Product review (3 stars): Nice filter that works with almost any container, bad pitcher
We mostly buy bottled water or when available fill our water bottles at the machines in front of grocery stores.  Occasionally when we're running a bit low and I want to make a pitcher of iced tea I'll use tap water so we still have water.  Every time I do I think of all of the current news stories involving dangerous or even poisonous tap water. I figured a filter, any filter, can only help.  The fact that this comes with a pitcher and a filter that can be used with the pitcher or with almost anything else you have in the house was a bonus.

The pitcher is a serious disappointment to me.  If  were rating it alone, it'd get 1 star. The spout that closes for pouring has a gap in that allows water to pour out even when closed -- though it doesn't snap closed so if you bump the pitcher a little the spout flaps all around.  The plastic feels cheap.  It really need a different lid that doesn't pop off so easily.  That's the bad.

The good is the filter itself is easy to use.  It can be used in almost any pitcher or bottle you have at home.  In fact If it's possible, I'd recommend buying the filter section without the pitcher.  It has markings so you can see what month you starting using the filter.  Although you CAN filter water fast, if you're not fond of wasting water I'd actually do it at a slower steady stream as the filter itself does not hold a lot of water so a lot of water is literally going down the drain as it pours out over the filter.  At a slower pace I filled the pitched quite a bit slower but wasted a lot less.

In the end, I'd recommend the filter itself but not the pitcher.