Brita 42364 SpaceSaver Pitcher
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Kitchen and Housewares Reviews of Brita 42364 SpaceSaver Pitcher
Customer Review: Avoid this model COMPLETELY!
Summary: 1 Stars
Very bad design of the lid fit. It's true what the other detractors report. The lid will actually warp over time and will 'rocker' back and forth from front to back and never seal properly. This will cause the lid to fall off while attempting a pour unless you hold the lid in place with your free hand. Don't attempt a pour with water in the upper resevoir as it will also pour out due to the improper lid fit. The rear of the upper resevoir is 'notched' so if too much water is added to the resevoir it will begin leaking into the handle which is hollow. The color strip on the handle is only a snap on piece of plastic. Any water which overflows into the handle will leak out rather soon all over your counter or where ever you've happened to set the pitcher. I don't see how Brita could have possibly tested this pitcher design before its release. I did complain to Brita and they did send me a new unit which is identical in deficientcy as the first unit. I am totally underwhelmed.Customer Review: Great gift for that special someone you just can't stand and wish were dead.
Summary: 1 Stars
DO NOT BUY THIS WATER PITCHER. As the other reviews stated, no matter how I try the lid falls off while pouring, making a huge mess. Just what I need before going to bed and pouring a glass of water. Who is the design challenged boob that came up with this thing? And why is Brita Co. selling this pitcher when it is so obviously flawed? Is it really that hard to design a water pitcher that pours water? My guess is that somehow this pitcher went into production before quality testing and now Brita needs to get rid of them. They should do the right thing and take it off the shelves. Total waste of money. This is a great pitcher to give someone as a practical joke, or to someone you wish ill. Also, I find that most Brita filters leave charcoal swimming in the water. And yes, I soak them for 15-20 minutes and rinse them well before installing into pitcher. Never had much luck with Brita pitchers or filters, but this one is by far the worst design ever conceived.Customer Review: Good filtration, but pitcher could use a few improvements.
Summary: 3 Stars
Pros:
1. Water tastes great!
Cons:
1. Lid cannot be secured, makes a very poor seal, and, needless to say, frequently falls off when pouring (don't even try to pour the filtered water while there is still unfiltered water in the top: you will make a watery MESS). Thus, it is a two hand operation, which I think is unnecessary.
2. If you pour when the pitcher is more than half full, then your filtered water goes upwards through the filter spewing out as it goes the filter's sand-like carbon bits into the top portion of the pitcher. I guess this doesn't hurt anything, but it does seem to me like a careless design for a filter costing roughly $9. Do we really have to see the entrails of the filter? I think not.
It seems to me that these filtration pitchers are such a no-brainer concept, so I am baffled as to why the problems I mentioned above even exist.
Hope this helps!
Customer Review: Decent quality product...
Summary: 4 Stars
All right, so the pitcher that the filter comes with, is literally a $1 store special--very very cheap plastic prone to leaking, BUT, the filter seems to work great and will make your water drinkable. One caveat, when your filter starts to get full, and you pour water, it'll likely leak a bit, which is super annoying (goes back to the cheap pitcher). So you can avoid this by not filling it to the brim.
Another reviewer mentioned bits of charcoal in the water, I have not had this problem at all. This could be because he did not soak his filter for 15 minutes in water before first time use. Or it could be because he got a bad filter.
The things has saved me a ton of money on bottled water, so I'd recommend it for anyone in NYC who doesn't trust the sometimes brown flowing water. But if you're used to your tap water, you might just want to save the money and the hassle.
Customer Review: poor and cheap design on space saver pitcher
Summary: 1 Stars
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This pitcher is poorly designed, from the top to the pitcher itself. The top is flimsy and doesn't stay on if you bump it in the slightest way, even if you thought you have it set in place. The water sloshes out when you fill it and try to place it back in the fridge or wherever. Worse, when pouring the water the top tends to fall off, and break apart too, so now we have to hold it on there while pouring.
The pitcher feels like it would crack if you dropped it or knocked it against the faucet, with sharp edges around the top.
We had the same type of brita pitcher before getting this one, I paid the same for it a couple of years ago but the whole thing was much sturdier. The top was much more substantial.
Buy a better model even if it costs more, I wish I did!