• Flip top lid for easy refilling
• Reduces sediment & chlorine (taste and odor)
• Reduces copper, mercury & 98% of lead
• Filter change indicator

Though most tap water in the United States is considered good there may be chlorine and mineral deposits that can effect the taste or odor. You can haul bottled water from the supermarket or you can use the Brita water filter pitcher to filter, store and pour your drinking water. Additional filters may be purchased as BIR 35501 or BIR 35503

I bought this pitcher so I could stop buying bottled water, the only one I can drink is Evian. The water that came from the pitcher tasted awful so I won't be using it afterall. I am very dissappointed because I wanted to eliminate plastic from our home, now I can't because I can't tolerate the taste of the water. I will have to stay with my Evian. Therefore I cannot recommend this pitcher because I think it makes the water taste funny.

It is really too bad that Brita could not have made the lid fit better on this pitcher...for the money you pay you should be able to expect better quality. I still gave it 4 stars since I am so pleased with how it works, how great my water tastes, and no more bottled water. I can cope with the lid issue, but if I had kids in and out of the fridge the spillage would be a big problem.

I agree with the complaint from other people about the lid being poorly designed. But this isn't the first Brita pitcher I have bought so I was aware of the issue and was also fine with the filter change indicator merely keeping track of time and not actual water usage. I have bought bad filters with the black spots only once. If that happens again, I will seriously consider not buying Brita picthers again. But the pitcher's body is of sturdy construction so I feel it is an adequate pitcher.

This is the 3rd Brita water pitcher I've ever owned. The first two were great (needed a new one because they were left with roommates). This pitcher is unlike them though.

Cons
-Top cover doesn't fit at all, falling off far too easily
-Water leaks out the back handle
-Filter comes loose while pouring
-Bad filter fit means black carbon particles get in to drinking water below

We'll buy another Brita, because we have 4 unused filters and are used to the taste, but hopefully the next model we try will work better.

I replaced my old Brita pitcher (I broke it) with this bigger one. I hate it. I have to wait until every bit of water has trickled into the reservoir before it can be used, and that is not a quick process. In a family, trust me, everyone isn't going to reliably fill the pitcher each time they use it. You will be waiting and waiting just to make some coffee. The lid leaks like a sieve if you try to pour some before it is all in the bottom. Additionally, it is really a two handed operation just to pour from. The lid will fall off sometimes, even when it seems properly seated, and water will be everywhere. I know this can happen with any pitcher if the lid isn't on correctly, but it happens a lot with this one. So, one hand to pick it up, and one hand to hold the lid on is really required.
An electronic gage to advise you how your filter life is progressing that moves in 25% increments might make you think there is something actually being gaged, other than the simple passage of time, that is. But all this thing does is tell you that in two months you should change the filter. It doesn't matter if you were on vacation the whole two months or a football team playing in the August heat was using your pitcher, it will need changing in two months.