good evening many might remember a
previous video I did when I first got
the zero water pitcher and I did a
little review on how much it's actually
taken out of the water I did amazing
well surprisingly lasted about six and a
half seven months and i estimate about i
got about 200 gallons through it my
water it wasn't too bad to begin with
his about i think 160 parts per million
and this sucker brought it down right 20
parts per million whereas pure water
filter did absolutely nothing in terms
of removing result total of salt
dissolved solids so i actually have this
filter right here or the original
version basically it's just a pitcher
you fill the top up with water wire goes
through the filter and comes out the
bottom now since my filter is finally
worn out i decided to do a filter chop i
have free cut it just because it did
take me some time while the sides are a
little thinner and flexible the ends are
very durable not that it really has to
hold up too much but just to cover some
things it has a ion exchange it's called
a zero water I an exchange filter starts
off with a coarse filter to remove fine
particles followed by number two is the
distributor that maximizes contact time
between the water and the filter
elements and it's got a multi-layer
system using carbon and oxidated
oxidation-reduction alloy a
comprehensive ion exchange array and a
nonwoven membrane to remove fine
particles
so you can see right there a little bit
so why don't we open up this filter here
and actually see I haven't even peeked
inside I know I'm going to lose a little
bit here but unfortunately I didn't have
anything to really cut through over here
I'm not at my home I met the parents
visiting and all I had here was a razor
blade so we're just going to crack that
bugger
well I guess we'll start at the bottom
here he had this little bugger on the
bottom just a final little filter
probably to keep everything in a head
let's see well at number five nonwoven
membrane to remove fine particles and
this would be that membrane it's got a
lot of this weird it's kind of move it
stinks it's kind of stinky and first
sign that the water is starting the
filter is starting to really meet its
end of life is the water starts to stink
and apparently other reviewers say
there's a fishy smell and I will I will
vouch for that and what I i think the
fishy smell actually is is bacteria
starting to grow in the filter you got
kind of the activated charcoal level
here and you got just a regular plastic
mesh and then another mesh on top so all
in all it's just it that's charcoal on
top this must be the ion exchange array
and membrane it's kind of gooey it's
almost like Rick a gel almost aha so I
just thought show you guys with the
inside of this looks like believe me I
can't explain how each section works
other than activated charcoal is pretty
self-explanatory and layer was about an
inch and a half two inches thick and
sure enough towards the end of the
filters life I was testing it actually
every day for about two weeks and I was
at about you know they say replace the
filter when it reaches
six parts per million contaminants and I
thought I'd push it just a little bit
because I mean six parts per million
compared to 160 parts per million from
my regular tap water still pretty big
difference so I thought I'd push it just
you know water still tastes and cleaning
good that was one day next day went up
another I put a lot of water through
here on a daily basis so the next day I
tested it again it was up to maybe about
eight parts per million test of the day
after that 11 then that was the point
where it really jumped and it went from
about 11 parts per million up to 90
parts per million in one day so that was
kind of the point where the filter
pretty much was you know I'm full I'm
just going to start letting stuff
through and that was that was it so at
that point is where I replace the filter
and actually the day it get really got
it went between the 11 and the 90 I was
when I started noticing water head of
fishy smell so that's about it like I
said I can't comment too much on really
what all the layers are all I can really
say is this filter in terms of total
dissolved solids really worked and just
by the the smell of this and by
discoloration
you know it looks like it might have
removed had to remove quite a bit I had
about 150 to at least 200 gallons
through this thing so if you were
curious what the inside of this looks
like there you go I guess I'm going to
dump the rest out recycle the plastic
and
not sure what I'm gonna do with the rest
of this stuff probably just tranche can
it I let it drain I replace this about a
week and a half ago so i left the strain
in my sink just in the corner of my sink
i get as much out i didn't feel like
having a nice leaky mess all over which
now i got a nice little gritty miss
charcoal
so it's a zoom in a little bit on there
for you
come on focus there we go
lower the camera
it's it can't focus any closer sorry
guys