Zero Water Filter Review and Giveaway

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The town I live in has a well – actually several wells – that provide water for the residents.  I actually grew up on well water, but we had a private well, just for our home and it was not treated other than going through an iron filter.  The water we have now tastes nothing like the water I grew up on.


Even though it is not as heavily chlorinated as city water from Lake Michigan, the taste still bothers me and for a long time I drank bottled water.  Eventually the guilt about the cost and waste of bottled water got to me and we began looking for a new way to get the water we needed.

We purchased a fridge with an in-door water dispenser that also filters the water.  It improved the taste of the water quite a bit.  I try to drink as much water as I can daily, and LJ is actually under doctor’s orders to drink more as well, so we go through quite a bit of water each week.

When we were offered a Zero Water Pitcher to try, I thought “Sure, why not?”. I knew our water was already filtered, so I didn’t expect a big difference.  But that was before I learned about dissolved solids.

Turns out that much of the water we have contains dissolved solids that can alter the taste and quality of the water.  The cool thing is that the Zero Water Pitcher comes with a meter that measures the TDS (total dissolved solids) in your water so you can check how well it is working.

Here’s how my results turned out:

First the tap water…


Next the water filtered through the fridge (this one surprised me!) …


And then tap water after passing through the Zero Pitcher…


I have to say that the water from the Zero Pitcher is some of the best filtered water I’ve ever had.  I also love that it has a handy push button spout, so LJ can pour himself a glass without having to try and lift the heavy pitcher!


Want to try this out for yourself? (Of course you do!!)  I have two pitchers to give away to two lucky Wisconsin Mommy readers!!  Enter below:


a Rafflecopter giveaway


Want to purchase on right away? That’s great!! You can buy one here, and be sure to use coupon code MC30 to get 30% off the 10 cup pitcher!!


I wrote this review while participating in a blog tour by Mom Central Consulting on behalf of ZeroWater and received a water pitcher to facilitate my review, two pitchers to giveaway, and extra filters to thank me for taking the time to participate. All opinions are my own.

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  3. I don’t trust city water so we always drink bottled water. I think its about time we try a filter of some sort!

    Terri L

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  6. I’d love to give this to my son and daughter-in-law–the thing about their water is that it smells like chlorine. I checked their TDS and it’s 457! Holy Moly!
    bethelderton59 at gmail dot com

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  9. We don’t like the taste and sometimes, the odor of
    our town’s drinking water!
    Many thanks, Cindi
    jchoppes[at]hotmail[dot]com

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  24. Where we live the water is very hard. We too bought a Frig with the water filter. I bet the Zero Pitcher taste would top that by far.

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  25. The water where we live is very hard. We also bought the Frig with the filtered water in the door. I was so surprised by your readings. I would love to try this pitcher.

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  27. I like that my tap water doesn’t smell but I still can’t bring myself to drink it unfiltered.

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  34. There is a metallic taste to our tap water, I am addicted to bottle water

    peterg201(at)gmail(dot)com

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  35. Leave a comment on this post telling me what you like or dislike about your tap water.

    floride not only sucks..it can make you sick!

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  37. I really dislike the taste of my water. I grew up on well water, so regular tap water just tastes funny to me.

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  47. I don’t mind the taste of my tap water, but I know it has extra contaminants in it I’d like to get rid of

    caryn9802 at yahoo dot com

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  58. I don’t drink our tap water because even though we live in town and have city water it’s still pretty rusty.

    boylaneely at hotmail dot com

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  59. Ours tastes fine for the most part but I was discouraged to check the test at Zero Water and find it is 254 in our area.

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  74. Our tap water can be very metalic tasting at times…I really don’t like to feel like I just licked a pipe when I take a drink!

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  79. our tastes like terrible with a side of awful. it is better than our last place but still not tasty.

    ferriza2(at)yahoo(dot)com

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  82. We live out in the country, so our water is pretty good. It tastes much better than it did when we lived in the city.

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  96. I don’t drink my tap water since it’s very hard water and tastes yucky – I can see things floating in it!

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  98. I do not drink my tap water. It is supposed to be good water but it has a horrible taste.

    Thank you for the entry,

    nikkidavissells at gmail dot com

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  110. Hello,how are you? Thank you for this opportunity. My TDS reading was 241. The taste of our water quality changed when my uncle sold his adjacent property. Sediment tastes are not pleasant. gainessimmons@aol.com

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  127. Thanks for the giveaway…we have very hard water that ruins cookware, is terrible to bathe with…

    senorpiero [at] yahoo [dot] com

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  132. I love my Zero Water filter. We have the most disgusting water where I live and it’s so nice not to have to go out and buy bottled water anymore.

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