Cuisinart has introduced the latest in innovative, convenient and affordable ways to providing healthier and cleaner filtered water for families. The CleanWater® Countertop Filtration System is ideal for large families thanks to the 2 gallon water tank system or for the smaller household that doesn’t want to refill the tank frequently. The unit’s GF-80 filter ensures the safety of your family by significantly reducing contaminants such as lead, mercury and copper.
Key Features
- 2 gallon tank capacity
- dispenses hot, cold and room temperature filtered water
- energy saver reduces energy usage by 50%
- child safety lock
- test and certified for the removal of water contaminants – complete report
Our CleanWater Experience
The initial set up process involved soaking the filter, filling the tanks and waiting for the water to filter through and took about an hour and a half. Once that was done, it took another thirty minutes or so for the hot water and cold water tanks to reach the optimal temperatures. During this time my husband and I both noticed a slight buzzing sound but really it likely wouldn’t be noticed unless your kitchen was quiet like ours was at the time. Once the red and blue indicator lights turned on letting us know the hot and cold water tanks were ready for use the buzzing sound faded to complete quiet.
Overall, we are very impressed with the Clean Water System and everyone in the family has their own reasons for loving it.
My husband enjoys just having a glass of cold water with a lemon slice. There’s no need to add ice because there’s a convenient cold water button that dispenses water at 44 degree F. Personally, I love the hot water dispensing because I don’t have to wait for the tap to heat up and microwave it. Instead I can enjoy a hot cup of tea in as little time as it takes the water to fill up the cup.
What We Like
Of all the features as parents our favorite is the hot water safety lock. While our 8 year old son can easily maneuver the button to release hot water, our 2 year cannot. Instead of simply pressing the button like on the room temperature and cold areas you have to life and push to get the hot water.
What We Don’t Like
Filling the upper water tank isn’t as easy as taking the tank to your sink to fill up. You actually have to fill a water pitcher and transfer that water to the tank. If you happen to have low cabinets like we do, the height of the tank makes it difficult to fill with the pitcher.
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The Cuisinart CleanWater System
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I love the hot water feature, great for a quick cup of hot chocolate:)
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Quickly have Hot Water, for nice cup of tea or cocoa and the Child Safety Lock
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I think the ◦Green LED lights up when Energy Saver feature is activated (hot water is off would appeal to us most. we don’t want any burned kids.
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I love the hot water feature!
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I like the two gallon tank because it feels like I’m always refilling the water pitcher for the fridge!
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I love the fact that it can dispense hot (194 degrees F), or cold (44 degrees F) or room temperature water – your choice!
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A first my thought was this would be prefect for my family. I drink a ton of tea my husband LOVES his water cold, and I prefer mine at room temp during the winter. I recently purchased a brita faucet filter, and this seems sooo much more my style. I love that fact that it does hot and cold. My only concern though is since this dispenses hot water, is the plastic BPA free? I would also like to see this hold a little more water being that I have 6 children. While i realize this is not avergae I would like to see it accomidate a little more.
I also love the hot water feature. So convenient!
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The hot water feature would be great for making instant oatmeal!
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I like that it despenses hot and cold water and room temp water too, and it holds a lot of water too thats nice.
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Wow, the fact that it can reduce energy usage by at least 50% is the most appealing feature for my family! That’s awesome!
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The hot water feature is great for tea or instant coffee.
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The feature that I like the most is Home Delivery Water Filter Subscription Service. Now THAT’S a great idea!! I know many times I’ve used a filter way past its prime because I kept forgetting to purchase a new one. This would be one less chore and cleaner water in the long run.
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Quite simply, I’m a voracious tea drinker, and it takes a while to heat up the water to the proper temperature. Having something like this would be a significant time saver so I can get back to the important business of being pompous and wearing monocles
I love that it has 3 temperature settings!
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I love the fact that it is energy efficient – it reduces energy usage by more than 50%. Our household is slowly trying to replace all our appliances with more energy efficient ones so this would fit right in!
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Child Safety Lock is something I really like. I have small ones too. And I sure would hate to have for their little hands or mouths to get burned.
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My favorite features are the Child lock and that it Dispenses hot (194°F), cold (44°F) and room-temperature filtered water .
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Fast water flow is what I need!
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I love the idea of having clean cold water whenever I want. This house doesn’t have a Reverse Osmosis system (our last one did) and the filter in our fridge broke. I can’t believe how much my water consumption decreased without cold water! But hot water for an instant cappuccino also sounds awesome!
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