It was recommended by a friend. I love it! Now the water tastes good. The only negative point is the part where water comes out in the front is not covered they should improve this.

I started learning more about the body and why the quality of water we put in our body is so import. I decided to get the "1 Brita Everyday Water Filter Pitcher, 10 Cup" for a first step and later move to a Berkey. Before, my water tasted like something terribly went wrong. I heated up the water on the stove to make coffee and it just tasted toxic. I could drink my own water and had to buy water gallons at the store. I eagerly ran through the instructions and set it all up. You have to dump the first three pitchers or water your plants with it. I remember the first filter I had. I freaked out about the charcoal color (I didn't know much then). Long story short, the water was very good. I even tested heating it up on the stove to make coffee. The coffee was excellent. This was an excellent buy. I'm also happy that I don't have to trash gallon jugs all of the time, nor do I have to carry full ones into the house.