Britta Water Filter

anyone have one? rants, raves??

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Eh. I had a Brita pitcher a few years ago, and it was fine. After the filter wore out we didn't bother replacing it. Didn't notice a difference between that and keeping bottled water in the fridge, which is more convenient for me anyway.

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we had the Britta a while back. It wasn't really convenient for us. Having to fill it was a PIA believe it or not. We are just extremely lazy I guess. I also remember thinking I wasn't happy with the taste of the water. I may be used to the bottled taste and that's why, but that's what I remember about the whole experience. I guess it's what you get used to.

Also, having bottles of water is great to take with me when I'm out of the house. So we end up getting big bottles and smaller ones for transport.

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what about the water faucet filter?? I def do not want the pitcher.

we have a PUR now but the replacement filters are very inconsistent. the water tastes great, but sometimes the filters work good and then other times the water comes out very slowly, which is annoying when you're filling up a huge pitcher.

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From the faucett the water is never cold enough for me. Also the taste again and the transport factor.

I found it much more economical to buy the bottles in a case than to pick one up in a store.

that's just me and again it's what you get used to.

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we have the huge brita that sits in the fridge. i like this better than the pitcher b/c i dont have to fill it up as much

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so I'm a reformed supermarket over-buyer. Our food bill was CRAZY (at least $150 a week for 2 people)... mainly becuase of our beverage addictions.... teas and waters.

We gave britta a second try. We bought the huge container with the spigot. DH fills it every morning, and we make very diluted juice drinks all day long.

It's great having the cold water in the refrigerator, and it's not any more annoying to fill than replacing tons of single serving bottles in the frige every day. It only takes a couple min.

It's definitely economical, relative to my former over-the top behavior (yummy inkos and honest teas @ $45/week to diluted exotic juices like current, cherry, blueberry, and papya/passion fruit at about $10/week)
I recommend that large frige container. I can see the smaller pitchers would be a constant hassle....

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We have a filter on our kitchen sink. It is underneath the sink so whenever we use the cold water it is filtered. We love it! We use it for coffee, crystal light, and etc...

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We had the one with the spout in the fridge and it was great. No complaints. We have a fridge with the filtered water in the door now otherwise I'd still use it.

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We have the water pitcher and bottled water. We use the water pitcher when we're at home, and the bottles for when we're out of the house. It is a PITA to fill it up, but my husband is anal about it so I don't have to fill it that often.

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I just get poland spring delivered for $35 a month

I always have hot and cold water

the hot water is awesome to make tea in the morning in a travel cup- so the $35 pays for itself right there - b/c if I bought tea on my way to work- I would spend more then $35 a month- and I don't waste a cup everyday

and when I am cooking something small- like pasta just for me- I use the hot poland spring water

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I love Brita.

I save a lot of $ on bottled water, because I only drink from the pitcher when I'm home, not from the bottles.

If your local water isn't so good, then the Brita won't work for you. My grandparents live in Holbrook and their water tastes gross!!! The apt in Smithtown has great water.

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I have the pitcher--we like it, I do notice the taste differnce. The only annoyingpart is when the filter runs out you have to soak the new one & we wash & try the pitcher, so we are without water untill we do that.

I used to have the faucet filter,but I had 2 of them break on me, so we went to the pitcher.

We do take water with us, but we just fill up these with water from or Britta pitcher



They are god b/c they can go in the dishwasher so they don't get germy like other water bottles.

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we have one and love it!

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We used the Brita Filter years ago. Now we use an E-Spring wate purifier and we love it!! It attaches to the faucet. We r eally like it beacuse there were alot of concerns that we had that could not be adressed by using the Brita filter.