Water Cooler: ZeroWater ZJ-003 Filtration Water Cooler Bottle with Electronic Tester, Filters Included

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Item Weight: 7.8 pounds
Shipping Weight: 8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
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ASIN: B001CUQ0EW
Item model number: ZJ-003

By : ZeroWater
List Price : ~~$90.00~~
Price : $49.54
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Product Description

From the Manufacturer

The ZeroWater Filter Bottle Water Cooler Bottle replaces bottled water service so you: Save money, Do not need to schedule delivery of water, Do not need to store or lift heavy 5-gallon bottles.Unlike conventional gravity-fed water filters, ZeroWater’s patented 5-stage ion-exchange filter delivers the only filtered water to measure absolute 000 on the TDS meter. Compare that to the levels you’ll find in other filtered waters, most bottled waters and plain unfiltered tap water—all of which contain measurable amounts of dissolved substances. Meter readings for tap water average between 75 and 300. Conventional filtered water measures between 030-500, and bottle water between 000-350. The Bottle Filtration Syster Come with the following products: The unique two-chamber Bottle Filtration System with lid that fits any standard water cooler. The Filter Bottle comes with: Two ZF-201 filter cartridges that remove contaminants that cause water to have an unpleasant taste; and An independently made TDS Meter to give you peace of mind that your ZeroWater filter cartridges are working properly. It also lets you know when to replace the filters. When your water starts reading "006" it's time for a change.

4.5 Gal. Bottle w/ 2 Filters and Free TDS Meter

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ZeroWater ZJ-003 Filtration Water Cooler Bottle with Electronic Tester, Filters Included

Product Features

No more expensive deliveries of bottled water.
No more storing and lifting heavy 5-Gallon bottles
Fits on most standard coolers.

Costumer Reviews

We loved our zero water system. After a few months the water started tasting funny and had a foul fishy smell. The meter tested the water under 6 so we knew the filters should still be good. We changed the filters any way, way before time. Still fishy smell. I cleaned the filtration bottle. Still the same. It wasn't till I took apart the stand the water filtration was on that I discovered a film of slime in our cooler. At the time we had one of those cold/hot dispensers a few feet tall. I mean I really had to take it apart and check every palce the water went. After I did that, the smell went away. A few months later it came back. Took it apart and slime again. We changed the water filtration to a countertop no cold/hot type holder and havn't had any problems since. The filters last many months now. Also if you put water in the filtration system above the middle white ring....it will leak. Water is meant to only be stored in the lower 1/2 of the system.

I've been buying bottled water for years and was kinda getting tired of always hauling the cases of water around. Then my girlfriend talked myself and one of my children into a diet that included drinking a large quantity of water a day, so I decided it was time to switch to the 5-gallon bottles and a dispenser. Found a wonderful stainless dispenser at [...] that makes hot water hot enough for tea and cold water just right for drinking. So now I have to mess with the 5-gallon water bottles. This basically gave me, I thought, 3 options. Having a water delivery service (very expensive), picking up 5-gallon water bottles pre-filled at a place like Home Depot, or taking the empty water bottles in to Wal-Mart and for $2.00 a bottle, refilling them myself. All of these options required that I have storage for a couple empties, and all of them have varying degrees of annoyance. Then while walking through the Home Depot I came across the Z-bottles by ZeroWater. Seemed like the answer to all of my problems.

So, I bought the bottle and hooked it up. Went easily into the new water dispenser and immediately started making water. I personally really like the taste of the water. I have one daughter who belives it tastes metallic, and a couple other household members who really like it. If you think about it, Dasani starts with purified water (000) then adds stuff to it for flavor, so not real surprising that the flavor is not something enjoyed by all, though I myself am real happy. Would be nice if the ZeroWater people could come up with a second type of filter that would add back some stuff to improve that flavor back to a Dasani flavor or something (believe I heard that Dasani measures like 039 parts per million of total disolved solids.

Anyway, for me, this Z-bottle is the way to go. I'm not storing anything but new filters. No huge 5-gallon water bottles sitting around. I'm not lifting and changing water bottles. I'm not running water bottles to the store, or paying a crazy amount of money to have them delivered. All I'm doing is filling a pitcher with water every night and dumping it into the top chamber of the Z-bottle. Nothing could be easier.

One other word to the wise. I've read some reviews where people complain about the water not immediately registering a 000 with new filters, or starting to smell right away. When I bought mine, I decided to buy filters as well. Home Depot was clearing them out so everything was marked half price and I decided to buy them out and be set for a long time to come. Upon putting the filter boxes into the cart, I noticed that some of them had been re-sealed. At $60 per box of 4 (I was getting for $30), I decided to take them up to customer service and check them out. The re-sealed ones looked good. Then I had them open an un-opened one. Not only was the un-opened one in a plastic bag, which the re-sealed ones were not, the filter itself, where the holes are for the water to go through, was somewhat shiny, whereas the re-sealed ones were a very black matte color. This was true for all 3 boxes of re-sealed filters, whereas all 3 boxes of filters that were not re-sealed were shiny. My assumption? At $60 box, people were using them, cleaning them up, and returning them to Home Depot for their money back. Would not surprise me at all that the people with negative reviews, and with water filters not registering 000 from the start and going out real quick may have been purchasing and using USED filters. Moral of the story, make sure the boxes of filters you are buying have never been open, or open them up and look for the "new" signs like in plastic bags and "shiny" black instead of "matte" black.

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Saturday, January 7, 2012

ZeroWater ZJ-003 Filtration Water Cooler Bottle with Electronic Tester, Filters Included

Product Details

Product Description

ZeroWater ZJ-003 Filtration Water Cooler Bottle with Electronic Tester, Filters Included

Product Features

Costumer Reviews

ZeroWater ZJ-003 Filtration Water Cooler Bottle with Electronic Tester, Filters Included

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