You Drink Water From A Faucet? Use the Brita Optimax Instead
Written: Jun 01 '00 (Updated Feb 27 '02)
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Pros: Inexpensive, easy way to get good water
Cons: Can be heavy to carry
The Bottom Line: This is an everyday product in my house. The water from the Brita is all we drink other than bottled.
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| jo.com's Full Review: Brita Optimax Water Dispenser |
Unless I forget to say "no ice" in bottled water in a restaurant, I do not drink tap water. I haven't for a long, long time.
At one time I was using a filter on my sink; Brita for cooking and bottled water for drinking. We drink a lot of water in this house and the cost of bottled water really adds up. When I figured out that we were spending over $30 a month on bottled water I decided to just drink the Brita.
As it turns out, not all bottled water tastes very good anyway. On top of that, there have been exposes that because bottled water sits on shelves for what can be a very, very long time, there is contamination. One of the news shows (with John Stosell) studied what was in various bottled water and truly in many cases what was in it was not much worse and sometimes better than in regular tap water.
The one thing missing if you have small children and your tap water has fluoride is the fluoride. Nowadays, however, most dentists give fluoride treatments. If you don't drink tap water or you do but it isn't treated with fluoride, make sure to ask your dentist about fluoride treatments if your child doesn't already get them.
Back to the Brita. We got the Optimax rather than the pitcher because of the quantity of water we drink. It is small enough that it sits right on our counter. I, honestly, for a long time have wanted a water bottle dispenser, but I just have no room and that would negate the cost savings anyway.
Brita water tastes good; it is an easy to clean container- really just the top of it needs an occasional wipe-down and the filter is easy to change. It actually has extra storage space which not everyone realizes. When the Brita looks full, it actually isn't. You can fill it up more - in the sense of a holding tank of sorts.
When the Brita is full (Which it will be if you are filling it up from your sink.) it may be heavy to carry for some. Certainly young children should not be carrying it from the sink to the counter. One way around this is to fill a large container and pour it into the Brita. This certainly isn't the most convenient way to do this and if you have trouble carrying something like this, then the pitcher type would be a better product for you to have.
If you are using tap water only, give this a try. It is an inexpensive way to drink much healthier water, in my opinion. And if you are only using bottled water, give this a try... I think you'll like it. If nothing else you can combine the two - 1/2 bottled, 1/2 Brita if that makes you feel better. I'm thirsty :)
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