PUR 18 Cup Dispenser with One Pitcher Filter DS-1800Z
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Kitchen and Housewares Reviews of PUR 18 Cup Dispenser with One Pitcher Filter DS-1800Z
Customer Review: YOU MUST GET THIS!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
I cannot recommend this filter enough! Where I live, the tap stinks of chlorine and literally tastes bitter, and when I drink it, even after boiling it, I get stomach pains. Suffice it to say, I haven't tried drinking raw tap water. I needed a good filter, and because the filters that hook up to the faucet are notoriously slow to let down water (and yes, I'm impatient), I needed something better. This was the right choice for several reasons:
1.) It is the most complete commercially available filter you can get in terms of what it filters out (mercury, bacterial cysts, all sorts of industrial/chemical/farm compounds, lead, chlorine, and a lot more).
2.) A new filter will realatively quickly filter the water. The best part about it is, I can fill it up with 3 liters of water to filter out, and it will do so in about 10-15 minutes. Then, I'll have 3 liters of filtered water that can be quickly released from the bottom compartment (solving my impatience issue). As long as I remember to fill up the upper portion so the filter has something to do and I have clean water.
3.) The taste of water form this thing, I kid you not, is incredible! The only water I have tasted to be as good as this was the very expensive Fiji bottled water or water I drank from a pristine underground aquifer in Russia. It is, without a doubt, sweet in taste. Not sugary sweet, just pleasantly clean sweet.
This will be a wise investment for any home. The filter lasts about 2 months for one person drinking about 4 liters per day (which is my average).
The only downside is, this thing doesn't filter Arsenic...which unfortunately is found in public water to this day.
Customer Review: PUR DS-1800Z - 2 STAGE FILTER WATER DISPENSER
Summary: 5 Stars
After 2 years of use this is my review - This is a great product. I never liked drinking tap water because of a slight after taste. I live in Manhattan, NY and we are supposed to have some of the best tasting water in the country. I would confirm this to be true because I have been to other cities in this country and it does have less of an after taste. Pure water is supposed to be tasteless! This product comes as close to this as far as I can taste. Bottled water usually picks up a taste from the plastic container it is stored in. The bottles are cheap and made of substances which, when exposed to heat, has a negative chemical affect on the health quality of the water. This product is NSF approved. This means that the plastic the container is made of does not have substances that react with water. This product has turned my whole family into water drinkers. We stopped drinking soda and artificial fruit drinks and drink only water filtered by this device from PUR !!!
The design is slim and tall so that it does not take up a lot of room in your side by side refrigerator. It is expensive to run but worth it. Each filter is supposed to purify about 40 gallons of water. You can tell when the filter needs to be replaced when it takes more than 2 hours for the water in the top tank to empty into the lower tank or you notice a taste difference in the water. How long your filter lasts depends on just how dirty your water is. Water with more particles will cause the filter to clog faster. My NYC tap water allows from 35 to 40 refills of the top tank before it needs replacement. This product saves money and is ecology friendly to the environment. This is a good product and well worth the money.
Customer Review: Love It! Love It! Love It!
Summary: 5 Stars
Wow, this is a great product! I read an article about how PUR produced cleaner water than Brita, but I was initially concerned about purchasing this dispenser. I usually use Amazon reviews for determining whether to purchase a product, and sometimes I think people try to complain about things that just aren't worth complaining about. It made me nervous about purchasing this product.
However, everything was too my expectations or better:
(1) Water Flow: Yes, it may not come down as fast as just turning on your sink faucet, but I usually fill the tank up in the sink, let it sit there for about 5 minutes, come back to refill it a second time, let it sit for another 5 minutes, and I have a gallon of water to drink. It's not as scary as some people make it out to be. And this is the PUREST tasting water, I've had! Much better than Aquafina.
(2) Tank design: You have to have a REALLY small fridge for this not to fit. I live in an apartment, where they don't necessarily try to spend money on high-end fridges. This dispenser fits perfectly in it, and easily slides out to pour water. No problem at all with this.
(3) Weight/Capacity: The weight of the dispenser is surprisingly not heavy at all. It is pretty easy to fill the tank and just place it back in the fridge without straining. This may just be personal though, since I am a male in my 20s. However, the capacity has been great as well. I get about a gallon of water out of my tank each time.
Overall, this is a great product with the purest tasting water I've ever had. I would definitely choose it again. It's amazing how much money you save in water bottles!
Customer Review: Better than Brita
Summary: 5 Stars
I have used this dispenser daily for two months now and my family loves it. We have it sitting at the far end of kitchen counter, elevated 9" on a bamboo-wood shelf of the kind sold as kitchen cabinet organizers. The elevation gives room under the spigot to fill water bottles, tea kettles, etc.
I used to use a Brita pitcher and was constantly seeing charcoal filter bits in the water. No so with this Pur. I also found the filter unit in the Pur attaches more securely than the Brita, so there is never water leaking around the filter and bypassing it. The water taste is great with both Pur and Brita, but I like that the Pur 2 stage filter is certified to reduce more categories of contaminants than the Brita. Both filter brands reduce chlorine and heavy metals, but Pur's list also includes microbial cysts, agricultural and industrial pollutants.
The spring-loaded spigot has worked well for the two months we have used it in an adult household. The filtering time gets dramatically slower as the filter gets older. With a brand new filter, the top reservoir completely filtered into the bottom in 20 minutes. As other reviewers have noted, the top reservoir, when completely filled, will filter through to fill about two-thirds of the bottom storage area. Refilling the dispenser by carrying it to the sink is facilitated by the built-in hand-holds. There is a low-tech plastic clingy sticker to attach to the dispenser to remind you time-wise when the filter is due for a change. If you use the dispenser voluminously, the slow filtration rate will make you aware that you need to change the filter sooner than the 2-month interval on the sticker.
Customer Review: No More "Pool" Water!
Summary: 5 Stars
I was so sad to realize when we moved recently that, while we have an awesome pull-out sprayer faucet (yay!) in our new apartment, it's simply not conducive to a faucet mount filter. Boo! Then I tried to buy a Brita to keep on the counter (we like room temp water) in this style and the price was ridiculous!
Then I found this! The price blew Brita out of the water, and it was Prime eligible! I think it's perfect--a small but will-change-your-life (no, really!) feature is that when you use the dispenser and flip it back up NOT A DROP leaks out! Not a drop! There is nothing worse than having to stand there and wait for those few drops, or other people in your family who don't wait and then there are constant drips on the floor!
Still, the water tastes amazing. I love having the little sticker to remind me when to change the filter, and despite tons of use a filter easily lasts us a full 30 days. If you do the PUR CRF-950Z 2-Stage Water Pitcher Replacement Filter, 3-Pack when it's $16 (watch the prices for when they dip!) then it's a great deal! My husband and I use this all day every day and I love the way the water tastes amazing.
My ONLY complaint is that since you need to keep the upper basin over the filter, so it doesn't dry out, then we have to refill it basically every time we use it. That can get old really fast! But it's worth it, since this water is wonderful. I never thought I'd switch away from Brita, but