Brita Water Filtration System Kit: 1 Pitcher

Though I love the red color over the blah white color of other brita pitchers I''ve owned, this is by far the worst design of the 4 I''ve owned in the past. The pitcher reservoir only allows a small amount of water to be added at any one time due to the curved shaped of the lid; ie you can never fill to the full top of the lid like you can with other flat-topped designs, because the water hits the top edge near the handle well before you can fill the entire reservoir and all of the overflow pours into the hollow handle (yes, seriously it''s the stupidest thing ever). Not only is this a problem on its own, but then the water doesn''t just stay put in the handle, but rather leaks out the handle seams all over the countertop, fridge, etc. and makes a big puddle. Even if you are careful not to go too high to the edge of the handle when filling the reservoir, just the simple act of putting the pitcher onto the counter from under the running water of the faucet, causes the water in the reservoir to swish around, causing a few ounces of it to overflow into the handle. It makes the whole process of refilling the reservoir very time consuming (since you can really only put in about half the amount that you can with the other pitcher designs (large reservoir) if you don''t want the handle overflow issue. If you''re doing anything where you need a large quantity of filtered water at one time, it takes an eternity to get this to filter when the pitcher can only be filled 3/4 of the way. (the more downward pressure you have from a full reservoir, allows the water to be pushed through the filter more quickly. When the reservoir is closer to empty, the water trickles through more slowly (this has been true with all of the pitcher designs, but the particular design of this one seems to make the water go through the filter even more slowly than any other design I''ve ever owned (even when filled to the top edge)).

Overall, I like the red, but the pitcher design itself sucks. I''ve been using it for a few weeks now and I would have returned it immediately but they only have the same design in stock where I bought it at costco and I gave away my other white pitcher (with a much better design) as soon as I got this one ... so now I have to wait until a new design shows up before I can return it for a better replacement. Hopefully whichever new design they come out with next, the red will again be an option, since it is a great color and far more attractive than the white in my opinion. And hopefully in the meantime, Brita will hire some better industrial design engineers ... who knows what they were thinking when they came up with this one??

I''ve had Brita pitchers for about 30 years and have seen a lot of designs come and go. I love this one as my kitchen has red accents and this is perfect. It holds more water than my old white one which is nice but be aware that makes it heavier too. Bought it at Costco.

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