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A little bulky but worth the inconvenience
I got this for Mothers day as I drink a lot of bottled flavored water. It does not taste as sweet, but that's ok, I've aquired a taste for it now and the bottled stuff is too sweet. The system is a little bulky and makes it hard to rinse large items in my sink. It can be removed but too much bother to do so. I am going to replace my faucet w/ a higher one any way. I am the only one who uses the flavor option, so the cartridges last a while for me. I have read the reviews indicating the unit does not hold up well. Too soon for me to tell but so far I love it.
[Tuesday, May 27, 2008]
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Works Well, but Leaks Quite a Bit
This product works well, but it leaks quite a bit. It takes about 3 squirts of flavor for 12-16oz glass of water. The filters last 2-3 months, so I'd suggest buying the 6-pack Pur 3 Stage Faucet Mount Filter #RF-9999, 6-Pack.
The installation is fairly simple, but after having it a few months, it started to leak from where it attaches to the faucet and also from the bottom (where the split is). Perhaps some super glue and maybe a new gromit?
[Friday, May 09, 2008]
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Not so good
I was really looking forward to getting this product. I go through a lot of flavored bottled water - Fruit2O, Nestle, Adirondack, a few other brands. Anyway, this seemed like a great way to save some money, and more importantly not continue to go through the plastic bottles like crazy.
So I have had it about 3 weeks now, and am very disappointed in the flavor feature. It supposedly only takes 1 squirt to flavor 8 oz. of water. I have found 1 squirt to give absolutely no flavor. 2 squirts provides a very faint flavor. 3 gets you something recognizable. 6 or 7 gets you closer to bottled water quality. So at this pace, you go through the flavorings so quickly, you end up spending MORE than you would to buy the bottles. I think this is why some other reviewers thought there was no sweetener in the flavorings - if you only use a squirt or 2 the flavor is so weak, you may not think it is sweetened.
On the positive side the filter seems to work pretty well, regular tap water is pretty good run through it. However, I already owned a Brita pitcher that worked fine for this purpose. It was the flavor option that drove this purchase, and it is the flavor option that has left me disappointed.
[Saturday, May 03, 2008]
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