GE ADAPTER Refrigerator Water Filter Adapter

by General Electric

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

General Electric ADAPTER Refrigerator Water Filter Adapter is used when you need to install a water filter and attaches to the top of the filter. This adapter is used on refrigerators using either MWF or GSWF water filters.

Product Description

If your fridge uses one of those old GE or Culligan filters with a silver metal housing, this adapter will let you upgrade to the GE MWF Filter. The adapter is designed to be reused so you'll never

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 3 x 3 x 3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B003BIGDLS
• Item model number: ADAPTER
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,457 in Home Improvement (See Top 100 in Home Improvement)
  • #48 in Home Improvement > Appliances > Large Appliance Accessories > Refrigerator Parts & Accessories > Water Filters

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

45 of 47 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Beware.............., July 27, 2004

By 

G. Thompson (NJ USA) - See all my reviews
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Consumers BEWARE! The GE Smartwater GWF filter is not a replacement for the old 'Culligan' FXRC metal filter. Despite the available adapter, the new Smartwater GWF filter was designed for a newer 'high-pressure' system installed in GE refrigerators manufactured after 2001. On the older models using normal water pressure [mine is a GE Performance Profile] these filters do not work. They will seem fine at first, only to run to a trickle in less than a month. I burned through several of these at @ $40.00 each until I discovered the problem.

With millions of wasted filters and dollars at stake, GE refuses to acknowledge the problem. I was told to find a technician at my expense. GE refused to replace the filters with a properly designed compatible model.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Works well, but GE has a design flaw..., February 25, 2011

By 

Me "Brian" (Colorado) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: GE ADAPTER Refrigerator Water Filter Adapter (Tools & Home Improvement)

This adapter should not really be needed and it is difficult to install, as you can not tell when the plastic part is correctly aligned with the metal threads in the refrig. If you don't get it aligned just right, the thread bosses on this plastic adapter will be damaged and water will not flow. I found it was much easiest to pull the frosted horizontal bulb cover out, (just pull it towards you) so I could see when the the plasitc and metal threads were aligned. This made it was easy to install without damage.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Has anyone tried to fit the MXRC filter into a GE Profile fridge?, January 26, 2010

By 

Dee Bee (By the sea, Massachusetts) - See all my reviews

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Does the MXRC filter even fit the GE Profile fridge? According to the details under the Amazon listing for the MXRC, it may not. They stress a few times that the GE Profile will need the crappy MWF filters with adapter. I use the MWF filters with an adapter and I'm sick of trickling water and, twice, leaking from the water system of my fridge (which I swear is related to this fiasco with incompatible water pressure). I want to try the MXRC but don't want to waste $50 if it doesn't fit. Has anyone tried the MXRC on a GE Profile fridge?