Watts Premier 20,000 Gallon Inline Water Filter with Two 1/4" Brass Connectors for Refrigerator, Ice Maker, RV, Camper, Water Cooler, Fountain, Reduces Bad Taste, Odors, Chlorine and Sediment

I just installed my second one of these filters. I put one in our previous house that was going great after 3 years when we moved, and I left the filter there. The water at our new house tasted heavily of Texas dirt (compliments of Lake Texoma), even after having been through the refrigerator's internal, new filter. So I bought another of these. The total install was about 30 minutes, which included cleaning behind the refrigerator! No leaks. Put the refrigerator back. Ran a couple of gallons through and gave it a taste test. EXCELLENT results! The improvement was exactly what we wanted.When I bought the previous filter in 2018, I remember that it was rated for 5 years. The new one says to replace after 6 months. 20,000 gallons in 6 months?? No way I'm using that much. I'll use this filter until the water starts tasting bad again, which I'm confident will be close to 6 years than 6 months.

This filter is so hard to find. I hope the company doesn't stop making it. Worth every penny. Lasts for years. Who wants to be changing a filter with connectors every 6 months? Not me. One and done for a few years and then switch it out. Love it. Fresh clean water and ice.

This is the same one I bought before. And I bought it again.So obviously I'm pleased with performance. It kills the chlorine smell/taste entirely.Hopefully it helps with any other stuff that's in there which I can't taste or smell.The old one worked very well. The water still tastes fine after at least a year.Replacing ahead of schedule. Mainly because I didn't want to miss out on the deal.When I complete the installation I will leave the old filter (which will not be expired yet) as a primary stage and the new filter as the secondary stage since it's still good for two or three years.The water should be ultra pure now! The primary stage should make the new filter last longer since the bulk of contaminants are removed before it gets there. That's my theory at least.Two stages will help because technically I use it beyond it's specified flow rate of 0.5 gpm. I custom made a simplistic faucet, sort of like the one that's over the spit bowl at the dentist, next to the fridge for drinking water. I just bent a shepards hook in the 1/4" copper tubing and attached it to a little "T" valve. Werks nice! I used a splitter to supply the faucet and the fridge's icemaker. Next fridge will have the faucet in the door but not sure when that will be . . .Britta is a pain and gets in the way. I never bothered to try it. And look at the size of it, this thing is three times the size of one of those thingsIt's like 2.5 inches in diameter for perspective. A little bit of trouble to install this and you will not have to worry about changing the filter for a long time. Especially easy if you have a fridge with a built in faucet.

Does a good job of filtering water this is the second one

Not only is the price great, it’s easy to install and it was delivered in just a couple of days! It does a great job of filtering our water. 👍

Does what is says it does and never any issues and I have purchased this filter many times

Bought this to replace 2 filters we had, 1 going to the refrigerator for an ice maker and 1 going to a drinking water spout. Just used a tee and it filters both with no drop in pressure. Previously we had hollow ice cubes bc of a drop in pressure I suppose. We just installed a water softener, so I was searching for weeks for a filter compatible with soft water, this one is. The product description doesn't mention it and the company never responded to my emails or calls, but by doing my own research and comparing it to other filters that are compatible with soft water (and alot more expensive) I concluded that the filtering material is the same as the expensive ones and therefore would be fine to use with soft water. Also, after all of my research, I found out that my parents have this same filter, and soft water, and I love how their water tastes. That was what finally sold me on this filter.Once you flush the black particles out of the filter it will still look cloudy. Don't be alarmed, it is just air and will dissipate in about a week. Again, the company was no help in this matter. I kept dumping out my cloudy glass of water and letting it run for 10 seconds or so, waste of water. After contacting the company to no avail, I looked on here at the questions and someone answered that it was just air and it would go away in a couple weeks.I think I included all of the important info that I searched for for weeks. If I could've only read a review like this one, my research would have been minimal. The water tastes great, is crystal clear, and the ice cubes are fully formed!

Started using Watts filters around 2000, initially purchased through Home Depot. I install this on the water supply of an older Whirlpool side by side refrigerator ice maker/water dispenser. Believe these are the best outboard filters available and, depending upon usage, will last several years before replacement needed.One caution is be certain that you have installed correctly and that you have a leakproof seal. The instructions say to hand tighten and then use a wrench for a final half turn. That might work if you have a very strong grip but I found that I needed to crank it down around another 1 1/2 turn or so before it stopped leaking. Let me emphasize that you need to check for leaks and continue to carefully tighten until it is sealed properly. When I replaced a filter the first time, I belatedly discovered that it was still slightly leaking...too late and had water damage in an adjacent room (the water had seeped under the baseboard).Not sure what is going on with the pricing, perhaps just supply chain problems, but these were listed at over $100 this last time (early 2024) which is over 3X the amount I paid for the first one. Delayed until it came back down within reason. Current price seems to have stabilized around $40.