We destroy RV Water Filters | Camco | Clear2O
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- Опубліковано 24 лип 2024
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ℹ️ IN THIS EPISODE: We destroy the two most common inline water filters to see how they work. We have used the blue camco water filter for over two years (Replacing it every few months), but when we met clear2O at the Tampa show, they convinced us that their in line water filter was better. We asked for a sample, which they agreed to and then we cut it open to see the difference. First though, we need to understand what a micron is. So, join in on our quiz / test to see how many microns certain things are. Sperm, fertilized, lead, aluminum / aluminium. We reveal all!
⏰ TIMESTAMPS ⏰
0:00 - Intro
0:38 - RV Water Filters
1:15 - What is a Micron?
3:10 - Laurences Micron test
7:30 - Clear2O Dirt Guard
9:13 - What is in an RV water filter?
11:37 - Conclusion
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We loved all the “nitty gritty” facts you included in this video. We also use the clear 2o dirt guard and 1 micron filter and love it. They also make a portable one you can take hiking with you as an emergency backup.
Research for this video totally sold us on the clear2O. The dirt guard is such a great idea, which is why we bought that ourselves. We’ll check out their portable version too 👍👍
Will definitely have to upgrade from the generic camco blue version. Thanks for breaking these apart to show the difference!
HI Daniel! Thanks for watching. The clear2O are really good. You've been entered into the draw for tomorrows livefeed. Hope to see you there! Good Luck!
We want to switch to the Green Clear20! We currently use the blue and were very suprised and informed when we watched the video! Thanks so much for your videos! We think ya'll keep it real!
Looking forward to your live video today. Enjoy watching your adventures in the Crystal River area. I’m originally from Pinellas County area.
Great video. You covered a lot of great info and best of all, you cut stuff open with saws. 😃
🤣🤣 we did notice that we missed a bunch of stuff that you addressed in yours, so even though neither of us had any idea we were doing this, by watching both our videos we covered everything 🤣👍
Looks like a good choice for a filter. Getting our camper soon. On order. Taking forever!!
I greatly appreciate the information. I just started researching water filtration for a long term traveling endeavor a few days ago. Thank you for making it a short journey.
Glad we saved you some time!
Good info. This makes the third time we watched this. Definitely going to get one. But will take your word for it not going to cut ours in half.
Well, stay tuned to see if you win the giveaway tomorrow!
Good information on these products. It led me to research at what level the public water treatment plants filter the water. EPA standards set filtration requirements at 0.2 microns. So both water filters are more than sufficient and you probably do not need one at all. But I will continue to use one wherever we camp. Thanks again for this hard hitting analysis and help from your able assistant.😎
That's great information to know! Thanks Tom. However, I can confirm that there was visibly some nasty stuff in the Camco filter that we have used for about 4 months now. I do worry about the stuff we can't see. Even without a filter, I'm sure none of this would be really harmful, but its great peace of mind to have it there. We have heard some horror stories. Most of them from campsites with old plumbing and well water.
@@BrazenBrits at our Marina there is some sludge build up in the town water supply that clogs everyone's strainers so I don't care what EPA standards call for they can easily slip through as I don't exactly see many EPA agents testing quite often.... To busy I guess... I LOVE this video and I am done with the blue ones.
Love your channel !
Blessings and safe travels:)
We are all caught up on your videos! Looking forward to your live event !
Oh wow! You smashed through that! Thanks so much! We hope you enjoyed them! We’ll see you tomorrow!!
The guessing game was hilarious 🤣!! We want to get a better pre-filter and I think this might be it. I remember RV Diem did a review last year on Clear H2O. They liked it as well.
We really like the idea. Haven't used it much, but after talking to the Clear2O guys on zoom, they totally sold us on this. The science is real and when we saw the solid block of carbon for ourselves, we were sold. If you reach out to the Clear2O guys, they might be able to help you out.
As a former Engineer, I found this very interesting and we had some profound discussion!
We are interested in what those profound discussions were?! 🤔
@@BrazenBrits Mum didn't understand what the hell you were talking about! Do you use the filters to top up your on board tank and how do sperms and blood cells get into filters?
Great job and nice assist by Natalie. 😁
Man now I am gonna have to switch! Thank you for this detailed review.
Cheers Ben!
Ya know, i was just thinking man i wish someone would cover all this water treatment stuff...::smirks at the Waggs:: then you go an do it! Super job!
Hahaha. I actually text Dustin when their video came out as we had no idea they were making one. Great minds think alike! Luckily the two videos are very different, so hopefully they were still interesting in their own ways 😁👍
@@BrazenBrits You guys both rock always a good watch!
Thanks Troy 😁👍👍👍
We just moved to that system.. will be using it for the first time this weekend.. we will let you know how it goes... seems all the cool kids are doing it.. so why not. Thanks guys
We spent some time on zoom with the CEO who explained a whole bunch of stuff to us about water filtering and their products. They certainly know their stuff! After more research, we will certainly be using C2O instead of the normal blue filters. Love the idea of the 20 micron washable pre filter.
Great video. Had no idea what was inside one of those things.
Same for us. Glad you found it interesting. Hopefully see you tomorrow on the live feed 👍
Id be curious how that stacks up against the filter system we built. I use a blue camco filter at the outlet and have a housing with a 5 micron and 1 micron 'whole house' filter positioned just before it enters the rig. At somepoint, I am going to compare the filtering our RV water system does against what our house soft water/reverse osmosis system.
Thanks as always..!!!
Very interesting
Thanks Rob!
Just found you guys. Love the videos!
Hi MW 👋 Welcome to the channel! Thanks for stopping in and for the comment to say ‘hi’. We hope you enjoy 👍
Great information! Thank you.😎
Thanks Rick! 👍👍
We will continue to use camco with their sediment filter (20micron). If if it hanging properly it should go through more carbon and catch more particles. The other one seems to shoot water to the bottom of the filter and not much passes thru carbon. 1 micron can restrict water pressure also. It will depend on pressure at the individual rv sites. We have used 5 /20 ,micron pleated filter at the house, and there seems to a big difference in pressure. But a great video. Wonder what the foam does at each end? Maybe a type of sediment filter.
Hmmm I need to get my hands on one of these units!
You’re entered! Good luck Stuart 🤞
We use a Clear2O water filter … I had changed … but now know why I should never go back to the blue filters … Thanks for the info
It’s a great product! You’re entered in the draw. Good luck Bob 🤞
We need one of these for our rig! I’ve looked in all the Walmart’s in the Anchorage area since your video went live and they are sold out. So is Amazon. Such is luck. Loved the video. Has me itching to get rid of our crappy blue filters.
Hope you’re enjoying Citrus county! Was born there but now in the complete opposite… Anchorage, AK haha! Keep up with the great videos!
We’ll, you’re entered into the draw, so fingers crossed and goodluck!
Wow! Citrus county to anchorage, that really is as far as you can get! We’d love to hear how that happened and how it’s worked out. Anchorage is on our list, but it might be a while out.
@@BrazenBrits It’s an amazing place. Spent the first 30 years living in FL and moved to Chicago then NYC about 8 years ago. Just moved from NYC area to Anchorage in May. I’m an oddball Floridian that loves cold and snow hahaha. Luckily both working from home gives us the freedom to live here.
You should definitely make the trip up. We did it in 10 days from the East coast (had deadlines and border restrictions) while towing our 34’ travel trailer. The Canadian border crossing was easy (but we had all our paperwork in order). If you make the trip, enjoy Canada. It’s beautiful. We couldn’t stop to see/enjoy due to the border closure. Was still amazing nonetheless. If you make it up, we’ll show you the sites!
We might take you up on that offer! We’ll stay in touch and let you know when we head that way. We will actually be making a couple of announcements tomorrow. One of them is a form on our website. It would be great if you could put your details into that. We’ll talk more about it tomorrow 👍👍
Just for the record, it will definitely be summer if we head that way. We moved down here so we never see snow again 🤣🤣
@@BrazenBrits added my name to the form on the site! Look forward to announcements!
Excellent video guys. I wish we went to metric, btw. Lol.
There's still time! :) We actually prefer inches and feet, but will use millimeters and centimeters for more precise things.
Totally lost on me Laurence and Natalie But well presented . And helpful to those who know about these things. Great Video
Hopefully the old man appreciated it 🤷♂️
@@BrazenBrits yes he did.
Remind me to drink bottled mineral water, if I ever come to the USA😂
😂😂
Excellent video. We have been using the "little blue pill" since we bought our first RV. I assumed they were all the same. Now I know better. I'm ordering the Clear20 pre-filter plus the inline filter as soon as I post this comment. No more little blue pills...
Great information and product.
Thanks Phil! We are very impressed with it 👍
Great vid. Thanks. I’m switching !
Like your your videos on this water filter I think you do a wonderful job this is John chalker Waterbury Connecticut CC
Already liked it but commenting anyway to get in on the LIVESTREAM give away!
Good luck Mike!
Looks like I will be upgrading my filter since I drink the campsite water. I drink about a gallon and a half of water per day and the thought of individual bottles of water for me makes me cringe. Great video!
Thanks Chris. And we agree! We have used bottles for a long time, but now We know more about the filters and how they work, we’ll be happy to drink through these.
Hey Chris! Congrats! We used the comments on this video as an entry for our Giveaway on our livefeed today. The random comment generator picked you, so you won the draw for the Clear2O DirtGuard and Filter. Could you reach out to us so we can get your mailing address to send it out to you. LozandNat@BrazenBrits.com. Congratulations! You can watch the drawing here: ua-cam.com/video/FoakUdWnSpo/v-deo.html
@@BrazenBrits awesome! I will hit you up as soon as we get home Sunday night. We are still in the rv at the family reunion right now. Thank you and clear2o for the opportunity!
@@liquidrockaquatics3900 no worries! We also sent you an email to the address on your UA-cam profile
Wow very informative , Thank you . I have been trying to get one of Dirt Guards but amazon is sold out and have not been able to find any where else . Stay well and Travel safe .
We’ll today may just be your lucky day! Good luck 🤞
Walmart
Nice trivia about sizes of...um...stuff 😵 I work in medical imaging and I'm used to the micron term. Digital imaging (as well as digital photography) measures pixel size in microns and a detector element (in my world) represents a pixel. Each detector element has its own electronics which, depending on the purpose of the detector, could be 140 microns or smaller. In any case, pixels or mold, the dimensions are very small. Interesting!
Fascinating! I’d love to learn more about it. We have heard the term ‘micron’ a lot but never really paid attention to how big that actually was, so this was good fun learning the basics.
I think this filter is so much better than the other brand now I’ve watched your vid
Hi David! It sure is! We entered you into the draw. Hopefully see you tomorrow on the livefeed 👍
Until you shower then you will be tossing it
Thank you. This was really helpful and I don't think I have ever thought as far as "how much is my filter catching".. Is anyone able to tell me, Are these cylinders recyclable? or is there some kind of return program? Thanks
The dirt guard can be washed to remove dirt and be reinstalled. It is okay to also lightly scrub the outside of the filter to loosen any sediments prior to back washing. I will check on the unit itself
Oh the pressure Lol I was feeling your pain Mrs. Brazen' 😅
May filter 3 stage : pp1 , gac+kdf ( carbin granular) , cto ( caebin block) , UF ( ultra filltration) mebrane 0.02 microns.
Thanks for sharing brother!
Thanks Bill!
I could think of many better ways to use that DeWalt saw though
Wow. I realize it is late in the game , but thanks for the education and example.
Not late! Always appreciated for the feedback 👍
Your analysis of the filters was very sharp - quite a cutting result. (See what I did there?) Great video!
🤣🤣🤣 GENIUS!
As a double filter system I added the Camco Blue to my Boogie Brew garden filter for my garden and bird baths. Within less than 2wks the birds stopped drinking and bathing in the water, seriously during this extreme heat dome of '24 they won't drink it is quite shocking. When I removed the Amazon bought Camco and used the stand alone Boogie Brew they went back to drinking and bathing again. I'm not promoting Boogie Brew I'm just saying that the Camco must be a pretty bad tasting etc if the birds and critters won't have anything to do with it. It was my first time buying Camco and it's really quite sad that the Made In USA label showing makes unsuspecting ppl think it's a great product and it's probably the worst on the market to use. I have 6 birdbaths and as I look out the window right now in this heatwave, all my birds are back and appreciating a good drink again. I'll have to try the Clear20. The birds will probably think they're at a spa sipping chardonnay water. Thank you for sharing and wanted to do in kind.
Any excuse to cut stuff up 🤣🤣
question does the 1microm restrict water flow to where it very weak in my camper??
Yes it does reduce the flow if the water is dirty. We stayed at one place and the water pressure was awful, but came to find out the water was full of iron. When we took the 1 micron off all our sinks and toilets stained rust red 👎
It does even if it is clean water. Don't believe the hype
I just bought a new to me RV and would love to win the Clear 20 filter system
That's awesome! Good luck Bob!
Yeah, you said sperm and I was hitting the purchase button within seconds.
We’re about to go to dinner…for some reason I have lost my appetite. Do you think the restaurant will think I’m weird if I ask for sperm free water? 😳
Hahahahaha. You did it again and made us laugh out loud! But don’t worry, We always order our drinks without sperm.
@@BrazenBrits 😂😂😂
We love our #clear2o!
It's a great product. We wouldn't be without one now after learning about filters.
It has been almost a year and half. How is it after all the cleaning? Still worth it?
We have had issues with flow restriction at a couple of campgrounds with high amounts of iron. We believe it filters excellently, but it does clog much quicker than the blue one.
I need to upgrade my filter game
Well, you're entered in the giveaway tomorrow, so maybe we'll get to do that for you?! Good luck!!!! 👍
The Dirt Guard filter now can be purchased with a 10 micron filter replacement
Good to know- thanks Steve 👍
Carbon block vs GAC filter. All GAC filter are garbage as they start to form small channels in the media allowing unfiltered water to pass through. Thanks for taking the time to cut them open and show us the meat and potatos of the filters. Is that a DeWalt DWS780? I got one, love it!
I believe so! It came in extremely handy on the farm. Nowdays we just use it for smaller projects. Most of the tools we ended up purchasing were dewalt by the end. Fed up of cheaper things breaking 😝
Can you provide feedback on water flow?
Hey MW, we haven’t used it enough personally to comment on that, however our buddies (the Wayward Waggs) also just got a Clear2O filter and have been using it for a while. They uploaded their conclusion video here (complete coincidence we uploaded at the same time): ua-cam.com/video/V_X4Y507VCI/v-deo.html
Please tell them we sent you 👍👍
With that dirt guard part, do you think that will expand the life of the canister filter part?
Hi Tracy, after a year of use, it sure does. The canister part is 20 microns, which filters the same as the typical blue ones you can buy from anywhere. However, the green canister one blocks up very quick, which has been frustrating as after time it reduces water flow. It’s great as it’s filtering out the bad stuff, but bad because it blocks much quicker than the blue ones
@@BrazenBrits do you just have to buy a new canister or is there way to unblock it?
The green hot dog filter is trash when clogged.
Where did you purchase yours from ?
We bought our dirtguard from Amazon. I checked yesterday and there was one left in stock. I think you might also be able to buy direct 👍
ive used the clear 2o with the bulky attachment has way to much water restriction
Hi Alexander. We really like the bulky attachment, but the actually carbon filter is a pain when it clogs. We’ve found that RV parks with high iron, clog it very quickly.
@@BrazenBrits i agree the only reason i didnt like it i was filling our in ground swimming with our well water for my sons b day but with that one the clear 2o it works to good it was gonna take week to longer to fill on time so i went with the blue camco one
I got mine at Walmart the exact same one for $35
What is the flow rate between the two?
The Clear2O did reduce water pressure in places that had hard iron for sure,
What about water pressure with the 1 micron?
Interesting one this…..when the park pressure is bad, the 1 micron really makes it a lot worse. But when the park pressure is good, we don’t notice. We did have an issue with a park with high iron that clogged the filter in a week. That was annoying. It did it’s job, but had to replace the filter.
@@BrazenBrits Thank you for you reply back . We are weekend warriors, we always bring drink water with us and use water in the rig for showers, toilets, washing dishes. Just trying to figure out if it’s worth it to go with this filter or stick with the standard Blue filter ? Your thoughts .
Thanks,
Heber
Bacteria and viruses require a Ultraviolet water filter afterwards too.
Absolutely 👍
so many choices
DO NOT switch to Clear 2O. Especially the Dirt Guard. I have purchased 2. In BOTH the lids just cracked and flooded water everywhere. After it happened to the first one, I thought perhaps I had done something like drop it. Nope the second one just exploded after only 60 days. As for the 1 micron filters. I have used those for 2 years. Suddenly my last 3 have only lasted 15 to 30 days before they completely clog. Different areas of the country and in all cases just city water. The dirt guard is approx $45 and the filters are approx $35. That's $80. Plus the Clear 2O cuts the water flow to under 2 GPM.
We have had issues with the 1 micron filters clogging up at certain parks and it is frustrating when they are expensive to replace. We love the DirtGuard though. We have had no issues with it at all.
You're not coming up on my feed so I figure comments might help
Hmmm. That’s strange. Hit that Bell icon to get notified when we upload. But thanks for actively seeking us out 👍
@@BrazenBrits Yes I hit the bell now
Wowww can’t believe that was in it 🥴🤢
Lori🌺
It’s good as long as you’re not drinking it 😆
Entering for the giveaway.
Good luck Chris!
The problem that isn't mentioned purposely is that rv parks/campgrounds have low water pressure. The blue camco filter allows enough water pressure to shower and use the faucets. The green filter reduces the water pressure so low that it cuts water flow down to a trickle. On a residential water supply with 80+ lbs of pressure the green filter would work ok at best but if you are in a rv park with 40-45lbs of water pressure you will be upset you just wasted your $$$ on the green filter. The comments on here are very misleading, don't waste your money. If nothing else buy a whole house filter housing and a 5 micron carbon filter and you will still have water pressure. 1 micron chokes water pressure down to a unusual amount
Hi John, we used this filter for a couple of months and it was fine. However, we went to a campsite that was extremely high in iron. Within 2 days, it was clogged. So we agree with you in a way. We do now carry the standard blue filters in case the green one clogs and like you said, we are looking into a whole house system that I have been recommended before. Still researching these, but hope to make a video when we decide on the best one for us.
@@BrazenBritsdid you end up installing a whole house filter?
Comment for the giveaway
Good Luck Stephen!
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@@BrazenBrits Remember the applause?
@@adampetherick I was actually telling somebody about that just last week 🤣🤣
A micron equals 1 millionth of a meter.
Ha! Good info. Thanks Solorider👍👍
A BO'OH'O'WA'ER
🤣🤣🤣🤣 perfectly said!