Rating: - Not Worth the Price Anymore?
As many others have mentioned, this new filter model replaces the original, which had bright orange indicators to allow consumers to track the filter's usage. The new model is supposed to be disposed of every two months like clockwork, whether or not it's exhausted.

The problem with that? Not all of us use Pur's average of 20 gallons a month. My average is closer to 8-9 gallons a month. So the bottom line for me is that I'm now expected to pay more than double what I used to for these filters! That's ridiculous.

As for the quality, I'm not that impressed. I have no idea whether the filters truly do their job or not. I live in a city with highly chlorinated water, and I can tell you that the chlorine taste is very much present after filtration, so I can only hope that the filter is working properly otherwise.

I hope that Pur will listen to the consumers' wishes and reinstate the original filter design. This obvious ploy to indirectly double their revenue does not sit well with me.

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Rating: - Over Priced & Barely Does The Job! 2.5 Stars - Customer Support is Lousy!
Updated April 2008 -

* Pro's - You can find them just about everywhere, it can compete with Brita.
Filters are easy to load.
Blue/Clear/Grey colored pitchers look nice and come in different sizes.

* Con's - Filters are Over-Priced & Over-Marketed on how good they are!
Filters do not PERFORM as marketed, especially in 'hard-water' area's!
Filters have to be "prepped first", before you can use them properly, so make sure that
you have a gallon of store-bought filtered H2O on-hand, to any prevent contamination.
Filters ONLY do not last more than 20 days in Hard-Water area's.
Filters no longer have the 'Use Indicator' on the top, I believe that Pur made this move,
in order to spend less on the filters.
Pitchers start looking "corroded" after 6-months of use.
Customer Support is non-existent.

First of all, we live in a "Hard-Water" environment and I'm talking about City water! This Pur 2 stage pitcher works fine & better than some of the other ones, and believe me we have used all of them.
The MAIN PROBLEM that we have been experiencing is NOT so much with the
plastic pitchers, but it's the Pur 2-stage FILTERS ... They don't work very well in 'hard-water area's' period!
They Only last not more than 20 days for just common things like making coffee every am or filling up the tea kettle or for just making a pitcher of sun tea! It's ridiculous that these 'Plug-In type' of filters not only don't last the referenced 60 to 90 days as per literature, but it's only a Stage-2 water filter, instead of a Stage-3 or 4 even!
And Yes, we have tried Brita & Honeywell too!
We don't even use this water for drinking purposes, we all use bottled H20.
For the high cost that we all pay per filter, we should be getting a better product, instead of one where PUR has been cutting corners.
I have Contacted PUR corp multiple times all thru 2006 & 2007, and GUESS what Folks? Yep, they have NEVER responded to any of my inquiry's!!!!
We would be interested to know if there are any Alternatives or solutions
that someone else would like to recommend please!

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Rating: - so far so good
I bought the Pur water dispenser and the filter catridges last november and I am happy with Pur. The con is one has keep tab when the catridge needs to be changed based on the sticker on the that comes with the catridge. I will recommend this. They claim to do a better job than Brita.

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Rating: - pur pitcher filter
The current pur pitcher filters work well, but don't last as long as those that had the marker that let you know when the filters had been totally used up.

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Rating: - New filter design doesn't work with older water dispensers
This filter doesn't fit properly with my Pur Water Dispenser DS-1800--water stops up at the top instead of filtering to the bottom. I thought I had ordered the wrong filter since it didn't work properly and didn't have the orange indicator tab at the top.

However, it turns out this is Pur's new design--it's "supposed" to fit and filter properly. And instead of the indicator tab, Pur includes stickers to put on the kitchen calendar so the consumer will know when to replace the filter. But I much prefer the orange indicator tab where I could actually see when it's time to replace the filter rather then guesstimate and replace a filter too soon.

Regardless the sticker indicator feature is moot, since the filter doesn't actually fit or filter properly.

I love my Pur water dispenser DS-1800--with the previous filter design, I better tasting water than most bottled water or Brita. Now, like other reviewers, I may have to switch if I can't even buy a Pur filter that actually fits.