Tefal Quick Cup Claris Filter Cartridge

Author's product rating:   

Durability	Good
Quality	Good
Value for Money	Satisfactory

Advantages:	Neat filter cartridge replacement as easy as changing a light bulb
Disadvantages:	Maybe you need to change it a little too often

Recommend to potential buyers:

yes

Full review

The Claris Quick Cup Filter Cartridge is the proprietary replacement water cartridge for use with the Tefal Quick Cup. This filtered water kettle-replacement is also capable of dispensing both room temperature and hot water. The Red button with an integral filter-replacement reminder lamp and is used to dispense hot filtered water for your coffee and tea. A black button dispenses filtered water at ambient temperature - for chilled filtered water, instead of having a filter jug for the refrigerator simply fill a regular jug from the Quick Cup using the black ambient button and place it in your refrigerator.

You can currently (30th January 2009) purchase the Quick Cup for £48.74 and the replacement Claris filter for £4.80 from Amazon.co.uk. Currently orders over £5 attract no delivery charges for addresses in the UK.

The top of the new filter cartridge is a rotary lid with a window revealing about four weeks of a calendar that is described around the circumference of filter cartridge. This allows you to record the month and week that you replaced the filer cartridge so when you remove it you can see how long it has been installed.

The replacing the Claris Filter Cartridge is required about every four weeks. This is indicated by a red flashing light in the red hot water dispensing button. Replacing the first filter seemed quite a little fiddly task. But now, after the practice of a couple replacements, this is a straightforward and simple process. You remove and replace the filter cartridge with a twist and lift and push and twist rather like fitting a bayonet-cap light bulb.

Every other month/filter replacement, especially if you live in particularly hard water area, it is a good idea that the Quick Cup is de-scaled. No special chemicals are required. You only need a litre of cheap white vinegar poured into the water tank and press both the ambient and hot water buttons together to start the de-scaling process and pass the vinegar through the system. Once de-scaled the temperature of the water increases noticeably. All in all this is a great boon for dispensing filtered water for all your drinks.