[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] When I moved into my current home I was used to great quality well water, but am now on city water. The water coming out of my tap tasted a little off to me and a Brita filter and pitcher was a great way for me to improve my water quality without spending a ton of money on bottled water and creating a bunch of waste.

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] It is easy to use and is a great way to get fresh, clean water. It is ideal for those who want a better way tp get fresh drinking water. It is one of the best money saving investment for the home, that I have ever made.

I have been using a Brita dispenser for a few months now and I love it. The best part for me is not using so many bottles anymore! I bought one of these filters recently, but it did not fit in the dispenser (because of the part that sticks up on top), so I took it back but could not find the right one. Am I missing something? Should this filter fit in my dispenser?

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] The filter doesn't last as long as it claims to, at least not in my case. I feel like the filter indicator in my pitcher is red more than it is green. Other than that, it's easy to install and switch out. Pretty simple.

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] New design only requires 15 seconds of running water, much better than previous one. Water comes out fresh, doesn't taste chlorine like water come out from fridge. Knocked 1 star because the filtration speed slows down over time, well before replace time, which is something to work about.

I've been using brita pitchers and filters for over 20 years and I'm generally happy with Brita. I have always found the filters to give off black specks and it's never worried me cause I realize it is to be expected and it is pretty much just carbon. And usually it is just in the top part of the reservoir so it's not in the water. One thing that i have found to help with issues with a "floating filter" or particles in the water is to make sure the filter is seated correctly. You have to push down on it a little to make sure it can't move out of the hole even if you tried pulling it from the top (you'll have to remove it by pushing from the bottom). Doing this, I have had no issues with a floating filter or much in the way of specks in the water. Lately I have found some filters stop filtering. The water will just sit in the top of the reservoir. I usually have to dump all the water and then put more water in to get the filter to flow again. Seems to be a pressure issue or something. I had to ditch a filter recently because it kept doing it. Now, they have new brita filters which have a new design and where you no longer have to presoak for 15 minutes though they suggest doing three pitcher run throughs, where you fill it three times and dump it. Also they claim no more black specks. I just put in my first new filter and the water tastes a little less fresh than normal. Don't know why but I'll keep watching it over the next few pitcher refills. Hoping its just my mouth or something temporary which it likely is. The new design is a little odd looking. Overall though, I think Brita is great. Thanks.

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] Unfortunately, Arizona has the worst tap water quality in the US and therefore, needs a lot of filtering. Brita removes about 50% of the contaminants. It does improve the taste of the water, which helps. But Brita filtration works well only if your tap water is good to begin with.

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] I recently purchased the Brita Grand Pitcher which came with this filter. It works great but we go through a lot of water and lasted about a month. Lucikily I purchased a second Longlast filter with the pitcher. I'm very picky and normally only drink bottled water. I was surprised at how clean the water tasted. Very happy with my purchases.

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] This filter works well. However, I constantly get the small black pieces of charcoal in the top resivoir holder (before the water goes down through the filter). I have a newer pitcher and it tells to have the faucet water not stream down on top of the filter, which I don't do. I constantly get these pieces in the pitcher and some even get down into the water pitcher.

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] This definitely helps get rid of the chlorine taste in my water when I'm away at school (city water). At home, we have well water and the Brita filters help rid of the odd mineral taste (our well has a lot of iron content). Plus, I don't waste money on water bottles and I can reuse one Nalgene instead of creating more trash.