Water Filter Reviews

This was such a fun job putting the system together and the best part was,I could configure it anyway I wanted. I had some dead spots in my aquarium and once even killed all my fish when I moved a rock releasing anaerobic bacterial everywhere. I have a 100 gallon saltwater aquarium and it was a snap to install and when I needed some advice I just called bigfishtanks.com and they helped me achieve a better system than I had originally designed. Good product, great support.

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I'd been a longtime user of the Brita pitcher, and was very satisfied with the results. Water tasted much better, and Kool-Aid was even more healthy without all the crap and bad afterstate of the water. I moved from the place I was and forgot the pitcher, and now I'm in a small studio and needed another filter pitcher. Unfortunately, it hurt me paying $40 for the Brita the first time, and I didn't want to repeat it. I saw this Culligan for sale down at Albertsons, they wanted $20 for it. Well, you get what you pay for.

First off, its good points. Its slim design is great when you have a small or minimum room fridge. The filter is easy to load. There's a pour spout on top that keeps particles from getting in, and there's a small switch at the very top where you can set the month in which to replace it.

Now, the bad.

The instructions say to soak the filter for 15 minutes (to loosen any stray carbon). My first complaint is that Brita does not have this requirement. My second complaint is that it doesn't work. I soaked mine for 2 hours, then when I ran water through it, I still saw particles. This is from already clear water fresh from a bottle. So it came from the filter. I shook the filter, thinking maybe I could dislodge the rest of it. I was shaking for 30 minutes and particles still came out. Bad. And of course, without the filter, it defeats the whole purpose of having the pitcher. You get what you pay for sometimes. It's sad that we Americans have to pay almost 100% more in order to get a quality product, instead of our business just making quality and charging a fair price. C'est la vie. Brita Mae, I've learned my lesson, I'm coming home.

Nice filter design. When the pitcher is half empty, fill it from the tap. This way you always have at least 1 quart of filtered water ready. You can still pour from the filtered water at the bottom, as the top half with the tap water trickles through the filter.

The pitcher must be used. The filter cannot dry out, nor can the water be left to sit for more than "3-4 days" without replacement.

I like this filter, but I also need to get a water filter that fits directly on my faucet, because there are too many occasions where it is inconvenient to get and use the pitcher from the refrigerator.

Knowing when to replace the filter and where to get it from are problems. They suggest replacing it every 160 quarts (80 pitchers); or two months ...

The filter worked ok the first few days of use. It definitely effected the water pressure, but not too terrible. After 2-3 days, the water slowed to a drip. Don't waste your money, it's definitely not worth it.

Living in an area where the city puts so much chlorine in the water that you have to practically buy body lotion in bulk makes a showerhead-mounted water filter a good idea. However, this one in particular sucks. Within the first week the cartridge inside swelled up and clogged from the use of hot water, and reduced the outflow of water to a mere drizzle. I have to routinely take the shower filter off, take the cartridge out and rinse it out with cool water every 3 days so it will work. And the unit is only a month old. Pathetic. It's less trouble just to return it and use more lotion.

This item will only work if you have plenty of room from the end of the shower arm to the wall. I have purchased and returned this item because the only way for it to go on properly would have required replacing and therefore lowering the shower arm.