I absolutely love this design. We have a family of 5, and we go through water like it's going out of style. Good for our bodies, but after a while it adds up money wise for bottled water and recycling. This basically pays for itself. It sits very nice against our upper fridge wall, and the nozzle isn't too long or short. Filtered water completely within I want to say a full half hour, give or take some minutes, but it was fairly quick. Refilling is never too much of a hassle, just requires pulling it out and putting it back in. Filter definitely makes a difference. We have high chlorine in our city water and tap I wouldn't trust to bird even around here, so giving anyone and anything great cold, CLEAN water, is a blessing all its own. I definitely recommend this to anyone with water issues in the city, you can definitely taste and see a difference.