Mavea - Review & Giveaway

Water....

Fresh, Clean, Clear... My very favorite drink is a tall glass of  Ice Cold water.  But, most tap water just doesn't taste the way I think water should taste...it tastes...well...kinda gross.

My home is tied to the community water supply and the taste of chemicals stands out when you down a glass of my tap water.  Even when kept cold in the fridge, you can still taste the chlorine.  When we first moved in, (coming from a house with a well) we were buying 4L bottles of water from the grocery store.  The cost .99 cents each, and came with a plastic bottle that then needed to be disposed of...though recycled, it still is unnecessary.

Shortly after we decided that buying water for drinking wasn't realistic, I started taking those bottles I had aquired to my mother's and filling them up with her well water.  And though that did that wasn't a bad idea, I would run out at times, especially while I was hugely pregnant last summer and consuming close to 4L a day...yeah, that's a lot of water.

It was getting frustrating just how often I was filling up and lugging bottles of water around.  Almost seemed like an endless cycle, and I often wondered how many times I could do this without the plastic bottles breaking down and leaching some crazy chemicals into my water.

The answer for me was a water filtration system.  I was thrilled when Mavea agreed to be a part of the Everything Kitchen event here on A Busy Mommy.  Since water is used daily in just about every home in Canada and the US...it's something we all relate to.

Did you know that the quality of the water that your using in your recipes can dramatically change the flavor of the out come?  Try it sometime!  Make a pie crust or pizza crust using regular tap water, then make another with water filtered through a system like Mavea...I noticed a difference when I did it! I even notice it in my Coffee.  My Tassimo Coffee maker comes with its own Mavea Filtration System and when it's time to change the filter I don't need a reminder, I can taste it in the coffee.  (I only just realized the connection between the two products the other day)

I've been using the Mavea Elemaris Water Pitcher now for about a month and a half.  And does it ever make a difference.  It has some really nice features to it that some other popular water filter pitchers don't have.  The first I want to point out is it's size.  It's slim design allows it to fit on the shelves of the fridge door.  You also do not have to remove the cover to fill it up.  It has a place in the lid specifically for pouring your water in, directly from the tap.  But the best feature, in my opinion anyway is that you do not have to soak the filter...just give it a rinse and pop it in...within seconds you'll be drinking great tasting water.  Below is a little bit of information about the Filtration System Mavea features...

MAVEA MAXTRA

MAVEA water filter cartridge with unique MAVEA MAXTRA filtration technology provides cleaner, great-tasting filtered water.

MAVEA water filter cartridge reduces:

• Chlorine taste and odor and limescale for a great taste of hot and cold drinks,
• Contaminants such as:
• metals (like cadmium, copper, mercury),
• organic impurities (such as benzene, MTBE and tetrchloroethylene)
• pesticides (e.g atrazine or simazine) for your well being.

MAVEA water filter cartridge prolongs the lifetime of your domestic appliance by reducing limescale-build* up.

*Limescale reduction certified in internal tests, not certified by WQA

Have you ever had a filtration pitcher and when it came time to change the filter wondered what to do with it?  Most of us would just throw in into the recycle bin and forget about it...At Mavea they want them back  You can drop them off at participating store locations or send them back to Mavea....they'll even pay the postage!

Buy It!

You can purchase both the Mavea Pitcher and the replacement filters on Amazon.com

Win It!

I have the opportunity to give one of these awesome Mavea Elemaris Pitchers to one of you ever so lucky readers!

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The Fine Print

Contest ends on March 28th at 11:59 EST.  Contest is open to Canadian and US Residents.  Winner will be chosen using Random.org and contacted by email.  Be sure to leave a valid email address in your entries...If I can't contact you, you can't win. 

Disclaimer: I received a mavea water pitcher at no charge for the purpose of this review.  All opinions are my own and 100% honest.  Individual results may vary.

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