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Strengths: SMALL (FITS TO BATHROOM WITHOUT PROBLEM), EASY TO SWITCH TO FILTERED, TASTES GOOD, ELECTRONIC FILTER LIFE INDICATOR
Weaknesses: ELIMINATES LESS CHEMICALS COMPARED TO COMPATITIVE BRAND
Summary: One week after moving to a relatively older apartment site, I have seen redness (sensitivity) and small whiteheads (pimples) appearing on my face. I had this $3000 filter at my previous place and I didn't have any of these just a week ago. So I think I know the benefits of having clean water from first-hand experience.
I immediately thought of putting a small filter for the bathroom use. Practicing Muslims use water a great deal in their daily lives. Before our daily prayers (five times a day) we wash our hands, mouth, nose, face, arms, wet our head, clean ears, neck, and wash feet) so having so much interaction with water makes clean water a necessity at least for the facial area.
I've the competitive's 3-stage horizontal filter for my kitchen faucet for drinking/cooking. But it definitely doesn't fit to bathroom sink due to its large and rotating design. But Brita came perfect with this small filter with an easy switching mechanism.
Thanks to Brita's brilliant and stylish design, when you need the filtered water, you'll simply need to rotate the switch with your finger. When you don’t, just put it back into tap water station. Furthermore, it comes with a third option that makes your tap water spray. That's an extra feature I really liked.
Moreover, it has an electronic replacement warning which I find very neat. It definitely gives you an increased feeling of safety compared to the mechanical indicators. I had to let a few gallons of water run before I convince myself that my kitchen filter really works :).
And one other good thing's, although Brita looks smaller, a new filter filters 100 gallon of water which is the same as my larger kitchen filter.
I had to buy an extra 3/4" hose adapter from the local hardware store to fit Brita into my bathroom faucet. But I must give credit to Brita as it fits to my "Kitchen" faucet right out of the box. (The comptetitor's horizontal filter needed the same adapter even for the kitchen.)
Coming to performance, the competitor's 3-stage filter filters slightly better and eliminates more chemicals (like Attrazine). So, for drinking and cooking I still use my the kitchen filter. It's the only reason for me not to replace my kitchen filter with a Brita.
I hope Brita will come up with a shower filter as I also know filtered water makes your hair much softer. I'm a guy and even I approve this message.
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