PUR CR-6000 7-Cup Water Filtration Pitcher
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Kitchen and Housewares Reviews of PUR CR-6000 7-Cup Water Filtration Pitcher
Customer Review: Fantastic product
Summary: 5 Stars
I've been using this pitcher for about a month, after about 10 years of Brita use. I was surprised there weren't more direct comparisons here, so I'll make them.
First off, there are simply no black carbon flakes released anywhere in this pitcher. While this used to be a minor annoyance with Brita, it became much worse recently, with a huge number of flakes in the top and a significant amount of smaller black particles in the bottom. This could be seen as a black residue left behind after water evaporated from a cup. I was spilling about 1/4 of my water down the drain just to get rid of the carbon.
Second, the pitcher is just as easy to use. Yes, you have to take the lid off to fill it, whereas some Brita pitchers have a flip-open top, but it's a minor issue, and the lid seems sufficiently secure and should stay on in normal use. The pitcher also seems well built. I'm not sure what is leading to other users cracking their pitchers, but I don't see that happening with mine.
Third, the water does filter much more slowly than Brita. Sure, that's a minor annoyance, but the water is coming out much cleaner. I'll take it. Non-issue.
Fourth, the water actually tastes better. I can't quite put it in words, but it's almost as if the water is sweeter. It's probably because additional chemical taste has been removed. Whatever the process, I can attest to the fact that the water tastes very, very good. On some days, Washington, DC water can smell very strongly of chlorine. This filter takes that smell out. Brita did not.
Fifth, it's priced competitively with Brita. The pitcher is slightly smaller than the more expensive Brita and slightly bigger than the cheapest Brita, so it's priced fairly, right in between the two Brita options in terms of volume. The filters are also around the same price. Even if they were $1-2 more, it would most definitely be worth it.
I already convinced my mom to convert to Pur. She's very happy and doesn't know how she put up with Brita's carbon flakes for so long.
Customer Review: A household necessary for us!
Summary: 5 Stars
We live downtown in Washington DC which means that water straight out of the tap tastes like swimming pool water. Our building is new but the city waterworks are not which means that there's also supposedly a good deal of lead contamination, not to mention the other lovely spores and such that make it into a glass of water. Years ago in grad school a classmate teased me that I couldn't be a vegetarian AND drink DC tap water! All kidding aside, though, my obstetrician said that since I lived in DC I shouldn't drink the tap water while pregnant.
I've used various permutations of both Brita and Pur water filters (pitcher, faucet, under-sink, etc.) in the nearly 15 years I've lived here, and for more than the last 10 I've used and stuck with the Pur pitcher. Not only does the water taste fresh and good when it's gone through, I also felt more comfortable with Pur after reading the chart of the various things that their filter removes vs. what Brita does (Pur claims to take out way more and I've always thought their water tastes better.)
Really the only con I can think of is that with the large amount of water we consume in this house it seems like the pitcher constantly needs to get filled. They sell a bigger one, but our fridge doesn't have a great inner arrangement for something to take up that much space. Another commenter said how long the water takes to go through - I've never found that it takes longer than a couple of minutes with a new filter, even with all the crud we have in our water. Older filters do take longer, and I've found that I prefer to change them after the warning light switches to yellow instead of waiting for it to go to red. (Fresh taste of water, speed of filtering - it does take awhile with a full or almost-full filter.)
It's also great to have for filling up our reusable water bottles before we go out on walks vs. paying the money/wasting the resources to buy a bottle of water while out & about.
We have these pitchers at home and at work and I would recommend it with no hesitation.
Customer Review: No filter in the box
Summary: 3 Stars
I just received my PUR CR-6000 and there was no filter in the box. I called their customer service number and they agreed to send me one but said it could take from 2 to 3 weeks to receive it. As far as I'm concerned, this adds insult to injury. It's bad enough that there was no filter in the box but then they're going to make you wait an additional 2-3 weeks for them to send you one? This doesn't show a very high degree of concern for the customer does it?
I would think if PUR (now owned by Proctor and Gamble and certainly not a struggling company) wanted to make sure they didn't get reviews like this posted online (I told them I bought it from Amazon) that they would do their utmost to compensate the customer for their troubles by at least providing expedited shipping and a free extra filter or something. They have to ship me one anyway - how much extra would it cost them? I'm sure it would have cost them a lot less than what it's now going to cost them in sales due to people reading this review and deciding not to buy it.
Is it any wonder why people hate dealing with corporations like this when all they seem to care about is making and "saving" money regardless of how they've screwed their customers in the process? They apparently think profits are more important than customers. They've got the cart before the horse... I'd like to see them make any profits without customers. If they keep treating customers like this they just may get the opportunity to try!
Customer Review: Great Taste, Less Filling!
Summary: 4 Stars
For many years I've been using Brita. My Brita pitcher is pretty old so I was actually a little worried about BPA and that led me to researching water filter systems. Turns out that both Brita and Pur are BPA free but the Pur system was winning in tastes tests. After having the filter for a week now I can tell you that the water really does taste better.
The Pitcher:
The system is remarkable similar to the brita. You have a separate filter that pops into the pitcher. However the pitcher design isn't perfect. You need to really make sure the filter sits tight and in the proper location. I needed to twist mine till I felt it slide in. If you don't do this, you'll see unfiltered water run down the sides of the filter casing. This isn't good. The second issue is the top of the pitcher. Brita has a nice little flip that allows you to fill the pitcher without removing the lid. Pur doesn't have this. So as far as pitchers go, Brita is better.
The Water:
However the pitcher is secondary to the water. Here the water shines, it really does taste a lot better than the Brita and is night and day better than my town's water. The fact that we have a double filtration system does seem to make a very noticeable difference.
Overall:
I went in sceptical and was pleasantly surprised; Pur has converted me to their system. Now if they can get their pitchers designed better this would easily be a 5 star product
Customer Review: After a few fills, water takes HOURS to go through
Summary: 3 Stars
I bought this to replace a Brita pitcher I'd dropped and cracked. The PUR filter is supposed to remove more contaminants. However, it filters so slowly after a few fills (HOURS) that I simply can't wait and end up drinking tap water. So net-net, the Brita filter kept me healthier. The Brita pitcher filtered water quickly enough that I never drank tap water.
I understand that better filtering inevitably means slower filtering, but HOURS to filter is ridiculous. I could replace the filter before it's due, but that greatly increases my costs and I resent it. I keep a tally of how many fills, and so far it's just 35. I'm supposed to get 80 fills per filter, as with the Brita. These filters aren't cheap. If I replace a filter when I haven't even gotten half the number of fills I'm supposed to get, it more than doubles my cost.
Water filtered through PUR tastes very good, probably better than through Brita, but I'm not sure it's worth it. Perhaps I got more contaminants with the Brita filter, but it was more practical. And maybe my water doesn't contain these additional contaminants in the first place.
Having said all this, perhaps I just got a bad filter and the next one I use won't do this - one can always hope. But I read another review complaining about slow filtering, so I'm not hopeful.