This jug filters the water and provides a good quality filtered end product. However, if you don’t fill the jug with exactly the right water pressure, the little cover pops up and sends water cascading down the handle - wetting you and then dripping off the handle on to your surface. The hollow handle also seems to hold water, so even when you have wiped up, more drips occur. Also, I don’t like the pour. It’s quite a wide pour, so you have to hold it high over narrow vessels. There is a hinged cover over the spout, mine often sticks, so when you pour, the stream comes out as a flat, wide mess.