Watts 5YR Premier Filter 5-Year/20,000-Gallon Inline Ice Maker Water Filter Reviews
Watts 5YR Premier Filter 5-Year/20,000-Gallon Inline Ice Maker Water Filter Reviews
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Technical Details
- Lasts up to 5-Years or 20,000 Gallons.- Reduces Chlorine Taste & Odor and is Bacteriostatic
- NSF Tested & Certified
- Great for Refrigerators, Ice-makers, RV, Campers, Boats, Water Fountains, Water Coolers, Commercial Coffee Makers
- Easy to Install directly in to your existing plumbing
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By B. Norton (Illinois, USA)
I use the Watts 5YR filter as a pre-filter for my coffee maker. As far as improving the chlorine taste, it does about the same job as the $10 filter it replaced, but takes up much less room. The filter is simple to install. My coffee maker is designed for an in-line filter. Installation was a snap. I have not noticed any scale buildup on the coffee maker, but then our water is from Lake Michigan and has few dissolved solids.
I have not run into the quality control problems that other buyers mention. The quality control issue does concern me, but I do not know how wide spread it is.
I think that from my experience, if you are looking to remove all volatile organics, small particulates, and specific water-borne contaminants, there are much better filters on the market. However those filters also have a case, wall mount brackets and are more expensive initially. For ease of installation for a coffee maker or refrigerator, this is a good choice.
By LI George (NY)
I have owned this unit for nearly a year now.
PROS: Good tasting water. Affordable. Relatively easy to install.
CONS: None (so far)
By JJ (South Carolina)
We've been buying this filter for many years for our ice maker on the refrigerator. Yes, it says 5 years, but we never expected that and usually replaced it every year. We follow the instructions for running water through it and are used to the shot of black water (from the charcoal) that comes out first. This year, after running more water through it than ever before, we continued to have small particles in the water. These were not air bubbles as they continued to swirl in the water glass. I made a special rig to hook it up directly to an outside hose bib (so we didn't have to use the 'bucket brigade' and ran water through it continuously for 20 minutes. We continued to have the particles.
We removed the filter and connected our city water directly to the refrigerator and the particles were gone. We won't be buying this filter again. Amazon was very nice about the return and we will continue to purchase through them.
By G. Cox (Shanghai, China)
Nobody seems to like to see a bad review without actual facts based on my years of experience here at Amazon. After I installed this filter, I decided to conduct a test of its filtering capability. I ordered a water tester here on Amazon to determine how effective that big 5 year water filter is. In a word, ineffective. The unfiltered reading on water in my house is 246 ppm (parts per million). The water coming out of the filter is 241 ppm - virtually the same. And yes, I have thoroughly purged the filter by running the water wide open for half an hour. Actually, I probably have at least a total run time of three or four hours by now. I've been using it every day for over a week. So I decided to test the filtered water on the front door of my new Samsung French Door Refrigerator. Guess what? I got a reading of 206 ppm. I guess this water filter is only filtering out rocks and gravel and maybe sand, but that's about it. All that installation work and money down the drain, quite literally. Here is the link to the water tester I ordered. I like this water tester.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002UUTAI6/ref=oss_T15_product
I had a water tester previously, but I accidentally broke it. I have a condo in downtown Shanghai. The water reading there is 224 ppm. And believe me, the water from the lower Yangtze River is not good. And my brand new home here in Conroe, Texas near Houston is right next to the lake. The lake is literally on the other side of my street. I thought the city water quality would be pretty good here, but it isn't. My previous home was a few miles north of Berkeley, California. The water straight out of the faucet had a reading of only 38 ppm. Now that was excellent quality water and it really tasted good, too. I was hoping this filter would produce that level of water, but sad to say, it doesn't do anything as far as dissolved solids go. Technically I should give this filter a one star rating. But at least it flows water without leaking, so I gave it one star extra for that.
So now I wonder which water filter to try next. Does anybody have a suggestion with actual data to back up the claims?
By James A. Crutchfield (PA USA)
Just got done installing this product. After properly flushing the system, had a glass of water and is the best tasting water we've had since buying our fridge. The filter that came with the fridge, water had a nasty after taste. Not so with this filter. Price is a real steal. Filter that goes in fridge is more expensive and lasts six months if you are lucky.
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