@@GarytheWaterGuy the brita elite has more certs: lead, mercury, cadmium (NSF/ANSI 53). Microplastics (NSF/ANSI 401). Certain pesticides and herbicides (NSF/ANSI 53) among other things its also certified by 3rd parties to reduce 3x more contaminants.
Thank you, Gary. You offer great information, products, and help. Your tutorial on how to change the water filters saved me a bunch of money, and I did it in less than 30 minutes!
Hi Gary, could you explain why the Lead content @5:00 actually increased slightly when filtered through the Brita, and increased even more when filtered through the RO system. that just doesn't make sense to me haha. thank you for the video and I am looking forward to your response to this strange impurity result.
Hey Gary, been going through all your videos trying to solve my water issue since our local plumbing / heating services by steinbach , Manitoba , can’t seem to solve them. My raw water hardness is 19 and iron is 4. After it goes through my Viqua softener it’s 0. Problem is after a few months my water started to stink and I’m getting staining. Call them back out they say no issues. What the heck? They then cranked my salt up to 100 hardness to try to fix the smell and taste. Tastes like metal! I’m also chewing through 5 bags of salt a month! Further investigation on my own , I checked my toilet tank which is a new toilet. Has a film and rust staining even after my water comes back at 0’s as of yesterday. I’m on well water. My conclusion is iron bacteria. My Viqua has a clorinator built in to turn salt into chlorine to disinfect. So I’m not sure if it’s just failing or there’s something else at play here. I’m not sure how to go about solving this and these guys don’t know what’s going on and they are supposed to be professionals. What do you suggest? The softener is 15 months old I spent well over $4k trying to fix my water, I’ve tried the 5 in 1 Windsor salt with rust care and gone through 8 full bags in the last 2 months. And I’m at a loss on what to do! It makes you want to gag even just showering or using cold water. We can no longer drink it because it’s now just completely disgusting. Keep in mind my water straight from my well looks like iced tea when I filled my pool with it on bypass. Any insight to what I can do? - David
A water soiftener will only remove up to 1.0 ppm of iron. Anything more than that you need a dedicated iron and sulphur filter like this. I don't like the system you have and I don't believe their claims. It sdound slike you need one of these waterestore.com/products/hum-chemical-free-iron-sulphur-manganese-filter-fok-1-0-cube Cranking up your hardness settings is just an act of desperation and will not solve your concern, but as you've found it will waste a great deal of salt.
Reverse Osmosis systems like this will waterestore.com/products/hum-water-saver-reverse-osmosis-system-75-gallons-per-day Just about everything else including sediment, tannin, iton and water softeners will not.
there seem to be loads of erroers in your analysys there ; lead/lithium/maganese as just a few that seem to be at higher levels after filtration than before filtration ??
@@GarytheWaterGuy so higher levels after filtering ? on more than one element .. that seems like not a very accurate analysys but the ideea that that 500$ RO system filters more than a Brita is logical for sure
I have water tested at labs frequently for my job and it is not uncommon to see these types of oddities in the results, particularly when concentrations are very low.
Great video Gary! Thanks for testing with us! Super interesting to see the results! I imagine it's the ion exchange (cation) resin in the Brita filter that resulted in a drop in hardness. Ion exchange (cation) resins has been shown to reduce both magnesium and calcium, the two main contributors to water hardness. (I know Gary knows this, but figured I should add it for those who read the comments.) The drop in uranium is the most surprising to me. Didn't know Brita could do that. As expected, Reverse Osmosis cleans house with so many contaminants. This aligns with the tests we see where RO systems are involved. Personally I was most surprised at the annual cost of a RO filter. I thought it would've been higher. Thanks for doing these videos and helping us learn too! What's next?! 🙂
Thank you for your support, as always. This is the Reverse Osmosis system we recommend waterestore.com/products/hum-water-saver-75-gpd-reverse-osmosis-system-brushed-nickel-faucet
Water guy ... but not a math guy ... "removed SOME of the Copper" .... I guess if "some" is 87% then yes it removed some. Similar statements elsewhere ...
Thanks for your feedback. I will work on my math skills, but the point of the video is the same, the Reversde Osmosis system removes far more of the contaminants than the Brita.
I think the new Brita plus or pro filters remove more contaminants. Won't remove as much as an RO system obviously but considering the cost and ease of use may be a good option for most ppl.
Amazing results when using water filtration but which one is best for your family?
From what I understand, in a gallon of piped water, the RO process wastes 66% of it to get 33% usable water.
Depends on the type of RO system, kind of like car gas mileage varies by vehicle. This video explains more ruclips.net/video/S17l3Tt6xS4/видео.html
You should do this test again but using brita’s Elite water filter instead of the standard one
Why do you think the result would be any different?
@@GarytheWaterGuy the brita elite has more certs: lead, mercury, cadmium (NSF/ANSI 53). Microplastics (NSF/ANSI 401). Certain pesticides and herbicides (NSF/ANSI 53) among other things its also certified by 3rd parties to reduce 3x more contaminants.
@@GarytheWaterGuy The filter is different.
Thank you, Gary. You offer great information, products, and help. Your tutorial on how to change the water filters saved me a bunch of money, and I did it in less than 30 minutes!
Excellent, glad to hear. Please shasre video with friends and family.
@@GarytheWaterGuy you used the lowest quality brita filters.There top of range brita maxtra filters are much much better at filtering contaminants.
Hi Gary, could you explain why the Lead content @5:00 actually increased slightly when filtered through the Brita, and increased even more when filtered through the RO system. that just doesn't make sense to me haha. thank you for the video and I am looking forward to your response to this strange impurity result.
Don’t really know. When I asked the lab they said it had to do with the very small amounts that were detected.
Really good information but conclusion was obvious from start since the very capable presenter works for a dealer.
True, but the information is definitely worth sharing.
Don't RO systems also remove many of the beneficial minerals in water which can lead to mineral deficiencies?
Check out this video ruclips.net/video/JOuE2U_oCPc/видео.html
Why do think the lead level doubled through RO vs starting sample? Granted it is still a very small amount, but doubled all the same.
Great question. I think it is due to the testing process isn’t that accurate when you get to extremely low quantities
Hey Gary, been going through all your videos trying to solve my water issue since our local plumbing / heating services by steinbach , Manitoba , can’t seem to solve them.
My raw water hardness is 19 and iron is 4. After it goes through my Viqua softener it’s 0. Problem is after a few months my water started to stink and I’m getting staining. Call them back out they say no issues. What the heck? They then cranked my salt up to 100 hardness to try to fix the smell and taste. Tastes like metal! I’m also chewing through 5 bags of salt a month!
Further investigation on my own , I checked my toilet tank which is a new toilet. Has a film and rust staining even after my water comes back at 0’s as of yesterday.
I’m on well water. My conclusion is iron bacteria. My Viqua has a clorinator built in to turn salt into chlorine to disinfect. So I’m not sure if it’s just failing or there’s something else at play here.
I’m not sure how to go about solving this and these guys don’t know what’s going on and they are supposed to be professionals.
What do you suggest? The softener is 15 months old I spent well over $4k trying to fix my water, I’ve tried the 5 in 1 Windsor salt with rust care and gone through 8 full bags in the last 2 months. And I’m at a loss on what to do! It makes you want to gag even just showering or using cold water. We can no longer drink it because it’s now just completely disgusting.
Keep in mind my water straight from my well looks like iced tea when I filled my pool with it on bypass.
Any insight to what I can do?
- David
A water soiftener will only remove up to 1.0 ppm of iron. Anything more than that you need a dedicated iron and sulphur filter like this. I don't like the system you have and I don't believe their claims. It sdound slike you need one of these waterestore.com/products/hum-chemical-free-iron-sulphur-manganese-filter-fok-1-0-cube Cranking up your hardness settings is just an act of desperation and will not solve your concern, but as you've found it will waste a great deal of salt.
Does water filtration reduce TDS level?
Reverse Osmosis systems like this will waterestore.com/products/hum-water-saver-reverse-osmosis-system-75-gallons-per-day Just about everything else including sediment, tannin, iton and water softeners will not.
there seem to be loads of erroers in your analysys there ; lead/lithium/maganese as just a few that seem to be at higher levels after filtration than before filtration ??
I asked the lab to confirm and they said the results are within their specs and confirm that they are correct.
@@GarytheWaterGuy so higher levels after filtering ? on more than one element .. that seems like not a very accurate analysys
but the ideea that that 500$ RO system filters more than a Brita is logical for sure
I have water tested at labs frequently for my job and it is not uncommon to see these types of oddities in the results, particularly when concentrations are very low.
It would be hilarious if he made up all those numbers
No, it would be deceiptful, that's not how I roll.
Great video Gary! Thanks for testing with us!
Super interesting to see the results! I imagine it's the ion exchange (cation) resin in the Brita filter that resulted in a drop in hardness. Ion exchange (cation) resins has been shown to reduce both magnesium and calcium, the two main contributors to water hardness. (I know Gary knows this, but figured I should add it for those who read the comments.)
The drop in uranium is the most surprising to me. Didn't know Brita could do that.
As expected, Reverse Osmosis cleans house with so many contaminants. This aligns with the tests we see where RO systems are involved.
Personally I was most surprised at the annual cost of a RO filter. I thought it would've been higher.
Thanks for doing these videos and helping us learn too!
What's next?! 🙂
Thank you for your support, as always. This is the Reverse Osmosis system we recommend waterestore.com/products/hum-water-saver-75-gpd-reverse-osmosis-system-brushed-nickel-faucet
Water guy ... but not a math guy ... "removed SOME of the Copper" .... I guess if "some" is 87% then yes it removed some. Similar statements elsewhere ...
Thanks for your feedback. I will work on my math skills, but the point of the video is the same, the Reversde Osmosis system removes far more of the contaminants than the Brita.
I think the new Brita plus or pro filters remove more contaminants. Won't remove as much as an RO system obviously but considering the cost and ease of use may be a good option for most ppl.
Yes, the Britas a better than nothing.
What if you can not afford that right now. What filtered pitcher is the best.
I ahve not tested them all, but this pitcher is better than nothing.