Anyone who believes that he can achieve a corresponding the individual use use of filter cartridges, as the most expensive part in the use of such a water filter, with the Brita meters of relatively expensive water filter Elemaris of Brita, should rather take some of the Elemaris distance. With my Singlehaushalt I did not meet the durschnittlichen use a water filter. Since the filter cartridges per year can easily cost more than the water filter per se, I was impressed about the advertised value of Brita meter. Now I realized that in front of my 14 day vacation was still the indicator to 75% capacity of the filter and was subsequently sunk without intermediate use of other to zero. Possibly may indicate exhaustion of the filter capacity in a shorter time than 30 days the Brita meter for heavy users of the water filter. For infrequent users of the water filter is the Brita Meter waste of money, as manufacturers recommendation of changing the cartridge every 30 days always occurs earlier than the exhaustion of the filter capacity. The Brita Meter appears primarily to be a clock that when you insert a new filter cartridge, 30 days after reset counts down. The less expensive models can Brita all well and therefore to favor the expensive water filter with the so "great" Brita meter.