Waterdrop 15UA Under Sink Water Filter System 2 Years Reduces Lead Chlorine Bad Taste Odor Under Counter Water

Makes tap water taste like expensive water bottles. AMAZING ! Installation is easy I had a harder time cleaning under the sink.( I have a spray bottle for EVERYTHING ) OMG. Filtration, yeah easy snap in o ring plugs make a positive connect and the 3/8 standard fitting in and out . I used 3/4 wood screws so it wouldn’t penetrate into the other cabinet for the holder . If you want hot water to be filtered as well you would need one of these kits for your hot side Read more

I purchased this product based on reviews found online on consumer sites. This unit is intended for under the sink installation but i did not realize this when i ordered it. The unit comes with 1/2 inch and 3/8 inch supply lines which are pretty standard for the manufacturer intended use and installation. I feel no need to filter all tap water for washing dishes and such and wanted to use it for the water dispenser and ice maker built in to the fridge. My intention was to use it as a replacement for my GE refrigerator inside filter which as many others customers will testify is very expensive to replace due its relatively short lifespan (less than 3 months) even in a a two person household. A call to GE and they provided me with a bypass device to replace the onboard filter so i could install an exterior unit as many have done to great satisfaction. I contacted Waterdrop customer service and agent Karina was very helpful in trying to find me a suitable adaptor for the size difference of my refrigerator connections but we had both come up with the same problem. The needed parts were not available on Amazon so in conclusion we both agreed a visit to plumbing supply would be most appropriate. The parts i needed cost me $12. No problem, for me this was an easy fix and the filter works 1000x better than the onboard OEM unit that GE puts in their fridge. Even when new it would take like 20-30 seconds to fill a glass of water and now its like 5 seconds. Filling a pot of water to cook with went from maybe over 2 minutes to under a minute. Totally satisfied at this point i was surprised with a follow-up from Waterdrop and a short conversation led to an offer for a reimbursement of the cost for buying the extra parts i had purchased. In my opinion this is what i would call OUTSTANDING CUSTOMER SERVICE ! I will certainly update this review accordingly if the unit falls short of its advertised expectations. Read more

I have one primary criteria for a water filter: the water coming out the other end needs to taste good. This filter was a smashing success in that regard. The next criteria are ease of filter changes and ease of installation. Changing the filter is dead easy, but I'm not anticipating having to do that for 5 full years. My last house had a 4-stage RO filtration system and changing those filters was a royal pain, involving wrenches, buckets, towels to mop up spills, etc. So, through painful experience, it was one of the things I looked for this time around. I want to be able to change a filter in 3 minutes - not 3 hours. Installation was very easy, too, but because I am using this as an in-line filter for our refrigerator, it did not come with the correct fittings. It assumes you are installing it in the cold water line under your kitchen sink, and those are typically 3/8" compression fittings - which understandably match what is on this unit. A fridge, on the other hand, uses 1/4" compression fittings for its water line (as well as the valve in the wall behind the fridge) and so I had to make a run to my local plumbing store to purchase two adapters - one for the inlet and one for the outlet - for a grand total of $8. I also found that the threaded connection at the water supply valve leaked unless I used the Teflon tape that (thankfully) ships in the box. I torqued everything up and observed it for 30 minutes: no leaks. This is important since it will be behind the fridge where slow leaks wouldn't be obvious until the floor and/or walls were ruined. So, why TWO filters for my fridge? Simple. The one inside my Whirlpool fridge (Everydrop EDRARXD1) is both expensive and it doesn't do a very good job. I had to fire it. Nothing personal. They retail for $60 and need to be replaced every 6 months. So that's $120/year - all for the privilege of bad-tasting water. And, both the water and the ice in my fridge tasted horrible, even with regular filter changes. So, for essentially the same price, I purchased this 5-year filter and put it in-line with the fridge. Now, I have dual filtration: the first is this one and then the one inside the fridge. I figure that the fridge filter will no longer have to do much of anything, since this filter does all the heavy lifting, so I do not plan to change it - it can act as a pass-through piece of pipe for the next 5 years. After installation, I ran the water for 5 minutes as instructed and then had my wife and a guest in our house taste the water. Moment of truth... We all agreed it was pristine. No odor. No taste. Mission accomplished. Read more