Customer Reviews

Watts 5YR Premier Filter 5-Year/20,000-Gallon Inline Ice Maker Water Filter

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After a month of use to get it broken in I believe I can share my brief experience with this filter. First off, installation was really easy. Less than 30 minutes (don't forget to 'flush' it for five minutes). The water I had previously smelled and tasted like pool water. It seemed to have a more than acceptable amount of chlorine going by smell alone. As soon as I plugged this filter in instantly odorless tasteless water came out. Also, very recently some maintenance was done to the city pipes turning all the water in the house brown for a short while. Sinks, toilets, hose, everything that is except the fridge attached to this filter was clearly brown. Hands down side by side comparison this filter does an awesome job. If you want a better sense of security and want to remove the nasties that end up in your water get this filter.

This is my second filter. The first one was purchased around four years ago for the ice and water dispensor on the fridge. We use this quite a bit so we didn't get the full 5 Years but I'm almost certain we used more than 20,000 gallons.
The filter removes odors better than any other filters I've tried in the past and improves tastes also. I'm on city water supply thats been treated.
If your tired of changing filters every 3-6 months I urge you to try one of these.

I have had this filter in use for approx. 8 months. So far so good. The water tastes great. I bought this unit due primarily to lazyness. My installation is in a tough to reach place and I wanted to avoid changing out the unit every year or so. No complaints so far. The unit has performed well.

We've been buying this filter for many years for our ice maker on the refrigerator. Yes, it says 5 years, but we never expected that and usually replaced it every year. We follow the instructions for running water through it and are used to the shot of black water (from the charcoal) that comes out first. This year, after running more water through it than ever before, we continued to have small particles in the water. These were not air bubbles as they continued to swirl in the water glass. I made a special rig to hook it up directly to an outside hose bib (so we didn't have to use the 'bucket brigade' and ran water through it continuously for 20 minutes. We continued to have the particles.

We removed the filter and connected our city water directly to the refrigerator and the particles were gone. We won't be buying this filter again. Amazon was very nice about the return and we will continue to purchase through them.

I buy these for 29.99 at home depot, the exact same model. We have some 500lb/day commercial ice makers, they get to be a real mess when the water isn't filtered, these filters do the job cheaply and last for a fair amount of time, for us we replace every year, but they REALLY get used. I have never seen black stuff come out of them, I just install one and run a 30min clean cycle on the ice machine and have never seen black specs in the ice. (The 30 min clean cycle dumps about 5 gallons of water, before making ice).

Pro: cheap, works well, again cheap

Cons: has to be unscrewed to replace and water must be turned off, where as some more expensive have 1/4 turn replacement filters.

I installed this filter 3 weeks ago into my water line that feeds the ice maker. I previously had a different brand filter that had been working but was getting old and needed to be replaced. After flushing this filter for the recommended amount of time, I let it make some ice. I discarded the first few batches before testing the ice. It is more cloudy and has more white floaties than it did with the old filter. I've never done a review before, but the ineffectiveness of this product caused me to want to warn others. Buy something else and avoid the regret/lost time.

Installation took all of 15 minutes ... can already see greater clarity in ice from the automated icemaker ... even if filter only lasts half of the 5 years, I would consider it a great investment.

This filter is easy to install and lasts longer than other filters. Took out our 3 filter system and put in this one as a single filter and it works just as well if not better. Got all the space back under the sink

Shortly after installing filter in line on our Refrigerator Water Dispenser we noticed a significant difference in the taste of our water. Excellent value over most filters which are only scheduled to last approx. 6 months.

This is an excellent product; it is very competitively price, and lasts much longer. When you buy one of the other filters which only last 6 months to a year, and spend $20 each, this becomes a bargain. It comes with all the necessary hardware for a re-install (not new install) (meaning it has new copper adapters, no copper line) if you already have the line run, (copper line is best), this install is quick and easy. Even without the copper line, the problem is just running the copper line, not this product. Water tastes good, and I'm extremely picky about my water, I only drink certain bottled waters as well, as taste does change between brands. Most people will be very happy with this product.