I have no idea what the other reviewers are talking about. They produce very tasty water and completely remove a ton of chlorine and other "cleansing" elements from the waterworks. I have to disagree with the others, they work and the only downside is they don't filter the water right away but that shows it's a thorough process. PUR products are definitely better than Brita, I've been using mine for over 3 years and only replace these. UPDATE: I now know what others are talking about. Something happened to their quality. I've ordered them in the past and haven't had to wait days for the water to be filtered. I cannot currently recommend PUR until they figure out how to get them back to where they were with these filters.