Oh no James. I recently purchased a Brita pitcher at Costco and it
comes with an electronic filter changer indicator.

Look at the Brita WEB site and you will find a bunch of models with
the indicators. See the little window boxes on the top of the lids.

http://staging.sftribalddb.com/brita/index_us.html
you may have to click on "Products"

If that URL doesn't work for you just go to
http://www.brita.net/#
and navigate through till you reach the Products


Gary Hayman
Greenbelt, Maryland

On Jul 2, 10:47 am, "James Silverton" >
wrote:
> wrote on Mon, 02 Jul 2007 14:35:15 -0000:
>

>
> I have used a Brita pitcher for more than 10 years for drinking
> water and making coffee. I keep it in the fridge and it's
> certainly an improvement over local tap water. The coldness may
> be part of the better taste but the chlorinated water from the
> Potomac river is pretty bad at room temperature.The only
> drawback is a lack of an indicator for replacement of the carbon
> filter. Brita has tried a few devices but they can't have been
> too successful since they no longer supply them.
>
> James Silverton
> Potomac, Maryland
>
> E-mail, with obvious alterations:
> not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not