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I got the zerowater filter as a gift about 2 weeks ago. The first week of use was fine then it started to taste strange, like a lemon or citric acid taste to it.

At first I thought perhaps the water was taking up odors from food in the refridgerator so I didnt think much of it and cleaned the fridge, changed out the water and tried again. Still, the same strange smell and taste. Both me and my husband havent been feeling well and thought perhaps we were coming down with the flu but after 7 days of waking up sick to our stomach and other digestive issues I finally decided to test this water and compare it to my tap water. My tap water registered at 445ppm the same water AFTER filtration was over 800ppm almost TWICE the amount of particulates than the unfiltered water.

No wonder we feel like ***. What have we been drinking and is it even fit for human consumption?

I'll be filing a complaint for sure this is so unexceptable for the amount of money one pays the least you could do is offer a quality product. FAIL!

Monetary Loss: $95.

Location: Las Vegas, Nevada

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Jameela Prk

We bought it as well and when the filter gets older than two weeks it leaves us feeling like we have the flu. Dizzy shakes, my husband fainted and woke up on the floor with nausea vomited.

I have a migraine and feel dizzy and sick. We will throw away the system.

Not the first time this happened to us. The test stick showed 013

Guest

Been using the zero water filter for a couple of weeks..tested the water everyday. I have been feeling really ill with nausea all the time and I canโ€™t eat anything and also have a fever and feel really tired..These filters are dangerous!

Guest
reply icon Replying to comment of Guest-2068751

There is a huge case of salmonella going around currently in the US tooโ€ฆ it may be a coincidence or it very well be the cause of your illness. I have been sick since Sept 16 and Iโ€™m pretty sure it was after putting in a new zero water pitcher filter but I am not exactly sure. Hope you all feel better soon!

Guest

Yes, made me sick too....My husband brought this home and made us use it and our dogs....he would never put it in the frig....oh my good...I made coffee with it and when I put milk in my coffee it curdled...I thought it was the creamer, so I threw out the creamer and poured another cup...now it tasted like vinegar. The light went on....how stupid I felt for using this. I googled zero water filter....OMG....it's dangerous.

Carmen M Tia

this water is killing me and my husband, we've been sick for two weeks now. I juts realize is the water.

we bought our pitcher two months ago, suddenly after that I started developing stomach related problems. two weeks ago I started pooping blood. I went to the hospital run some test and referred me to the GI. im waiting for my appointment next week.

im so in pain, I lost 20 pounds and can't eat anything. my water filter tester shows 0.00 every time but the taste is wired and awful. my husband is sick too, they did blood test and fecal test yesterday, we'll see what happens. We've been healthy always, this was my first time going to the hospital, I've been a rock all my life until I bought this *** water filter pitcher.

This product should be reinspected. its dangerous.

Kairos Nlg

I have been drinking zero water for years. When you taste the lemon flavor thatโ€™s BC the filter needs to be changed.

But I will say you regular tap water has a huge amount of TDS Iโ€™m in Scotland and our tap water has maybe 80 ppm and when I lived in NYC it was around 65PPM. Yours seems super high Btw..

I also use a cerra water filter. I first clean and purify my water with zero water and then I pour it over a cerra water filter so that it makes the water alkaline and puts back the minerals u lose as zero strips out everything.

Jaxsyn Xcz
reply icon Replying to comment of Kairos Nlg

Good idea

Guest

Please your not being honest, you just must be another moron that lives on this planet

Ayame Yem

I am wondering if this is what is wrong with me. I started using the Zero Water pitcher in March 2020, and about 2 weeks later, I developed a terrible, bitter, rancid taste in my mouth 24/7.

I have had tests done at my own doctor's and at the Mayo Clinic, and no one could diagnose my problem. I am sick to my stomach all the time now, in addition to the terrible taste in my mouth. I can hardly force myself to eat and have lost almost 40 lbs. I have also developed diarrhea.

I can't remmember feeling well or enjoying food. I never thought of the water pitcher, have continued replacing filters and using it. I will try drinking regular tap water and see if my digestive issues go away.

That would be a miracle. I'll let you know.

Kenyen Cuv
reply icon Replying to comment of Ayame Yem

I have had zero water for a couple of years and test it all the time. My tap comes out about 315 PPM, after going through the zero water filter it comes out at zero for quite a while and then gradually increases.

Of course when it gets too high I replace the filter. Only of o wait too long to replace the zero water filter do the contaminants read higher than the tap water. I have a feeling that people with these issues have very, very bad tap water and because of that their Zero water filters did not last very long.

I have experimented with the zerowater filters, and there is a point if you don't replace them that they will show a higber PPM reading than the tap water. But if you wait that long, you should have replaced it by that point.

Guest

True

Guest

My wife got Zero Water dispenser tank, tried it out for the last two days and water tastes like chemicals and is a bit sour it has given me a stomach ache almost instantly after two sips. Worst part is I'm now dehydrated because I will not drink the Zero Water.

Guess I have to go back to the grocery store filtration vending machine; That water was always good. If it ain't broke don't fix it...!!!

Guest

Got it yesterday. Sick today.

Sore throat, foggy, fluish. Tonight I looked at the filter.

Don't want to jump to conclusions but I'm not taking another sip from it. Water tastes like chemicals.

Guest

Maybe it's the plastic pitcher?

Guest

I thought I was losing my mind!!! Iโ€™ve had diarrhea on and off for months but it mysteriously goes away when I leave home.

Iโ€™ve changed my diet, supplements, gone to doctor (blood tests, etc).

It just hit me last night that it started shortly after I got this pitcher. How is this thing still being sold?!?!?!

Guest

They are getting sick because their dishes are dirty. They probably handwash glasses and have residue. I can make my zero water act up too.

Guest
reply icon Replying to comment of Guest-1576645

Not likely dirty dishes. With all these people having the same symptoms in varying degrees of severity; I would seriously consider another choice when buying a water filtration system for your family.

Probably the most important choice you will make for them and yourself; especially babies as they do not have a choice.

Your children are counting on you to make a wise choice and bring home safe drinking water. Safe before Zero!

Guest

I've been sick for 4 days due to this *** filter. I thought I had food poisoning.

Diarrhea, fever, vomiting. Then I started to notice a smell and a taste to the filtered water. The "oxidation reduction alloy" must be quite poisonous for humans. I cut open the old filter and it looks like sand.

Smelled it, and it is definitely what I was tasting/ smelling in the filtered water. Thanks zero water for ruining my week.

Jerline Mua
reply icon Replying to comment of Guest-1145144

I live in Cleveland, Ohio lake Erie is our water source it has a high mineral content... Tests at 370ppm for dissolved solids.

I bought the large glass two and a half gallon Zero Water tower. Before the water meter even reads 2 ppm symptoms start to arise. Same as most of these customers... bad & strange headaches, nausea, fatigue and general malaise.

We spend good money in attempt to make the water we drink the healthiest it can be, with this filter we end up sicker than if we would have just consumed tap water. Absolute negligence that this product made it to market!

Loyde Itv
reply icon Replying to comment of Jerline Mua

This is real. It's because of the type of filtration.

The fishy/lemony taste is from trimethylamine, which cases nausea, diarrhea, and vomiting. Here's an article explaining it: https://***/why-filtered-zerowater-can-smell-and-taste-like-fish/ We have terrible water quality. After less than 1 week, our filter was used up, but we didn't realize it until the water started tasting intensely acidic a few days later. Our normal water tests around 300 ppm & after tasting the sour filtered water, it tested at 800ppm.

I stopped drinking the water a week ago but have had ongoing nausea & diarrhea ever since.

Today I noticed my skin started smelling like fish. Hopefully it'll pass, but that stuff is toxic.

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