I bought a 2nd-hand Brita water pitcher that looks like that in the pic. It has a spinning plastic mechanism that mates with the cartridge. I have another Brita pitcher that is almost identical but it does not have the spinning mechanism. The pinning plastic bit block water when at rest. Water can only plass when a filter is inserted because a genuine “Brita”™ filter has a grooved cylinder that forces the plastic to spin ~45° and unblock the outlet.
The affordable generic Brita knock-off filters lack the grooved cylinder, so they are incompatible with one of my pitchers.
I’m not sure this is a crappy design. It seems to not be documented (according to my attempt at searching). Is there a sensible reason for having the spinning mechanism? It cannot be to fuck with the generic cartridge producers because it seems Brita abandoned that design themselves.
4 Comments
Redfox8@mander.xyz · 2 pts · 2d
When I had one there was no spinny bit so can't help. But will say that a built-in system is much cheaper, zero faff and much less waste!
activistPnk@slrpnk.net · 1 pts · 2d
Not sure what you mean by built-in system. Is that like a whole house installation?
Redfox8@mander.xyz · 2 pts · 2d
I'm not aware of whole house systems as you only generally take drinking water from the kitchen taps, so you can either fit a side tap like linked or one that feeds into the main sink tap. You only need to change the filter each 6-12 months. I've found it far less FAFF than a jug. It is a little slow compared to the main tap but it's an acceptable a trade off.
https://www.wickes.co.uk/BWT-Inline-Drinking-Water-Filter-Kit/p/149680
Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 2d
Never seen that, that’s super shitty! I’ve got three brands of filters including a brita, but none of them have weird ass water DRM. I will make sure to not purchase anything Brita if they’re doing things like this.