Too tall, instead of fat, so you can't get it under the tap without contaminating the pitcher bottom from your kitchen sink (usually the germiest place in any kitchen).Lid-opening button is in a concave area where water sloshes, so unless you wash your hands each time you fill, you're putting germs in with each refill and slosh.Didn't I buy this to get germs out of water, not put them in!You can't pour from it while it's filtering, like my old first-generation Brita.After 2 months the white insert that holds the filter got VERY stuck in the pitcher. No obvious tool would get it out. My choices: make an L-shaped tool to remove it or return the pitcher. I returned it.I miss my original Brita pitcher!