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The blogs we create at CLEAR2O® are meant to accomplish a number of objectives: Educate our readers on the importance of water filtration Inform you about the options available to accomplish your water filtration goals Entertain you We’re pretty confident that we are meeting the challenge on all three. We constantly put forth the most current information about the subject of water filtration and its importance to you, the RVer. We let you know about the products that can help you get the best water experience possible. The occasional water quiz is meant to entertain but also educate in a...

This is the time of year that many of us make our New Year’s resolutions. The ways we’re going to improve. The family and friends we’re going to treat better. The weight we’re going to lose (that one is one our list every year). Some of us will keep our resolutions. Some will keep some of them. Many will keep none of them. But at least we try – that’s an admirable start. In that vein, we at CLEAR2O® have five resolutions related to our favorite subject: water. These are not resolutions for us; they are for you. We don’t...

Many of our customers are curious as to why our CLEAR2O® filters don’t reduce the Total Dissolved Solids, or “TDS” found in tap water. While some might expect a lengthy explanation, the answer is quite straightforward: there’s no reason to. To understand the rationale behind this simple response, it is important to understand exactly what TDS is – and why, as a water drinker, you really don’t need to think too much about it.  According to NSF International, an independent, accredited organization that develops public health standards and certification programs to help protect the world’s food, water, consumer products and...

It’s difficult not to have some measure of admiration for a substance that, from the time of the Roman Empire all the way to the Victorian era,  was referred to as the "king of poisons" as well as the "poison of kings."  In fact, history is riddled with accounts of both royalty and commoners carrying out assassinations for personal gain using the odorless, tasteless compounds of arsenic.  Arsenic is one of the most common elements in the Earth’s crust, but in its free form it is quite rare. Despite its almost legendary status as a powerful and silent killer, arsenic...

Among the many reasons to invest in water filtration products – pitchers, countertop filters, water bottles, and RV filters, to name a few - is to help reduce the number of plastic bottles that end up in our landfills The numbers are staggering. According to EarthDay.org, Americans purchase about 50 billion water bottles per year, averaging about 13 bottles per month for every person in the country. Worldwide, the numbers become even more eye-popping. A recent article in the magazine Fast Company notes that around the globe, people are using almost 500 billion plastic water bottles per year; that number...