Customer Reviews

Omni Corporation CB1-SS Carbon Block Undersink Replacement Cartridge

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I have used the CB1 filter several times to replace the more expensive CB3 and it works just fine, although Omni never suggests anywhere that this is acceptable. I guess they would rather sell more CB3 filters. But if you research the housings for Omni's different units you discover that the one that accepts the CB3 filter is the same as the one for the CB1. Granted the CB3 filter does remove more stuff from the water but my concern is primarily taste and odor and the CB1 is a carbon filter which does this well. Unfortunately when I got ready to use the filter and removed all the packaging I could see that the filter was cracked. I had no choice to install it with the crack as the old one had been discarded and I didn't want the hassle of trying to exchange it. It seems to be working OK. So my only dissatisfaction was with the condition of the filter not its performance.

I had the older omni under counter water filtration unit, lowes stopped selling this filter. This was an exact fit.
Water comes through nice and clean, great tasting.

I use this cartridge with the Omnifilter Quick Change Undersink Filter System, Model# instead of the default GAC1 cartridge that comes with the filter. I found the cheaper cartridge not as efficient in removing the chlorine smell from the highly chlorinated Potomac river water that is supplied to the tap in our area. I like that the cartridges are interchangeable, this makes using a better quality filter possible if you choose to.