Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #143 in Kitchen & Housewares
• Brand: Brita Water Filter Systems Ltd
• Model: 104098

Manufacturer's Description

Millions of households already choose BRITA filtered water for cleaner, clearer great tasting drinks; but did you know that BRITA is the only water filter brand to recycle its cartridges.  The UK’s leading water filter company, has teamed up with some of the UK’s biggest retailers to launch a new in-store water filter cartridge-recycling scheme, allowing you to return your cartridges and do your bit for the environment.

Health experts are always reminding us of the benefits of drinking plenty of water to help our bodies stay fit and our minds alert.  Domestic water filters are an ideal way to ensure we enjoy our daily dose.

Although tap water in the UK is perfectly safe, it doesn’t always taste, look or smell as pleasant as we’d like. Chlorine can produce a smell reminiscent of swimming pool water, and the effect can be noticeable not only in drinking water but in hot drinks and food cooked in water. Limescale (temporary hardness) present in hard water can impair the taste of tea and coffee and leave an oily film on the surface, as well as causing scale build up in appliances. Metals such as lead and copper, can also affect the taste of water. BRITA filters reduce these impurities, improving the taste, smell and appearance to give a more enjoyable drinking experience.

BRITA cartridges allow you to benefit from cleaner, clearer, great tasting hot and cold drinks.

Hard water affects many parts of the UK reducing the quality, taste and appearance of our tea and coffee.  As limescale is present in drinking water, it can build up in our appliances and also cause an oily film to appear on the top of your cup of tea.  A BRITA jug or water filter kettle will reduce these impurities giving you cleaner, clearer, great tasting tea and less de-scaling or replacing of your kettle.

Each MAXTRA cartridge delivers up to 150 litres of great tasting BRITA filtered water, so at only 4p per litre its great value for money!

How do i prepare my cartridge?

Remove the protective wrapper (note: cartridge inside wrapper may appear moist, this is simply condensation). Immerse cartridge in cold water and shake to release and air bubbles.  The filter is now ready for use.

Note: as is required for some other water filter cartridges, there is no need to pre-soak the new MAXTRA cartridge.

Cartridge installation

Place the cartridge into the funnel and push downwards until it slots firmly into place. The cartridge should then stay in place if the funnel is turn upside down.

Flushing the Filter

When the new cartridge is installed you will then need to flush two lots of water through the cartridge, These first two fillings are used to flush and prepare the filter cartridge.  now refill the funnel and the system is ready for use.

When do i need to change my cartridge?

To ensure optimum performance you should change you BRITA MAXTRA cartridge on a regular basis every four weeks. Your BRITA Water Filter jug is equipped with and electronic "Memo" to indicate when the cartridge should be exchanged.

Customer Reviews

Super value, brilliant product.
Brita Maxtra Filters are one of the best performing filters IMO (having tried the regular type and Aqua Optima too).

Easy to use, do a great job, and Amazon offers the best prices I have seen. Recommended if you like your water filtered.

SPLENDID PURCHASE
These cartridge filters are not easily obtainable from all retail outlets and the idea of purchasing a whole 12 months' supply in one single package from Amazon co.uk has proved to be a most attractive buy. The MAXTRA cartridges themselves are by far the best type for purification of drinking water straight from the tap, but beware of the lack of recycling facilities for disposal of those which need to be discarded after use.

Good value for money
Buying 12 filters is definately a cheap way of purchasing Brita filters providing you have somewhere to store them. The price was fantastic and delivery very quick.