Customer Reviews

Prodyne Fruit Infusion 93-Ounce Natural Fruit Flavor Pitcher

5 star:		(94)
4 star:		(20)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(6)
1 star:		(7)

 

 

I first saw this pitcher when I was looking for the same thing but with an ice core instead of the infusion core (which just happens to be made by the same company). I thought it was a great concept; and since I'm always looking for ways to add more water to my diet (without having to drink plain old ordinary water), I decided to give it a try. I was immediately hooked!

Here are a couple of things that I've observed:

Distilled water works best.

Depending upon what type of fruit you use in the core, it can take up to two days (or more) to get a really good infusion. Citrus fruits tend to take longer to infuse than berries.

It's a good idea to add water to it each time you pour yourself a glass. Two reasons: first, the newly added water will mix with the already-infused water and will take less time to become flavored. If you wait until the pitcher's mostly empty, it'll take a while to get a good infusion. Second, a smaller amount of "new" water will take less time to chill than if you were to add a whole bunch of new water.

And here's a hint: If you make your own lemonade (from scratch), try using orange-infused water to your lemon juice instead of plain, unflavored water. It adds a wonderful touch of "something" that you can't put your finger on (you KNOW there's something else in the lemonade, but you just can't figure out WHAT).

And, lastly, a suggestion: don't wait for berries to come into season! Just use frozen ones (strawberries, raspberries, mixed berries, etc.) Because they've been frozen, they tend to infuse better than fresh ones. I recently used half a package of frozen raspberries. As they thawed they immediately began to turn the water red and by the time they were completely thawed, I had a lovely shade of red raspberry water. Being a "sweetaholic", I add a packet of stevia (AKA Truvia, but I prefer the Whole Foods brand of stevia) to my raspberry water and it tastes like a healthier version of raspberry Kool-Aid!

Let me start off by saying that I have never reviewed on amazon before, but felt compelled after buying this pitcher. I treat every item I own very delicately (I am a very poor grad student) and yet over time this pitcher (which looks much cheaper in person than in the photo) started to develop spider web cracks all along the bottom. Normally I would let this slide, the functionality is present, but when you spend $20 dollars on a pitcher you would hope it would hold up more than a few weeks. Lastly I originally bought this pitcher on amazon, but have since seen it at marshalls for $7.99.

I got this beautiful pitcher to encourage me to drink more water. It works! I fill this pitcher each evening with tap water and put it in the refrigerator, and by next morning I have tasty, subtly fruity, cool water ready to drink. I then leave it out on the counter during the day, to enjoy the eye candy, and to remind me to drink it. The fruit doesn't have to be changed every day. The instructions say up to a week is okay. I change it every for to five days because I leave it out during the day. So easy to change the fruit, too. Cleaning the pitcher is a breeze. There are no tiny spaces to trap food residue, it is just a pristine clear pitcher to show off your clear water and pretty fruit. I got one for my sister, too, and she loves it. Best of all, the water is great, and so "green". No plastic bottles to recycle, no filters to change and throw away. Just delicious water to enjoy.

We went back and got a second one of these! I love it, we make iced tea in this and put different fruits or mint leaves in the center and it works great. Good looking and it fits nicely in our fridge!

This pitcher is just perfect! I filled it up with oranges the first time (peel off please) and let it sit overnight (it needs it) and had a delightful drink the next morning. Pineapple (fresh or canned) is my favorite next to cucumber. The fruit stays fresh 5 to 7 days. No need for Soba or other bottled, flavored waters.

This used to be a great pitcher. I used it every day and happily drank more water than I previously did. However, after about 3 months of use, it started cracking all over and became unusable.

Would have loved if it was made out of glass. Now I'm looking for a new pitcher...

Whenever I need a break I have cool flavored water ready in my refrigerator. I can change the flavor weekly and have already tried lemon-lime and lime raspberry. This summer I plan to try cucumber & sage and very soon pomegranate. It should be great for fruit infused iced ice and I hope I won't need to add sugar.

My first experience with infused water was a few years ago when I splurged on a weekend at the W Hotel in NYC. Each time I take a drink it seems like a mini vacation. I like this so well I'm giving one a a gift. It has also helped me cut down on soda in my diet.

This pitcher is well made and attractive. The infuser works great and makes it fun and easy to try different fruit/herbcombinations to infuse your iced tea. Make your own tea & fruit beverages - cheaper than buying ready-made, and you have control over the ingredients so you can keep it healthy. I'm glad I bought this!

This product makes it fun to drink more water. There are so many things you can put in the infuser. Try fresh rosemary or lavander or cucumber. The possibilites are endless. It also makes a great table decoration. The flavor infusion is just right, not too strong. I really like flavoring my water this way rather than drinking artificial flavorings.

I had been looking for a way to spice up water so that my household could be enticed to drink more and be healthier and came across this pitcher on Amazon. As silly as this sounds, I'm frankly amazed how the fruit stays fresh as long as it is submerged in water. As other reviewers state, it's important to refill your pitcher as you pour each glass so that the small amount of new water has time to be properly infused. Otherwise, if you wait until the pitcher is empty to refill the water, the water will need a few hours to become fruit flavored.

I've only hand washed this so I can't comment on any issues with running it through a dish washer but since the pitcher consists of only 3 pieces I imagine that it wouldn't be difficult to run it through the DW (especially since it is considered DW safe). I was hoping for a slightly bigger capacity pitcher, however, this pitcher fits perfectly in the shelf of my refrigerator door so I'm happy about that.

I planned on also trying to throw a couple of tea bags into the center cylinder over night to see if it could be used as an iced tea pitcher (or better yet, a fruit infused iced tea masterpiece - Strawberry Ice Tea anyone?!) but the fruit-infused water has been so tasty that I didn't want to mess with it yet.

I would give this 5 stars if the top of the pitcher wasn't as awkward to close.