Amazon.com: Customer reviews: Black + Blum Eau Good Water Bottle with Charcoal Filter | Filter Water Using Traditional Japanese Binchotan Charcoal, Leak Proof BPA Free Bottle, Blue, 800ml / 27oz

Reviewed in the United States on January 4, 2015

I have a lot of requirements in a water bottle. I'm in wheelchair due to a muscle disease and am very weak. I was looking for a bottle that had contours making it easy to grip (similar to my beloved Nestle Pure Life bottles) with poor dexterity and finger muscles. I also wanted an opening that I could easily drink out of because I have difficulty with sports tops--I can't squeeze bottles hard enough nor can I tip my head back far and suck hard. I found this bottle by googling different things and it's an added bonus that it has a filter (the water tastes GREAT) and is beautiful. I'm a 30-year-old woman and I'll be the first to admit that I like my things to look pretty. The ONLY thing that I would change is to make the bottom small enough to fit into a cup holder. But I love the way I can grip the bottle, so if the bottom has to be giant to accomplish that, I can deal with it.

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chloe

definitely sweet

Reviewed in the United States on February 4, 2014

Color: BlueVerified Purchase

This is a really cool water bottle and i've definitely gotten a lot of compliments on it. i have even gotten an interview because they wanted to know about my water bottle first. great conversation starter for sure. and the charcoal is great. tastes great, looks great, great packaging. there are a few pieces that flake off (as expected) but it doesnt bother me one bit. and even the fact that it takes at least an hour to work... i thought it was going to bother me but it doesnt at all. im generally sipping water throughout the whole day and an hr isnt as long as it sounds, let me tell you. not to mention i fill it up every night before i go to bed and its ready the next morning.
there are just a couuuuple things i dont like about it. although i understand its necessary for the bottle to flexible to put and keep the piece of charcoal in place, its a bit... thin.
Its sturdy, yeah but i feel like if i dropped it it might crack and id be extra bummed. the other problem is i love putting my waterbottle on my carabiners and there is absolutely no way to hook it onto anything. the metal top is used to hold the cork in place so unless it came with a holdster there is no way to carry it other than to throw it in a bag or hold it.

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K Reviews

Exactly what I needed

Reviewed in the United States on October 16, 2013

Color: BlueVerified Purchase

I needed a plastic bottle to carry water. This fits the bill. I like that it is BPA free and that it comes with it's own filter. I get the best results when I fill it and leave it in the fridge overnight because then the water tastes nice and clean the next day. Plus, it looks really cool. I really found the little ribbon thingie to be very handy, because the bottle doesn't fit in my lunch box, so I can just loop it over a finger. The only downside is that I endlessly receive gross, pervy, etc. comments about the filter from my smartaleck friends. Luckily I don't care what those fools think. I have begun to wonder if carrying this makes me a hipster, though.

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D.A.S.

Cheap plastic; top doesn't stay on; bottom too fat for cup holders; etc.

Reviewed in the United States on September 25, 2014

Color: BlueVerified Purchase

Cheap plastic that scratches easily, the top doesn't stay on and so it spills all the time, the bottom is too wide to fit into the regular car cup holders, impossible to put the filter into its place, the opening is too small for ice. It's attractive though, but I ended up returning mine for reasons described.

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Olivia

This water bottle is great aesthetically, fun to have

Reviewed in the United States on July 31, 2015

Color: BlueVerified Purchase

This water bottle is great aesthetically, fun to have, and really does make the water have a nice taste to it. However, be prepared for the charcoal to bounce around in the water bottle-- the stopper for it is unreachable so you won't be able to secure the charcoal in place.

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gvan

Makes Tapwater Taste Like Bottled

Reviewed in the United States on February 27, 2013

Color: BlueVerified Purchase

I really like this product. The bottle is very sturdy; although I have not dropped it yet, I think if I did, it would not crack. The charcoal was rather difficult for me to wrestle into its 'nook', but once settled, it stays put. I do like that there is a bump in the bottle for the charcoal to stay secured. I run clean tapwater into it and let it sit for a while before drinking. It tastes so fresh and has no smell like regular tapwater often does. I do drink a lot of water each day, so find myself refilling the bottle a lot, so I wonder if there is a larger pitcher type product available. That would be nice. The only concern I have is that cleaning is a bit difficult. The instructions forbid using soap, as this would likely ruin the charcoal. I suppose a person could remove the charcoal and then rinse the entire bottle with soapy water. I very carefully wash the rim where my lips touch with a soapy towel and then rinse with very hot water. The bottle stopper is made of cork and rubber, so it can be washed with soap and water. The packaging came flat with the option to fold it into a box to present the bottle as a gift to someone, and the packaging is recyclable and compostable. The charcoal can be recharged after 3 months, then after an other three months it can be recycled. I think this is a great alternative to buying bottled waters.

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why listen to me

filter is great; bottle not so much

Reviewed in the United States on May 2, 2014

Color: BlueVerified Purchase

I really wanted to like this bottle. It is gorgeous and I was looking for a solid charcoal filter system because my brita had started to taste 'off' to me. I also really didn't like the look of the first few pitchers being gray and having to be thrown out after a filter change, so I got in the bad habit of never changing it. I bought two of these bottles, one for me and one for my boyfriend, who drinks a pitcher of brita water a day. One bottle was pristine, the other was really scuffed and the metal ring that clamps down the stopper was stretched out and keeps falling out of the bottle. I made do with it because it quickly became apparent that there is no way these bottles can be used 'to go'. Even on the perfect bottle the stopper doesn't get clamped down tight enough to throw in a bag, and the bottles themselves are too big for car cup holders. I don't have an issue with the filter stick fitting into it's slot like some others... it doesn't fit perfectly, but it's tight enough that it only pops out occasionally on either bottle. My biggest issue is the smell both cork stoppers have slowly built up. I admit I'm not the most sterile person in the world, but I'm also not the first to let a bag of spinach get away from me in the crisper drawer. These corks reek of refrigerator funk that will just not go away. I finally had to soak them overnight in vinegar and let them dry in the sun. Two days later it is back (and fridge is super clean). It's just a lot of work for a water bottle. A water bottle that can't leave the house, at that. It gets two stars for the filter sticks (which I guess I should review separately, but this bottle comes with one, so here ya go). The sticks themselves are only five bucks, last six months and don't turn your water gray. I am taking the filters out of these black and blum bottles and am on the hunt for a pitcher that they can just float around in. I'm 99% sure it's going to be the Takeya Airtight Pitcher (from amazon), which are cheaper than these, and bigger. To go, I'll just pour the filtered water into a travel bottle just like I used to. If I fill my to go bottle up in the morning and refill the refrigerator pitcher, it'll be ready (8 hrs) by the time I get home from work, and if I replace whatever I drink at night it'll be ready again by the next morning.

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Amanda Madrid

Great water bottle!

Reviewed in the United States on January 2, 2014

Color: BlueVerified Purchase

What a great water bottle. It provides you with approximately 24oz of purified water and all you have to do is fill it up with tap water. you save tons of money on buying water and it's good for the environment. People are also very curious about how it works and the aesthetics of it. It's a pretty bottle. I would recommend buying more than one (1). I have 4 of them and I rotate them as you need to keep the water in the bottle for a few hours in order for it to do its thing. Highly recommend.

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jsbrink

Good, clean looking bottle and helps filter water taste.

Reviewed in the United States on July 22, 2014

Color: BlueVerified Purchase

This unusual water bottle has gained me several compliments. Its sleek, unique, and more aesthetically pleasing than most bottles on the market.

The charcoal does help to filter the water and has helped remove the chemical/chlorine taste in my city's water as well as the ground/well water taste in the the water of a rural town I work in. It does take an hour or two, however, as it works as molecules naturally circulate in the bottle. If you need something to filter quickly, this is not for you.

If you want sometime that filters quicker, the Bobble may be for you. However, I highly prefer this bottle over the Bobble as there is no loud noise during filter. This bottle may take time to filter, but at least I don't draw stares every time I take a sip.

There are a few drawbacks to be aware of. You'll need to remove the charcoal every time you want to properly wash out the bottle, which should be at least once a week. It can be difficult to close the top at times, but this won't be a problem if you're not transporting it frequently. Lastly, with the charcoal in place, the bottle will remain slightly distorted in shape as the charcoal stick will cause one side to extend outward.

Overall, a nice filtering bottle, but know before-hand how it filters and whether that is what you want in a filtering bottle.

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ASDF

this bottle looks great, I like it a good bit

Reviewed in the United States on August 15, 2015

Color: BlueVerified Purchase

First off, this bottle looks great, I like it a good bit, however the charcoal filter is a bit odd. It's hard to get it lodged into place in the bottle, and I'm constantly feeling like it's going to fall out. The stick (it's an actual branch, cut to the right length and turned into charcoal, you can see the knobs and grain) is constantly breaking off small bits of charcoal that float in my water. The cork top is nice, but it would be nicer if I didn't have to set it aside to drink from the bottle. I find myself getting up, walking away with the bottle, then coming back a few minutes later to figure out where I left the top.

The neck is very sturdy plastic, and feels good to drink out of, the body is a bit more flexible, which allows a bit of finagling to get the charcoal lodged into the bottle. I recommend it, I mean, unless your co-workers are going to make fun of you for having a stick in your water, because mine sure do.

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