<p>OK - So I bought a Britta pitcher to see how it works before August. It seems like it doesn't do anything. Am I doing something wrong or are my expectations too high?</p>
<p>My dorm has disgusting water, I mean just awful. The britta pitcher that I have removes all the nastiness from the water.</p>
<p>make sure you put the filter in correctly so the water goes through the filter and not just around it.</p>
<p>Brita pitchers do work… you might have to run water through the filter a couple times at the beginning. I will drink lots of different water, but I prefer the filtered water. I have drank yellow water, brown water, milky water, water that leaves a layer of sediment on the bottom of a gallon jug, etc… from various parts of the country.</p>
<p>Brita water tastes excellent to me. Tap water does include “beneficial” chemicals though, but (IMO) they make it taste funny. I also think the different bottled water brands have distinct tastes. I don’t like Dasani water.</p>