WEB WP1620 Eco Furnace Filter Plus, 16-Inch by 20-Inch

by WEB

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

WEB Eco Filter Plus can be used with furnace or air conditioners. They are reusable, washable and adjustable, which fits standard filter size of 16x20 inches. It has three stage filtration, MERV 8, captures pollen, dust, and pet dander size particles. Save money by reusing this filter for years. It reduces landfill waste, reuse over and over. The parts are made from recycled plastic and comes with a limited lifetime guarantee.

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• Shipping Advisory: This item must be shipped separately from other items in your order. Additional shipping charges will not apply.
• ASIN: B000H5Y1X0
• Item model number: WP1620
• Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #137,687 in Home Improvement (See Top 100 in Home Improvement)

Customer Reviews

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Filters the air very well but requires regular cleaning. Works well., March 13, 2011

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E. Espinosa Jr. "Steve" (Dallas, TX) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: WEB WP2025 Eco Furnace Filter Plus, 20-Inch by 25-Inch (Tools & Home Improvement)

The filter traps at least as much dirt as disposable filters, probably more. For this reason regular cleaning is required. The instructions say not to use a vacuum because it can damage the filter but I usually use a vacuum anyway. I don't see how the vacuum can damage it and the filter works just as well today as when I bought my first one about 6 years ago.

I've got 3 air returns and now I use these filters on all of them. I'll never go back to disposables partly because of the ongoing expense but partly because I don't want to store them or have to go find replacements when needed. I'm trading the inconvenience of storing and purchasing for the inconvenience of having to clean the filter. Pick your poison. At least with this filter the economic expense is only one time.

Even though I usually vaccum the filter, several times a year a deep cleaning with a garden hose is needed. If you have pets and the air return is near the floor then the pet hairs will get trapped in the plastic grid. It can be a real pain to pull them out. The vacuum and the garden hose both fail to clean them out. However, water makes them clump together to pull out easily by hand but it is still time consuming. This is why I gave it 4 stars instead of 5. I only did this detail cleaning once a year. Our new house has air returns in the ceiling, so the pet hair is no longer an issue.

If you would rather clean the filter than store and buy new ones then this is the filter for you. That reminds me, that other reviewer that had a clean filter must either have a super clean house or maybe didn't use the air conditioner or furnace during the mild months or somehow is drawing air from another source. There no way this filter would appear clean after even as little as 10-20 hours of filtration use in a normal household. You might think about investing in an electronic thermostat which keeps track of usage like an odometer and reminds you to clean or replace your filter after 100 hours. During the summer or winter 100 hours of use could occur within as little time as a week. In the fall and spring, it could take 2 or 3 months to accumulate 100 hours of usage.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Depends on what you call a "filter", September 27, 2011

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D. Hart "Tech-Duke" (Costa Mesa, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: WEB WP2020 Eco Furnace Filter Plus, 20-Inch by 20-Inch (Tools & Home Improvement)

I've been using this for over a year. Previously I used an expensive Filtrite brand of filter for dander and pollen because there are allergies in my house. There's some good things about this filter, but some performance claims may be overhyped.

If you are already using a cheap reusable plastic mesh filter, and you don't care about catching as much as possible of dust and allergans, then the Web is probably an improvement and I'd recommend it over those cheap filters.

But it isn't not as good as the better paper filters and shoppers serious about the quality of the air in their house should stick with the better paper filters. The claims in the adverstising are for "High Efficiency" and it "captures pollen, dust, and pet dander size particles". These are somewhat exaggerated. It may capture SOME of the particles passing through it, but it appears to let about half or more pass through it. The claim of "three stage filtration" seems a bit over done. It is just a pice of foam sandwiched between plastic web mesh.

How do I know? My particular furnace system allows two filters to be installed, back-to-back so to speak. The Web filter is first and the high-quality paper filter is second. After the air has passed through the web first, then it goes through my allergan-trapping paper filter. After checking multiple times, I can seem my paper filter getting dirty, so there is dirt passing through the Web filter but finally getting caught in the paper filter.

BUT, I'm only replacing my paper filter half as often as I used to, before the Web, so it has cut the cost of paper filters in half and also the time required to replace the paper filter. However, the Web directions say you should clean it monthly. That means taking it out and rinsing it with water, then drying and reinstalling it. That's 12 filter rinsings a month. Apparantly, it's efficiency is reduced if you don't keep up the cleaning routine.

My furnace repair technician says two filters may choke the furnace fan with too much resistance and that I should remove one of them. I ignored him and it seems to work fine with two filters, so far, and I'm saving some time and money so I'm keeping it. But it cannot replace the serious paper filter in my house.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Like it, February 12, 2011

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Lisa Brown-Coleman "Lisa" (Chicago, IL United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: WEB WP1625 Eco Furnace Filter Plus, 16-Inch by 25-Inch (Tools & Home Improvement)

Collects a lot of dust. I check it weekly and vacuum the filter. Saves $$ if you don't mind the maintenance.