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Some have complained their filters do not last long enough. I believe I have a solution: When I was a teenager with nothing else to do, I went to the public swimming pool every day. In my boredom, I decided on an experiment: I showered after the pool, but did not wash my hair. I discovered the chlorine left a thick, gummy residue making it nearly impossible to comb my hair. With that in mind, we fill our water filters with water from two pitchers we leave sitting out, uncovered, at least 8 hours. This allows the chlorine in the water to evaporate before going through the filter. Result: We bought our Zero Water pitcher in mid April 2017. Our tap water reads 050. Our filtered water still reads 000. Today is June 25th. I will update this review whenever our filter finally needs replacing. Meanwhile, I'm requesting other owners to try my experiment and reply to this review when you have determined if evaporating the chlorine before filling your filter pitcher makes a difference in how long your filters last. Thanks. To respond to other complaints: 1. The filter leaks: My wife installed the filter. It leaked. I tightened it per the instructions and it stopped leaking. If your filter leaks, you didn't tighten it properly. 2. The water takes forever to go through the filter: I noticed the top of the filter was blocked by air bubbles. I used a little thin plastic spoon to gently chase the bubbles around and make them "pop" through the membrane. I was very careful not to damage the membrane. The water then drained through the filter properly. 3. The carbon filter stuff is getting into the top chamber: So what? That's pre-filter. It is not pretty, but it does not matter. You don't have a problem unless you have pieces of filter in the bottom chamber. Ignore it. We also bought the larger tank for the fridge. A full ZeroWater pitcher perfectly fills the upper chamber on the tank. We are using the recommendations of another reviewer who runs the water through the smaller pitcher to fill the larger tank. This extends the life of the filters. When the filter in the tank needs replacing, he moves it to the pitcher. That performs a pre-filtering for the newer filter in the tank, extending the life of the tank filter. Great idea. With that said, do not misunderstand. Our pitcher filter has been used the most since we drink from it as well as from the tank, and we use it to fill the tank. And yet it is still reading 000. Since you have read this far, you win a free magic trick! We are big fans of the Carbonaro Effect, and I figured out a Carbonaro-style trick with our fridge tank. When you are going to have company over, fill the tank to the top and when the lower chamber is full, fill the upper chamber to the top, too, and put in the fridge. When setting the table for dinner, ask Aunt Gullible to fill the water glasses. As she is doing so, explain how the filter fills itself by extracting the moisture from the air in the fridge, and how this helps prevent mold growth in the fridge. After dinner, remind Aunt Gullible to check the filter to see if it is full yet. She knows nobody has gone near the fridge, and will be astonished to see the filter is full again, or at least, refilled substantially.