Brita Water Filter Pitcher Advanced Replacement Filters, 5 Count

The Brita water filters are very good, excellent in keeping your drinking water healthy without having to purchase bottled water every week. For those who don’t know, after extensive research, the Brita water filters only remove contaminants and excess pollutants. Unlike some filters, the Brita water filter will not completely remove all the minerals in the water so you won’t be losing out on the minerals of normal bottled water (though levels do vary based on your geographical/provincial region). Installation is simple with just a few seconds of rinsing the filter under cold water and a few filters (about 1-2 for me) before you can drink the water completely safely (be sure to check the water for carbon contaminants from the first few times you filter water). The price here is similar to that of buying at a store, but on Amazon, the tax seems to be lower and you get it shipped to your doorstep (Ontario resident here). Would recommend. I will probably subscribe after I find how long it takes me to use up my current five filters. If you have old filters and packaging, save it, you can recycle them! Great product from a great company.

I don’t think it filters anything as the tap water taste has little improvement. the flow of water was fine the first day but the 2nd day, it comes in trickles. rendering the filter useless.

replacement order have same issue. very slow to filter. water runs smooth first day. then slow to 4 drops after all dust are settled.

The building where I was built in 1970, and I don’t think anyone has changed them since, hence, water has a distinct taste. I’ve decided to go with Brita because their filters are available everywhere.
I have no complaint about the quality of water coming out of the filters. But some individual filters have a tendency to clump up and let only a few drops of water come through at a time until you shake them a few times and wash them from the bottom side, which might get annoying at times, especially if you get a particularly clump-prone filter.
Overall great filter, with some minor hick-ups.

Ironically, I purchased these filters to replace my Brita Longlast filters after having 4 defective ones in a row and giving up on that product.

These “Advanced” filters seem to work well so far. Water filters quickly in a respectable amount of time, about 3 minutes for my 8 cup Brita Marina pitcher. Tastes equal to the water from the Longlast filters I was using. No funny tastes, removes odours as advertised (strong chlorine smell from my city water) and no visible particles floating in the water. I guess time will tell how well these perform over the long-term. If I do not post an update, you can assume they are still performing well. Only needs to last 2 months, hopefully Brita didn’t screw that up.

Brita says “no pre-soak” required which is misleading as you are required to run 3 full pitchers of water through the filter and discard before you can begin drinking. I guess you could say pre-rinse x3 required.

Not great durability as Brita recommends you change these about every 2 months which sounds too frequent to me and thus not so great value for money either. Also the added aggravation of having to order these frequently or alternatively buy in bulk and then store somewhere for a year. I liked the idea of the Longlast as they were every 6 months, too bad they don’t work.

Pros:
– Can be fairly cheap when on sale
– Produces respectable clean tasting water
– Quick filtering (so far)

Cons:
– Replace every 2 months
– Required pre-rinse despite advertising no pre-soak