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| Brand: Brita
Category: Home Improvement
List Price: $34.99
Buy New: $32.49
You Save: $2.50 (7%)
New (46) from $32.49
Rating:  72 reviews
Sales Rank: 34
Media: Tools & Hardware
Shipping Weight (lbs): 4.4
Dimensions (in): 14.1 x 9 x 7.6
Warranty: 1
MPN: 35530
Model: 35530
UPC: 060258355307
EAN: 0060258355307
ASIN: B00009LHZH
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| Features:
| • | Removes chlorine, sediment, zinc, and other harmful substances for clean, great-tasting water | | • | Compact 1.13-gallon capacity tank; fits on countertops and shelves | | • | Perfect size for small office or family | | • | Digital indicator signals time to replace filter | | • | Includes non-replaceable, 5-year battery; limited 90-day warranty |
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Amazon.com Review
Brita's advanced water filtering systems help remove chlorine, sediment, zinc, and other harmful substances such as cadmium, copper, benzene, lead, and mercury, for clean, great-tasting water. With a tank that holds up to 1.13 gallons of water and fits neatly on countertops and refrigerator shelves, the Ultramax Smart Dispenser is the perfect size for a small office or family. It comes with an innovative electronic gauge that helps monitor use and alert busy users when its time to replace the filter. An included, non-replaceable battery with an expected life of 5 years powers the gauge. Brita filters should be replaced every 40 gallons. The Ultramax should be hand washed in lukewarm water with a mild detergent. Brita offers a limited 90 day warranty on pitchers for defects outside of normal wear and tear. --Jessica Reuling
Product Description
The original BRITA water filtration systems, BRITA Pitchers eliminate 98 of the Lead and reduce Chlorine (taste and odor), Copper, and Mercury that may be present in your tap water. Large capacity dispenser, perfect for families. Capacity: 18 - 8oz glasses of filtered water. Electronic Filter Change Indicator to remind you when to change the filter. Rectangular tank fits easily on refrigerator shelves and countertop. Convenient one-touch dispensing
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| Customer Reviews: Read 67 more reviews...
 Love It! August 26, 2008
So much easier than filling and lugging water jugs from the store.....as well as cheaper than always buying bottled water....Fantastic & useful purchase.
Better Tasting Water August 25, 2008
We had to replace our previous water filter when the cat knocked it down onto the ground. We drink a lot of water, and the Brita Ultramax Dispenser works for our family because we do not have to fill it constantly. It makes the coffee and tea that we drink taste better, also. I highly recommend it to anyone who needs to drink more water (and don't we all) but cannot stand the taste or the smell of the water that comes straight out of the tap. This takes care of the taste and the smell.
Brita Pitcher with spigot August 17, 2008
Great product at a very reasonable price. Fits nicely on refrigerator shelf and each filter give us @ 8 weeks of good clean water.
More handy than you might think August 17, 2008
I bought this with the intention of getting me to drink more water instead of soft drinks, etc, and it's been very good for that--it's now just as easy for me to pour a mug of chilled water right from the refrigerator (I often then add some sugar-free flavored powder like peach tea, etc) as it is to drink canned sodas, without having to pay for and then lug those cans home from the supermarket. And this is way cheaper than paying a lot extra for a refrigerator with a chilled-water dispenser on the door.
But it also comes in handy as a drink dispenser on the picnic table in the back yard; I've also used it for boxed wine for a cookout and once for a covered punchbowl at a casual backyard party. It's large enough for this kind of use and I like having multi-purpose things instead of storing a lot of stuff I rarely use.
Yeah, it also works as a water filter :-) though I'm just taking that on faith as the Northern California water seems fine to me both before and after Brita filtering. But I like to play it safe...
To the other reviewers who mention mold, all I can say is that I don't think the mold is coming from the water dispenser...I suggest putting an open box of baking soda in the back of the fridge.
It does take a lot of space in the refrigerator, so you have to plan for it: the upper shelf is better because you don't have to stoop over to pour from it and there's usually enough space on top of it to store square stuff like tofu boxes and sliced cheese.
I've run it through the dishwasher plenty of times; this works for me since I never use the heat-dry function, which might warp the plastic; I use cool dry overnight for all my dishes.
There's definitely something to the suggestion from another reviewer to always keep the filter wet (i.e. keep the tank filled instead of half-full); If the filter dries out it takes twice as long to fill the tank and may not work as well.
I buy my filters in 3-packs from Amazon at a discount which I combine with other orders to avoid shipping costs, so the maintenance cost is pretty minimal.
Overall it's been a good product for me; I drink much less bad stuff, particularly in the summer. I'll give the fifth star when Brita figures out how to make the spout easier to remove for cleaning.
An alternative to all of those bottles of water August 14, 2008
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I have been using a Brita pitcher for about a year. I was happy with it, to a degree, but I wanted something with a greater capacity. I live by myself and still I found that I was going through a half of a dozen bottles of "spring" water a day before I got my first Brita. However, it only gave me a coupe of glasses before I had to refill it which meant the the next glass might not be as well chilled.
With the Brita Ultramax I can get about a whole day's worth of water before I need to refill it. Because I still have my original pitcher I use it to fill up the Ultramax (it's just easier that way, plus, it's now double-filtered). I still wish that it was bigger but it does the job and I have not had a problem with mold or anything like that. It is a great alternative to adding more and more plastic bottles to the landfill each day.
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