Here’s Why Everyone Needs a BRITA Flow Water Filter Tank
We’ve been testing out the BRITA Flow water filter tank for the past month in order to really put it through its paces. This is a stylish, large capacity design (5.2 L filtered and 8.2 L total capacity). It’s also dishwasher safe (except the lid). It has a super convenient dispense tap and a sliding lid for easy refilling.
We love the electronic memo reminder that notifies you when to replace the filter cartridge.
It takes a MAXTRA+ filter cartridge and these are said to last around a month. Now, I personally drink an absolute ton of water and we as a family have been testing this out for the past month and the cartridge is still only halfway used. So, I’m really happy with that. I think one of the things that holds people back when investing in a water filter. Is that they’re concerned that the cartridges will be super expensive and they’ll be having to change them every week. Which of course adds up. Rest assured that this one is very economical. We as a household go through at least this entire tank of filtered water a day, sometimes more.
Micro carbon pearls reduce chlorine and organic impurities which affect taste and odour of food and drink.
The Ion exchange pearls reduce limescale and metals protecting kettles and enhancing flavour and aroma of tea and coffee. Now, this is incredible. I’m ashamed to say it, but when we were previously using a water filter jug I’d never considered using filtered water in the kettle before. But, now that we have more filtered water than we know what to do with, I tried it. And let me tell you, I’m never going back. Tea tastes so much better with this thing, it’s incredible.
Admittedly, despite having many people in my life tell me it’s impossible, I’m one of those people that can taste the difference between tap water, filtered water and mineral water. Probably because I drink so much of it. If you only drank diet coke all day, everyday and replaced it with an economy version, I bet you’d be able to taste the difference.
After a couple of days of using this. I instinctively went to the ordinary kitchen tap to fill my glass and I noticed for the first time that the tap water had a definite chloriney, chemically scent to it. Which I simply had not noticed before we started testing out this filter. Probably because I’d just become accustomed to living in a hard water area.
So, for sure, we as a family will be happily sticking with the BRITA tank for the foreseeable.
The product dimensions are 21.7 x 30.7 x 22.4 cm. It might be a squeeze but I think you should be able to fit it on a shelf in most refrigerators. If not however, it wouldn’t look out of place on a kitchen counter and I know that a few of our friends do store them this way too.
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Keep the water in the fridge as a cold drink is more refreshing
cold in fridge, or add some flavouring
Always have a bottle with you – serve with meals – serve straight from the fridge – love water
Don’t wait until your thirsty to drink water, as thirst is your body’s way of telling you you’ve let yourself get dehydrated from not drinking enough.
I often add a little sugar free cordial, and I have decaf coffee, so the caffiene doesn’t dehydrate me! xx
Lots of good points raised in the article and in the comments. I shall stop buy bottled water and start drinking from my Brita Jug instead of just using it for the kettle. Thanks.
A dermatologist told me to have one glass of water for every alcoholic drink! Fun way to drink more? Seriously, having a glass before eac( meal is my tip.
Set alarms on your phone daily to remind you to drink water.
These are great if like myself cannot drink tap water due to the chlorine taste!
I’ve got an alarm set so i make sure i drink enough or i end up getting headaches if i don’t have enough
having a bottle that tells you the times on it and how much you should have drank by then helps
As I am on diuretics I drink a lot of water; I don’t know why but fizzy water seems far better at quenching thirst compared to still water.
Use an app on your phone as a reminder
Total agreement from me that water tastes different if it’s not filtered! I can’t stand the taste of tap water. It even tastes worse some places than others but I’ve yet to find a tap anywhere that I find the water drinkable without filtering it.
Get a decent water bottle to carry around with you
How about setting a reminder on your phone or Alexa reminders on a two hourly basis?
I have a large tumbler with times on the side and I try to make sure I drink the allocated amount of water by the times marked on the bottle.
I love my water helps me keep hydrated and helps you loose weight on a diet I at least drink 2ltrs a day
I dont drink enough water but I’ve been thinking about getting a bottle from amazon that has marks along the bottle to show you how much water you should have drunk by a certain time. It’s designed to help you drink so much water each hour so the recommended amount of water can be spread out throughout the day.
I now routinely have a glass of water on waking up, before a coffee. Its good for you too to cleanse and flush the toxins. I can’t do without my coffee, but this is helpful for drinking that extra glass of water,
Well I drink low sugar flavoured water which makes it much easier!
I like a hot cup of water with a slice of lemon in it to wake me up first thing in the morning
I don’t need a way to make me drink more water as I am on diuretics and, hence, constantly very thirsty. For me at least, fizzy water is far better at quenching thirst; I have no idea why!
dont force yourself or it will feel like a chore… it gets easier when you get into a routine
I swap to sparkling in the evening. It just feels quite celebratory!
When you feel like a cup of tea or glass of w8ne, have a water first
Ring the changes….add cucumber for refreshing taste or squeeze of lime for something zesty!
get a good quality water bottle, if you don’t like water try the ones you can put fruit in x
Once I got into the habit I found that I actually drank more as I was enjoy8ng the water more than my usual beverage vices.
I use a strategy of putting bottles of water everywhere I am likely to spend any time. No excuse of “out of sight out of mind” here!
Jazz up the water with flavours. A different one each day will get you thinking about it more and remembering to drink it. I like cucumber in my water. Put it in overnight.
Build a glass of water into your daily routine…combine it with things you do regularly, like drink a glass while waiting for your toast to pop/kettle to boil.
Keep a jug of water in the fridge – that way you will see it everytime you open the door.
I drink from 2 x litre bottles so I make sure I drink both of them each day
I keep a glass of water on my desk, it disappears so quickly
Keep a bottle by my bed, so you start drinking as soon as you wake up
Set a phone reminder for every 2 hours.
Always have a glass of water nearby 🙂
I use an app on my phone to remind me and track intake
I always have a bottle of water with me when I go out, has I find that I don’t drink enough if I am out
I take my bottle with me and it has time prints on there
I buy the 500ml bottles of water keep them in fridge so nice a cool i sometimes add juice or make a cold fusion
Always keep bottles of water in the fridge, always take one when leaving the house and always keep a bottle next to my bed and make sure it’s my first drink of the day
Having those marked bottles are a brilliant way of keeping track!
I tend to carry water around with me in a bottle all day
Take a bottle of water with you everywhere.
I don’t like drinking water much so I add a slice of lemon or lime to give it some flavour and vitamin C goodness x