Brita Fjord Water Filter

Advantages: Affordable, delicious drinking water with no hardness
Disadvantages: cartridges can be a little expensive

...internal organs. Enter the Brita Fjord water filter, the only thing standing between Leicester and the most chronic case of dandruff / petrification in the known world. Description: The filter is divided into four parts; these being the jug, funnel, lid and filter cartridge. The jug has a total capacity of 2.6 litres, meaning that it can easily handle enough water to cater for an entire tea party without the need for refilling. The funnel fits ...
...sharpening and general tomfoolery. The Brita filter is really very easy to look after; once every four weeks you pull the old filter cartridge out and discard it (I'm not sure if there is a way of recycling these but it is something I'm researching and will update this review at a later time). Once the old filter is out, the unit can simply be taken to bits and washed (every bit except the lid is dishwasher safe), which takes me about two minutes. ... Read review

Advantages: Improves water taste and quality
Disadvantages: None

...is readily available from the Brita Service Team. It is however designed to have a service life of five years. As with all food products treat it with respect, do not allow the Brita filter to stand in direct sunlight, wash everything at least every time the cartridge is changed and if the water is not consumed within two days then tip it away and add new water. In our house it’s not lasting 2 hours let alone two days. The capacity is 1.6 litre ... Read review

Advantages: reduces lime scale
Disadvantages: replacing cartridges

Brita water filter systems are almost an essential item for every household these days. But first let me tell you a little about the company and its products etc. The company Heinz Hankammer founded the company in Germany in 1966. It’s head quarters remain in Taunusstein Germany, though it’s now an international company, and still family owned! The company makes water filter systems in Germany (of course), England, Switzerland, and ...
...The products Brita offer water filtration systems, in a range of styles. The Atlantis is capable of holding some 2.2litres of filtered water, though you probably need a large fridge for this one. The Fjord (the one I have) will fit snugly into the fridge door (for those of us with small fridges); the Fjord is capable of holding 1.6 litres. The Aluna will hold 1.9 litres, and the cool 1.3 litres, though they Aluna will not fit in your fridge door, ... Read review

Advantages: get to drink purer water, tastes great
Disadvantages: cartridges are fairly expensive

...in tap water. The Brita water filter costs roughly £25 it’s available to buy in health food stores, supermarkets and Boots the chemist. It comes with a little instruction book, which tells you how to prepare your water filterer for use. You need to buy the cartridges that filter the water separately, they cost roughly £3.95 per cartridge. The idea of filtering water sounds quite scientific, but the Brita water filterer is easy to use. Three quarters ...
...jug. The top of the filterer is a funnel where the filtering cartridge is slotted through. The funnel is where tap tap water is passed and filters down through the cartridge into the jug. For the best results you need to make sure the water stays in contact with the cartridge in the jug and does not go below the line where the cartridge ends. Sometimes in the funnel part of the filterer there are small black bits, these look a bit gross at first, ... Read review

Advantages: makes the water taste great
Disadvantages: none

...I filter it with the Brita filter the chlorine taste and smell completely goes and the water just tastes much, much nicer. For the first few filters with a new cartridge the water tastes like mineral water with a slightly sweet taste, but as the cartridge is used more and more the sweet taste disappears. Even when the cartridge has been used for longer than the recommended four weeks the water still tastes much better, and I can easily tell if the ...
...should know before buying a Brita Fjord water filter: What it is: It is a jug that holds 1.6L of filtered water and has a total capacity of 2.6L. It consists of 4 parts: a clear plastic jug, a white holder for the cartridge which slips into the jug, a lid and of course a cartridge. The lid has a 'memo-thingy' - a phrase coined by that really irritating advert with the woman who gets turned on by her water filter and suggests to her partner that ... Read review