I wanted a larger pitcher for the fridge that was easy to use and refill. This worked great the first month that we had it and it was super convenient to have cold clean water whenever we wanted. But after that period of time, it started draining into the bottom slower and slower, then eventually half of the water we poured in would just sit there in the top portion and never drain. We replaced the filters per instructions and still had this issue. Not sure whether it's the actual unit or the filters don't last long but I think we will stick with the simpler pitchers in the future.