteria or other live bugs. That’s what the chlorine in your pipes is for. What this filter does is remove the chlorine in your drinking water after it comes out the faucet, so you don’t taste the chlorine.
Note, for my money, removing all of the minerals doesn’t necessarily make for better tasting drinking water if your municipal water is otherwise okay. But it does definitely make for better tasting coffee, and it’ll help your coffee maker last longer without problems.
Anyway, multiple sizes of this Culligan pitcher are on sale for 25% off. I haven’t tried or tested it, but a different make and model pitcher using ZeroWater filters is on sale for even steeper Prime Day discounts.
