bit-tech Shopping: Pur Pitcher Oval 2 Stage Pitcher

Rating: 10

Time with product: 4

Strengths: nice look, enough volume

Weaknesses: n/a

Summary: I ordered this one so that I can have another one used in my office. I had one in my home for 4 years, and it works great. It's good for everyday use, and the price is reasonable.

Rating: 8

Time with product: 4 Years

Strengths: Very good at what it's designed to do: remove contaminants/impurities from water. Pur does a better job than Brita filters.

Weaknesses: Filters are expensive. Each filter runs about $7-$9 depending on the store and whether you buy in bulk. Once in a while I also get a "bad" filter which clogs after just a week or two of use.

Summary: I recently bought a 2nd Pur pitcher which I took with me to Japan while on assigment. The water in that location smells strongly of chlorine and the Pur filter did a really fantastic job of removing the odor.I used to use Brita, but after trying Pur I've never wanted to go back to Brita.