Amazon Basics 2.3L (4 Pints) Water Filter Jug with 1x30 Days Cartridge, BPA Free, Black

excellent product good purchase

works well and easy to use.

My son and I, between us, drink about 8 litres of water a day. And it had NEVER before occurred to me to filter it. I'd always thought filtering water was the province of fans of pseudo-science and people who had too much time on their hands.How wrong I was.After my son and I randomly chatted about how we both felt nauseous after drinking the tap water in our home (we live in the 2nd hardest water area in the country), and after seeing the ENORMOUS pile of plastic drink bottles to come out of my son's room (when he was finally persuaded to tidy up), I figured it might be time to at least TRY a water filtration system.So we got this jug.In terms of value for money, we got the jug and 3 further filters for around £20, which I felt - comparing other, better-known brands - was a good price for 4 months of water (depending on how often we used the jug). And, honestly, my son and I were both excited to give it a go and see whether the water would taste any different after being filtered.This was at the start of a period of very hot weather, so, knowing how much water we both typically get through in a day, we decided to filter more than we needed (continually refilling the jug) and keep it all in the fridge.Well, firstly, 8 litres take up a HUGE amount of space in the fridge. And the jug took, honestly FOREVER to filter that much. Very quickly it became apparent that, even for just 2 people, the jug filtration system was unsustainably slow: I wanted to make drinking cold, filtered water a viable alternative to fizzy drinks, not a further chore to be performed lest the water just run out during a heatwave.Also, there's the issue of the taste.After many litres had been passed through the filter, the taste had faded but, at first, there was a significant "chemical tang" (as my son described it) which we couldn't get rid of, even after multiple washed of the jug and reservoir and soaking the filter, running it under the tap and so on.Now, my son, though excited to give filtered water a go, is a creature of habit and is particular to how things taste. The weird water taste the jug had lasted long enough to discourage him from drinking any more water from the fridge, even after squash had bee made available to him.Yes, the taste faded after about 20 litres had been filtered (about 3 days) but it lasted long enough to be prohibitive to him, and the whole filtering - refrigerating process was slow enough to further that disengagement once it had started. It just all became a bit onerous.HOWEVER.One the tang had gone, the water tasted SIGNIFICANTLY better than water directly from the tap, and no longer makes me feel nauseous, even when drunk in huge amounts directly from the fridge. If nothing else, this just has persuaded me that filtered water is an absolute must in my home - so I shopped for a tank that can hold 9 litres and uses the same filters as the jug, which we'll keep for times of the year when we need more space in the fridge and have to remove the tank.All in all, it wasn't a disaster. It's not a bad little jug, and it could be that my inexperience with this sort of thing somehow perpetuated the weird taste we had at first. But if, like me, you have fussy kids who are reluctant to accept change, you really need to let this just filter a lot of water before letting your children try it - and keeping the thing filled with a family drinking from it is going to be a bind.

Top marks Amazon for bringing out this basic water jug. I purchased it to replace a basic one that I purchased in a well known high street store. I had it for over a year and it kept getting water scale around the white top and even though I cleaned it every day it always comes back because of my hard water area. Comparing this one to my other one, this one the lid fits better, where my other one the inside funnel kept moving and spilling the water. This one is neat and well made for a basic one. I also prefer the black top. And the water tastes so lovely pure and fresh like spring water. I have it on my work surface because I prefer room temperature water, but I also like the size of it so I can put it in my fridge if I do want to chill the water in this hot weather. I also filled my ice cube trays with it.

It is light weight, easy to use and clean.

Very pleased with it, sturdy and looks good

Seems ok but the plastic for the jug is very very brittle. Mine came with a crack which was only noticed when I filled it the first time.

Love the lid as our old one my partner never puts lid back on this one has a flip lid to fill that just lifts them drop back