I didn't buy this through Amazon but on impulse at Target. For 10 years I've used a Pur pitcher for my drinking water. Within the last 2 years I've noticed a major change in the quality of the filters. In less than half the usual usage time, they would develop what my wife calls "slow filter." This means that you fill the pitcher and it can take an hour or more to filter through. The first couple I wrote off as defective, then I complained to Pur and got some free filters, but it just keeps happening. These filters are too expensive to die prematurely.
So I tried the Clear20. At first I was put off by the complexity of the set-up, but assuming your faucet is standard and not fancy it just requires replacing the aerator with the Clear20 aerator that is compatible with their filling hose.
The aerator is something that stays on your faucet all the time. When you want to fill the pitcher, you put it in the sink, flip the hose up from the handle (it stays attached there) and click it onto the nipple. Then you fill the pitcher. It takes something like 60 seconds.
Here's the thing that may not be clear to you: the Clear20 uses the power of the tap to push the water through the filter at high speed. When you're done filling the pitcher, you have a full pitcher of water ready to drink. If you've ever waited for Pur and Brita to drip though, you will REALLY appreciate this feature. Let me repeat: the pitcher fills in about 60 seconds and the water is instantly filtered.
Basically what they've done is to put a faucet-mount filter into a pitcher. It was a genius move and I love it.
The other innovation/difference with the Clear20 pitcher is that the filter is rated for 50 gallons, not a vague time period. There is an indicator on top of the pitcher. When you've gone through 40 gallons it turns yellow; you have 10 gallons remaining in the yellow period, then you have to replace the filter. They're a little more expensive than the Pur filters but they are rated for 10 gallons more. Also, you can easily buy them online andClear20 even has a filter subscription club so you don't have to think about it.
Assuming these filters don't develop "slow filter" like Pur, they're going to be awesome.
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Clear2O Premium Water Filtration PitcherProduct Description: Block carbon filtration: The Clear2O water filtration system produces cleaner water and removes five times more NSF certified contaminants through a unique block carbon filter that uses pressure to force the water through solid carbon and eliminates more contaminants than granulated or powered carbon found in most pitcher filters. Fill and drink! Quick connect hose: Utilizing a quick-connect hose that is built directly into the pitcher for easy storage and convenience, the Clear2O water filtration system simply attaches to the kitchen faucet and fills nine times faster than the comparable, leading-brand model. With the quick-connect feature and pressurized filter system, the Clear2O pitcher immediately fills with purified, clean water and eliminates the lengthy and inconvenient wait time associated with traditional pitchers that rely on the drip method for yielding water. Increased capacity: Traditional water filter pitchers employ a filtration reservoir which reduces purified water capacity. The Clear2O pitcher implemented a space-saving design that eliminated the need for a filtration reservoir to increase capacity to a robust total of nine, eight-ounce glasses of purified, clean water. More capacity saves times and reduces the frequency of fillings.
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The filter does a great job of filtering out the impurities, and makes the water taste noticeably better, but the design of the pitcher itself could be much better.The pouring spout is very small, and the flip top sometimes comes loose when you're pouring.Also, the shape of the pitcher itself makes it feel unwieldy and unbalanced when you're pouring from a full pitcher.
