Brita Water Filter

The water that comes out of my tap is clear, but it smells and tastes mildly of chlorine. Nice. If I filter it with the Brita Fjord filter the chlorine taste and smell completely goes and the water just tastes much, much nicer. For the first few filters with a new cartridge the water tastes like mineral water with a slightly sweet taste, but as the cartridge is used more and more the sweet taste disappears. Even when the cartridge has been used for longer than the recommended four weeks the water still tastes much better, and I can easily tell if the water has been filtered or if it is straight out of the tap just by the odour. Here are the things I think ...  Read the complete review

Water, water everywhere yet not a drop to drink. Well not if you live in my house anyway - it tastes a bit "chemically" and often comes out of the tap cloudy and distinctly unappetising. Ick. But I know we are supposed to drink plenty of water (at least 2 litres) on a daily basis or else risk dehydration and all its ills (such as headaches, lethargy and poor concentration, not to mention the stress it puts your poor kidneys under). Brita research has shown that only 10% of British adults drink this amount of water, and 25% drink none at all! So this leaves me with a bit of a dilemma - poor health, drinking the dodgy tap water or spending a small ...  Read the complete review

Brita water filter systems are almost an essential item for every household these days. But first let me tell you a little about the company and its products etc. The company Heinz Hankammer founded the company in Germany in 1966. It’s head quarters remain in Taunusstein Germany, though it’s now an international company, and still family owned! The company makes water filter systems in Germany (of course), England, Switzerland, and India. The products of the company are sold in over 76 countries worldwide, and they employ 720 staff. The products Brita offer water filtration systems, in a range of styles. The Atlantis is ...  Read the complete review

On the whole I am satisfied with the quality of water which flows through my taps. It is clear, clean and tastes ok, although occasionally smelling of chlorine while leaving scale behind in both kettle and iron. However the annual suggestion that we avoid topping up our garden ponds during the summer, as the water company doses its product with chemicals, makes one wonder. It comes to mind that if the H2O supplied to our homes is hazardous to pondlife, what is it doing to us? I am being a little facetious, but it was this thought which edged me towards buying a Brita Water Filter. Also, although in my opinion the modern civilised world errs too much on the ...  Read the complete review

...and not a drop to drink! Well, that was the situation in my flat until I purchased a Brita water filter. The tap water was cloudy, almost opaque when it had settled in a glass, and was basically undrinkable - even just to swallow a tablet with. It smelt quite chlorinated, and I was fed up of spending so much money on bottled water, and lugging huge bottles back from the shops (I have no transport of my own, and thus it was a big hassle). So, I finally decided to do something about it, and brought a water filter. I purchased mine from Argos, it was £18.75, and included one free cartridge, so in addition to this, I bought a pack of 4 cartridges, for £13.99. ...  Read the complete review