Editorial Product Review:Item Description:No plumber needed, no tools needed! Here is the ultimate in convenience and filtration performance. Simply remove the aerator from your tap and replace it with this sleek little filter. When you don't need your water filtered simply flip the lever for unfiltered tap water.
Amazon.com Review:This water-filtration system installs without tools on household faucets to eliminate nearly all foul tastes and odors from drinking, cooking, baby-formula, and ice-cube water. Though it does not purify unsafe drinking water, its activated charcoal filter cartridge does capture 99.9% of cryptosporidium and giardia microbes and largely eliminates certain herbicides, pesticides, and solvents. A filter cartridge (one included) works for four months or 100 gallons; an electronic light glows red when there's about 20 gallons of filtering power remaining, and flashes red when a cartridge needs replacing. A handle on the back of the unit turns to permit unfiltered water to flow from the faucet, either as a stream or a spray, so the filter cartridge is not wasted when you wash dishes. The filter works only for water up to 100 degrees. A 9-quart plastic water pitcher with lid (11 inches high) is included. Clean exterior of filter system and pitcher with a mild detergent and a soft sponge or cloth.
--Fred Brack
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Buyer Reviews
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Easy Filtered Water
I love the ease of filtered water using the Brita Ultra Faucet Filter. It is easy to install and change the filter. I was using a filter pitcher for all drinking water but this is so much easier and filtered water is always available. No more waiting for the water to drip through the filter of the pitcher. The filtered water is clean and clear. It even lets you know when a new filter is needed. I will never be without one of these on the faucet.
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Like sands through the hourglass
I'm convenience-oriented. Having upgraded from the Brita pitcher, to the multi-gallon unit, and then getting the Faucet Filter I was excited for an improved Brita medium. Finally! No more soaking the filters, washing the container, refilling the container. Xanadu had arrived. The Faucet Filter worked superbly for 3 weeks, and then without warning its flow rate dropped to 1/10th the speed of a meandering trickle in January going uphill with a wind in its face. And yet the little green blinker indicated everything was a-ok. What I call the "Automated Water Filter Useless Light", or AWFUL, showed thumbs-up. So I timed it, because I am a [curious person] who does things like quantify product dissatisfaction. From the 2-gallon Brita UltraMax dispenser it took 32 seconds of joy to fill a 1 quart container to the brim. Yet, the same size jug from the faucet Brita took 2 minutes, 3 seconds. When you watch a tablespoon or cup of water drip to completeness it is as if your life is wasting before your eyes.
Using this product is not unlike being stuck in gridlock, only less pleasurable.
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Here's why faucet filters don't work...
It doesn't matter whether it is the Brita or the PUR. The problem is where they are installed: on the end of your faucet. Guess what happens about ten times a day? They get bumped. They get banged. They get whacked. They get loose. They start to leak. They break. That's it. Simple. They make perfectly good filtered water but they don't last because they mount in the worst place possible: right where you wash your dishes. You cannot help banging against them all the time. You can buy new ones over and over and they will break. I guarantee it. Get the countertop pitcher and be done with it.
ekw
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Fantastic Filter!
I used to use the Brita pitcher for years. I loved the quality of the water, but I didn't like that it took up counter space (or fridge space), and I didn't like waiting for the water to filter - (a big pain if you want to make a pitcher of lemonade and there's only a pint of water left in the pitcher).
The faucet filter solves both of those problems. I can get as much filtered water as I need without waiting for it to filter. And I have one less thing on the counter. Perfect!
I'm happy with the quality of the water, which I rate using the "tea test". I filter water, boil it in a clean vessel (free of mineral deposits), then make a cup of Orange Pekoe tea. If the brewed tea is clear, then I'm happy. If it's cloudy, then I'm not happy. I first tried a Pur faucet filter and got cloudy tea. With the Brita faucet filter, the tea is clear every time.
I have had none of the problems that a previous reviewer mentioned -- no leaking or problems with the lights. I am curious to know, however, how they can tell that their filter isn't working.