Brita Standard Water Filter Replacements, BPA Free, 5 Count

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] I used to use Brita years ago but stop I guess because of the maintenance to just pick up a bottled water and go. I do like how the water does taste cleaner with the filter though.

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] I never knew you can get stuff like this sent to you on this app. I was so excited when I opened it. Thank you so much.

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] love this brita! best free gift ever! even our dogs use it! I would recommend you to buy it then you will always have fresh cold water! It was a gift!

I use my Brita water pitcher day and change filter on a regular basis. This price beat the department stores by a lot. Also free shipping. WOW! [This review was collected as part of a promotion.]

I love my Britta pitcher, we always have fresh cold water in the fridge. I even use it for the kids animals, taste so much better than tap. And saves money by not having to purchase plastic bottles of water!

It helps so I'm not carrying heavy bottles home!!!!!!! And it makes your water taste so much better, and there's no little rocks or pebbles in my water bottle

I bought my filter quite a while ago but put it up as I went on a flavored water choice. When I pulled out my refrigerator model - not a pitcher, and bought the Elite filter, I realized something was drastically wrong! The bottom was not in a "plus sign" like my dispenser is! Model #OB24

I live in Denver, CO in a building that has not had the pipes replaced for lead removal. The city of Denver has been sending me Brita filters for a couple of years now, as a solution to removing lead from the water. Now that I am checking to make sure that this filter works to remove lead, I am finding nothing. Does this mean the filter does nothing for lead removal? I am annoyed at the lack of available information. There is nothing about lead - yes or no, just radio silence. I will buy the elite filter myself, if I need to do this. Someone needs to explain this to the city of Denver though.

Perhaps it is filtering the water, which is great, but it makes the water taste like paint water. When i first pour my glass of cold water it tastes fine, but after sitting out for 20 minutes it starts to taste like paint was mixed in or some kind of chemical. Absolutely awful. I've used off brand filters for my brita pitcher and it does not make the same taste so it has to be the brita filter that is doing this. Please fix whatever is causing the taste because it's awful and I feel like I shouldn't be drinking it.

I have several bones to picked here. I'll try to not take all my frustrations out on 1 company. (1) Why aren't the "PLUS" filters listed here on the main website for your product? No one has noticed this oversight? (2) so, if you buy the "ELITE" filter, it (supposedly) removes lead & other harmful metals. BUT - the water still has cholerine, minerals & tastes like water from the tap. (3) If you buy the white Original or Plus -> this filter is 2x as dense. It's suppose to remove twice the impurities. We shall see. I'm receiving this one today. (4) YOU CAN'T HAVE A FILTER THAT DOES BOTH?!? The term, "elite" implies just that, SUPERIOR filtration. There is activated carbon in the blue elite filters but it doesn't change the water quality one iota. I have a tds water meter. My review: The pitcher is fine. For me, I like the sleek design & colors. I don't understand why all the options aren't offered in all the same colors, but, whatever. Just seems like laziness, to me. The plastic is much thinner & less sturdy than the 1 I replaced, but, sign of the times. Nothing is made well any more. - I purchased a tds water meter when I got this new pitcher bc I wanted to see for myself if the claims & hype, for any water filtration system, held up. I did multiple rounds of testing under several varieties of conditions a d measured different sources of water. WHAT I FOUND: the "ELITE" filters don't not change the tds (total dissolved solids) at all from tap to pitcher. The scale used is '0 - 50' = highly filtered. This is usually alkaline or RO (reverse osmosis). 51 - 150 = Good. this is supposed to be 'avg' tap water. (sure) 151 - 300 = more minerals, contaminated, etc. And it goes up from there. My tap water avgs btwn 170 - 212 or 215. With the blue filter whatever comes out of the tap, is what ends up in the pitcher. The value is exactly the same. VERY DISAPPOINTING. If I wanted to drink tap water, I wouldnt know about Brita products. With the white, Original - the filter does reduce the tds approximately 20 pts and i can sometimes even get into the green on the scale. My RO is 9 - 15. I buy it at Whole Foods from their self-service water dispenser. (Bring your own container.) Thats it. Conclude for yourselves. I find it so confusing as to why 1 filter can't lower contaminates & remove heavy metals. I plan to return the elite filters, if i'm able.