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6.1.2016
This is the second review I've written for Brita and it's simply because I just love the quality of the water they produce.First off these are great value for money: a 6 pack at £19.73 (with Prime) breaks down as £3.28 per cartridge. Over 30 days that's c.10 pence per day. To buy a 1.5 litre bottle of Volvic is about 64p from the supermarket, so that's a saving of almost 54p per day / c.£16.20 per month and a yearly saving of £194.40. It seems odd to do the calculation I know, but water should be a free resource and so it's madness to me that we are forced to pay 64p a bottle when we can just buy a filter cartridge and save 84%! Not to mention that fact that shop bought plastic bottles contain Phthalates.
28.12.2015
First off these are great value for money: a 12 pack breaks down as £2.49 per cartridge. Over 30 days that's 8 pence per day. To buy a 1.5 litre bottle of Volvic is about 64p from the supermarket, so that's a saving of 56p per day / £16.80 per month! Not to mention that fact that shop bought plastic bottles contain Phthalates. Although water, in and of itself, does not go bad, the plastic bottle it is contained in does "expire" and will eventually start leaching chemicals into the water. If you look at the expiry dates on bottled water, it's 2 years, so in theory that water could have been sitting on the shelf for that long! For me personally, I like cold fresh water,
12.9.2012
We have been using these water filters cartridges with our water jug BRITA Elemaris Meter XL Black Water Filter Jug for some time now.We live on the Isle of Wight which is quite a hardwater area, and although I admit to being initially sceptical as to their use, thinking they were just another way to get me to part with money on a regular basis, I have been won over and can definitely see that they work!The technical description is that the cartridges reduce limescale, chlorine and impurities.In English they make the water taste better and really cut down on limescale forming in the kettle!The recommendation is that the cartridge should be changed once a month; we get through about two full jugs of water a day,
26.8.2015
We have been using these for years and our Bosch kettle is certainly appreciative as there has been no limescale build up over about 4-years of use. Have also recently purchased a Bosch Tassimo coffee maker which has a Brita Maxtra water tank meaning you can use the same cartridges in both the normal water tank and the coffee maker.Have to admit though I tend to swap over the one in the coffee machine once the month indicator comes up and then use it in the water filter which gets more use - after all it has not had much to do with 2 or 3 cups of coffee per day so it seems a waste! Always tend to go a week over the month indicator anyway and the kettle has not shown any impact from this.In terms of purchase the price can fluctuate wildly so I tend to hold one of these in my 'wish list'
12.8.2013
We have had various Brita jugs for over 20 years, and were prompted to purchase the jug initially following moving into a new house in another area of Essex, and having a strong chemical taste in our water which was very obvious in tea or coffee. Anglian Water advised that the water was within their stated limits. So we purchased our first jug. We are now on our third which uses the Maxtra filter, our previou jugs used the classic filter, and whilst we tried various generic alternative filters, they were not as good as the Brita original. The Maxtra filter is the best, but is expensive. On the odd occasion we could get them on offer from Tesco or Wilco but were still expensive.Before purchasing our next filter,
2.6.2015
This product is good and price is also good. But just be careful about amazon prime membership.If amazon asked you to try a trial version of amazon prime, just be careful. If you accept it and the period of the trial is finished you will automatically become a member of amazon prime and amazon will charge you. In UK it is 79 GBP per a year. Apparently they send you an email with instruction on how to cancel your membership but if you don't see the email (like me and my colleague) among so many emails from amazon and don't follow the instruction and cancel your trial amazon prime membership then you become a member automatically. They don't send a paper receipt to your address so you wouldn't notice that they have debited your account.
21.4.2017
We are blessed in the UK with probably one of the best, safest water supply systems on the planet. However, there is no doubt that in some parts of the country, it doesn't taste so good, even if it is perfectly safe and healthy. We don't have a water jug because of some misplaced idea that we're otherwise going to die of chemical poisoning, but we do have one because it improves the taste of the water. A glass of water out of the jug tastes noticeably better than straight from the tap. We routinely fill up our bean to cup coffee machine from the jug too. You really can tell the difference. Any hint of a chlorine-type taint is removed.I tend to run a filter for two cycles of the little 4-week timer on the jug,
26.6.2016
For many years I have bought bottled water. I live in a hard water area but I grew up in a soft water area. I was OK drinking soft water from the tap but the hard water has a strong earthy taste. I was turned onto water filters after having dinner with friends. They served water from a BRITA Elemaris Water Filter Jug. I couldn't tell the difference between bottled water and this filtered water. I immediately bought the same BRITA jug and a pack of BRITA filters. I've been using the water filter for about 6 months now and I haven't bought a bottle of water since.One piece of advice. You can buy these filter cartridges in different pack sizes from Amazon.
7.12.2015
The Brita filters are really great! The only problem I have with them is that they don't last the full 'four weeks' (as by our indicator on the Brita jug). We've had to have our water tested previously (For digestive health issues/problems) and at that time, there was no unusual amount of scale in the water (Which could have potentially explained why the cartridges didn't last as long). THAT Said, we still buy these, it's a VERY good alternative to polluting our 'bins' with excess and unnecessary bottled water! We can always buy our own re-usable bottles, and the cartridges are encouraged to be recycled (As well as all packaging). They are very easy to 'pop out' of the jug, very easy to 'soak,
18.11.2011
Following the instructions to prepare the cartridges to the letter, this item has been purchased by us along with an updated jug to replace one of the older versions with the original cartridges: they certainly seem to work better, although they use the same process as their predecessor. The throughput of filtered water is a much faster process than previously and it does seem to produce a slightly better result in water qualityI must admit that whilst they are good and do reduce the quantity of residue left in the cup etc, we find that due to the hardness of our water (Wimborne Dorset) that they do not remove all of the limescale held in suspension. On a positive note,
1.3.2017
We have been using Brita filters in one of there jugs for years, having recently brought a new jug and bulk order of these filters we noticed that a new filter was needed every two weeks made enquires from Brita. Only to be told they had altered the jugs monitor if you use a moderate amount of water it would say one would need to replace the cartridge every two weeks and not every four weeks . we thought that this should be told to customers when they buy a new jug. or else like us you need a new cartridge every two weeks not four as stated on the packet which we thought was was very misleading, they also said it would be cheaper to buy a taping filters,
14.2.2016
I've been using these filters for Brita jugs for years and I am always happy with the quality of water you get. I always immerse the brand new filter into water till the bubbles come on top of it after which I insert it onto the jug. Once inserted in the jug, it is important to have two test-try it twice before you can drink of use the filtered water. I would pour water in the jug once, let it filter, then discard it and repeat the procedure a second time. After that it is OK to drink. I've also noticed that if not stored properly the filters can become moist. If they do become, it is best not to use them.Overall, I am very happy with these types of Brita filters and I plan to use them for more years to come.
10.7.2016
These are expensive water filters, but they do their job. The pros and cons are as follows:Pros:- They make the water taste nicer (although not always as good as bottled water)- They are well-packaged and individually wrappedCons:- They are expensive (I bought these on offer)- They leave small black particles in your water, which detracts from the psychological idea that the water is "as good as bottle water"- They improve the taste of the water, but I'm not sure they 'clean' the water. If you read the Brita website, they use phrases such as "removes the chlorine taste" rather than "removes the chlorine".Summary:These are expensive, but I would recommend them to anybody who can afford them.
4.9.2011
Living in a hard water area is quite a disadvantage - any piece of equipment that is exposed to untreated mains water gets furred up and eventually requires replacing - but calcium is good for the teeth, so that might explain why I still have all my own gnashers even though I am fairly advanced in years !These filters last us about 6 weeks and avoid the kettle getting furred up. It also provides us with soft water for our orchids, maidenhair ferns etc which will only accept calcium-free water. At over £3 each (RRP) they might appear to be expensive, but that works out at only 50p aweek - 7 pence a day. Replacing the filters in the jug is a pain but really doesnt take long.
25.10.2016
Verified PurchaseWe have been using these for years and our Brita kettle is certainly appreciative as there has been no limescale build up over about 5 years of use. I also have a Samsung fridge with a built in filter so use it to refill those too so I need them to be pretty cost effective but living on London the water quality is an issue!In terms of purchase the price can fluctuate wildly so I tend to hold one of these in my 'wish list' to get a view as to when the decrease comes along then buy a pack for several months use. The last time of ordering it was for twelve pounds for a pack of 6 so try to aim for something like this.You can recycle old cartridges - simply visit this website (cut and paste)