ZeroWater filter of Revese Osmosis? Help, plus rep!

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Nullis

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I have a ZeroWater and I do use it to filter water for my plants. It comes with a PPM meter, cheap one but fits its purpose which is to let you know when to change the filter (at 006 ppm). My tap water isn't too bad, comes out of the faucet at 68-80 ppm and after filtering it actually is 000, while bottled Poland Spring water is around 20 ppm. The filters seem to last long enough I suppose, never kept track of how much water I put through it but I imagine at least 40 gallons. Once the filter begins to loose its efficacy it really does fast, and needs to be changed promptly.

It isn't perfect, though. For one thing it filters kind of slowly, and the outlet at the bottom also drains slowly. You need to have a good container or a few gallon jugs to collect the filtered water in. Fill the top up, let it filter completely so that there isn't any tap water left in the top chamber, and then pour the filtered water into your jugs or reservoir you are using. This is so you don't contaminate your filtered water with any tap water that could leak in while pouring it. The filters themselves are also on the expensive side.

If all you have is a few plants, and you don't mind pouring water constantly, then I suppose it isn't a bad system. I have several plants and some in 5-gal containers, so I sometimes go out and buy a couple gallons of distilled water to use in conjunction with the filtered water when I don't have time or don't feel like waiting for the water to accumulate. Whenever it becomes feasible I plan on buying myself rain buckets or rigging something like that up, and I also would like a quality reverse osmosis system, but I hear that there is a lot of wasted water associated with them.
 
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