Customer Reviews

Brita 42201 On Tap Filtration System, White

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3 star:		(17)
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I don't know what it is about this product, but it just does not hold up at all. Actually, I do know what it is: cheaply made.

When it works, it works great. There is nothing like having fresh water at the tap without having to refill a pitcher every day. But it won't take long for you to realize that this device isn't made for the long term.

Within months of owning small leaks start to occur around the device. Shortly after those appear, the leaks worsen and will actually run into the water you are wanting to filter.

After spending over $100 on 3 replacements and how ever many replacement filters, I have learned my lesson the hard way on this product.

You really do get what you pay for in this product.

The plastic connector to the faucet is weak. It lost tightness within 3 months and started leaking. When I tried to tighten it, the internal plastic connector broke completely. Turns out there are only 2 small pieces of plastic connecting the two. Very bad engineering. Try something else.

I'm convenience-oriented. Having upgraded from the Brita pitcher, to the multi-gallon unit, and then getting the Faucet Filter I was excited for an improved Brita medium. Finally! No more soaking the filters, washing the container, refilling the container. Xanadu had arrived. The Faucet Filter worked superbly for 3 weeks, and then without warning its flow rate dropped to 1/10th the speed of a meandering trickle in January going uphill with a wind in its face. And yet the little green blinker indicated everything was a-ok. What I call the "Automated Water Filter Useless Light", or AWFUL, showed thumbs-up. So I timed it, because I am a [curious person] who does things like quantify product dissatisfaction. From the 2-gallon Brita UltraMax dispenser it took 32 seconds of joy to fill a 1 quart container to the brim. Yet, the same size jug from the faucet Brita took 2 minutes, 3 seconds. When you watch a tablespoon or cup of water drip to completeness it is as if your life is wasting before your eyes.

Using this product is not unlike being stuck in gridlock, only less pleasurable.

leaked like a river and lame plastic threads stripped out immediately.
The PUR Ulitmate works perfectly first time. I'd recommend getting that instead.

I bought this filter because I was tired of having tons of plastic water bottles to recycle(not to mention the environmental effects of buying bottled water). Within 2 days the filter fell right off of the tap while in use, I re-fastened it and it kept falling off. Eventually the plastic threaded fastener became completely stripped and the filter would no longer fasten on at all. At this point I sent an angry email to Brita and began to dwell on 30.00 wasted(I'm a student..). BUT I decided to see if I could find a replacement fastener piece at the hardware store, I found a QUALITY metal one(2.00) that was the same size as the cheaply made plastic original. Put the filter back on using the new metal fastener and it hasn't leaked or fallen off since and it's been about 3 months. Long story short...IF YOU BUY THIS FILTER INVEST IN A 2 DOLLAR METAL THREADED FASTENER, WHICH ANY HARDWARE STORE HAS IN THE PLUMBING DEPARTMENT.

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I'm so p... angry at this faucet I made a video to show how awful it is. I've had several over the years and they keep breaking for no apparent reason. When I bought the first one, I was worried about not being able to replace the battery. Not to worry, because they won't even last long enough for the battery to wear out! You can't even take it apart to fix it. I swore I would never buy this brand again. It is poorly constructed with cheap plastic. Instead, I bought the Culligan faucet filter. On the plus side, the water does taste good.

My unit was only 6 months old when it started to leak like crazy. No matter what I did I was not able to control the leak. I am not buying a new filter system from Brita. Don't spend your money on this system.

The filter cartridge works and the water tastes fresh without odor. However, The LED indicator dies after six months. Now I just have to taste the water to judge whether the cartridge needs replacement or not.

Worked great for about 3 weeks, then the flow got painfully slow. It was literally filling our water pitcher drop by drop by the time we hit 4 weeks. The unit itself seemed be fine, when I removed the filter and turned on the tap, the water sprayed out the appropriate hole fine. We were told by Brita customer service that the filter probably got loaded down with particles that it filtered out of the water, so we changed the filter after 1 month. Now about 2 weeks later, we're starting to see the slow down again and we don't have heavy tap water. The system is good, but the filters aren't and it would be way too expensive to have to replace them every month. I never had that problem with the pitcher!

After 9 months of reasonably good service, the entire faucet apparatus started leaking and becamse unusable. The leaking water came out of the plastic seams on the sides of the device, to it definitely appears to be faulty construction.

The most annoying thing is that I just bought some 3 replacement cartridges for the unit... which is now useless. What a waste of money. I'm looking for a better alternative.