I Tested a ProOne water filter to see if it’s as good as they say

We performance tested a ProOne Big+ gravity water filter system using a certified third party laboratory. We tested two different samples of water: 1) treated city water, and 2) untreated river water. Watch as Brian presents the lab’s findings, including a few unexpected anomalies in the data.

This video is NOT sponsored. Some product links are affiliate links which means if you buy something we'll receive a small commission at no extra cost to you.

📒 Show Notes 📒

3️⃣ Our lab reports

⏰ Chapters ⏰
0:00 I Tested a ProOne water filter to see if it’s as good as they say
0:27 How We Tested
0:50 City Water Test Results
3:28 River Water Test Results
4:10 Conclusions

Here are the other ways we can help you with your water situation:

Connect with us here:

🙋‍♂️ QUESTION — Have a question about Water Quality, Contaminants, Treatment, or Anything Else? Post in the comments section of this video!

#proone #waterfilterguru #watertesting #simplelab #tapscore #waterquality #drinkingwater #emergencypreparedness

[mytapscore]

So few reviewers actually test in a lab and even fewer publish the receipts with links to the lab reports. Keep up the good work!

[davelindgren]

I have been looking for someone who actually went through the effort to testing the water.
I feel a lot of other videos were made just to get you to use their link.
The comparison chart you did was really helpful.

[k.w.]

We just bought one during their annual -25% off holiday sale on gravity units. Love 100% removal of fluoride, chlorine, bacteria + more. Great assembly instructions + customer service.The Traveller+ unit holds 2 gallons less 2 cups of water, with two 7 inch filters in it. To start, run about 4 or 5 batches through it, the filters will gradually hydrate + allow more water through. It takes about 2 1/2 hours (maybe less) to run about 2 gallons through it.

[tjtotheb]

great reviews, it’s funny to see real lab results and a lot of products don’t really remove Flouride, i’m glad this one does!

[LesTadO]

Thanks bro, you're a life saver. I'm hoping the disinfectant byproducts were a fluke. The water from these filters tastes great and I'm glad they actually eliminate the Fluoride (unlike the AlexaPure I was using before). I already bought a year supply of these so I'm glad they'll do the job in an emergency (just in case).

[ashleypeeler]

I would like to see a re-test on these filters like you did the berkey filters 😊 to see if disinfectant byproducts were in fact a fluke.

[Nancy-Miles]

Thank you so very much for letting me know that this was available and for the work that you do. Another great job. Cheers! 😊

[lqdjeok]

Thanks for the review. I will have to listen to this again and take notes. I see now why it takes you awhile to do a review. Very much appreciated. Will probably get my own sample done as city water varies greatly from varied locations. Keep up the good work.

[sadydelapp-quiverlifesound]

I really would think another round of testing would have been done before publishing results. It takes time and money but you have no idea for sure why till then. From my experience, I would not buy from Pro One again. we bought them years ago. then bought them again. this time I tested with blue dye. at least one of 4 filters allowed blue dye through. Customer service was kinda sketchy and basically seemed that some amount of blue dye was ok. Dye particles are larger than all the things we are concerned about. So if dye is coming through, what else also is. Finally they agreed to a full refund and not an exchange. Pro One is getting their filters manufactured by a third party in the UK though that may have changed.

[skepticcontrarian]

Thank you, good sir! Your work is much appreciated.

[InLawsAttic]

We have city water and wanting to eliminate flouride. Thank you for this test!! Sounds like it’s what we want. 🎉

[dadprincesses]

Great video. Thank you for doing this. I’m a bit disappointed, I was hoping that the ProOne filter would fill my need, but your data shows that it doesn’t.
I have city water with high chlorine and high fluoride and I’m looking for a gravity filter option that can eliminate both. I had a Berkey with fluoride filters but one of your other videos demonstrated that the fluoride filters for the Berkey were ADDING aluminum to the water.
I’m at a loss right now.

[johnnyhp.]

Tap Score ! Thanks Water Filter Guru :) Great product review as usual, perhaps best yet !!!

[wtpwtp]

Thank you so much for doing this lab test! I would particularly love to see a side-by-side independent lab test comparison that you have conducted for the ProOne Water filter pitcher & the Clearly Filtered water pitcher. Also, the plastic water filter pitcher may yield different results than the large metal containers. Thank you!

[memeluke]

Wow, thanks for the robust testing (100 gallons probably took a while to flush through it!) and also thanks for being forthright about testing shortfalls and possible sources of error. That causes me to trust a review more than someone that tries to seem infallible or definitive

[RobertRedman]

Wow! This is insane! Thanks for this. That filter is exactly the one I use in my small ProPure. I have city water in Mn and thewater tastes Aweful so I bought my small pro pure filter.

[RM-hxlj]

Got my sub.
I love science based reviews 🙌

[bwduck]

We have horrible city water with a biofilm problem. The biofilm grows in our pro one filters. Our filtered water tastes just like our unfiltered water. I was cleaning the filter every day and it was not helping. I added colloidal silver to the water pre-filter and that helped the taste greatly. I can’t keep doing that. I will have to find a better filter.

[ajpello]

Really like to see a review for microplastics and PFAs that ProOne is claiming they can remove

[japackwatterson]

Do you have a hypothesis for the reason there was a doubling of the amount of Barium in the water?