Watts 500315 Counter-Top Drinking Water Filter

by Watts

Product Description

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Thanks to a certified coconut-shell carbon block, the Watts Premier CT-1 Counter Top Water Filtration Device turns tap water into cleaner, healthier drinking water. The Watts CT-1 is perfect for campers, RVs, apartments, and houses, providing exceptional value with its high-quality carbon filtration. And installation takes only a few minutes, as the system connects directly to your existing kitchen tap.

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High-quality carbon filtration provides cleaner water straight from the tap.

During the lifecycle of a single filter, you can save up to 16,000 plastic bottles from being deposited in landfills.

Cleaner Water Straight from the Tap
The Watts CT-1 effectively removes sand, silt, sediment, and rust from your drinking water. It also reduces the taste and odor of chlorine, so you can enjoy water straight from the tap and save yourself the expense of buying bottled water.

Portable and Easy to Install
Installing the Watts CT-1 is a breeze. The unit occupies a small area on the countertop beside your sink, attaching to the faucet by way of a diverter valve. Installing the CT-1 is so easy that most users can filter their tap water in a matter of minutes. The quick installation also means that the CT-1 can be moved from sink to sink with ease. In particular, users of campers or RVs will appreciate the simplicity with which the unit can be moved from one place to another.

Universal Parts for Easy Replacement
The CT-1 accepts all Watts standard 10-inch replacement filter elements. So when it's time for a new filter, you can rest assured that you'll find all the right parts.

The Importance of Drinking Clean Water
Water is critical to proper food digestion, kidney health, brain function, blood health, joint functionality, and more. It's important to make sure that the water you drink is devoid of contaminants. Thankfully, using a Watts water filtration device will ensure consistent quality for all of your drinking and cooking needs. In fact, when you use Watts' high-quality certified water treatment devices and filters, your water will be free of chlorine taste and odors, particles, and many other contaminants that can be detrimental to your health.

*Please refer to the Performance Data Sheet for the complete list of claims for which this system is certified.

An Choice
Not only is the CT-1 filter a healthy choice for you, but it's also a healthy choice for the environment. This filter helps you minimize the harmful environmental consequences of buying bottled water. Incredibly, if a mere ten percent of North America's bottled water intake were reduced by switching to home-filtered water in reusable containers, we could eliminate:

133,000 trucks driving an average of 500 miles--saving nearly 12 million gallons of diesel fuel Over 100 million pounds of greenhouse gasses--equal to taking 1,100 cars off the road annually 213 million pounds of PET--equal to 1.5 million barrels of crude oil or improving the PET recycling rate by 10%

Depending upon which Watts water-filtration product you use, you can prevent up to 16,000 half-liter bottles from being deposited in landfills--all in the time it takes to use and replace a single filter.

The Watts Premier CT-1 Counter Top Water Filtration Device is backed by a one-year limited warranty.

What's in the Box
CT-1 Filter unit, including filter housing with countertop stand, dispensing spout, diverter valve, tubing for installation, and manual.

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	CT-1	WP-2 BVC	WP-2 LCV	UF-3	UV-R	RO
Num. of Filtration Stages	1	2	2	3	3	5
Reduces
Sediment
Chlorine
Bacteria
Viruses
Cysts
Lead
Chemicals
Arsenic, Nitrates,    Chrome, TDS,    Perchlorate, Turbidity
Dimensions (L x W x H)	6 x 6 x 14	14 x 6 x 16	14 x 6 x 16	9 x 3.5 x 14	6 x 4 x 16	17 x 17 x 6
Replacement Filters	5-Mic Carbon Block	Purifier Filter Pack	560088	560039	560017	Annual Filter Pack

Product Description

This attractive system sits beside the sink and operates by use of a diverter valve attached to the main sink faucet. Filter will reduce chlorine taste and odor, sand, silt sediment and rust form the water. Will accept all standard 10-inch replacement filter elements.

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Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0018MVZJE
• Item model number: 500315
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (73 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,010 in Home Improvement (See Top 100 in Home Improvement)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

34 of 36 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The good, the bad and the Ugly!!!, October 27, 2009

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ChicksHateMe (Fitchburg, MA USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Watts 500315 Counter-Top Drinking Water Filter (Tools & Home Improvement)

THE GOOD

Just moved to a new town. Anywhere else around the area, my Britta would clean up the taste of bad water, but not here. Here it's SO chlorinated, I needed something better.

After a lot of reading and research I was down to the Filtrete Under-the-counter unit and this unit. The Filtrete pro sounded like it had a strong flow and filtered down to .5, but after looking at it closer, it would be just my luck to have a connector pop out and cause water damage without me around. So, I decided on this.

I had it connected in under 5 minutes. I just needed a pair of pliers to loosen the faucet part which needed to be removed. The unit came with a needed adapter which worked perfect. I turned it on and after letting it run for a few minutes, I tried the water. AWESOME!!! Clorine smell and taste was GONE!

This thing works, and works well and I don't have to worry about broken lines under the sink. The water flow remains good through the unit as well. I can also find many options in replacement filters because of its standard size. I love the quality and functionality of this unit.

THE BAD.

The problem was, upon closer inspection, there was a small bead of water coming from the units water output. At the bottom of the metal output piece (Which you can just pull out) there are 2 small, round O-rings, and one was pertruding. It was cracked, so only one O-ring was ok, and when I moved the water output, it beaded up.

I called the "Manufacturer", which sounds like it isn't REALLY the manufacture, but a distributor, and was told they don't have any parts, they get the unit assembled. The parts they DO carry they said, are all given to Amazon. SO.... they told me I should pack it back up, and send it back to Amazon.

What?!? I am suppose to ship the whole unit back, at MY expense, and have another unit sent, when a 5 cent part could be mailed out to me for the cost of a stamp. RIDICULOUS!!! Not too bright, or environmentally friendly. This is the problem with buying some things over the internet, from a place without a local retail outlet, but to save, we gamble...

Now I either ship it back, hunt online or drive to local hardware stores and look for something that COULD work as a replacement. Grrrrr.....

I finally went to Home Depot and found that they carried a package of #47 O-rings for a couple bucks that fit fine. All better now.

THE UGLY

This Item is Ugly as sin. It reminds me of my pool filter. I am going to make or find something to cover it.

OVERALL

For this price, it's an AWESOME deal!!!

20 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good quality at a good price, December 28, 2008

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Dean Siewert (Madison, WI United States) - See all my reviews
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This unit is just what one would expect. There's nothing fancy here, just a good solid unit. Installation was easy. The unit came with a couple adapters so that it should fit most faucets. No tools were required to hook it up. The diverter valve is a little nicer than I've seen on some units.

The only downside is a trait which is shared with all counter-top filters and that is that it takes countertop space and can be knocked over if one is careless.

For the price and Amazon free shipping, I'd be hard-presed to find a better unit.

17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Still attempting to correct problem!!!, October 24, 2009

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G. Martin (Texas USA) - See all my reviews
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I received this item and connected to faucet....water is coming out all around connection...not where it is suppose to come out!!!!! I called the company to see what to do, the woman I spoke with was trying to help me but when she realized this was an item from Amazon.com she couldn't help me!! She transferred me to someone else, I just got a voicemail....I left a long detailed message but have yet to hear back from anyone, this was 5 days ago! I will try again next week to see if I can get this resolved before returning this item. Hopefully I will have better info next week and will write another review.

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Tried several more times to call Watts (they never returned my call). Each time I called I would get put on hold for 15-20 minutes and was never able to talk to anyone about problem with unit..so I have returned item. Really was hoping to resolve this, I live in the country and on well water....guess I will continue to purchase bottled water!
:( ........

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