zero water filters

Is/Has anybody used the zero water filters? Good/Bad success with using them? Pros/Coins?

Yep, they're great to keep in the fridge. I wake up in the middle of the night and slam a liter right out of the container. I'm pretty sure they are designed specifically to provide mineral free water for drinking only though. Not saying you couldn't water plants with them, but they are not designed to handle heavy volume and I would imagine, they would eventually become quite costly to maintain if growing more than 1 or 2 plants. If you need to have mineral-free water, then R/O is the most cost effective option.

Alternatively, if your tap water isn't causing any issues, just use that. I use tap water, right out of the faucet into my dwc with absolutely no problems.

What is the problem with your water? Why do you need to filter it?

The water out of the tap reads 143-145. We have a zero water filter, without a doubt it reads 000, but it doesn't have a steady pH. Stick pen in water and it reads 8.5, pull it out shake it off stick it back in and it reads 6.0. Set pen in 7.01 solution, reads 7.0, stick it back in water and reads 8.0!!!!!

Tap water at 143 is very good man. My old house was on well and without any processing, it came out at over 600. Consider the fact that bottled spring water generally has twice the amount of solids as your tap water.

Tap water coming out at 143 is quite good, considering many people's water will usually run around 400 ppm. However, a Zero Water filter will only remove the dissolved solids in the water. and will still leave behind many many chemicals in the water, which shouldn't be there. Like mentioned above reverse osmosis can be much most cost efficient, along with the ability to provide a much higher quality of water without anything harmful in the water.

Screw water filters. Just fill a buvket place outside for a day and use it.. kiss method is key. Keep it simple stupid. And grow on. Thats my 2 cents

If you have decent water you use it fine. I prefer distilled or ro water. For me personally it is easier to ph. My tap water takes alot of ph down to come down, where distilled water is a drop or two. The zero filters are good but they take forever to filter water. I love berkey filters and they are great for drinking water, but still keeps minerals in. I like adding everything myself so I know exactly whats in there. All personal preference though.....

anzohaze said:

Screw water filters. Just fill a buvket place outside for a day and use it.. kiss method is key. Keep it simple stupid. And grow on. Thats my 2 cents

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Why outside?? Does it make a difference if you leave it inside for a day?? All you are doing is letting the chlorine evaporate out of the water right??

Mister Kind Guy said:

If you have decent water you use it fine. I prefer distilled or ro water. For me personally it is easier to ph. My tap water takes alot of ph down to come down, where distilled water is a drop or two. The zero filters are good but they take forever to filter water. I love berkey filters and they are great for drinking water, but still keeps minerals in. I like adding everything myself so I know exactly whats in there. All personal preference though.....

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How does the distilled water pH? Do you get varying readings before you add anything to it?

No I leave mine in my kitchen w an air stone in it bubbling for a day. He may use distilled but I stay away from distilled it has nothin to benefit at all literally as he said he has to add everything. Tap water is prob used by more growers then anything else I am assuming. If you have tap water thats 8.0 in a 5 gal bucket you can add 1 tsp of whatever nutes you want and I bet the ph drops a decent amount

JSJ said:

The water out of the tap reads 143-145. We have a zero water filter, without a doubt it reads 000, but it doesn't have a steady pH. Stick pen in water and it reads 8.5, pull it out shake it off stick it back in and it reads 6.0. Set pen in 7.01 solution, reads 7.0, stick it back in water and reads 8.0!!!!!

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I believe that the reason you get a different reading after shaking the pen is because water changes pH when it interacts with air, that is why pure distilled water should be, in theory, 7.0pH, but in reality it is more often about 5.5-6.5 due to the interaction with the air during the distillation process.