I’ve been buying Brita filter jugs for 20 years, maybe more! The Elemaris XL is the right size, even when there’s only 2 people. Annoyances are the: The little spout flap doesn’t pour cleanly and gets broken off and you can’t get a replacement easily. The timer will die all of a sudden sometimes after only a few months. I live in a hard water area and there is build up of scale that is really hard to get rid of, it is mainly around the top edge, where the lid is seated into the jug itself and then what happens, after time, it gets really hard to take the jug apart to put it in the dishwasher to clean. Often have to use Viakil to clean it. Hope this helps.