How does the filtered water taste?
1848046
Water I've filtered so far has been clear mountain streams. This filter adds nothing, so it tasted great. That could possibly change putting inline on a cheap hydration pack, but I can only comment on what I've experienced.
1848047
Mary,I have used the filter few times now, in quite a few different situations and every time the water is clean, safe and tastes great, no problems for me.
1848048
Fine... I always squeezed/filtered the best water I could find. I thought the lake water might have a bad taste, but even that was palatable right out of the filter. That said, I typically keep a little lemon juice for my pack-bladder. After my trip, I back-flushed the filter and didn't see any particulates, so again, all the water I filtered was pretty clear. My $.02
1689675
Personally I like the taste. I previously had a H300 Everpure filter and the taste for this filter and other brands were the same. My locality has pretty clean water to begin with. The UF3 does a great job with little loss in pressure which the H300 Everpure could not match.
1372215
Very easy. See previous answers & comments about pH testing. The water tastes very good, though it may be unusual for some because of the alkalinity.
1734493
I don't find the taste at all objectionable. I put it in just enough water to make one good swallow and then drink more water. It's just a few seconds of a strong taste and then life goes on.
1651876
It depends on the water you are putting in it. Where I live in Utah, I do nothing to it because the city water is treated sufficiently. I just have to change it out about semi-annually. When I change it out after a year or so (or more), it still tastes great. If your water is not chlorinated from your city though, it may be different. I would check with the local water department.
249881
It's the whole thing...what you see screws onto your tap. It works pretty good. A green light blinks when the filter is working and when it turns red you can taste the difference. Depending on your family size and usage, it lasts a few month. It's not so expensive that you shouldn't give it a try...see if it works for your family. My city water isn't too bad but I taste flouride and this eliminates the taste.
1513295
I haven't found it to improve the taste of the water but I've only had it for two months or so. We filter our water because our city water tastes pretty bad .
7540
All I know is that I don't like the taste of Tacoma's water straight from the tap, and I do believe that it has flouride. We use this filter for all of our drinking water and it tastes clean and pure, but not flat. I can't way for sure that it filters out flouride, though. Sorry. I can say that it does last a long time. Up to ten months for two people who each drink one to two quarts of water a day, plus lots of coffee and/or tea.
2146423
Hello, I found out when I called the company, that their filter when "old" builds up a bacteria (that is no harmful but tastes awful) They told me to change the filter more often. However I found that after only a week it would smell bad. To bad, because I love the idea of this filter, but they haven't perfected it... So I went back to Britta filter and no bad tasting water anymore ;)
551550
The system removes most of the dissolved minerals in the water. We have a lot of chlorine in our tap water and the Zen eliminates the nasty taste. The filtered water tastes like distilled water.I bought the 6-gallon model because I use 3-5 gallons a day and the 6-gallon was only $5 more.
269654
There will be a plastic taste at first due to the lines being new. We installed an ice-maker filter kit (like you would find at Lowe's or like http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/social/swf/B003DA62T2/o=ShareProduct/ref=tsm_1_aw_swf_d_sp?vs=1) to minimize this temporary issue.
1862798
Mine doesn't taste the same at all. I can tell when the filter needs changed because of that. If I were you, I would check first to be sure the filter is inserted correctly.
607383
I'm not sure what you mean by quickly :) Mine kind of trickles down but it doesn't take but a few minutes for it to go through. As long as you press the filter well into the base so that it sort of makes a clicking sound, I think it is ok. Also, I can definitely taste the difference when the filter is in place and working - at the end of the two months, if I've used the pitcher a lot, my water starts tasting chlorine-y again. That's how I know the filter works :)
1082060
Mine tasted a little funny the first few water fills, but was fine after that. I use bottled water in mine. You could try running a batch of vinegar water through it, just make sure you run a couple batches to rinse it well.
36643
I do use filtered water....same as what I drink. So far I have rinsed the filters, gently massaging them to remove any loose debris and reused them. They seem to rinse out clean.
1869233
I am not sure, I can only tell you that it made taste better than water which I used a zero water filter.
791592
I'm having no issues with the filtering speed. It may slow down with time but a fresh one filters a cup's-worth of water in no time.