Brita 35548 Classic Pitcher

This really does a great job of improving the taste of tap water. And it is saving me a mint on bottled water, not to mention saving the planet from a bunch more plastic bottles.

These work great. Period. Definitely worth the investment. One taste and you will see! This looks to be a pretty good deal from Amazon for replacement filters, too.

We have been using the Brita Classic Pitcher for a couple of weeks. It suits our needs very well. Brita Classic Pitcher

Helping my lady friend remodel her kitchen, I investigated water filtration systems for an under-the-sink kitchen. I would have been happy to install a complex reverse-osmosis system or something else, but do you know what? It turns out that it is nearly impossible to do a better job than this Brita filter system. So we saved a few hundred dollars and have great tasting water!

Plus, this unit goes along on a camping trip quite nicely. It isn't made to deal with parasites from a stream, but if you are stopping by a campsite with yucky tasting but potable water, this is a godsend.

There are, of course, other products on the market that are equally simple and basically just as effective, using the same activated charcoal type filter--not totally different from what you used to put in your fishtank. But frankly I am embarrassed to buy a product called "Pur" with a long-vowel-mark over the "u" so that we don't pronounce it as "purr." Right, I get it--pure. Like in pure water. It feels like we're back to the days of "Uneeda Biscuit" and such not. (Brita might sound like it's based on "Bright-A" but the inventor actually named it after his daughter. Why he named HER Brita, though, I have no idea. I guess it sort of begs the question of the name, doesn't it?)

Really, product naming shouldn't matter but it is just embarrassing to imply that you are suckered in by some ridiculous name that tells you have good the product is. I'm not going to buy pants called "Stur-D" or cheese called "Yum-E" or anything that makes the check out boy snigger. Remember Haagen Dazs? With as many crazy Northern European diacritical marks as a death metal band, this ice cream's name was meant to sound vaguely Danish. And they even put a little map of Denmark on the package in the early days.

That's cheap. End of story. It's misleading and dishonest, as well as bizarre. I know that the Danes love their chocolate!--but since when is good ice cream Danish? Why are people always putting on false fronts? Can't you just name your ice cream something like "Dan's Ice Cream" (if your name is Dan)--or after your daughter, "Brita's Ice Cream" if her name is Brita? Actually, the daughter of the inventors of Haagen Dazs was named Doris. Not very ice-creamy. So maybe part of the secret of Brita is knowing to give your kids names that will work for products! [34]

I purchased one of the Brita pitchers to try on a recommendation of a friend since we have some sediment in our well water occasionally, now it's crystal clear! I love it! Makes me want to drink water. I'm not usually very good at that. I would like to purchase one of the newer model Brita pitchers when I see one on sale, they are a slim design and will fit in the refrigerator door.