Brita Fill & Go Water Filtration Bottle - Just A Watery Mess For Me
Written: Jul 17 '03 (Updated Dec 02 '03)
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Pros: Filters water well
Cons: Too slick and hard to carry, didn't like water delivery
The Bottom Line: Filtered water but horrible system.
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| KMINER's Full Review: Brita Fill & Go Water Filtration Bottle |
Thankfully I adore drinking water - since it is so good for my body I am glad that it happens to also be something I prefer. I own a Brita water filter pitcher in my house, and so for this past Christmas my parents thought it might be nice to buy me the Brita Fill & Go Water Filtration Bottle. I am constantly drinking water while I teach, and they thought this might be nice for work - as opposed to all of the school water I get from the fountain.
I was anxious to try this and so opened it and put it together during my holiday break and before school started right up - that way I'd have used it some before I took it back into work. It never even made it into work.
What Is The Brita Fill & Go Water Filtration Bottle?
It is, in essence, a white plastic water bottle with carbon filter that filters the tap water you fill the bottle with before it comes up the straw. It is simple to put together and use - the first time filtering a bottle full through the filter before using (this is typical of Brita). It is a white water bottle with slick sides (especially when wet) and bright blue lettering and lid. To drink from it is a pop up top with water squirting out the sides.
My Experience With The Brita Fill & Go Water Filtration Bottle
It is hard to tell just how much water is in this, unless you try and judge by weight. Having a bottle with a better gripping sides and see through bottle would have been more helpful. Though there is an indentation to use to grip onto, I didn't find it to be very effective. Also, for me, I would have preferred a straw - I have never been a big fan of those pop up thingys. The water squirted everywhere.
The whole experience was a mess . The bottle itself is too large and cumbersome to carry around - I want a more slim design, sort of like a Dasani water bottle. It doesn't have a really good way to hold onto it, so it was hard to hold in my hands - especially when it starts to sweat, which of course it does all of the time. So now I have a sweating, too large bottle leaving rings of water everywhere I put it down! If that weren't enough, I hate the water delivery. It comes out of the pop up and squirts everywhere. I never really got a sip, a gulp, a swallow - more of a spray . Ugggh.
I really couldn't see the point in using it - my husband kept filling it up for me, and I just kept complaining about it. The day I spent half of the rented movie complaining about having to drink from it - that was it . In the trash it went.
Other Features
Since I did not keep this long, I do not have personal knowledge of changing the filter - which is suggested every 2 to 3 months. There is a sticker to put on the bottle to remind you when to change (much like the Brita pitchers) but I haven't gotten this one to stay any better than the rest - I just write the information down on my calendar and toss the sticker away.
It can be cumbersome to fill the Brita Fill & Go Water Filtration Bottle, as it stands sort of tall and I don't have a deep sink. It does have an indentation area designed I think to hold onto it, but it's so far up the bottle for me that it just makes it feel heavy when I hold the filled water bottle there.
It can be cost effective - as opposed to buying individual water bottles from the store (that's why I just use my Brita pitcher to refill my Dasani bottles). This system cost my family under $10 for initial purchase.
Suggestions
I have a ton of suggestions for improvement. Really the only thing I did like was the idea that I was getting filtered water. For that reason I can just fill up empty water bottles from my big Brita water pitcher, and have to use any time I want! A sleeker, more attractive bottle would have helped - possibly with some sort of textured sides. A removable plastic straw - or even a straw hole - would have been a big improvement. I guess in essence I was hoping for an adult version of those kid's water bottles - sleek and colorful, pop up straw, textured sides. What I got instead was one of the worst products I have tried to use in a long time.
I do not suggest purchasing the Brita Fill & Go Water Filtration Bottle designed the way it is - not without some major changes in design and use. I'll stick with the school's water fountain or filling up empty Dasani bottles here at home, thank you very much.
Another Brita I own: Space Saver
Recommended:
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