Water and filters

Water, and when to change the filter

Change the filter on the manual's interval for your region.

• US and Australia: every 2 months, more often in hard water.
• UK: every 3 months or 40 litres at hardness level 4; up to 60 litres at level 2 (UK guide).
• Take the filter out when descaling, and (US manual) if you use filtered or bottled water.
• Use cold mains water. Not distilled or de-mineralised.

The cartridge is the same in all regions: Sage SES008 "ClaroSwiss", Breville BES008. Breville's own US video says both "2 months ahead" and "90 days or 10.6 gallons" (40 litres); the US manual says 2 months.

Fit a new filter

The manual's steps.

1. Soak the new filter in a cup of water for 5 minutes.
2. Rinse it under cold running water.
3. Rinse the holder in cold water, taking care over the stainless steel mesh.
4. Fit the filter into the two halves of the holder.
5. Set the date dial: 2 months ahead (US manual). The UK guide's filter page says the current month; its first-use page says the month it is due.
6. Line the holder up with the adapter inside the tank, push it down to lock, and refit the tank fully down.

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