Culligan FM-15A Faucet Mount Filter with Advanced Water Filtration, White Finish

I've been using a Brita filter pitcher for the past seven years. It still works fine, but I've gotten tired of having to constantly replace the filters, and it seems like the new filters aren't doing quite as good a job as the old ones, so I decided to look into a faucet filter. I immediately ruled out the ones made by Brita and PUR after reading all the bad reviews. When I came across this filter from Culligan and saw the high number of favorable reviews, I decided to give it a try. I've had the Culligan FM-15A for a couple of weeks and so far, so good! It does a nice job of making my water taste better. It doesn't taste quite as lovely as a cold bottle of Poland Spring, but it does taste as good as, or slightly better than, the water I used to get from my Brita pitcher. Installation was simple and took about five minutes. The only tricky part was trying to figure out which adapter to use in my internally-threaded faucet. After that, it was smooth sailing. The instructions say that the filter core is good for two months or 200 gallons. Since I live alone and certainly don't drink 200 gallons of water every two months (I probably drink a gallon a day at the very most, which would be 60 gallons every two months), I wasn't exactly sure when I should replace the filter. I sent an e-mail to Culligan and received a reply the next day. They stated the most important factor is how much water has passed through the filter. So, if you're like me, you can get away with replacing the filter every six months or so. On the other hand, if you have a big family that consumes more than 200 gallons every two months, you may need to replace it sooner than that. I would suggest measuring your drinking water usage for a couple of days, and then sitting down with a calculator to figure out how often you should replace your filter. I'm absolutely thrilled that I'll only have to replace mine every six months! One final note: the product description on this page (as of the day I'm writing this review) says that the product has a five year warranty; however, the product I received has only a two year warranty. Five would have been nice, but two is still better than one. Hopefully Amazon will update the description accordingly. - - - UPDATE August 29, 2010: I've been using this filter for a year and it still works great. Haven't had any problems with it at all. Very happy with it, and have recommended it to friends and family. - - - UPDATE November 14, 2011: Two years and still going strong! The knob doesn't return to its position when I shut the water off, but that's not a big deal; I just push it back in when I'm done filtering. The filter cartridges do seem to get kind of slow after a while, so I'm now replacing them every three months instead of every six, but that's still better than the lifespan I was getting from Brita pitcher filters -- and a heck of a lot less expensive than buying bottled water. - - - UPDATE December 13, 2014: My Culligan faucet filter finally gave up the ghost after five years of daily use. It was leaking due to the screw threads becoming worn. Five years is pretty darned good compared to the competition and I'll definitely be buying another one.

Like so many others, I read the recommendation in that very well-known CONSUMER magazine that REPORTS its ratings of various products. I think that the magazine is most useful for things like this water filter, which is very difficult for a consumer such as myself to test. So according to those ratings, this water filter is very effective and quite cheap, both in terms of purchase price and filter price per gallon of clean water. In fact it was nearly the cheapest to operate they tested. There is one other filter, a carafe-type, that performs somewhat better and is slightly cheaper to operate, but it is a carafe type: less convenient and doesn't produce unlimited clean water on demand. If you want to cook with filtered water, then you would need at least two carafes, and you might still run out if you have guests over. Also water in carafes can pick up odors from other food in the fridge, though that may not be an issue for you. So this faucet-mount unit was the one for me. Installation was a snap, no tools required. It screwed right into my faucet without the need for any adapters. It comes with an adapter, but you may need and additional one. A trip to any hardware store will take care of that, but be sure to bring the filter and if possible the spigot end of the faucet. There are many, many different sizes types of threads used for spigot ends, and they can be male or female. This filter seems to work great. The water tastes good and has no muddy red clouds (a product of my building's ancient galvanized iron plumbing). The filter slows down the water flow slightly, but that would be true of any filter, and it isn't severe enough to be an issue. One nice thing is that you can switch between filtered and unfiltered water while the water is running. You do not have to shut off the water to switch to filtered, which my old filter with a less robust valve required. The water pressure holds the switch in filtered position, and when you shut off the water, it returns to the unfiltered position. The filters do not last very long, but that is to be expected from such small filters. My old water filter cartridges lasted a year, but it was a hulking counter-top model like two stacked beer cans. This little guy is about the size of half a beer can. I installed it so the switch is on the left, so I can turn on the filtered water while I am holding a pot or glass in my right hand. The Culligan FM25 is identical, except it has chrome-painted plastic and costs a bit more, while this one is just plain white plastic.

tres belle article j,ai acheter raison suivante de la marque brita plutot de la camellote cette article on trouve sur autre marchand les cartouches a 20 euros maxi ce n,est pas cas de brita en plus dans restaurant c,est cette marque qui est accepter

The chrome design blends in nicely with my faucets and fittings. It doesn't take up a lot of space and it's easy to install. Water pressure could be better. The only think I dislike is the small spurt of water that is discharged from the unfiltered tap when you turn off the faucet on filtered mode.

This water filtration system is excellent. Austin installed it quickly and professionally, and the water tastes so much cleaner now. Highly recommend!

The product was faulty and the switch for filter and unfiltered water was not working.

facil de montar y de usar.