Short life filter cartridges, leaking faucet mount:
We have had this faucet-mount filter for about 10 months. It does seem to purify the water and make it taste better, but the filter cartridges are expensive and only lasted a maximum of two weeks for us (only used for drinking water, ice cubes, cooking water; filter cartridge used until water output was a mere trickle). About 4 months ago, the filter started leaking water out other areas, with non-filtered water "contaminating" the filtered water as they run together. In the past month, the filter has... more info
Good, but it falls apart. Very poorly built:
I love this thing, but I will not be buying a second one. Unlike many reviewers, mine outlasted the one year warranty by several months! Yours may fall apart in the first few uses as it is designed to fail. Do yourself a favor and by a high end reverse osmosis filter. The water is even cleaner and they are built to last.
love this filter:
had this unit at a previous house. the previous one leaked but the filtered water quality was excellent. installed this one and have not had a leak. once again the water quality is great.
very pleased:
i read a few reviews saying that these fail easily, but we've had it for about 3 months and no problerms at all. most importantly, the switch-to-filtering toggle on this filter is effortless. we had a brita faucet filter before and the toggle was so stiff that we resorted to using pliers to switch between modes. another feature i like is the indicator for replacing filters; it's much more clear when it will nee to be done (we use this all the time and have not hadf to replace the filter yet). also looks... more info
