Brita 35034 2-Gallon UltraMax Water Filtration Dispenser
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Kitchen and Housewares Reviews of Brita 35034 2-Gallon UltraMax Water Filtration Dispenser
Customer Review: Perfect for high volume usage
Summary: 4 Stars
I had a Brita space-saver pitcher. I was refilling it twice a day. I bought the two gallon dispenser. One of the best choices I made. I use copious amounts of water in cooking and drinking. I have to refill this every 2 days or so (but that's because I'm the only person who uses it). It's worth the investment.Customer Review: Slightly bizarre
Summary: 3 Stars
I have owned several Brita pitchers and decided that it was time to upgrade to the Ultramax. At first blush, the design seems good--it fits into the fridge well and can be easily filled and moved without spilling. One slight annoyance is that the door on my fridge bumps into the spout and pushes the pitcher back on the shelf a bit, so I have to pull the unit forward an inch or two to use it. A more serious problem is that the unit leaks where the spigot is attached to the container. The rate of leakage is great enough to fill a soup bowl in a few days. I emailed Brita about this and several days later received a response telling me to call their 800 number. The rep. asked me if there were rubber seals around the spigot on both the inside and outside of the pitcher, and I responded that my pitcher has a single seal on the inside. Thr rep. advised me that he would send me a new spigot which would come with one rubber seal, and that I should remove this seal from the new spigot and attach to the old spigot on the the outside of the container, so that I would have two seals instead of one. I asked him if this was a common problem, and if the pitchers now being made have two seals. He claimed he had never heard of such a problem before, which I thought was a little strange b/c he developed the solution so quickly and seemed certain that it would work.Customer Review: A hassle to fill
Summary: 3 Stars
I bought one of these because I figured it would be easy to dispense all of the water I wanted, and the large size would help me not need to fill the pitcher all the time. I never really had any problems with the product. The water was decently filtered and the dispenser operated smoothly. The real problem I had with it was how much of a hassle I always found it to fill. The jug dispenser was too large to easily fit in my sink, so I couldn't fill it up that way. So I tried switching to a system of filling it up with consecutive glasses of water, but that was hard to do in the confines of my refrigerator. I would end up taking the whole thing out of the fridge, filling it up with a number of glasses of water then trying to move the dispenser with the top half full back into my fridge without spilling it. This really turned out to be too big of a hassle for me so the darn thing was always empty. I just went back to ye-old-fashioned pitcher and have never been happier.
Customer Review: Mold
Summary: 1 Stars
Throughout the years I have used and owned many different versions of the Brita Pitcher Water Dispenser. All of these filtered water containers have been great. The only complaint I have ever had with these filters is size. The Brita Ultramax Water Filter Dispenser was supposed to answer this problem. Unfortunately due to bad design, it introduced a multitude of problems that never existed with past Brita products.
Pro:
Size: This water dispenser can definitely hold a lot of water. (Ironically, this is really a disadvantage; as you will find below.)
Con(s):
Mold: If you do not let this filter dry within a maximum of two days, you will get mold. This mold will probably make you ill (sore throat) (Conversely if you look at it from another point of view - it will strengthen your immune system). To avoid this problem, the water dispenser should be washed every week at very least (to safe you should wash it more often). I have never had this problem with Brita's other products (I have friends who never washed their Brita pitchers for months, and there is not even the slightest sign of mold when they do wash it).
Left Over Water: Due to the faulty design of the product, there will be left over water both above the filter and below it. Besides turning the product upside down, you cannot dispense all of the water. This is just stupid and hints at the lack of quality assurance testing of this product. Not surprisingly, this helps further contribute to mold growth.
Conclusion:
Save your money and buy Brita's other well designed pitchers or even Pure's pitchers. (The key word is pitcher.) You will only waste time and possibly your health with this poorly designed product.
Customer Review: Overpriced Water Dispenser
Summary: 1 Stars
This product is mostly "Hype". Water ran through their filters tastes and looks exactly as before. You'd have just as good results with a coffee filter. If what you're looking for is just a water dispenser this thing was a nice size. If you're expecting it to make tap water drinkable look towards a real filtering system like reverse osmosis. If you want a decent filtering system you have to be willing to pay for it. In my opinion, this was a rip-off and I feel ashamed for having fell for it.