3M Filtrete 3US-PS01 Under-Sink Advanced Water Filtration System

by 3M

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Now you can have cleaner, great tasting water at your convenience, fresh from your tap. Filtrete under-sink water filtration products are easy to install, with no mess, long lasting replacement filters that can be changed with just a twist. And using filtered water from home as an alternative to bottled water. You will need an adjustable wrench and a screw driver. Turn off the cold water supply and remove supply line to faucet using wrench. Install push-in fittings to faucet and cold water supply line. Install filter mounting bracket to area under sink. Install filter to mounting bracket. Cut tubing "to length" to fit between filter and supply line and from filter to faucet. Connect the tubing. Turn on water supply and enjoy cleaner, better tasting water.

Product Description

Filtrete undersink filtration kit is easy to install; it can be done in less than 30 minutes. No dedicated faucet is needed. All fittings and detailed instructions are included.

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 2.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B001DVW0PI
• Item model number: 3US-PS01
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (40 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,464 in Home Improvement (See Top 100 in Home Improvement)
  • #7 in Home Improvement > Kitchen & Bath Fixtures > Water Filtration & Softeners > Under-Sink Filters
  • #23 in Home & Kitchen > Home Décor > Fireplaces & Accessories

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

42 of 42 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good and convenient filter for Houston, TX, September 18, 2010

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cineadbrewco (Houston, TX) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: 3M Filtrete 3US-PS01 Under-Sink Advanced Water Filtration System (Tools & Home Improvement)

I am from the Northwest and was spoiled by the pure water up there. When I moved to Texas the tap water gave me headaches and stomach problems, so I started buying bottled water jugs (Ozarka Spring water). This solved the problem but is expensive (more than $1/gallon) and uses a lot of plastic. I bought the Filtrete system and installed it. The cost per gallon is about 1 cent, which is awesome. The quality is not quite as good as Ozarka Spring Water, but I feel better about not using so much plastic and importing someone else's ground water that should probably stay in the ground there.

I will say the Filtrete installation may not be as easy as the instructions make it out to be. If you have standard stems (where the water comes out), it's very easy and intuitive. But I had a flared stem and the compression fitting that comes with the system did not work. I spent an hour trying to modify the plastic bits before I realized I just needed to buy an adapter at the hardware store. $3 later I had a connector with a flare fitting on one side and the standard straight fitting on the other. The filtrete hose than connected in just a minute.

Be sure when you are tightening the nut for the compression fitting at the input hose (where the water comes out of the wall and goes into the first blue tubing for your filter) that you keep pushing the plastic tube into the fitting while you are tightening the fitting tightly. I used a wrench to tighten it well, but you could use pliers. This is important because if you don't keep pushing it into the fitting or if you only hand-tighten the tube will get pushed out of the fitting when tightening, or will leak. So remember: hand-tighten the fitting that goes to the faucet (the output), but wrench tighten the fitting that comes from the wall (the input).

All in all, the quality of the water is good. There is a fishy smell to tap water in Houston and it deals with this nicely. The taste is not quite as good as the Ozarka spring water, but is definitely better than the tap water. It's hard to beat ground water. But for the money, this is a very respectable unit.

It's also convenient. The flow is labeled as 1.5 gpm, and I believe it. The flow rate is great where I am (fairly high pressure area). I could it use it for washing if I wanted to and I can certainly use it to fill a pot of water for cooking pasta. This is much more convenient than the Pur water filter which has a severely reduced flow when filtering. Also, I read many reviews where people said the Pur system was very flimsy and leaked easily. That's primarily why I went with the under-the-sink Filtrete system. Also, the Filtrete is suggested by the National Science Foundation for water filtration, which I liked.

Replacement every 6 months is a deal as well since the Brita system requires constant filling and replacement every 2 months. And the filters are very reasonably priced considering the volume of water they can handle. As I said, about 1 penny per gallon for me.

I highly recommend this system. I only gave it 4 stars because I needed to buy a different compression fitting and because the flavor of the water is not absolutely perfect (it's very good, but doesn't beat ground water). The instructions should have mentioned what to do with a flared stem end, at the very least.

23 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Super Easy Installation -- Water is taste-free!, June 8, 2009

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jay kenyon "jayhawkeye2" (LAS VEGAS, NV USA) - See all my reviews
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In Vegas our water is super-chlorinated. Forcing us to use a brita for cooking and coffee. I investigated other inline filters, but most of them required a separate tap installed -- since we have a granite countertops, this seemed like an extreme fix. finally, here is a filter that simply sits in your cold water line -- giving you filtered water to your existing cold water tap. It works great -- the chlorine taste and smell is gone. It does slow down the cold water flow minimally. It is no big deal, and hardly noticeable. Installation was a snap. I would absolutely recommend it.

17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great, easy filter, May 7, 2009

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J. Drzewiecki (Phoenix, AZ) - See all my reviews
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This filter is a snap to install and does a great job filtering water. If there's any drawback at all, it filters the water TOO well. The filtered water tastes "soft," rather more like distilled water than drinking water. It's a vast improvement over untreated Phoenix city tap water.