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Is the dichloromethane coming from the membrane filter or the ion carbon filter? I have a lifestraw but am thinking of going with the water drop one instead, what do you think? Thanks
@@katiestanley9856 That much is unclear. We don't know where exactly it's coming from, only that it was present in the filtered water. Based on the lab data the Waterdrop was a significantly better performer than Lifestraw. That feels like a no brainer to me.
@@ModernCastle Isn't the filter marketed for microbial protection, not trace minerals and elements? So, in essence, you are testing it on a standard that it was never designed to meet. However, the lab still showed that the water was within the "Recommended" safe range for the relevant tests. Also, how did it fail the "Alkalinity" test but pass the "pH" test, which would have shown basicity if it was out of range? Where exactly are you getting these "standards" from anyways? Overall, interesting, but needs improvement. This is not meant as aggro, more like an informal peer review pushing for rigor.
@@allisons6910 It is marketed as being able to remove a wide range of contaminants. According to Lifestraw's product page on Amazon "The activated carbon + ion exchange filter reduces lead, mercury, other heavy metals and a variety of chemical..." So while it would have been great if we could test for everything they claim to remove, I don't believe our laboratory tests were unreasonable expectations of performance based on Lifestraw's claims. The standards are determined by the laboratory. The lab's standards are in alignment with what the EPA recommends.
This video is so underrated! Thank you so much for doing this. The table you show at 2:48 would have taken thousands of dollars to do ourselves (~$200/test from Simple Labs on Amazon * 10 filter brands = $2k). It's sad that there are some comments that don't appreciate how much you put into these videos. You deserve much more credit for giving away this information for free. Thank you again!
@@jamesburgess9101 Yep...apologies, that was a huge error. Somehow we missed adding Lifestraw to the master table. Sorry about that. You can see the full table data for Lifestraw here - moderncastle.com/water-filters/lifestraw-review/
@@ModernCastlethanks for the link. By the way there's a couple of questionable lines in the table you might want to fix and/or look into. Nickel misses a decimanl point so just a typo maybe. But Selenium, no water filter is going to be adding Selinium. I would hope not anyway! Perhaps another decimal place error and it just didn't remove any Selenium and that's why the table says 0%?
Uranium is not contaminant, but occurs naturally in environment. Life straw pitcher goal is removing bacteria, virsuses, microplastics and PFAS. None of which are tested here. However, you do test for minerals. That would make sense, were they not already controlled by local municipalities.
I'm not sure "occurs naturally in environment" is a great defense. Animal feces also occurs naturally, and yet, we also don't want that in our water. In any case, Lifestraw also claims to remove: "Lead, mercury, chromium III, cadmium, copper and other heavy metals" And yet, there were significant quantities of cadmium, copper, chromium, and other heavy metals (uranium and arsenic).
@@IWillBeProfessional We didn't run lab tests for those. Those contaminants are each extra tests, each of them costing around $500 per sample. We just aren't a big enough RUclips channel to take on those types of costs.
So after the lifestraw it had like 2 ppm of DCM? Idk, seems more likely that it was sample contamination at the lab than the Lifestraw had DCM in it or something.
If it was only Dichloromethane maybe that's a possibilitybut that was just one of several including uranium, lithium, cadmium, and arsenic. It is the worst filtered water we've tested to date. You can see the full lab report here - gosimplelab.com/MLKEN4/all-results
Thank you so much for your time and expense for this review. I really appreciate being able to hop on here and watch this video. Excellent job you covered above and beyond what my expectations were thank you.
Wow I just bought one too. Mine takes much longer to filter though. Not sure why. Literally half an hour to do one reservoir. It looked cloudy doing the first 2 reservoirs. Got it for the microplastics filter but I’m not sure about that now.
I want a lifestraw because of the glass pitcher. The science behind microplastics and health problems is growing. From all the testing you’ve done, can you recommend a better glass pitcher/filter than Lifestraw?
The Aquatru Carafe would be my top pick for glass bodied filter - aquatruwater.com/product/carafe-countertop-reverse-osmosis-water-purifier-variation/?c=moderncastlect
@@ModernCastle Does this filter out microplastics better than LifeStraw? The LifeStraw specifically mentions that it is, "The only water filter pitcher that removes bacteria and parasites, in addition to microplastics".
@@jakemiller2845 It seems no one tests for nano and micro plastics yet. I think when people eventually get around to it we are going to find out most filters don't do much due to the size of the particles and likely are contributing to the problem with all the plastic parts/pitcher they use Eventually hopefully someone will look into this. Currently lifestraw is the only one I've found that even mentions it as something they remove. The Aquatru and most all the other machines are all soft plastic with plastic parts that are leeching plastic into your water.
@@bobbywhite1645I got lifestraw for the plastics after that new study came out about how bad it’s getting. Hoping I’m making a difference by using it. This video didn’t test for anything I was worried about and just seems to say it adds a random chemical which I don’t buy.
I like this pitcher since its made from glass dont reeally see the point of getting a plastic pitcher filter that removes microplastic when you're drinking from a plastic pitcher lol
I do see that they have a version that's made of glass, but the version we tested was made of plastic. Also, in either version that blue part the houses the filter is made of plastic. So...not sure that's going to get you what you want. Beyond that, I just don't have any confidence this filter will actually remove microplastics. Lifestraw claims that it will, but they also made a bunch of other claims that, according to the data from a 3rd party laboratory, were untrue.
Each of those is a separate test at the lab. Adding those would cost another $900 for each video. I would love for us to get big enough that we can afford that...but as of right now we just don't have the budget.
Testing for PFAS and microplastics are both extremely complicated and might not yield the clarity you get when testing for more common contaminants. We'll highlight this in a future video on our channel.
Not defending lifestraw but you said it added “numerous” dangerous contaminants, but showed only one that was not even tested on the other filters…how can that be a fair comparison??Put it in the table with the same parameter as the other filters. Also note that lifestraw is designed to filter out bacteria and microorganisms and microplastics. None of the others can do that so…If you use well water in rural areas as I do sometimes, it’s a no brainer.
I did not say it "added numerous dangerous contaminants". I said it "failed to remove numerous dangerous contaminants", which according to the laboratory analysis, is true. Regarding the difference in other filter baselines that we're testing against...The baseline unfiltered tap water is always going to vary. It's not something that we spike the water with X, Y, and Z contaminants. We take unfiltered tap water at the time of the test and test that at the laboratory. That serves as the baseline to compare the filtered water against so we can see what it's able to remove. Our samples come from the same faucet in the same building, so the plumbing, faucet, and municipality providing water (city of Phoenix) is always the same. That said, seasonal differences impact the level and type of contaminants within the water. It's great that Lifestraw can remove bacteria, microorganisms, and microplastics. Though we did not test against those, so we don't know if those claims are true. Lifestraw also claims to remove numerous other contaminants. However, the lab data showed it struggled to remove 6 contaminants that are serious health concerns. If it cannot remove these contaminants, which based on my understanding, are relatively easy to remove relative to bacteria, microorganisms, and microplastics, that does not leave me with much confidence in its ability to remove the more difficult contaminants.
@@korlik2142 "Additional dangerous contaminants" is not the same as "numerous". They mean entirely different things. Comparing unfiltered water vs. Lifestraw filtered water the Lifestraw added 1.65 PPB Dichloromethane and increased TDS from 535 PPM to 542.3 PPM.
Hmm interesting. I realize the bar charts had a lot of metrics that are not in the table. The ones that the video mentioned that lifestraw didn’t do well are also not part of the table. So I suppose it would be a fairer comparison if we look at the table with all the other brands along with lifestraw, and I think lifestraw would actually do just fine. The ones that were mentioned that lifestraw didn’t do well like uranium and such, would be interesting to see how the other brands did so that we can compare more fairly. Just a suggestion.
@@f454331 Regardless of the way you look at the data here, Lifestraw failed to removed the more dangerous contaminants and is among the worst filtered water we've ever sent to the laboratory. The score is based on ALL contaminants that the lab tests, not just the most dangerous / common contaminants that I pull into the various charts and graphs.
We haven't tested rain water. The water we use is city of Phoenix tap water. Water varies by city, but especially different parts of the countries is going to vary. A perfect test would be lab tests on the most populated 50-100 cities and then take a composite analysis of the data...but that's a bit beyond our scope and budget.
Based on our tests: Waterdrop - geni.us/bctVI (Amazon) Epic - geni.us/hhfxa (Amazon) Full lab results here - ruclips.net/video/HeRGnHuYol8/видео.html&t
@@ModernCastle Interesting. My only explanation for the observed would be that chloroform converted to dichloromethane during the filtration process. In the end ppb of chloroform decreased significantly and increase of dichloromethane was minor, right? How exactly that happened? It would be rather interesting to see if there are bacteria with dehalogenases present on filter, as there are strains known to convert chloroform to dichloromethane and these bacteria love anaerobic environment with a lot of halocarbons what carbon filter could be. :) Otherwise, it makes no sense that dichloromethane just appears from carbon while other VOCs go away.
If the lifestraw failed to remove contaminents "down to safe levels", its shocking to see how bad your tap water is to begin with! I think Lifestraws main purpose is for use from natural water sources which might contain harmful bacteria etc, but a filtered water jug is definitely meant for home use and it probably works well at filtering in places where the tap water is safe to drink to begin with
I don’t see how they claim “the ONLY filter to remove bacteria and parasites” I thought they all do that, forever plastics too, I’m pretty sure my alexapure does all that, but I’m trying to find one that does cryptosporidium and or .1 microbes I can’t find anyone claiming .1
That's a good point. I missed that "only" qualifier...but I agree, how can they make that claim? A quick Google search shows numerous others that make the same exact claim.
I am surprised and extremely disappointed to hear this. We’ve been using LifeStraw filters for years. I was impressed by its double filters, but apparently they’re not doing a damn thing. Wow.
@@ModernCastle Already watched it 3+ times before. I don't see any Waterdrop TDS reduction pitcher filter in it, but only their regular model (i.e. non-TDS reduction).
looking for a water pitcher for my apartment to replace a brita pitcher. the heavy metals are pretty concerning, but i checked on ewg and my city seems to do a pretty good job filtering those out. most concerned with microplastics and chemicals that it did seem to reduce to very low levels in this vid. would you still not recommend? going to check out your other videos too.
I would not recommend LifeStraw to anyone. The lab data speaks for itself. Check out this video for filters we do recommend - ruclips.net/video/HeRGnHuYol8/видео.html
I have noticed something, all new electronics I've bought and used that heat up and expel air release a smell that causes athsma, sickness and lung pain. I have extremely impaired lungs, often times it spikes the air quality monitor with high particulate matter, oven, micathermic heater, oil heater, 3 different dehumidifiers, even my air fryer, upon letting them run their course for long periods of time the lung issues persisted and they still worsened air quality. You should identify the cause is and what brands and products release less of these gasses or whatever they are, especially because no one has actually talked about this yet. Thanks for reading, I'd love to see a video about this
Thanks for your comment. Most of those devices are going to release particulates into the air as they heat. It sounds to me like this is a simple case of poor air quality resulting from the particulates. I don't think there is any mysterious cause here. Your oven, oil heater, and air fryer in particular will release particulates as you use them to heat or cook food. Best thing you can do is stop using these devices or use an air purifier to quickly improve air quality.
i have 2 maintained purifiers running at all times, I sort of need to have a way to cook food, and the dehumidifier would be used to help prevent dust mites and ironically its supposed to help with asthma, those radiant style heaters don't circulate dust like forced air ones do cleaning them the best i can and letting them run their course doesn't work I'd have to probably get mini purifiers next to the appliances, but I think quality standards and ethics are an issue here, like my air fryer gives off over 130 pm2.5 and pm10 particles and they stay for quite a while, it's a tricky situation with alot of other issues too@@ModernCastle
Waterdrop - www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07QDMM2WL/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&linkCode=sl1&tag=mc_1001-20&linkId=2bd9bf43816b65db74c579ff6ea9ac1f&language=en_US It's the best pitcher filter we've tested to date
WOW so interesting to know about this. Thank you! What would be the best water filter bottle or can to bring for travelling and to use at home? Which brand?
We haven't done much testing around water bottle filters...so I'm not sure on that. At least for me I just always bring a regular water bottled filled with RO water from home. The one I have tested that did well was Epic water. See here - www.amazon.com/s/ref=as_li_ss_tl?k=epic+water+filter+bottles&ref=nb_sb_noss_1&linkCode=sl2&tag=mc_1001-20&linkId=65cd6f4625153465c644db86aa247baa&language=en_US Review here - moderncastle.com/water-filters/epic-water-filters-review/ The best for at home use is the AquaTru countertop RO system. See here - moderncastle.com/go/aquatru-counter-top Review here - moderncastle.com/water-filters/aquatru-review/ It scored a 99/99 with the lab testing.
@@Aalborg1885 In theory, something like the Lifestraw water bottle would be a great pick. However, given the lab results we saw here, their performance as a brand really worries me. What you need is a water bottle filter that can remove bacteria and live organisms (in addition to inorganic matter). Most filters only deal with non-living contaminants (ex. lead, arsenic, dissolved solids, etc.) Unfortunately, we haven't done much testing around those types of filters so I don't really have a great recommendation for you.
@@ModernCastle Thanks so much for your kindness, so so far buy bottled water while travelling for more than a day. If you can test a great water bottle for travelling it could be awesome.
Viruses and bacteria won't be present in city water, which is what we tested. The other contaminants you requested required specific laboratory tests that we don't have budget for it. Sorry you didn't like the video.
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Is the dichloromethane coming from the membrane filter or the ion carbon filter?
I have a lifestraw but am thinking of going with the water drop one instead, what do you think?
Thanks
@@katiestanley9856 That much is unclear. We don't know where exactly it's coming from, only that it was present in the filtered water.
Based on the lab data the Waterdrop was a significantly better performer than Lifestraw. That feels like a no brainer to me.
@@ModernCastle Isn't the filter marketed for microbial protection, not trace minerals and elements? So, in essence, you are testing it on a standard that it was never designed to meet. However, the lab still showed that the water was within the "Recommended" safe range for the relevant tests.
Also, how did it fail the "Alkalinity" test but pass the "pH" test, which would have shown basicity if it was out of range? Where exactly are you getting these "standards" from anyways? Overall, interesting, but needs improvement. This is not meant as aggro, more like an informal peer review pushing for rigor.
@@allisons6910 It is marketed as being able to remove a wide range of contaminants. According to Lifestraw's product page on Amazon
"The activated carbon + ion exchange filter reduces lead, mercury, other heavy metals and a variety of chemical..."
So while it would have been great if we could test for everything they claim to remove, I don't believe our laboratory tests were unreasonable expectations of performance based on Lifestraw's claims.
The standards are determined by the laboratory. The lab's standards are in alignment with what the EPA recommends.
@@ModernCastle Your comment settings keep deleting my reply with the EPA citation link
It’s terrible. Don’t buy
This video is so underrated! Thank you so much for doing this. The table you show at 2:48 would have taken thousands of dollars to do ourselves (~$200/test from Simple Labs on Amazon * 10 filter brands = $2k). It's sad that there are some comments that don't appreciate how much you put into these videos. You deserve much more credit for giving away this information for free. Thank you again!
You're too kind, my friend. Thank you very much for your kind words.
I'm really glad to hear my videos are hitting the right marks :)
Maybe I'm being dumb but the table doesn't appear to have data about the lifestraw though? That seems crazy.
@@jamesburgess9101 Yep...apologies, that was a huge error. Somehow we missed adding Lifestraw to the master table.
Sorry about that.
You can see the full table data for Lifestraw here - moderncastle.com/water-filters/lifestraw-review/
@@ModernCastlethanks for the link. By the way there's a couple of questionable lines in the table you might want to fix and/or look into. Nickel misses a decimanl point so just a typo maybe. But Selenium, no water filter is going to be adding Selinium. I would hope not anyway! Perhaps another decimal place error and it just didn't remove any Selenium and that's why the table says 0%?
@@jamesburgess9101 Thanks for catching those. You are correct. Just typos. Both are now fixed.
Uranium is not contaminant, but occurs naturally in environment. Life straw pitcher goal is removing bacteria, virsuses, microplastics and PFAS. None of which are tested here. However, you do test for minerals. That would make sense, were they not already controlled by local municipalities.
I'm not sure "occurs naturally in environment" is a great defense. Animal feces also occurs naturally, and yet, we also don't want that in our water.
In any case, Lifestraw also claims to remove:
"Lead, mercury, chromium III, cadmium, copper and other heavy metals"
And yet, there were significant quantities of cadmium, copper, chromium, and other heavy metals (uranium and arsenic).
@@ModernCastleAgain, you didn't cover microplastics and pfas. I'm not sure THAT'S a great defense.
@@IWillBeProfessional We didn't run lab tests for those. Those contaminants are each extra tests, each of them costing around $500 per sample. We just aren't a big enough RUclips channel to take on those types of costs.
@@ModernCastleAll the stuff I've read from them says "reduce" metals, not remove. Its microplastics and biological contamination they claim to remove
So after the lifestraw it had like 2 ppm of DCM? Idk, seems more likely that it was sample contamination at the lab than the Lifestraw had DCM in it or something.
If it was only Dichloromethane maybe that's a possibilitybut that was just one of several including uranium, lithium, cadmium, and arsenic.
It is the worst filtered water we've tested to date.
You can see the full lab report here - gosimplelab.com/MLKEN4/all-results
Thank you so much for your time and expense for this review. I really appreciate being able to hop on here and watch this video. Excellent job you covered above and beyond what my expectations were thank you.
Oh you're too kind. I'm glad to hear the video was helpful!
Wow I just bought one too. Mine takes much longer to filter though. Not sure why. Literally half an hour to do one reservoir. It looked cloudy doing the first 2 reservoirs. Got it for the microplastics filter but I’m not sure about that now.
I want a lifestraw because of the glass pitcher. The science behind microplastics and health problems is growing.
From all the testing you’ve done, can you recommend a better glass pitcher/filter than Lifestraw?
The Aquatru Carafe would be my top pick for glass bodied filter - aquatruwater.com/product/carafe-countertop-reverse-osmosis-water-purifier-variation/?c=moderncastlect
@@ModernCastle Does this filter out microplastics better than LifeStraw? The LifeStraw specifically mentions that it is, "The only water filter pitcher that removes bacteria and parasites, in addition to microplastics".
@@jakemiller2845 We did not run lab tests for microplastics, so we cannot say for sure.
@@jakemiller2845 It seems no one tests for nano and micro plastics yet. I think when people eventually get around to it we are going to find out most filters don't do much due to the size of the particles and likely are contributing to the problem with all the plastic parts/pitcher they use
Eventually hopefully someone will look into this. Currently lifestraw is the only one I've found that even mentions it as something they remove. The Aquatru and most all the other machines are all soft plastic with plastic parts that are leeching plastic into your water.
@@bobbywhite1645I got lifestraw for the plastics after that new study came out about how bad it’s getting.
Hoping I’m making a difference by using it. This video didn’t test for anything I was worried about and just seems to say it adds a random chemical which I don’t buy.
I like this pitcher since its made from glass dont reeally see the point of getting a plastic pitcher filter that removes microplastic when you're drinking from a plastic pitcher lol
I do see that they have a version that's made of glass, but the version we tested was made of plastic.
Also, in either version that blue part the houses the filter is made of plastic. So...not sure that's going to get you what you want.
Beyond that, I just don't have any confidence this filter will actually remove microplastics. Lifestraw claims that it will, but they also made a bunch of other claims that, according to the data from a 3rd party laboratory, were untrue.
Always missing microplastic and PFAS in your reviews.
Each of those is a separate test at the lab. Adding those would cost another $900 for each video.
I would love for us to get big enough that we can afford that...but as of right now we just don't have the budget.
Testing for PFAS and microplastics are both extremely complicated and might not yield the clarity you get when testing for more common contaminants. We'll highlight this in a future video on our channel.
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Not defending lifestraw but you said it added “numerous” dangerous contaminants, but showed only one that was not even tested on the other filters…how can that be a fair comparison??Put it in the table with the same parameter as the other filters. Also note that lifestraw is designed to filter out bacteria and microorganisms and microplastics. None of the others can do that so…If you use well water in rural areas as I do sometimes, it’s a no brainer.
I did not say it "added numerous dangerous contaminants". I said it "failed to remove numerous dangerous contaminants", which according to the laboratory analysis, is true.
Regarding the difference in other filter baselines that we're testing against...The baseline unfiltered tap water is always going to vary. It's not something that we spike the water with X, Y, and Z contaminants. We take unfiltered tap water at the time of the test and test that at the laboratory. That serves as the baseline to compare the filtered water against so we can see what it's able to remove.
Our samples come from the same faucet in the same building, so the plumbing, faucet, and municipality providing water (city of Phoenix) is always the same. That said, seasonal differences impact the level and type of contaminants within the water.
It's great that Lifestraw can remove bacteria, microorganisms, and microplastics. Though we did not test against those, so we don't know if those claims are true.
Lifestraw also claims to remove numerous other contaminants. However, the lab data showed it struggled to remove 6 contaminants that are serious health concerns. If it cannot remove these contaminants, which based on my understanding, are relatively easy to remove relative to bacteria, microorganisms, and microplastics, that does not leave me with much confidence in its ability to remove the more difficult contaminants.
@@ModernCastle yes you did @5:39
@@korlik2142 "Additional dangerous contaminants" is not the same as "numerous". They mean entirely different things.
Comparing unfiltered water vs. Lifestraw filtered water the Lifestraw added 1.65 PPB Dichloromethane and increased TDS from 535 PPM to 542.3 PPM.
Hmm interesting. I realize the bar charts had a lot of metrics that are not in the table. The ones that the video mentioned that lifestraw didn’t do well are also not part of the table.
So I suppose it would be a fairer comparison if we look at the table with all the other brands along with lifestraw, and I think lifestraw would actually do just fine.
The ones that were mentioned that lifestraw didn’t do well like uranium and such, would be interesting to see how the other brands did so that we can compare more fairly. Just a suggestion.
@@f454331 Regardless of the way you look at the data here, Lifestraw failed to removed the more dangerous contaminants and is among the worst filtered water we've ever sent to the laboratory.
The score is based on ALL contaminants that the lab tests, not just the most dangerous / common contaminants that I pull into the various charts and graphs.
Have you tested using Rainwater instead of tap - ground - water? Is your water different from my city water? Would everyone's water be the same?
We haven't tested rain water.
The water we use is city of Phoenix tap water.
Water varies by city, but especially different parts of the countries is going to vary.
A perfect test would be lab tests on the most populated 50-100 cities and then take a composite analysis of the data...but that's a bit beyond our scope and budget.
Thank you i almost bought it! Ill go with clearly filtered .....shewt i might just go distilled sad😢😂😢
You may want to see the lab results for Clearly Filtered - moderncastle.com/water-filters/clearly-filtered-review/
They are pretty bad.
Ayo, why TF is there radioactive SHIT IN OUR WATER 👀
Seriously...
Great video!
Thanks!
Yhanks for your opinion
You're welcome
Then which is the best home water pitcher system in the market now, please ?. Thanks.
Based on our tests:
Waterdrop - geni.us/bctVI (Amazon)
Epic - geni.us/hhfxa (Amazon)
Full lab results here - ruclips.net/video/HeRGnHuYol8/видео.html&t
Great info. I was wondering if the LARQ bottle works well. Also curious if Alive water service is great water.
We've not tested those brands, but I can put them on our list.
Great info as always!
Thank you very much! Glad to hear you enjoyed it.
Did you wash the filter and other components well before the analysis?
We followed all setup instructions provided by Lifestraw.
@@ModernCastle Interesting. My only explanation for the observed would be that chloroform converted to dichloromethane during the filtration process. In the end ppb of chloroform decreased significantly and increase of dichloromethane was minor, right?
How exactly that happened? It would be rather interesting to see if there are bacteria with dehalogenases present on filter, as there are strains known to convert chloroform to dichloromethane and these bacteria love anaerobic environment with a lot of halocarbons what carbon filter could be. :)
Otherwise, it makes no sense that dichloromethane just appears from carbon while other VOCs go away.
If the lifestraw failed to remove contaminents "down to safe levels", its shocking to see how bad your tap water is to begin with! I think Lifestraws main purpose is for use from natural water sources which might contain harmful bacteria etc, but a filtered water jug is definitely meant for home use and it probably works well at filtering in places where the tap water is safe to drink to begin with
Indeed - tap water in Arizona is unfortunately really terrible. I don't know anyone who drinks straight from the tap without filtering first.
honest review
Thank you!
Much appreciated! Just subscribed!
Thanks for the sub!
I don’t see how they claim “the ONLY filter to remove bacteria and parasites” I thought they all do that, forever plastics too, I’m pretty sure my alexapure does all that, but I’m trying to find one that does cryptosporidium and or .1 microbes
I can’t find anyone claiming .1
That's a good point. I missed that "only" qualifier...but I agree, how can they make that claim? A quick Google search shows numerous others that make the same exact claim.
I am surprised and extremely disappointed to hear this. We’ve been using LifeStraw filters for years. I was impressed by its double filters, but apparently they’re not doing a damn thing. Wow.
Thanks, but I am finding that my lifestraw can only filter one cup at a time and very slowly - even though it's the 7 cup pitcher.
It's possible the filter is defective if it's filtering that slow.
Could you please compare between ZeroWater & Waterdrop TDS reduction models? Their filters are totally interchangeable. Thanks in advance.
See our video here - ruclips.net/video/HeRGnHuYol8/видео.html&lc
@@ModernCastle Already watched it 3+ times before. I don't see any Waterdrop TDS reduction pitcher filter in it, but only their regular model (i.e. non-TDS reduction).
@@winereviews Ah, apologies for the confusion. We did not test the TDS reduction version.
@@ModernCastle No worries. I suspect that it's a new Waterdrop model that's engineered with ZeroWater in mind.
@@winereviews Yeah, that makes perfect sense.
looking for a water pitcher for my apartment to replace a brita pitcher. the heavy metals are pretty concerning, but i checked on ewg and my city seems to do a pretty good job filtering those out. most concerned with microplastics and chemicals that it did seem to reduce to very low levels in this vid. would you still not recommend? going to check out your other videos too.
I would not recommend LifeStraw to anyone. The lab data speaks for itself.
Check out this video for filters we do recommend - ruclips.net/video/HeRGnHuYol8/видео.html
So what is the best one to get?
Waterdrop or Epic water
Full lab tests here - ruclips.net/video/HeRGnHuYol8/видео.html&lc=UgyHkzR1TWycHMH-YO54AaABAg
Would have been helpful if your hands were in the frame when you demonstrated removing the carbon filter holder.
Thanks for the suggestion.
I'll make a point to do that on future videos.
amazing job
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it.
Thank you!
You're welcome!
How about the glass model? Test results?
Not one we've tested yet
Can you do filtered water bottles
Thanks for the suggestion. I'll add that to our list.
What filter do you use?
AquaTru's Countertop RO - moderncastle.com/go/aquatru-counter-top
I have noticed something, all new electronics I've bought and used that heat up and expel air release a smell that causes athsma, sickness and lung pain. I have extremely impaired lungs, often times it spikes the air quality monitor with high particulate matter, oven, micathermic heater, oil heater, 3 different dehumidifiers, even my air fryer, upon letting them run their course for long periods of time the lung issues persisted and they still worsened air quality. You should identify the cause is and what brands and products release less of these gasses or whatever they are, especially because no one has actually talked about this yet. Thanks for reading, I'd love to see a video about this
Thanks for your comment.
Most of those devices are going to release particulates into the air as they heat. It sounds to me like this is a simple case of poor air quality resulting from the particulates.
I don't think there is any mysterious cause here. Your oven, oil heater, and air fryer in particular will release particulates as you use them to heat or cook food.
Best thing you can do is stop using these devices or use an air purifier to quickly improve air quality.
i have 2 maintained purifiers running at all times, I sort of need to have a way to cook food, and the dehumidifier would be used to help prevent dust mites and ironically its supposed to help with asthma, those radiant style heaters don't circulate dust like forced air ones do cleaning them the best i can and letting them run their course doesn't work I'd have to probably get mini purifiers next to the appliances, but I think quality standards and ethics are an issue here, like my air fryer gives off over 130 pm2.5 and pm10 particles and they stay for quite a while, it's a tricky situation with alot of other issues too@@ModernCastle
@@swankmank Your air purifier is spiking to 130 2.5 with no food in it?
Thank you.
What would be your recommended water filter for traveling, say, to the Far East?
Waterdrop - www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07QDMM2WL/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&linkCode=sl1&tag=mc_1001-20&linkId=2bd9bf43816b65db74c579ff6ea9ac1f&language=en_US
It's the best pitcher filter we've tested to date
@@ModernCastle Thank you.
What are your views on LARQ watwer bottles versus Ninuo water bottles?
@@miaash3870 I've not tested either brand. I don't have strong views on either.
@@ModernCastle Thanks. maybe you will , in 2024.
WOW so interesting to know about this. Thank you! What would be the best water filter bottle or can to bring for travelling and to use at home? Which brand?
We haven't done much testing around water bottle filters...so I'm not sure on that. At least for me I just always bring a regular water bottled filled with RO water from home.
The one I have tested that did well was Epic water. See here - www.amazon.com/s/ref=as_li_ss_tl?k=epic+water+filter+bottles&ref=nb_sb_noss_1&linkCode=sl2&tag=mc_1001-20&linkId=65cd6f4625153465c644db86aa247baa&language=en_US
Review here - moderncastle.com/water-filters/epic-water-filters-review/
The best for at home use is the AquaTru countertop RO system. See here - moderncastle.com/go/aquatru-counter-top
Review here - moderncastle.com/water-filters/aquatru-review/
It scored a 99/99 with the lab testing.
@@ModernCastle thanks so much, wondering what would be best for a world traveller, especially travelling in third world countries.
@@Aalborg1885 In theory, something like the Lifestraw water bottle would be a great pick. However, given the lab results we saw here, their performance as a brand really worries me.
What you need is a water bottle filter that can remove bacteria and live organisms (in addition to inorganic matter). Most filters only deal with non-living contaminants (ex. lead, arsenic, dissolved solids, etc.)
Unfortunately, we haven't done much testing around those types of filters so I don't really have a great recommendation for you.
@@ModernCastle Thanks so much for your kindness, so so far buy bottled water while travelling for more than a day. If you can test a great water bottle for travelling it could be awesome.
@@Aalborg1885 That's probably going to be your safest and easiest option.
I was more worried about pesticides, pharmaceuticals, viruses, bacteria. You didn’t address any of those. Bad video.
Viruses and bacteria won't be present in city water, which is what we tested.
The other contaminants you requested required specific laboratory tests that we don't have budget for it.
Sorry you didn't like the video.
The water doesn't have viruses and bacteria after it leaves water purification station, but can easily acquire them in city's plumbing system.
3:16 he mentions
@@joanrowe2745 thanks. I missed that.