One can just as well use the water filter from Brita with the cartridges from the DM while saving a pile of coal. 3 cartridges cost at DM No 10 and also hold 1 each month, so you have a total of three months it. This is much cheaper and works just like the built-in filter for the machine. There is, finally, only activated charcoal in it. So really stupid when the purchases here.