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THIS FINALLY ANSWERED A PROBLEM I'VE BEEN HAVING FOR 2 WEEKS THAT STARTED SUDDENLY! My filter is almost 3 months old, I'm in SW Florida, AND the tap water is heavily chlorinated. I solely use my zero filter for making ice in my ice trays And I use bottled water to drink. All of a sudden 2 weeks ago, fat side of my freezer, (I have two separate freezer compartments separated completely in my RV fridge) All the ice, the ice trays, the plastic ice bucket, and the plastic drawers in that side of the freezer that I keep the ice in, started wreaking a fish. It's because I make all of my ice trays using my zero water filter/pitcher. My water started tasting a little fishy when I would use ice with it also. All this time I could not figure out what the problem was, I even checked the hoses that go to my RV that my water runs through, and couldn't figure out the problem. This video completely explains it. It turns out it is simply a bad Zero filter!!! THANK YOU FOR MAKING THIS VIDEO!!! THIS EXPLAINED IT ALL PERFECTLY. 🙏🙏🙏 Such a relief!!!

Short version, keep your pitcher with filter in the refrigerator or a cool dark area.

Thank you. You’ve answered the question I’ve been concerned about. I had spoken to Zero Water’s customer service a few times and they really didn’t give me an answer. ZW must get this question a lot…maybe they should refer people to your video.

I've had this question for almost 20 years. This is how long I've been using Zero Water. Thank you from Orlando, FL USA. I've always kept on the kitchen counter. Now I will keep it in the fridge.

Such a perfect onpoint explanation. Thank you. This answered all my questions and will help me fix my fishy problem

Oh my Gosh! Thank you so much! The heat thing is exactly what is happening to my filter in Arizona!

Thanks for doing the research.

Thank you for a very understandable explanation! It’s hot here too! Stay hydrated, my friend😊

I just came across this problem. Thanks for the video!

That helped A Lot. I was going to throw mine away but after cleaning as you described and replacing filter, my pitcher is working great and smells of nothing at all ❤ Thank you for a great video.

This was very informative, and helped with the same article you spoke about and posted. I will be more mindful of where I place, and how I use my water filter. Thanks again!

Super helpful, thank you 😊

Glad I watched. Great video. Thanks!

I'm here because of the fishy smell. Wife complained about it in the tea kettle filled with zero water. Never had an issue with the first filter, just now with this second filter after around 2 months. I keep the water in the refrigerator. BUT, the smell really doesn't appear until the water is heated. So thanks for this video. Next question is whether or not this chemical causing the smell is harmful.

Life on earth is the cosmic equivalent of not keeping things in a cool, dry place.

Thanks for sharing this video. I live in an apartment building with old pipes and in an area very close to a sewage plant so filtering our water is an absolute must! My water started tasting off a couple of days back but was testing at .000 so I couldn't understand it. I use a spray bottle filled with filtered water on my face after showering and noticed the fish smell had gotten more off putting. This morning was the last straw though when my breakfast was accompanied by a big hot steaming cuppa FISH tea! Down the drain it went, cleaned out the pitcher, and a new filter went in. Fingers crossed this one lasts longer than the last one and I never have to experience fishy tea ever again! Cheers!

Does indeed help, thank you!

Flipping hell dude, you are awesome 😎 really helpful and really genuine person 🙏 I keep mine away from direct sunlight as I keep every drink or food..but again: really funny along really informative..keep it up🎉

I live in FL and have this issue as well, so definitely follows the hot sunny theory. Thanks for the tip. I'll try the refrigerator method.

I left mine by the stove this explains a lot. Thanks a lot!

I couldn't figure out why every time I would take a sip of water it tasted like DEATH! I'm not exaggerating. I thought there was something wrong with me! LoL, Thank you for this. I had to hand wash my pitcher then run it through the dishwasher top rack twice. Since where I live was ground zero for hurricane Ian and our water supply is still being treated with heavy chemicals I have been using bottled spring water the whole time. I was keeping the pitcher in the fridge, but I go through water so fast it was easier to start keeping it on the counter. That is when I noticed the change. I just purchased a new filter and It will go back in the fridge from now on. Thanks again!

Thanks for sharing I have the bigger dispenser that I keep in the fridge. The filter would last about 3 1/2 to 4 months. We’re on we’ll water. When it got time to change the filter, we got a sulfur taste and smell to the water.

Thank you, ive Just bought one today.

Thank you for clearing this up for me!!!! I thought I was going crazy!!! Now I have to scrub out my portable ice maker!!!!

Great content, thanks.

I literally took apart my whole kitchen, trying to figure out what that smell was lol

Great video thanks

FYI.. We live in one of the coldest parts of Canada... in the Rocky Mountains... and this JUST happened to us! My hubby discovered.. at first thought he was having after taste of his fish oil supplements... Imagine the surprise when he discovered the water in our Zero Filter was the culprit. When he was like, "Here, taste this.." I responded, "Umm..no.. I think not!" lol .. Suffice to say.. our 4 pack of filters arrived at the door 10 mins ago! Hence, some KZfaq research...

Thankyou for doing this video friend God bless you

Thanks you're awesome!

Great tip & research thanks. I'm still on my first filters of the Tank version, still shows 000 TDS bought Jan 20th. Its in a middle room so not exposed to much sunshine.

We have the worst water in Jax, FL. We were using Brita and switched to zero a few years ago. Love the zero water, however, we have to replace the filter every 2 weeks. Needless to say we buy filters in bulk. The fishy smell is quite overwhelming... Thank you for sharing this information! All makes sense now and the pitcher is going in the frig.

I’m so glad you posted this bc my Zero Water pitcher/filter stinks!!!!!! I dumped it and sticky with Brita from now on. It smells like dead fish!!!!!

Excellent bit of detective work, Mr. Holmes would be proud.

Thank you for sharing this happened to one i bought for my job

Thank you!

Appreciate the video, just bought a zero and hit with a strong fish odor after 1 week. This is Texas (hot) and pitcher was on the counter in sunlight. This is not worth the hassle, I’m returning it.

Thank you very much.

I live in NY on Long Island. Our water come from aquifers. When I first got my Zero Water, it worked great and the filter lasted a long time. When it came time to replace it, the second filter only lasted about 3 or 4 pitchers full until the water was undrinkable. I contacted the manufacturer and they sent replacement filters for free but unfortunately, the same thing happened. The pitcher was always kept in the same place and after many months trying, I finally gave up because it was too expensive to keep wasting these filters for only a few fill ups. My house it temperature regulated, the pitcher was never kept in the sun so my assumption is, the manufacturer changed some aspect of the filter that maybe doesn't react well with my normal tap water.

Very interesting. I came across this video when I googled Zero Water fish smell. I keep mine in the fridge so it's not the heat. I am wondering though, since it has been really hot with drought conditions here in Texas, if that hasn't somehow affected the ground water and, in turn, affected my tap water. Things that make you go "hmmm." 🤔

I want to add in order to lower the chlorine in the tap water, you can leave it evaporate. I fill 3 bottles of water for the day, I don’t cap them to allow the evaporation of chlorine (it takes around 15 minutes) Thank’s for the research, very informative!💦

I have the opposite problem, my fish smells of water.

I’ve been through around 22 filters and have never had a fishy smell or taste. I also usually replace the filter about every 30-45 days due to us using a lot of water. We refill the pitcher on average 5-8 times a day. Zero is THE BEST father pitcher on the shelf.

I instinctively already knew it was the best place to keep the drinking water and filter.

Noticed that on my new zerowater. Replaced the filter since it was bad and I'll keep an eye on that

I noticed my water smelling really funny at times. Thought it might be my cup I use (could go a few days between wash, only drank water from it), but kept smelling it even after a fresh wash. I definitely narrowed it down to my water filter, but now after seeing this video I need to change my filter. I haven't changed it in a while as my tap water is already very clean. I didn't know about this stank smell but gonna get a filter next chance I get.

Great vid.

Hahaha, this happen to me, But I found out that it was because I put hot/warm water in it, lol.

The same thing happened with my 2nd filter, but my 2nd filter was replaced in Fall/Winter here in the U.S.

Thank you lol, I thought I was going insane until my daughter mentioned it to me 😂 I haven't had the filter in for maybe a month but I am a big water drinker so we are constantly refilling. Now I have to clean my ice maker again because I thought it was that at first 🤣

Planned obsolescence I bought this so I didn’t have to buy so much water now I’m buying filters all the time

Thanks for being honest. I'm planning on buying a ZeroWater. Also, Marillion rules!

I just ordered the big 9L glass Zero water filter system before watching this and boooy am i gonna have a rough time cleaning that m(******)r 🤣

and I just bought 8 filter package, I will have to store it in the freezer because I live in a hot climate.

My filter is still good after nearly a year. Still 0 dissolved solids, from the included meter. I only use the filtered water for my nespresso. Always kept in the fridge.

Mine was absolutely awful. I thought it was my kitchen floor! I drenched everything in bleach and vinegar for days, and couldn't get rid of the smell. I use zero water in my electric tea kettle, and realized I was being hit by the water jug, and the kettle with the smell!

I think I will also keep my spare filter in the fridge to protect it!!

I always keep mine in the frige....filters seem to last much longer. Never knew about the fishy stuff.

My filters only last about 3 months before they get fishy, I keep them in the cold fridge and out of sunlight. Sometimes you can not smell the fishy smell for quite some time if the water is cold, but if you put a little of the water in a cup and pop it in the microwave and boil it, if there is any of that fishy stuff in the water you will smell it in the steam quite easily when you open the microwave. This is how I first came across the fishy smell, I boil it for tea sometimes, I noticed a fishy smell when I opened the microwave, could not figure out what the smell was from, I smelled my filtered water and no fishy smell, untill a couple weeks later. So you can boil a bit in the microwave now and then to get an early heads up on if the filter is going out so you are not drinking it for a couple weeks before it gets detectible in cold water.

Being from Texas I guess I'll be getting a fridge unit

I noticed a slight fishy after taste more then a smell but it's what lead me to Google to find out why. I just purchased the Zerowater two months ago and this is my first filter. However, I live alone and over the past two months I've filled it up about every other day or every third day so maybe that's just how long the filter lasts based on my tap water? I'm hoping a good scrubbing will get the fish smell out of my Zerowater container.

Fish heads fish heads rolly-polly fish heads, fish heads fish heads eat them up yum…

I always keep mine in the fridge and top it off every time I pour from it. I wonder if you put a few ice cubes in the reservoir to make the tap water cold if it would help keep the filter clean longer?

I always keep my picture in the refrigerator even while it's filtering. My first filter lasts at 3 months before it started smelling like fish. I cleaned the picture and put a new filter in and it only lasted a month before it started smelling like fish. As I said, I do not keep my picture on the counter. I always keep it in the fridge so that I always have cold water to drink. I am still baffled on why it turns so fast.

So basically Zero Water is not a good option if you prefer room temp water? We always keep our Brita out in the kitchen.

Been collecting and filtering rain water that tests 000-003 TDS (that's in an industrial town area) for years now. Our tap water has just read 201 TDS. I use at least 2 liters a day of filtered water and the last 2 filters lasted 15 month and 16 month each. Why waste your filter on chemical laden tap water?

There is really high chlorine in my city water. To the point where you can smell it. I haven’t had it that long and I just put a third filter in. They are too expensive to do this. I’m going back to britta.

I have always kept mine in the fridge. When I changed to my second filter, there was no smell. I washed everything really well and put the second filter in and back into the fridge. Fish smell in 4 months.

Mine was a brand new water pitcher with a brand new filter that I bought from the store and the first outpour of water smelled like fish. I washed all parts before using with soap as instructed on the directions. Are you telling me then that the filter was bad when I bought it?

I have well water, that doesn’t have a smell or bad taste unfiltered, it comes up from the ground 40-50f (4.4-10c) I had the zero one filter one month and it smells as fish. The smell is in my electric kettle and I cannot get the stench out.

Thanks for this. How is it going now, after a new filter & keeping it in the fridge?

Oh jeez... I just got one of these because my city goes heavy on chloramine😅

Mine last 3 weeks and always in the fridge and the only one that uses it.

I had this for the first time yesterday. It was very faint and what it really reminded me of was a dogs water bowl. If you have ever cleaned a dog water bowl there is this smell that is sort of fishy and sort of algae like. My zero water had this smell and there was a very faint taste. I am too cheap/lazy to drive out and get a new filter at 9pm so what I did is kinda weird. I washed everything with soap and water (no soap in the filter of course) multiple times using really hot water. I took the filter and ran water through it forward and back multiple times and PUT IT IN THE MICROWAVE for about 30 seconds. I took the filter out and shook it to move the charcoal around and then did another 30 seconds, then again, and again until the entire filter was warm but not too hot. Since the filter is not microwave safe plastic (to my knowledge) but there is no metal in the filter so it should be relatively safe. Anyways after this I rinsed the filter a few more times and put it back in the pitcher. Now it seems to be working like new. The microwave should kill off any bacteria or enzymes or algae or whatever. While I cant really recommend this to anyone as I have no idea if its safe for long term use or even short term I figured it was worth sharing my experience. However before doing this I ordered a new pitcher(with filter) as my current one is too small so this is only going to be used for a couple of days.

I get suspended solids in my Zero Water after a month or so. The fishy taste also becomes apparent after this duration. At my location, this is my consistent result; no way would it last 8 months.

I’ve always kept mine in the fridge. Just pulled mine out to pour some water and it reeked. Put this new filter in about 2 months ago as well so no idea why

I dnt think it’s only that We’re in winter and mine has done this in less than a month not in sunlight and I had just cleaned it

Thanks for the video. How is it going now, after changing the filter & keeping it in the fridge?

My Zero Water is always in the Fridge and after only a month, I get that fishy smell. It's how I know to change the filter without the meter. Heat may be one cause but it's not the only. If you ever come by another reason, I would be very interested in hearing it ...

Mine big dispenser is over 10 years old and has no smell. But I clean it regularly.

Also, how bad is it to drank this water with the fish smell? I noticed the smell from it, but nothing with the taste.

Are restaurants using 0 water to cook the rice or are they using dirty tap water takeaway food not an option.

I have a glass Zerowater and we live in a very hot country. Thailand. I've been using Zerowater for year with no smell. My theory is always keep it full so the filter is always underwater. Each time I use water from it, I top it up again straight away

Vinegar is great to clean with. That is what I do when the fish comes back`

Is cleaning with baking soda and vinegar also good

I have had my Zero Walter Pitcher since 2020, and I have not smelled anything fishy. I keep it away from the sun and I’m always checking to make sure that the it’s always at zero

Do you guys used zero water? Even in restaurant's, party or when youre camping.

I use the 2.5 gal pitcher on the counter to and have had the fishy issue a few times. But another issue I have is that some filters stop filtering after about 1 gallon has passed through. It just stops filtering, leaving the remaining water in the top reservoir. This remaining water will not filter through until you remove some of the filtered water. Any idea why this might be happening?

My son recently bought Zero water filter after 20 years a different company. In the last month we have used 3 filters 😮 I really am not impressed with this product, fishy water is gross 🤢 i think I would rather make my own & be 100% natural without plastics with glass, charcoal, moss, salt and vinegar rinse to reionise it and thank you mother nature from saving me from the mighty big corporates.

Its not unique to zero water. Brita longlast started doing the same thing. 2 months and you get an old seafood taste and smell to the water. And lots of water contains tiny crustaceans like copepods - they're related to shrimp ! When they die, they smell and taste just like old shrimp.

This video Saved my money too early . I had this on my first filter and now I know how to prevent. Since someone in my household placed hot water by mistake and worsened out immediately 300ppm from zero ppm

So, is there no way to alleviate it ince ot happens? This is a sign that the filter is no longer working as intended?

This is a very nice and informative video! Thank you very much :) I would like to ask a question: what do you think about the possibility of filtering water with the ZeroWater pitcher and immediately pouring it inside a clean glass bottle and then storing it? (I mean: buying a new filter, immediately filtering something like 100 L of water or all the filter can offer and then storing that filtered water in glass bottles without allowing the filter to 'age') Greetings from Italy!

I, too heard of the smell b4 I experienced it..BUT I noticed WHY! the Newest filter I put in WAS DRIPPING around the Top..so, I took it apart and RESCREWED the filter..This Worked..I. DEDUCED that the water passing thru the 1st layer, which filters things that Could stink..ALMOST HALF THE WATER WASN'T BEING THOUROUGHLY FILTERED, BUT LEAKING FROM THE 1ST LAYER

has anyone tried soaking the pitcher in milk to get rid of the trimethylamine? Or maybe vinegar? I'm trying to figure out a way to get rid of the nastiness in my pitcher before putting in a new filter and I want to be sure it's all gone before I do that. My pitcher doesn't exactly smell, I only notice the fish when I boil water in the kettle

My last filter produce fishy smelling water But Only when the water is boiling

The second time I go to get replacement filters they are doing something odd. It worked fine with the new piture and filter. Replacement filters on Amazon sucks. I got grey water and one of the replacement filters I had leaked at the top. I refuse to spend money on shipping to return crappy products to Amazon.

I use a different filter with the same technology, but in my case the new cartridge (and upper filtering water area) smelled rather bad after I installed it, even after several liters went through. The water jug was never left in the sun and usually stays in the fridge. But I've been using it for months and only cleaned it with tap water, so it might just mean that I need to give it a proper cleaning... Since you seem to know a thing or two about filters, I'd like to ask you something. Is it healthy if freshly opened new filter cartridges are wet? The company said that it can happen, due to steam sterilization. But whether it's a health risk or not after several months of humidity in the closed cartridge, that they did not elaborate. I have doubts and my guess is that the smell may be due to the wet cartridge and bacteria rather than a jug that needs cleaning. Some feedback on the matter would be helpful and much appreciated.

Do you use clearly filtered pitcher?