Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

You'd think water pitchers would be a solved problem. Perhaps they are, but Brita endeavors to iterate on that solution. Of course, as has become typical of the produce of this age, that iteration is not to our benefit, but to theirs. The driving principle behind this product is clearly designed obsolescence. Specifically, the lid that goes on top is only held on by friction between a thin layer of plastic on the lid and the pitcher body itself. You have to more or less bend that thin plastic liner to force/pop the lid on and off of the pitcher to refill it. Not only is this actually considerably difficult relative to what it should be for a task you have to do so often (fill up your water pitcher...), but it's obvious that it will eventually lead to material fatigue of the lid. The lid will break and lose its stay attached of its own accord and needlessly leave you with yet another useless hunk of plastic to throw into the sea. I find it particularly insulting that a Brita was not sufficiently pleased with the legitimate selling of replacement filters, but also felt the need to design their products not last any meaningful amount of time. When this breaks, or when the filter expires, I'll replace it with some other brand, not that I have much hope anything else will be much better.