The water in Munich is quite chalky, so I have a filter for any that goes into the kettle, humidifier, or coffee machine.
The filter is a plastic carafe with two separated compartments. You fill water into the top half, then wait for the filter piece, which sits in the middle, to clean the water before it trickles down into the bottom half. When you pour out from the carafe, only the water from the bottom half comes out. Pretty clever!
In order to fill the filter, there’s a hatch on the lid. You flap it open, hold it under your tap, and let the water run in. On some days, I repeat this process five times. The filter only holds a liter of water or so, and my humidifier alone needs like three. Ergo, when I refill the filter, I’m trying to do it as quickly as possible.
However, if I crank up the tap to the max, guess what happens? The water splashes all over the place. The filter inside the carafe doesn’t exactly have a smooth shape. It has lots of corners and edges. So when the water from the tap hits it at full force, the result is that I can wipe down the entire kitchen area, which, of course, takes way more time than just starting slowly.
It’s a delicate balance. After some water has filled the carafe, I can indeed turn up the tap. Water going into more water doesn’t splash nearly as much as water hitting hard surfaces. But if I do it to soon, I’m back to turning my kitchen into a water park. Meanwhile, if I leave the tap on trickle the whole time, it’ll take ages for the filter to fill up.
Obstacles come with going fast. That’s normal. But going too fast often makes a mess and little else. If you need smooth, go slow enough to get it right the first time. In terms of speed, that should be plenty—and you’ll likely reach your goal in time.
